[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 68121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31500]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Committee Management; Notice of Establishment

    The Secretary of Labor has determined that the establishment of the 
Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee is necessary and in the 
public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed 
upon the Commissioner of Labor Statistics by 29 U.S.C. Sections 1 
through 9. This determination follows consultation with the Committee 
Management Secretariat, General Services Administration.
    Name of Committee: Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee.
    Purpose and Objective: The Committee will present advice and make 
recommendations to the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics 
and the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau 
of the Census (the Agencies) from the perspective of the academic 
community. The Committee will examine the Agencies' programs and 
provide advice on statistical methodology, research needed, and other 
technical matters related to the collection, tabulation, and analysis 
of Federal economic statistics.
    Balanced Membership Plans: The Committee will consist of 
approximately 13 members, appointed by the Agencies, and normally will 
meet two times per year. The Committee will be balanced in its 
membership in terms of the technical expertise required, and will 
include persons with demonstrated professional and personal 
qualifications and experience relevant to the functions and tasks to be 
performed by the Committee. The Agencies will consider for membership a 
cross-section of interested economists, statisticians, and behavioral 
scientists who are recognized for their attainments and objectivity in 
their respective fields.
    Duration: Continuing.
    Agency Contact: Interested persons are invited to submit comments 
by December 21, 1999 regarding the establishment of the Committee. Such 
comments should be addressed to: Ausie Grigg, Division of Management 
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, 
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20212.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 22nd day of November, 1999.
Alexis M. Herman,
Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 99-31500 Filed 12-3-99; 8:45 am]
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