[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 103 (Friday, May 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 34234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13249]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee; Appointment of 
Members

    This is to announce the appointment of members to the Federal 
Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC), established under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (Public 
Law 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 6(c)). The membership of the Committee is 
as follows:

Professor Ernst R. Berndt, Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Barry P. Bosworth, Brookings Institution
Professor Franklin M. Fisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland
Dr. Sallie Keller-McNulty, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Professor Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University
Dr. Judith T. Lessler, Research Triangle Institute
Professor Lisa M. Lynch, Tufts University
Professor Joseph Sedransk, Case Western Reserve University
Professor Matthew D. Shapiro , University of Michigan
Professor John B. Taylor, Stanford University
Professor Kirk M. Wolter, University of Chicago

    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 professional economics and 
statistics communities. The Committee is a technical committee composed 
of economists, statisticians, and behavioral scientists who are 
recognized for their attainments and objectivity in their respective 
fields. Committee members will be called upon to analyze the issues 
involved in producing Federal economic statistics and recommend 
practices that will lead to optimum efficiency, effectiveness, and 
cooperation among the Agencies. These initial appointments are for one-
, two- or three-year terms, to provide staggered three-year terms 
overall. Professor Ernst R. Berndt will serve as Committee Chairperson.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 19th day of May 2000.
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 00-13249 Filed 5-25-00; 8:45 am]
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