[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 232 (Friday, December 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 75316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30626]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee; Appointment of 
New Members

    This is to announce the appointment of two new 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)). These appointments will 
fill two positions that are currently vacant. The names and 
institutional affiliations of the new Committee members are as follows:
    Professor Timothy F. Bresnahan,
    Stanford University;
    Professor Robert M. Groves,
    University of Michigan.
    The Committee presents advice and makes 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 are 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 appointments are for one-, two-, 
or three-year terms, to provide staggered three-year terms overall. 
Professor Ernst R. Berndt of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
serves as Committee Chairperson.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 27th day of November 2000.
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 00-30626 Filed 11-30-00; 8:45 am]
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