[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34733-34734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12152]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Labor Research Advisory Council: Notice of Meetings and Agenda

    The Spring meetings of committees of the Labor Research Advisory 
Council will be held on June 3, 4, and 5, 2002. All of the meetings 
will be held in the Conference Center, of the Postal Square Building 
(PSB), 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC.
    The Labor Research Advisory Council and its committees advise the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics with respect to technical matters associated 
with the Bureau's programs. Membership consists of

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union research directors and staff members. The schedule and agenda of 
the meetings are as follows:

Monday, June 3, 2002

9:30 a.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics--Meeting 
Room 9

1. Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS) conversion plans.
2. BLS research into establishment wage differentials (using 
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) data).
3. Current Population Survey (CPS) topics:
    a. Issues in converting to new standards for race and ethnicity.
    b. Overview of May 2001 Supplement results related to work at home, 
shift work, overtime, and work preferences.
4. Topics for the next meeting.

1:30 p.m.--Committee on Productivity, Technology and Growth--Meeting 
Room 9

1. The impact of alternative measures of nonproduction and supervisory 
worker hours on productivity growth.
2. Status report on likely new measures for service sector industries.
3. Productivity growth in manufacturing industries characterized by 
``high tech'' workers.
4. Highlights of the BLS 2000-2010 projections.
5. Topics for the next meeting.

Committee on Foreign Labor Statistics Meeting Room 9

1. Results from updated comparative labor force series.
2. Topics for the next meeting.

Tuesday, June 4, 2002

9:30 a.m.--Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions--Meeting 
Room 9

1. Recent issues concerning retirement plans.
2. Overview of the Employment Cost Index.
3. Calculation of hours in the Employment Cost Index.
4. Topics for next meeting.

1:30 p.m.--Committee on Prices and Living Conditions--Meeting Room 9

1. Update on program developments.
    a. Consumer Price Index.
    b. International Price Indexes.
    c. Producer Price Indexes.
2. Topics for the next meeting.

Wednesday, June 5, 2002

1:00 p.m.--Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics--
Meeting Room 9

1. 2000 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses-Industry 
Incidence Rates and Number of Cases.
2. 2000 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses-Worker 
Demographics and Case Circumstances.
3. Survey of Respirator Use and Practices.
4. Status Reports on:
    a. 2001 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
    b. 2002 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
5. Injury and Illness Follow-back Surveys.
6. Injuries and Illnesses involving restricted activity only.
7. Budget status.
8. Topics for the next meeting.

    The meetings are open to the public. Persons planning to attend 
these meetings as observers may want to contact Wilhelmina Abner on 
202-691-5970.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 6th day of May, 2002.
Lois L. Orr,
Acting Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 02-12152 Filed 5-14-02; 8:45 am]
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