[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 69560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29104]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Labor Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meetings and Agenda

    The Fall meetings of committees of the Labor Research Advisory 
Council will be held on December 9, 10, and 11, 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 union research 
directors and staff members. The schedule and agenda of the meetings 
are as follows:

Monday, December 9, 2002 9:30 a.m.--Committee on Employment and 
Unemployment Statistics--Meeting Room 9

    1. Review of the new Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) 
data.
    2. Review of the new quarterly Covered Employment and Wages (CEW, 
or ES-202) data release.
    3. Review of past and current approaches, and discussion of 
possible future approaches to benchmarking State and area labor force 
estimates to the Current Population Survey (CPS).
    4. Review of the estimated impact of Census 2000 population weights 
and new race/ethnicity standards on CPS estimates.
    5. Topics for next meeting.

1:30 p.m.--Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics--
Meeting Room 9

    1. 2001 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Briefing.
    2. Hispanic Workers in the United States, an Analysis of Employment 
Distribution, Fatal Occupational Injuries, and Non-Fatal Occupational 
Injuries and Illnesses (Paper prepared for the National Academy of 
Sciences).
    3. Follow-Back Surveys.
    a. Respiratory chemical disease agents.
    b. Workplace violence.
    c. Truck Drivers.
    4. Analysis of New Data on Hours at Work from 2002 Recordkeeping 
Change.
    5. Internet data collection.
    6. Other Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses changes and 
updates
    7. Upcoming publications
    8. Budget update
    9. Topics for next meeting

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:30 a.m.--Committee on Compensation and 
Working Conditions--Meeting Room 9

    1. Contract expirations and work stoppages.
    2. Discussion of paper on hours of work and paid time off.
    3. Current data on Family and Medical Leave.
    4. New data releases from the BLS compensation office.
    5. New business.
    6. Topics for next meeting.

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

    1. Analysis of the behavior of the new, superlative Consumer Price 
Index (CPI) that the Bureau first released this past August.
    2. Discussion of efforts to adjust prices of telecommunications 
equipment for quality change in the Producer Price Index.

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:30 a.m.--Committee on Productivity, 
Technology and Growth--Meeting Room 9

    1. Review of the assumptions underlying the aggregate economic 
projections
    2. Revisions to major sector productivity series
    3. Topics for next meeting

Committee on Foreign Labor Statistics--Meeting Room 9

    1. International Comparisons of Hours Worked.
    2. Technical cooperation activities.
    3. Topics for 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 8th day of November, 2002.
Kathleen P. Utgoff,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 02-29104 Filed 11-15-02; 8:45 am]
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