[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 26183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10628]


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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 7, 8, and 9, 2004. 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, June 7, 2004

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

1. The role of outsourcing in the productivity measures
2. Results of the 2002-2012 projections
3. Topics for the next meeting

Committee on Foreign Labor Statistics

1. Cooperative work with the International Labor Organization (ILO) on 
comparisons of hourly compensation costs
2. Topics for the next meeting

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

1. 2002 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Results
2. New Data on Time of Event and Time Shift Started
3. Items to add to the Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and 
Illnesses
4. Denominators for computing safety and health indicators
5. Special surveys status update
6. Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) Chartbook
7. Budget Update
8. Other Business
9. Topics for next meeting

Tuesday, June 8, 2004

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

1. Brief updates on release plans for: Job Openings and Labor Turnover 
Survey (JOLTS) Business Employment Dynamics data
2. Report on efforts to collect data on the association between 
extended mass layoffs and outsourcing
3. Highlights of 2002-2012 employment projections
4. Current Employment Statistics plans for producing data on all 
employee hours and earnings and on total wages
5. Topics for next meeting

1:30 p.m.--Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions--Meeting 
Room 9

1. Demonstration and discussion of the National Compensation Survey's 
(NCS) Internet Collection Vehicle
2. New Employee Benefit Data from NCS
    a. Review of recently released information and plans for additional 
outputs
    b. Discussion of data collection issues and their impact on 
selected estimates
3. Accessing BLS's files of collective bargaining agreements on-line
4. Other topics and new business
5. Topics for next meeting

Wednesday, June 9, 2004

9:30 a.m.--Committee on Prices and Living Conditions

1. Medical care in the Consumer Price Index
2. 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 3rd day of May 2004.
Kathleen P. Utgoff,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 04-10628 Filed 5-10-04; 8:45 am]
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