[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 63 (Monday, April 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17078-17079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6594]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


American Statistical Association Committee on Energy Statistics

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the American Statistical 
Association Committee on Energy Statistics with management and staff of 
the Energy Information Administration. The Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463,86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this 
meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, April 28, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, April 29, 
2005, 8:30 a.m.-12 noon.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, Room 8E-089, 1000 Independence 
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William I. Weinig, EI-70, Advisory 
Committee Manager, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department 
of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585. 
Telephone: (202) 287-1709. Alternately, Mr. Weinig may be contacted by 
e-mail at [email protected] or by fax at (202) 287-1705.
    Purpose of the Committee: To advise the Department of Energy, 
Energy Information Administration (EIA), on EIA technical statistical 
issues and to enable the EIA to benefit from the Committee's 
experience.
    Tentative Agenda:
    Thursday, April 28, 2005.
    A. Opening Remarks by the ASA Committee Chair, the EIA 
Administrator and the Director, Statistics and Methods Group, EIA. Room 
8E-089
    B. Major Topics (Room 8E-089 unless otherwise noted)

    1. Open Meeting.
    2. Greetings and Remarks.
    3. Updates for the Committee Since the Fall 2004, Meeting.
    4. Regionalizing the Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) Forecast.
    5. STEO Performance Indicators: Diagnostics and Forecast Errors.
    6. STEO Electricity Modeling.
    7. Bureau of Census Frames Comparisons (5E-069).
    8. Invitation for Public Comments.
    9. STEO Propane and Heating Oil Modules.
    10. EIA's New Web site Design: Hands-On Usability Testing (BE-074).
    11. Frames: What We Did, Our Results and Questions on What Next.
    12. Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS): EIA's Proposed 
Reactions to Declining Response Rates.
    13. Invitation for Public Comments.
    14. Adjourn the Thursday Meeting.

    Friday, April 29, 2005.
    C. Major Topics

    1. Assessments: Presentations and a Panel Discussion: External 
Review of Survey Progress; External Review of EIA Progress; Discussion: 
Where Next?
    2. Progress on EIA's 914: Response Rate and Kinds of Challenges.
    3. Estimate EIA's 826 Since the Last Time: Differences, Estimation 
Groups, Outliers and Test Results, Room 5E-069.
    4. Committee Suggestions for the Fall 2005 Meeting.
    5. Invitation for Public Comments.
    6. Closing Remarks by the ASA Committee Chair.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The Chair 
of the Committee is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that 
will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Written statements may 
be filed with the committee either before or after the meeting. If 
there are any questions,

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please contact Mr. William I. Weinig, Advisory Committee Manager, at 
the address or telephone number listed above.
    Minutes: A Meeting Summary and Transcript will subsequently be 
available through Mr. Weinig who may be contacted at (202) 287-1709 or 
by e-mail at [email protected].

    Issued at Washington, DC, on March 29, 2005.
Carol Matthews,
Acting Advisory Committee Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-6594 Filed 4-1-05; 8:45 am]
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