[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80632-80633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27534]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee charter renewal.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce has determined that renewal of the 
charter of the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC) 
is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the 
performance of duties imposed by law on the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, and with the concurrence of the General Services 
Administration, established within the Economics and Statistics 
Administration (ESA), Department of Commerce. The renewed FESAC charter 
can be found on the Bureau of the Census' (Census Bureau's) Advisory 
Committee Web site at the following link: http://www.census.gov/fesac/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James R. Spletzer, Designated Federal 
Official for the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, 
Principal Economist, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 5K019, Washington, DC 
20233, telephone 301-763-4069, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee presents advice and makes 
recommendations to the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics 
and the Department of Commerce's bureaus consisting of ESA, the Bureau 
of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau (the Agencies) from the 
perspective of the professional economics and statistics community. The 
Committee examines the Agencies' programs and provides advice on 
statistical methodology, research needed, and other technical matters 
related to the collection, tabulation, and analysis of Federal economic 
statistics.
    The Committee is a technical committee that is balanced in terms of 
the professional expertise required. It consists of approximately 16 
members, appointed by the Agencies. Its members are economists, 
statisticians, and behavioral scientists who are recognized for their 
attainments and objectivity in their respective fields.
    The FESAC will function solely as an advisory body and in 
compliance with provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
Pursuant to subsection 9(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C., App., as amended, this charter was filed with the Chief

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Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
Department of Commerce, on September 30, 2016. Subsequently, a copy was 
furnished to the Library of Congress and filed with the following 
Committees of Congress:
     Senate Committee on Appropriations;
     Senate Committee on Finance;
     Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation;
     Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs;
     House Committee on Appropriations; and
     House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

    Dated: November 8, 2016.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2016-27534 Filed 11-15-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-07-P