[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 211 (Friday, October 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 68934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24118]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting and Agenda

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics Technical Advisory Committee will 
meet on Friday, November 20, 2020. In light of the travel restrictions 
and social distancing requirements resulting from the COVID-19 
outbreak, this meeting will be held virtually from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
EST.
    The Committee presents advice and makes recommendations to the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on technical aspects of data 
collection and the formulation of economic measures and makes 
recommendations on areas of research. The BLS presents issues and then 
draws on the expertise of Committee members representing specialized 
fields within the academic disciplines of economics, statistics and 
data science, and survey design.
    The schedule and agenda for the meeting are as follows:

10:00 a.m.--Commissioner's Welcome and Review of Agency Developments
10:30 a.m.--JOLTS Experimental State Estimates Background and 
Priorities
11:45 p.m.--A Review of Hedonic Price Adjustment Techniques for 
Products Experiencing Rapid and Complex Quality Change
1:45 p.m.--Confidence Intervals for Preliminary Estimates of Quarterly 
Labor Productivity
2:45 p.m.--Concluding Remarks
3:00 p.m.--Approximate Conclusion

    The meeting is open to the public. Any questions concerning the 
meeting should be directed to Sarah Dale, Bureau of Labor Statistics 
Technical Advisory Committee, at [email protected]. Individuals planning 
to attend the meeting should register at https://blstac.eventbrite.com. 
Individuals who require special accommodations should contact Ms. Dale 
at least two days prior to the meeting date.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of October 2020.
Mark Staniorski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems.
[FR Doc. 2020-24118 Filed 10-29-20; 8:45 am]
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