[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15122-15123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8338]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Business Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meetings and Agenda

    The regular Spring meetings of the Business Research Advisory 
Council and its committees will be held on April 24 and 25, 1996. All 
of the meetings will be held in the Conference Center of the Postal 
Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C.
    The Business 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 technical 
officers from American business and industry.
    The schedule and agenda for the meetings are as follows:

Wednesday, April 24, 1996

10:00-11:30 a.m.--Committee on Price Indexes

1. Update on program developments
    a. Consumer Price Index
    b. Producer Price Indexes
2. Election of vice-chair
3. Other committee business

1:00-2:30 p.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics

1. Discussion: SIC Revision--implementation plan
2. Updates: New workforce legislation; New directions for the 
Occupational Employment Survey

3:00-4:30 p.m.--Productivity and Foreign Labor Statistics

1. Report on recent developments in the Office of Productivity and 
Technology
2. Revisions of major sector labor productivity series: adoption of new 
output indexes
3. Trends in productivity in retail trade industries

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4. International comparisons of hourly compensation of manufacturing 
production workers

Thursday, April 25, 1996

8:30-10:00 a.m.--Committee on Employment Projections

1. Brief update on program
    a. Impact of shutdown
    b. Budget outlook
2. Discussion of proposed change in target date of projections
3. Evaluation of 1995 projections--what went right and why and what did 
not and why
4. Discussion of plans to initiate the next set of projections in Fall 
1996

10:30-12:30 p.m.--Council Meeting

1. Chairperson's opening remarks
2. Commissioner Abraham's address and discussion
3. Report on a test of methods for collecting racial and ethnic 
information
4. Chairperson's closing remarks

1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions

1. COMP2000 plans and progress
2. Plans for collective bargaining series
3. Compensation research
4. Other business

1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics

1. Report on the 1994 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: 
industry summary information
2. Update on occupational safety and health data available on the 
INTERNET
3. Impact of the OSHA recordkeeping revision on the Survey of 
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
4. Report on the potential for using the Census of Fatal Occupational 
Injuries as a tool for evaluating the impact on safety of commercial 
driver's license requirements

    The meetings are open to the public. Persons with disabilities 
wishing to attend should contact Constance B. DisCesare, Liaison, 
Business Research Advisory Council, at (202) 606-5903, for appropriate 
accommodations.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. the 28th day of March 1996.
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner
[FR Doc. 96-8338 Filed 4-3-96; 8:45 am]
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