[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 15123]] 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] BILLING CODE 4510-24-M