[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63557-63558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24427]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Labor Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meetings and Agenda

    The Fall meetings of committees of the Labor Research Advisory 
Council will be held on November 15, 16, and 17, 2004. All of the 
meetings will be held in the Conference Center of the Postal Square 
Building (PSB), 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC.
    The Labor 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 union research 
directors and staff members. The schedule and agenda of the meetings 
are as follows:

Monday, November 15, 2004

1 p.m.--Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics, Meeting 
Room 9

1. Results of 2003 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, including 
latest data on foreign-born workers.
2. Progress on 2003 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
3. Time of event data from the 2002 Survey of Occupational Injuries and 
Illnesses.
4. Status of special survey on employer workplace violence prevention 
policies.
5. Recent research from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
6. New business.
7. Discussion of agenda items for the Spring 2005 meeting.

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

9:30 a.m.--Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions, Meeting 
Room 9

1. Presentation on the estimates from the most recent National 
Compensation Survey benefits publications.
2. Preliminary results from research into match bias in the Employer 
Cost for Employee Compensation for union workers.
3. Other topics and new business.
4. Agenda for the Spring 2005 meeting.

1:30 p.m.--Committee on Prices and Living Conditions, Meeting Room 9

1. New initiatives in the Consumer Expenditure Survey.
2. Topics for next meeting.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2004

9:30 a.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics Meeting 
Room 9:

1. Mass Layoffs Statistics data on job loss associated with the 
movement of work.
2. Business Employment Dynamics data by employer size.
3. Discussion of major changes to the modeling methods used to develop 
Local Area Unemployment Statistics data.
4. Develop agenda for Spring 2005 meeting.

1:30 p.m.--Committee on Productivity, Technology and Growth, Meeting 
Room 9

1. Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections' 
emerging occupations pilot project.
2. The effects of Information Technology investments on productivity 
growth.
3. Research on preliminary estimates of multifactor productivity growth 
for the business sector.
4. Topics for the next meeting.

Committee on Foreign Labor Statistics, Meeting Room 9

1. Program update.
2. Country expansion for comparative productivity data.
3. Topics for the next meeting.

    The meetings are open to the public. Persons planning to attend 
these meetings as observers may want to contact Wilhelmina Abner on 
(202) 691-5970.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 20th day of October 2004.
Kathleen P. Utgoff,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 04-24427 Filed 11-1-04; 8:45 am]
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