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General Wage Determination

Publication

General wage determinations issued

under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts,

including those noted above, may be

found in the Government Printing Office

(GPO) document entitled ‘‘General Wage

Determinations Issued Under The DavisBacon and Related Acts.’’ This

publication is available at each of the 50

Regional Government Depository

Libraries and many of the 1,400

Government Depository Libraries across

the country.

The general wage determinations

issued under the Davis-Bacon and

related Acts are available electronically

by subscription to the FedWorld

Bulletin Board System of the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS) of

the U.S. Department of Commerce at 1–

800–363–2068.

Hard-copy subscriptions may be

purchased from: Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, (202)

512 1800.

When ordering hard-copy

subscription(s), be sure to specify the

State(s) of interest, since subscriptions

may be ordered for any or all of the

seven separate volumes, arranged by

State. Subscriptions include an annual

edition (issued in January or February)

which includes all current general wage

determinations for the States covered by

each volume. Throughout the remainder

of the year, regular weekly updates are

distributed to subscribers.

Signed at Washington, D.C. This 18th Day

of May 2000.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 00–13048 Filed 5–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Federal Economic Statistics Advisory

Committee; Appointment of Members

This is to announce the appointment

of members to the Federal Economic

Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC),

established under the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (Public Law 92–463; 5 U.S.C.

App. 2, 6(c)). The membership of the

Committee is as follows:

Professor Ernst R. Berndt, Chair,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Barry P. Bosworth, Brookings

Institution

Professor Franklin M. Fisher,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor John C. Haltiwanger,

University of Maryland

Dr. Sallie Keller-McNulty, Los Alamos

National Laboratory

Professor Alan B. Krueger, Princeton

University

Dr. Judith T. Lessler, Research Triangle

Institute

Professor Lisa M. Lynch, Tufts

University

Professor Joseph Sedransk, Case

Western Reserve University

Professor Matthew D. Shapiro ,

University of Michigan

Professor John B. Taylor, Stanford

University

Professor Kirk M. Wolter, University of

Chicago

The Committee will present advice

and make recommendations to the

Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor

Statistics and the Department of

Commerce, Bureau of Economic

Analysis and Bureau of the Census (the

Agencies) from the perspective of the

professional economics and statistics

communities. The Committee is a

technical committee composed of

economists, statisticians, and behavioral

scientists who are recognized for their

attainments and objectivity in their

respective fields. Committee members

will be called upon to analyze the issues

involved in producing Federal

economic statistics and recommend

practices that will lead to optimum

efficiency, effectiveness, and

cooperation among the Agencies. These

initial appointments are for one-, twoor three-year terms, to provide staggered

three-year terms overall. Professor Ernst

R. Berndt will serve as Committee

Chairperson.

Signed at Washington, DC this 19th day of

May 2000.

Katharine G. Abraham,

Commissioner of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 00–13249 Filed 5–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Federal Economic Statistics Advisory

Committee; Notice of Open Meeting

and Agenda

The initial meeting of the Federal

Economic Statistics Advisory

Committee will be held on June 15,

2000 in the Postal Square Building, 2

Massachusetts Avenue N.E.,

Washington, DC.

The Federal Economic Statistics

Advisory Committee is a technical

committee composed of economists,

statisticians, and behavioral scientists

who are recognized for their attainments

and objectivity in their respective fields.

Committee members will be called upon

to analyze issues involved in producing

Federal economic statistics and

recommend practices that will lead to

optimum efficiency, effectiveness, and

cooperation among the Department of

Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and the

Department of Commerce, Bureau of

Economic Analysis and Bureau of the

Census.

The meeting will be held in Meeting

Rooms 1 and 2 of the Postal Square

Building Conference Center. The

schedule and agenda for the meeting are

as follows:

9:00 Opening Session

1. Purpose of the Committee

2. Introduction of members and statements

of their research interests

3. Committee operating procedures

10:15 The Measurement of E-commerce

1:00 Service Sector Measurement: The Case

of Banking

2:45 Bureau of the Census and Bureau of

Labor Statistics Establishment Lists

3:45 Ethics, Rules and Regulations

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4:15 Future Agenda Topics

5:00 Conclude (approximate time)

The meeting is open to the public. It

is suggested that persons planning to

attend the meeting as observers contact

Margaret Johnson, Federal Economic

Research Advisory Committee, on Area

Code (202) 691–5600. Persons needing

special assistance such as sign language

interpretation or other special

accommodation in order to attend the

meeting are asked to contact Ms.

Johnson at least two days prior to the

meeting date.

Signed at Washington, D.C. the 19th day of

May 2000.

Katharine G. Abraham,

Commissioner of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 00–13248 Filed 5–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P

DEPARTMENT OF RAILROAD

RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

which provides opportunity for public

comment on new or revised data

collections, the Railroad Retirement

Board (RRB) publishes periodic

summaries of proposed data collections.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed information collection is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of the information; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden related to

the collection of information on

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Title and Purpose of Information

Collection

Lag Service Reports; OMB 3220–0005.

Under Section 9 of the Railroad

Retirement Act (RRA) and Section 6 of

the Railroad Unemployment Insurance

Act (RUIA), railroad employers are

required to submit reports of employee

service and compensation to the RRB as

needed for administering the RRA and

RUIA. To pay benefits due on a

deceased employee’s earnings records or

determine entitlement to, and amount of

annuity applied for, it is necessary at

time to obtain from railroad employers

current (lag) service and compensation

net yet reported to the RRB through the

annual reporting process.

The reporting requirements are

specified in 20 CFR 209.4 and 209.5.

The RRB currently utilizes Form G–88,

Employer’s Supplemental Report of

Service and Compensation, and Form

AA–22, Notice of Death and

Compensation, to obtain the required

lag service and related information from

railroad employers. The RRB proposes

to obsolete Form G–88a. Form G–88a

will be replaced by two forms, Form G–

88a.1, Notice of Retirement of

Verification of Date Last Worked, and

Form G–88a.2, Notice of Retirement and

Request for Service Needed for

Eligibility. Form G–88a.1 will be sent by

the RRB to railroad employers and used

for the specific purpose of verifying

information previously provided to the

RRB regarding the date last worked by

the employee. If the information is

correct, the employer need not reply. If

the information is incorrect, the

employer is asked to provide corrected

information. Form G–88a.2 will be used

by the RRB to secure lag service and

compensation information when it is

needed to determine benefit eligibility.

Both proposed forms will direct the

railroad employers to fax the

information directly to the RRB. It is

expected that the proposed new forms

will be easier for railroad employers to

complete and will encourage a speedier

reply, allowing the RRB to pay

applicants in a more timely and

accurate manner. A minor editorial

change is proposed to Form AA–12.

The completion time for proposed

forms G–88a.1 and G–88a.2 is estimated

at 5 minutes per response. The

estimated completion time for Form

AA–22 remains at 61⁄2 minutes per

response. Completion is mandatory. The

RRB estimates that approximately 800

Form AA–12’s 2,300 Form G–88a.1’s,

and 1,200 G–88a.2’s will be completed

annually.

The renewal of this information

collection will continue the RRB’s

initiative to consolidate information

collections by major functional areas.

The purpose of the initiative is to bring

related collection instruments together

in one collection, better manage the

instruments, and prepare for the

electronic collection of this information

(A collection instrument can be an

individual form, electronic collection,

interview, or any other method that

collects specific information from the

public.)

As part of the OMB renewal process,

the RRB proposes that this collection

(OMB 3220–0005), Lag Service Reports,

will be renamed Employer Reporting.

Upon approval by OMB, and RRB

intends to merge the following OMB

approved collections into the collection

by the Expected Expiration Date.

OMB collection

No. Collection title RRB forms Expected expiration date

3220–0008 ........ Railroad Service and Compensation Reports ...................................................................... BA 3a, BA–4 .... 9/30/2001

3220–0012 ........ Employers Quarterly Report of Contributions Under the RUIA ............................................ DC–1 ................ 2/28/2003

3220–0014 ........ Employer Representatives’ Status and Compensation Reports .......................................... DC–2, DC–2a ... 6/30/2003

3220–0070 ........ Employer Service and Compensation Reports ..................................................................... UI–41, UI–41a .. 9/30/2001

3220–0089 ........ Pension Plan Reports ........................................................................................................... G–88p, G–88r,

G–88r.1.

11/30/2002

3220–0097 ........ Pay Rate Report ................................................................................................................... UI–1e ................ 9/30/2001

3220–0132 ........ Gross Earnings Report ......................................................................................................... BA–11 ............... 1/31/2003

3220–0156 ........ Employers Deemed Service Month Questionnaire ............................................................... GL–99 ............... 6/30/2003

3220–0173 ........ Railroad Separation Allowance or Severance Pay Report ................................................... BA–9 ................. 4/30/2002

3220–0175 ........ Sick Pay and Miscellaneous Payments Report .................................................................... BA–10 ............... 9/30/2001

3220-0194 ......... Employee Home Address Report ......................................................................................... BA–6a ............... 3/31/2001

Revisions to existing collection

instruments and, occasionally, a new

instrument related to this program

function may be required during the

three-year cycle of this information

collection.

The RRB currently estimates the

completion time for manual Form BA–

3a, Annual Report of Creditable