Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 186 / Tuesday, September 27, 2005 / Notices 56495 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, 

(26 U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the 

Department of Labor issued a 

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for 

Worker Adjustment Assistance and a 

Negative Determination Regarding 

Eligibility to Apply for Alternative 

Trade Adjustment Assistance on June 3, 

2005, applicable to workers of the 

WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Sparks Plant, 

Basic Bedding Division, including onsite leased workers from Express 

Personnel and Personnel Services, 

Sparks, Nevada. The notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 28, 2005 (70 FR 37117). 

At the request of a company official, 

the Department reviewed the 

certification for workers of the subject 

firm. The workers are engaged in the 

production of down filled and polyester 

filled pillows and down filled 

comforters. 

Information submitted to the 

Department shows that on August 8, 

2005, American Real Estate Partners 

purchased WestPoint Stevens, Inc. and 

is now known as WestPoint Home, Inc. 

Accordingly, the Department is 

amending this certification to reflect the 

new ownership. 

The intent of the Department’s 

certification is to include all workers of 

WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Sparks Plant, 

Basic Bedding Division who were 

adversely affected by increased imports. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–56,931 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

All workers of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., 

Now Known as WestPoint Home, Inc., Sparks 

Plant, Basic Bedding Division, including onsite leased workers from Express Personnel 

Staffing Agency and Personnel Services, 

Sparks, Nevada, who became totally or 

partially separated from employment on or 

after April 11, 2004, through June 3, 2007, are 

eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 

under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974. 

and 

I further determine that all workers of 

WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as 

WestPoint Home, Inc., Sparks Plant, Basic 

Bedding Division, including on-site leased 

workers from Express Personnel Staffing 

Agency and Personnel Services, Sparks, 

Nevada, are denied eligibility to apply for 

alternative trade adjustment assistance under 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

August, 2005. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E5–5191 Filed 9–26–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Business Research Advisory Council; 

Notice of Meetings and Agenda 

The regular Fall meetings of the 

Business Research Advisory Council 

and its committees will be held on 

October 19 and 20, 2005. All of the 

meetings will be held in the Conference 

Center of the Postal Square Building, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC. 

The Business Research Advisory 

Council and its committees advise the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics with respect 

to technical matters associated with the 

Bureau’s program. Membership consists 

of technical officials from American 

business and industry. 

The schedule and agenda for the 

meetings are as follows: 

Wednesday—October 19 (Conference 

Rooms 2 & 3) 

10–11:30 a.m.–Committee on 

Productivity and Foreign Labor 

Statistics 

1. Technical revisions to the major 

sector productivity and costs 

measures 

2. Update on multifactor productivity 

releases 

3. Industry productivity trends 

4. Study of international hours of work 

data 

5. NAICS conversion of international 

comparisons of hourly compensation 

costs in manufacturing component 

industries 

6. Discussion of agenda items for the 

Spring 2006 meeting 

1–2:30 p.m.—Committee on Price 

Indexes 

1. Treatment of Housing in the CPI 

2. Status update on the PPI service 

sector and non-residential 

construction initiatives 

3. Discussion of agenda items for the 

Spring 2006 meeting 

3–4:30 p.m.—Committee on 

Compensation and Working Conditions 

1. New Sample of Areas Selected for the 

National Compensation Survey (NCS) 

2. New NCS product: Interarea pay 

comparisons 

3. Match bias in Employment Cost Index 

and Employer Cost for Employee 

Compensation (ECI/ECEC) imputation 

4. Update on ECI changes and 

development 

5. Additional items as raised by the 

members 

6. Discussion of agenda items for the 

Spring 2006 meeting 

Thursday—October 20 (Conference 

Rooms 2 & 3) 

8:30–10 a.m.—Committee on 

Employment and Unemployment 

Statistics 

1. Status of BLS proposal for revisions 

to the Current Employment Statistics 

(CES) survey, including dropping the 

collection and publication of women 

workers data 

2. Pilot CES supplemental survey on 

temporary help and leasing. We are 

looking for feedback on our draft 

questionnaire and for topic 

suggestions for other CES 

supplements. 

3. The relationship between firm growth 

and worker flows: research using Job 

Openings and Labor Turnover Survey 

(JOLTS) microdata 

4. Discussion of agenda items for the 

Spring 2006 meeting 

10:30 a.m.—12 p.m.–Council Meeting 

1. Council Chairperson’s address 

2. Commissioner’s address 

1:30—3 p.m.–Committee on 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Statistics 

1. Results from the 2004 Census of Fatal 

Occupational Injuries 

2. Update on special survey of employer 

Workplace Violence Prevention 

policies 

3. Research on injury, illness, and 

fatality rates 

4. Internet collection—2005 experience 

and plans for 2006 

5. Research into injury, illness, and 

fatality data for special populations 

6. Updates—schedule of next news 

releases; budget status 

7. Discussion of agenda items for the 

Spring 2006 meeting 

The meetings are open to the public. 

Persons wishing to attend these 

meetings as observers should contact 

Tracy A. Jack, Liaison, Business 

Research Advisory Council, at 202–691–

5869. 

Signed at Washington, DC the 21st day of 

September 2005. 

Kathleen P. Utgoff, 

Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. 05–19250 Filed 9–26–05; 8:45 am] 

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ADMINISTRATION 

Senior Executive Service (SES) 

Performance Review Board; Members 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration.