[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56058-56059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22985]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration


Establishment of the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory 
Committee and Intention To Recruit New Members

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of the Establishment of the Federal Economic Statistics 
Advisory Committee and Intention to Recruit New Members.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce is announcing the establishment of 
and intention to recruit new members of a Federal Advisory Committee. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and the General Services Administration rule on 
Federal Advisory Committee Management, 41 CFR part 101-6.1001, the 
Secretary of Commerce has determined that the establishment of the 
Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (the ``Committee') 
within the Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA), is in the 
public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on 
the Department by law.
    The Committee will advise the Directors of ESA's two statistical 
agencies, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the U.S. Census 
Bureau (Census), and the Commissioner of the Department of Labor's 
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on statistical methodology and other 
technical matters related to the collection, tabulation, and analysis 
of Federal economic statistics.
    The Committee will function solely as an advisory committee to the 
senior officials of BEA, Census and BLS (the Agencies) in consultation 
with the Committee chairperson. Important aspects of the Committee's 
responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
    a. Recommending research to address important technical problems 
arising in Federal economic statistics.
    b. Identifying areas in which better coordination of the Agencies' 
activities would be beneficial.
    c. Establishing relationships with professional associations with 
an interest in Federal economic statistics.
    d. Coordinating, in its identification of agenda items, with other 
existing academic advisory committees chartered to provide agency-
specific advice, for the purpose of avoiding duplication of effort.

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    The Committee will report to the Under Secretary for Economic 
Affairs who, as head of ESA, will coordinate and collaborate with the 
Agencies.
    The Committee will consist of approximately fourteen members who 
serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce. Members shall be 
nominated by the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the 
Agencies, under the coordination of the Under Secretary for Economic 
Affairs, and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. Committee members 
shall be economists, statisticians, survey methodologists, and 
behavioral scientists and will be chosen to achieve a balanced 
membership across those disciplines. Members shall be prominent experts 
in their fields, and recognized for their scientific and professional 
achievements and objectivity.
    The Department intends to recruit new members of the Committee that 
meet these membership criteria through a separate Federal Register 
notice and application process in the near future.
    The Committee will function solely as an advisory body, in 
compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
The Charter will be filed under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Atrostic, Center for Economic 
Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland, 
telephone: 301-763-6442, e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a383b28383b283b74313b2e32282334743b2e2835292e33391a393f34292f29743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86e4e7f4e4e7f4e7a8ede7f2eef4ffe8a8e7f2f4e9f5f2efe5c6e5e3e8f5f3f5a8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a>.

Rebecca M. Blank,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-22985 Filed 9-14-10; 8:45 am]
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