81_FR_73347 81 FR 73142 - Bureau of Labor Statistics Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting and Agenda

81 FR 73142 - Bureau of Labor Statistics Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting and Agenda

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 205 (October 24, 2016)

Page Range73142-73142
FR Document2016-25609

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 205 (Monday, October 24, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 205 (Monday, October 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 73142]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25609]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Bureau of Labor Statistics Technical Advisory Committee; Notice 
of Meeting and Agenda

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics Technical Advisory Committee will 
meet on Friday, November 18, 2016. The meeting will be held from 8:30 
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Avenue 
NE., Washington, DC.
    The Committee provides advice and makes recommendations to the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on technical aspects of the collection 
and formulation of economic measures. The BLS presents issues and then 
draws on the expertise of Committee members representing specialized 
fields within the academic disciplines of economics, statistics and 
survey design.
    The meeting will be held in rooms 1-3 of the Postal Square Building 
Janet Norwood Conference Center. The schedule and agenda for the 
meeting are as follows:

8:30 a.m. Commissioner's welcome and review of agency developments
9:00 a.m. Identifying factoryless goods producers in the U.S. 
statistical system
10:45 a.m. Comparing producer and import price indexes
2:00 p.m. Matching establishment databases at BLS
4:00 p.m. Approximate conclusion

    The meeting is open to the public. Any questions concerning the 
meeting should be directed to Sarah Dale, Bureau of Labor Statistics 
Technical Advisory Committee, at 202-691-5643 or [email protected]. 
Individuals who require special accommodations should contact Ms. Dale 
at least two days prior to the meeting date.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of October 2016.
Kimberley D. Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2016-25609 Filed 10-21-16; 8:45 am]
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73142 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 205 / Monday, October 24, 2016 / Notices functions of the agency, including The meeting will be held in rooms 1– the office listed below in the addresses whether the information will have 3 of the Postal Square Building Janet section of this Notice. practical utility; Norwood Conference Center. The DATES: Written comments must be • Evaluate the accuracy of the schedule and agenda for the meeting are submitted to the office listed in the agency’s estimate of the burden of the as follows: addresses section below on or before proposed collection of information, 8:30 a.m. Commissioner’s welcome December 23, 2016. including the validity of the and review of agency developments ADDRESSES: Ms Yoon Ferguson, U.S. methodology and assumptions used; 9:00 a.m. Identifying factoryless goods Department of Labor, 200 Constitution • Enhance the quality, utility, and producers in the U.S. statistical Ave. NW., Room S–3223, Washington, clarity of the information to be system DC 20210, telephone/fax (202) 354– collected; and 10:45 a.m. Comparing producer and 9647, Email ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. • Minimize the burden of the import price indexes Please use only one method of collection of information on those who 2:00 p.m. Matching establishment transmission for comments (mail, fax, or are to respond, including through the databases at BLS Email). use of appropriate automated, 4:00 p.m. Approximate conclusion SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: electronic, mechanical, or other I. Background: The Office of Workers’ technological collection techniques or The meeting is open to the public. Any questions concerning the meeting Compensation Programs (OWCP) is the other forms of information technology, agency responsible for administration of e.g., permitting electronic submission of should be directed to Sarah Dale, Bureau of Labor Statistics Technical the Federal Employees’ Compensation responses. Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the Agency: DOL–MSHA. Advisory Committee, at 202–691–5643 or dale.sarah@bls.gov. Individuals who Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 Title of Collection: Hazardous U.S.C. 901 et seq., and the Energy Conditions Complaints. require special accommodations should contact Ms. Dale at least two days prior Employees Occupational Illness OMB Control Number: 1219–0014. Compensation Program Act of 2000 Affected Public: Individuals or to the meeting date. (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All Households and Private Sector— Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of three of these statutes require that businesses or other for-profits. October 2016. OWCP reimburse beneficiaries for travel Total Estimated Number of Kimberley D. Hill, expenses for covered medical treatment. Respondents: 2,511. Chief, Division of Management Systems, In order to determine whether amounts Total Estimated Number of Bureau of Labor Statistics. requested as travel expenses are Responses: 2,511. [FR Doc. 2016–25609 Filed 10–21–16; 8:45 am] appropriate, OWCP must receive certain Total Estimated Annual Time BILLING CODE 4510–24–P data elements, including the signature Burden: 502 hours. of the physician for medical expenses Total Estimated Annual Other Costs claimed under the BLBA. Form OWCP– Burden: $0. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 957 is the standard format for the Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). Office of Workers’ Compensation collection of these data elements. The Dated: October 18, 2016. Programs regulations implementing these three statutes allow for the collection of Michel Smyth, Proposed Extension of the Approval of information needed to enable OWCP to Departmental Clearance Officer. Information Collection Requirements determine if reimbursement requests for [FR Doc. 2016–25608 Filed 10–21–16; 8:45 am] travel expenses should be paid. This BILLING CODE 4510–43–P ACTION: Notice. information collection is currently approved for use through December 31, SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 2016. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR part of its continuing effort to reduce II. Review Focus: The Department of paperwork and respondent burden, Labor is particularly interested in Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts a preclearance consultation comments which: Bureau of Labor Statistics Technical program to provide the general public • Evaluate whether the proposed Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting and Federal agencies with an collection of information is necessary and Agenda opportunity to comment on proposed for the proper performance of the and/or continuing collections of functions of the agency, including The Bureau of Labor Statistics information in accordance with the whether the information will have Technical Advisory Committee will Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 practical utility; meet on Friday, November 18, 2016. (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This • evaluate the accuracy of the The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. program helps to ensure that requested agency’s estimate of the burden of the to 4:00 p.m. in the Postal Square data can be provided in the desired proposed collection of information, Building, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., format, reporting burden (time and including the validity of the Washington, DC. financial resources) is minimized, methodology and assumptions used; The Committee provides advice and collection instruments are clearly • enhance the quality, utility and makes recommendations to the Bureau understood, and the impact of collection clarity of the information to be of Labor Statistics (BLS) on technical requirements on respondents can be sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES collected; and aspects of the collection and properly assessed. Currently, the Office • minimize the burden of the formulation of economic measures. The of Workers’ Compensation Programs is collection of information on those who BLS presents issues and then draws on soliciting comments concerning the are to respond, including through the the expertise of Committee members proposed collection: Medical Travel use of appropriate automated, representing specialized fields within Refund Request (OWCP–957). A copy of electronic, mechanical, or other the academic disciplines of economics, the proposed information collection technological collection techniques or statistics and survey design. request can be obtained by contacting other forms of information technology, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:42 Oct 21, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1


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