Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee; Notice of Open Meeting and Agenda, 68477 [05-22447]
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I. Background
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover
Survey (JOLTS) collects data on job
vacancies, labor hires, and labor
separations. As the monthly JOLTS time
series grow longer, their value in
assessing the business cycle, the
difficulty that employers have in hiring
workers, and the extent of the mismatch
between the unused supply of available
workers and the unmet demand for
labor by employers will increase. The
study of the complex relationship
between job openings and
unemployment will be of particular
interest to researchers. While these two
measures are expected to move in
opposite directions over the course of
the business cycle, their relative levels
and movements depend on the
efficiency of the labor market in
matching workers and jobs.
Along with the job openings rate,
trends in hires and separations may
broadly identify which aggregate
industries face the tightest labor
markets. Quits rates, the number of
persons who quit during an entire
month as a percentage of total
employment, may provide clues about
workers’ views of the labor market or
their success in finding better jobs. In
addition, businesses will be able to
compare their own turnover rates to the
national, regional, and major industry
division rates.
The BLS uses the JOLTS form to
gather employment, job openings, hires,
and total separations from business
establishments. The information is
collected once a month at the BLS Data
Collection Center (DCC) in Atlanta,
Georgia. The information is collected
using Computer Assisted Telephone
Interviewing (CATI), Touch-tone Data
Entry (TDE), FAX, and mail. An
establishment is in the sample for 24
consecutive months.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) clearance is being sought for the
JOLTS. The BLS is requesting an
extension to the existing clearance for
the JOLTS. There are no major changes
being made to the forms, procedures,
data collection methodology, or other
aspects of the survey.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
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whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Job Openings and Labor
Turnover Survey (BLS–1411).
OMB Number: 1220–0170.
Affected Public: Federal Government;
State, Local, or Tribal governments;
Businesses or other for-profit; Not-forprofit institutions; Small businesses and
organizations.
Total Respondents: 16,400.
Frequency: Monthly.
Total Responses: 132,840.
Average Time Per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 22,140
hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of
November 2005.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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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 are 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 a.m. Opening session.
9:30 a.m. Measuring the cost of owneroccupied housing.
1 p.m. Report from working group on
the CPS–CES discrepancy.
1:30 p.m. Service-sector expansion and
non-residential construction
initiative in the PPI.
2 p.m. Priorities for future meetings.
2:45 p.m. Treatment of catastrophic
events in Federal statistical
programs.
4:45 p.m. Conclude (approximate time).
The meeting is open to the public.
Any questions concerning the meeting
should be directed to Margaret Johnson,
Federal Economic Statistics Advisory
Committee, on Area Code (202) 691–
5600. Individuals with disabilities, who
need special accommodations, should
contact Ms. Johnson at least two days
prior to the meeting date.
Signed at Washington, DC the 3rd day of
November 2005.
Kathleen P. Utgoff,
Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
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The ninth meeting of the Federal
Economic Statistics Advisory
Committee will be held on December 9,
2005 in the Postal Square Building, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee; Notice of Open
Meeting and Agenda
The ninth meeting of the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory
Committee will be held on December 9, 2005 in the Postal Square
Building, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 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 are 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 a.m. Opening session.
9:30 a.m. Measuring the cost of owner-occupied housing.
1 p.m. Report from working group on the CPS-CES discrepancy.
1:30 p.m. Service-sector expansion and non-residential construction
initiative in the PPI.
2 p.m. Priorities for future meetings.
2:45 p.m. Treatment of catastrophic events in Federal statistical
programs.
4:45 p.m. Conclude (approximate time).
The meeting is open to the public. Any questions concerning the
meeting should be directed to Margaret Johnson, Federal Economic
Statistics Advisory Committee, on Area Code (202) 691-5600. Individuals
with disabilities, who need special accommodations, should contact Ms.
Johnson at least two days prior to the meeting date.
Signed at Washington, DC the 3rd day of November 2005.
Kathleen P. Utgoff,
Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 05-22447 Filed 11-9-05; 8:45 am]
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