Dear Labor Studies Program Members -
I recently received a request from Bill Beach, the Commissioner of
the BLS, asking for help in identifying talented researchers who might
be prepared to serve on the BLS Technical Advisory Committee. I thought
that this might be of interest, so I am pasting the message below.
Please feel free to express your own interest, to nominate a colleague
by following the procedure outlined in the FRN, and to forward this
message to others who might be interested. All best wishes.
Jim Poterba
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently issued a Federal Register
Notice (FRN)
<
https://www.bls.gov/advisory/tac/2019-federal-register-notice-for-bls-technical-advisory-committee-nominations.pdf>
seeking nominations for five members to our Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC). We ask your assistance in distributing this to qualified candidates.
The Bureau often faces highly technical issues while developing and
maintaining the accuracy and relevancy of its data on employment and
unemployment, prices, productivity, and compensation and working
conditions. This Committee functions solely as an advisory body to the
BLS, on technical aspects of data collection and the formulation of
economic measures.
The Committee consists of approximately 16 members who are appointed by
the BLS and are approved by the Secretary of Labor. Members serve 3-year
terms, but can be reappointed. Committee members are economists,
statisticians, and behavioral scientists. They are prominent experts in
their fields and recognized for their professional achievements and
objectivity. The economists will have research experience with technical
issues related to BLS data and will be familiar with employment and
unemployment statistics, price index numbers, compensation measures,
productivity measures, occupational and health statistics, or other
topics relevant to BLS data series. The statisticians will be familiar
with sample design, data analysis, computationally intensive statistical
methods, non-sampling errors or other areas which are relevant to BLS
work. The behavioral scientists will be familiar with questionnaire
design, usability or other areas of survey development. The members of
the panel will collectively provide a balance of expertise in all of
these areas. The Committee typically meets twice a year in Washington, DC.
If you or a colleague are interested we encourage you to respond by
October 16th. More information about the BLS TAC can be found on the
website <
https://www.bls.gov/advisory/tac.htm>.
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Received on Tue Sep 24 2019 - 15:55:38 EDT
