72 FR 181 pg. 53527 - Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee

Type: NOTICEVolume: 72Number: 181Page: 53527
FR document: [FR Doc. E7-18453 Filed 9-18-07; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: Economics and Statistics Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration

Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee

AGENCY:

Bureau of Economic Analysis.

ACTION:

Notice of Public Meeting.

SUMMARY:

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463 as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, Pub. L. 96-523, Pub. L. 97-375 and Pub. L. 105-153), we are announcing a meeting of the Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee. The meeting's agenda focuses on prototypes estimates of quarterly GDP by industry and GDP by metro area, aspects involved with measuring RD by industry and the treatment of exports and imports of RD and intellectual property. In addition, there will be discussion of the bureau's long term plans.

DATE:

Friday, November 2, 2007, the meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn at approximately 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will take place at the Bureau of Economic Analysis at 1441 L St. NW., Washington DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Wehausen, Communications Program Analyst, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; telephone number: (202) 606-9687.

Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public. Because of security procedures, anyone planning to attend the meeting must contact Robert Wehausen of BEA at (202) 606-9687 in advance. The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for foreign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Robert Wehausen at (202) 606-9687.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Committee was established September 2, 1999. The Committee advises the Director of BEA on matters related to the development and improvement of BEA's national, regional, industry, and international economic accounts, especially in areas of new and rapidly growing economic activities arising from innovative and advancing technologies, and provides recommendations from the perspectives of the economics profession, business, and government. This will be the Committee's sixteenth meeting.

Dated: September 12, 2007.

J. Steven Landefeld,

Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

[FR Doc. E7-18453 Filed 9-18-07; 8:45 am]

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