Data Users Advisory Committee (DUAC) Agenda
May 8, 2014
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8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Commissioner’s welcome and review of agency developments (Erica Groshen)
9:30 a.m. BLS Strategic Initiatives
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Emerging Data Needs and Rapid Response – (John Eltinge & team chair)
Alternative Data Sources – (Mike Horrigan & team chair)
Standardizing BLS Data Taxonomy - (Michael Levi & team chair)
11:00 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. Trust in Government Statistics – What we do at BLS – (Polly Phipps, Michael Levi, Ken Simonson)
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Changes in 2010 Census areas and the effect of producing estimates for large geographic areas in
the Employment Cost Index (ECI) and the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC)
programs – (Phil Doyle, Marie Mora)
2:30 p.m. Should the Current Employment Statistics (CES) publish 12-60 months of revisions every month?
(Julie Hatch Maxfield, Ray Stone)
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:45 p.m.
Using customized tables in the Office of Productivity and Technology (OPT) – (Clayton Waring,
Lisa Fieldhouse, Kathryn Kobe)
4:45 p.m.
Future topics and meeting wrap-up
Kathy Frederickson-Mele • [email protected] • http://www.bls.gov/bls/duac.htm • 202.691.6102