Bureau of Labor Statistics to sponsor Data Users’ Conference in Chicago

What: The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor will hold a Data Users’ Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on June 7, 2017. The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required.

To register for the conference, please go click here. The deadline to register is May 31, 2017.

BLS will offer presentations on several topics, including:

• Long-term trends in labor force participation, the nation’s productivity, andthe bureau’s broader measures of labor market underutilization.
• Wage and compensation data from BLS programs.

Who:   William Wiatrowski, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lucy P. Eldridge, Associate Commissioner, Office of Productivity and Technology
Chris Sparks, Chief, Industry Productivity Studies, Office of Productivity and Technology
Michael Horrigan, Associate Commissioner, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics
Keenan Dworak-Fisher, Deputy Associate Commissioner, Office of Compensation and Working Conditions

When: June 7, 2017
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: 230 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60604

Background: Part of the U.S. Department of Labor, BLS is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.