It would be interesting to know what the composition of this NAS panel is. Any friends of EPI? Peter Dorman Richardson_D wrote: > > BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1999 > > Next month, a newly appointed committee convened by the National Academy of > Sciences will begin a 2-year study of a wide range of issues related to cost > of living indexes, most notably the CPI. Brookings Institution economist > Charles Schultze chairs the 12-member panel, and the other members hold > academic posts at major U.S,. colleges and universities. The study is > broadly defined as addressing "conceptual" measurement, and other > statistical issues in the development of cost-of-living indexes," according > to Christopher Mackie, the study director at the Committee on National > Statistics at the NAS. ... The committee's first meeting is tentatively set > for March 19, at the academy's headquarters in Washington, D.C. BLS is a > "partial sponsor" of the Schultze committee's study, Mackie said. However, > neither the statistics agency nor any other party that contributes to the > financing of the study is allowed to play a role in determining the scope or > outcome of the study, Mackie emphasized. Under the proposed schedule, the > first meeting will be open to the public and is likely to include a > statement by BLS Commissioner Katharine Abraham. Abraham declined to > comment on the study, except to say that the agency welcomes the involvement > of an NAS panel because of its well regarded expertise and stature on > technical issues. ... Zvi Griliches, professor of economics at Harvard > University, is the only member of the 12-person NAS committee who also > served on the Boskin panel, called the Advisory Commission to Study the CPI. > ... (Pam Ginsbach in Daily Labor Report, page A-10). >
