National Economic Accounts Conferences and Meetings
BEA Government Statistics Users Conference, 2006
BEA held a Government Statistics Users Conference on Thursday, September 14, 2006, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon at the BEA facilities, 1441 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C. (See the agenda for more details.) The conference attendees represented Federal government agencies, local think tanks, state and local government associations, and private-sector firms.
The purpose of the conference was to report on NIPA Government Sector Research, to preview new research, to obtain user feedback, and to discuss future developments in the NIPA Government Sector.
- Agenda, (PDF • 380 KB)
- Full Conference Report (PDF • 176 KB)
Presentations from the Conference:
- Accrual Accounting Measures for NIPA Time Series, (PDF •
289
KB)
by the Government Division Accrual Accounting Benchmark Research Team - The Government Sector in the National Income and Product Accounts,
(PowerPoint •
1689
KB)
by Brent R. Moulton - Government Accounts: The Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 and the Update of 1993 System of National Accounts, (PowerPoint •
170
KB)
by Lucie Laliberte, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - The Government Divisions Research Program: 2004-2006 and Beyond, (PowerPoint •
3248
KB)
by Brooks B. Robinson - Goverment Insurance Programs, (PowerPoint •
1936
KB)
by Benjamin A. Mandel - Territorial Adjustments in Government Transactions, (PowerPoint •
1876
KB)
by Benyam Tsehaye - Projecting State and Local Government Retirement Costs, (PowerPoint •
104
KB)
by Richard S. Krashevski, Government Accountability Office (GAO)
and Jeremy Schwartz, GAO and George Washington University (GWU) - Comments on Krashevski and Schwartz paper, (PowerPoint •
1691
KB)
by Bruce E. Baker - NIPA Flow of Funds Accounts Integration, (PowerPoint •
1918
KB)
by Charlotte Anne Bond - Comments on Bond presentation, (PowerPoint •
68
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by Susan Hume-McIntosh, Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
State and Local Data Symposium
BEA held a State and Local Data Symposium on Wednesday, May 18, 2005, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the conference center at BEA in downtown Washington, D.C. The symposium attendees included both data users and data suppliers representing Federal agencies, economic research organizations, and other organizations focusing on issues related to state and municipal governments.
- Agenda, (PDF • 20 KB)
- Full report, (PDF • 268 KB)
Presentations from the conference:
- State and Local Government in the National Accounts, (PDF •
92
KB)
by Bruce Baker - Adjusting for Inflation: Price Deflators and Real Estimates, (PDF •
80
KB)
by Steven Andrews - Regional Measurement: Income & Employment, (PDF •
118
KB)
by David G. Lenze - Gross State Product and Regional Multipliers, (PDF •
357
KB)
by John R. Kort
If you would like to receive information about future conferences, please e-mail webmaster@bea.gov with the subject line "Conference." If you have questions about the 2004 conference, please call (202) 606-9778.
BEA Government Statistics Users Conference, 2004: Government Receipts and Expenditures and Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment
BEA held a Government Statistics Users Conference on Wednesday, September 15, 2004, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at the Residence Inn Marriott Hotel, 1199 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. (See the agenda for more details.) The conference attendees represented Federal government agencies, local think tanks, state and local government associations, private consulting firms, and local colleges and universities.
The goals of the conference were to obtain comments on our planned research program for the Government Sector of the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs), to obtain reactions to recent developments involving Government Sector national accounting issues, and to obtain an assessment of the extent to which BEA’s Government Division meets data users’ needs.
The following objectives were accomplished during the conference:
- Discussed revisions to the Government Sector that were incorporated during the 2003 comprehensive NIPA revision.
- Discussed and obtained comments on BEA’s research program for the Government Sector.
- Discussed and obtained reactions to recent developments involving Government Sector national accounting issues.
- Determined the level of customer satisfaction with BEA’s Government Division.
- Agenda, (PDF • 9 KB)
- Full Conference Report, (PDF • 298 KB)
Presentations from the conference:
- Government Statistics Users Conference, (PDF •
67
KB)
by Brent R. Moulton - Price and Real Output Measures for the Education Function of Government: Exploratory Estimates for Primary and Secondary Education, (PDF •
70
KB)
by Barbara M. Fraumeni - Research Agenda: Government Capital Account, (PDF •
111
KB)
by Pamela A. Kelly - Government Capital Account, (PDF •
20
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by David Lebow, Federal Reserve - Research Agenda: State and Local Government Branch, (PDF •
50
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by Bruce E. Baker - Research Agenda: Statistics for International Organizations, (PDF •
993
KB)
by Steven Payson