Dear CTPP Listserv recipients: I'm forwarding this message that a colleague received from the state data center listserv. Chuck Purvis, MTC *************************************************************** The Census 2000 will be using 2 new classification systems. NAICS or North American Industry Classification System will be used for classifying employment by industry. SOC or Standard Occupational Classification will be used to classify occupations. I encourage you to become familiar with the SOC revisions and to submit comments. Thanks. Patricia Roberts paroberts(a)mt.gov 406.444.4393 ----------------------------------------------- The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public comment on the Standard Occupational Classification Revision Policy Committee's (SOCRPC) final recommendations for revising the 1980 Standard Occupational Classification's (SOC) occupational units and aggregate groups presented in this notice. The SOCRPC has developed a new occupational classification system that will cover all jobs in the national economy, including occupations in the public, private, and military sectors. All Federal agencies that collect occupational data will use the new system; similarly, all State and local government agencies are strongly encouraged to use this national system to promote a common language for categorizing occupations in the world of work. The new SOC system will be used by the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for gathering occupational information. It will also replace the Bureau of the Census' 1990 occupational classification system and will be used for the 2000 Census. In addition, the new SOC will serve as the framework for information being gathered through the Department of Labor's Occupational Information Network (O*NET), which is in the process of replacing the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). Request For Comments: OMB welcomes comments with respect to any topic related to occupational classification, but is specifically interested in comments concerning: (1) the hierarchical structure of the new SOC presented in Appendix A below, especially the minor group, broad occupation, and detailed occupation organization within the structure, and the numbering system used, and (2) the establishment of ongoing review and update procedures and a time frame for future revision as outlined in the "Next Steps in Process" recommendations near the end of the Supplementary Information section below. It is anticipated that the next major review and revision of the SOC will begin in 2005 in preparation for use in the 2010 Decennial Census. DATES: To ensure consideration all comments must be in writing and received on or before October 9, 1998. ADDRESSES: Correspondence about the adoption and implementation of the SOC as shown in this Federal Register notice should be sent to: Katherine K. Wallman, Chief Statistician, Office of Management and Budget, 10201 New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, telephone number: (202) 395-3093, FAX number: (202) 395-7245. Inquiries about the definition of particular occupations or requests for electronic copies of the SOC structure should be made to Laurie Salmon, Standard Occupational Classification Revision Policy Committee, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4840, Washington, DC 20212, telephone number: (202) 606-6511, FAX number: (202) 606-6645. Electronic Availability and Comment: This document is available on the Internet from the Bureau of Labor Statistics via WWW browser and E-mail. To obtain this document via WWW browser, connect to (http://stats.bls.gov/soc/soc_home.htm). This WWW page contains previous SOC Federal Register notices and related documents as well. To obtain this document via E-mail, send a message to socrevision(a)bls.gov. Comments may be sent via E-mail to OMB at soc(a)omb.eop.gov (do not include any capital letters in the address). Comments received at this address by the date specified above will be included as part of the official record. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Bugg, 10201 New Executive Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20503, E-mail address: pbugg(a)omb.eop.gov, telephone number: (202) 395-3093, FAX number: (202) 395-7245. To review the full Federal Register notice and specific classifications/defnitions, go to: http://stats.bls.gov/soc/soc_home.htm ***********************************************************