FORT COLLINS -- Professor Jay Breidt, chairman of the Department of Statistics at Colorado State University, recently was appointed to serve a three-year term on the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee.

The committee presents advice and makes recommendations to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census. The committee's responsibilities include recommending research to address important technical problems arising in federal economic statistics and establishing working relationships with professional associations with an interest in federal economic statistics, such as the American Statistical Association and the American Economic Association.