23rd Voorburg Group Meeting Aguascalientes, Mexico Future Agenda

1. 23rd Voorburg Group Meeting Aguascalientes, Mexico Future Agenda presented by Mark E. Wallace Chief, Service Sector Statistics Division U.S. Census Bureau mark.e.wallace@census.gov September 22 - 26, 2008

2. Proposed Schedule for Industry Specific Papers (Mini-Presentations (MP), Sector Papers (SP), and Revisited Sector Papers (RSP)) for 2009 through 2011 (As Decided at the 2007 VG Meeting) Industry/Industry Group MP SP RSP 2008 2009 2010 2011 1. Wired, Wireless, Satellite, and Telecommunications Services X X 2.Margins (Whlse & Retail)XX 3. Rail Transportation X X 4. Water Transportation X X 5. Air Transportation X X 6.Banking and CreditXX X “ “ “ “ “ “ X X 7. Insurance X X “ “ “ “ “ “ X X 8. Rental and Leasing Services X X 9. Retail Trade X X “ “ “ “ “ “ X X 10. Employment Services X X 11. Investigation and Security Services X X 12. Cleaning and Facilities Support X X “ “ “ “ “ “ X X

3. Future Agenda • VG 2009 • Sector papers: • Wired, Wireless, Satellite, and Telecommunications Industries (ISIC 61) • Benjamin Camus - VG 2008 session chair and VG 2009 sector paper author • Trade Margins (Covering Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade) • Vera Norrman - VG 2008 session chair of Wholesale Trade Session • Revisited Sector Papers on: • Air Transportation • Rental and Leasing Services • Employment Services • Investigation and Security Services • Advertising and Market Research and Public Opinion Polling • Real Estate, Excluding Imputed Rents • Mini-presentations: • Three countries to be selected for PPI and turnover for the following industry groups (12 mini-presentations in all -- SO FAR): • Rail Transportation • Water Transportation • (Countries to be Determined)

4. Future Agenda - continued • Mini-presentations: • Three countries to be selected for PPI and turnover for the following industry group (18 mini-presentations in all): • Banking and Credit -- get a head start on 2010 due to the complexity of this industry/industry group) • (Countries to be Determined)

5. Future Agenda • What is the Overall Status of Countries having Industry Level Prices Calculated and Industry Level Turnover Collected? Less than 30% of responding countries 30% to 60% of responding countries 60% or more of responding countries

6. From the 2006 Country Progress Report Total Score Prices 35 Turnover 59 Score Key: Number of countries actually having (price/turnover) data ÷ Total number of countries having usable responses E 100 (rounded to the nearest whole number)

7. From the 2007 Country Progress Report Total Score Prices 33 Turnover 67 Score Key: Number of countries actually having (price/turnover) data ÷ Total number of countries having usable responses E 100 (rounded to the nearest whole number)

8. ) e From the 2008 Country Progress Report(Revisited Sectors) Score Key: Number of countries actually having (price/turnover) data ÷ Total number of countries having usable responses E 100 (rounded to the nearest whole number)

9. From the 2008 Country Progress Report(Mini-Presentations) Total Score Prices 43 Turnover 57 Score Key: Number of countries actually having (price/turnover) data ÷ Total number of countries having usable responses E 100 (rounded to the nearest whole number)

10. From the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Country Progress Reports(Composite Scores for All Industries) • PricesTurnover • 2006 industries 35 59 • 2007 industries 33 67 • 2008 industries 43 57 • Industries for 2006, 2007, and 2008 39 60 • (weighted average)

11. Other?? • Other - maybe discussion of burden - 2 yes, no, questions for each industry - could easily increase yearly?? • Track Progress of All (19) Industries Covered by the Voorburg Group Progress Reports Since 2006 • Assess in Terms of: • Additional countries actually having (price/turnover) data (could reflect either totally new activity or, alternatively, movements from the “soon” to the “actual” category)

12. Future Agenda • Task Force 1: Continue VG Task Force to obtain and disseminate country report information on the 6 industry/industry groups to be covered next year • By December 2008: • Develop an e-mail questionnaire, based on the VG 2006, 2007, and 2008 progress report worksheet questionnaires, to collect PPI and turnover activity for the industry/industry groups to be covered at VG 2009 • By February 2009: • Implement the survey via e-mail (with a due date of June 30, 2009) • By July 2009: • Close out the survey • John Murphy (U.S. Census Bureau) • Mark Wallace (U.S. Census Bureau)

13. Future Agenda • Task Force 2 (Closely Related to Task Force 1): Develop a short questionnaire to collect any progress updates on industries covered since the advent of the country progress report scorecards in 2006. Would cover the 19 industry/industry groups that we have measured so far: • Freight transport by road (ISIC 4923) • Management consultancy (ISIC 7020) • Computer programming activities (ISIC 6201) • Other computer service activities (ISIC 6209) • Web portals (ISIC 6312) • Computer consulting (ISIC 6702) • Data processing, hosting, etc. (ISIC 6311) • Accounting (ISIC 6920) • Market Research (ISIC 7320) • Real estate, owned or leased (ISIC 6810) • Real estate, fee or contract (ISIC 6820) • Advertising (ISIC 7310) • Architecture and engineering (ISIC 7110) • Wired telecommunications (ISIC 6110) • Satellite telecommunications (ISIC 6130) • Wholesale, contract or fee basis (ISIC 4610) • Wireless telecommunications (ISIC 6120) • Other telecommunications (ISIC 6190) Merchant Wholesale (ISIC 462 - 469)

14. Future Agenda • Task Force 3 : Develop and report on a case study on IT outsourcing by selected companies in France, the United States, Sweden, and India • Denis Gac (INSEE, France) - Chair • Roslyn Swick (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) • Vera Norrman (Statistics Sweden) • Preeti Madan (Ministry of Commerce and Industry - India) • To be presented as part of a separate session on the Effects of Globalization on Outsourcing at the VG 2009 meeting

15. Future Agenda • Task Force 4 :TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS MORNING

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17. Discussion