Comment on NAICS

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is used by business and government to classify and measure economic activity in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Office of Management and Budget’s Economic Classification Policy Committee (ECPC) announced it is soliciting proposals from the public for changes to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) structure and content to be included in a potential 2012 revision.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US WHO WORK ON MARKETS AND MERCHANTS. Merchants were once a census occupation category and right now we cannot disaggregate from existing categories to know what is happening in the "street" economy.

I have a draft of a letter to NAICS which could help you in your comment.

You can see the call here: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-60.pdf

If you are interested in collaborating on comments about NAICS, in particular, comments about markets and merchants, please contact me.