Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 21, 2012 / Notices 16535 

Texas State Office 

Federal Building, Suite 102, 101 South 

Main, Temple, TX 76501, (254) 742– 

9787, TDD (254) 742–9749, Michael B. 

Canales. 

Utah State Office 

Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, 125 

South State Street, Room 4311, P.O. Box 

11350, Salt Lake City, UT 84138, (801) 

524–4326, TDD (801) 524–3309, Debra 

Meyer. 

Vermont State Office 

City Center, 3rd Floor, 89 Main Street, 

Montpelier, VT 05602, (802) 828–6033, 

TDD (802) 223–6365, Rhonda Shippee. 

Virgin Islands 

Served by Florida State Office. 

Virginia State Office 

Culpeper Building, Suite 238, 1606 Santa 

Rosa Road, Richmond, VA 23229, (804) 

287–1577, TDD (804) 287–1753, Kent 

Ware. 

Washington State Office 

1835 Black Lake Boulevard, SW., Suite B, 

Olympia, WA 98512–5715, (360) 704– 

7737, Peter McMillin. 

Western Pacific Territories 

Served by Hawaii State Office. 

West Virginia State Office 

1550 Earl Core Road, Suite 101, 

Morgantown, WV 26505, (304) 284– 

4886, TDD (304) 284–4836, Janna 

Lowery. 

Wisconsin State Office 

4949 Kirschling Court, Stevens Point, WI 

54481, (715) 345–7615, TDD (715) 345– 

7610, Brian Deaner. 

Wyoming State Office 

Federal Building, Room 1005, 100 East B 

Street, P.O. Box 11005, Casper, WY 

82602–5006, (307) 233–6700, TDD (307) 

233–6719, Alana Cannon. 

Washington, DC 

Stop 0787, Room 0175, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0787, (202) 205–9685, Shirley J. 

Stevenson. 

Dated: March 14, 2012. 

Cristina Chiappe, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6611 Filed 3–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the New Hampshire Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

New Hampshire Advisory Committee to 

the Commission will convene at 12:30 

p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, April 4, 

2012, at the University of New 

Hampshire, 400 Commercial Street, 

Room 255, Manchester, New 

Hampshire. The purpose of the planning 

meeting is to consider next steps after 

their January briefing. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by Friday, May 4, 2012. 

Comments may be mailed to the Eastern 

Regional Office, U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, 624 9th Street NW., Suite 

740, Washington, DC 20425, faxed to 

(202) 376–7548, or emailed to 

ero@usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Eastern Regional Office at 202–376– 

7533. 

Persons needing accessibility services 

should contact the Eastern Regional 

Office at least ten (10) working days 

before the scheduled date of the 

meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Eastern Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at the above phone 

number, email or street address. 

The meetings will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, March 16, 2012. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6774 Filed 3–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

Request for Nominations of Members 

To Serve on the Census Bureau 

National Advisory Committee on 

Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) is requesting 

nominations of individuals and 

organizations to serve on the Census 

Bureau National Advisory Committee 

on Racial, Ethnic, and Other 

Populations. The Census Bureau will 

consider nominations received in 

response to this notice, as well as from 

other sources. The SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice 

provides committee and membership 

criteria. 

DATES: Please submit nominations by 

April 20, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations 

to Jeri Green, Chief, Office of External 

Engagement, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 

8H182, 4600 Silver Hill Road, 

Washington, DC 20233. Nominations 

also may be submitted via fax at 301– 

763–8609, or by email to 

jeri.green@census.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri 

Green, Chief, Office of External 

Engagement, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 

8H182, 4600 Silver Hill Road, 

Washington, DC 20233, telephone 

(301) 763–2070. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Census Bureau National Advisory 

Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other 

Populations (‘‘Advisory Committee’’) 

was established in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 

5, United States Code (U.S.C.), 

Appendix 2). The following provides 

information about the committee, 

membership, and the nomination 

process. 

Objectives and Duties 

1. The Advisory Committee advises 

the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau 

on the full range of economic, housing, 

demographic, socioeconomic, linguistic, 

technological, methodological, 

geographic, behavioral, and operational 

variables affecting the cost, accuracy, 

and implementation of Census Bureau 

programs and surveys, including the 

decennial census. 

2. The Advisory Committee advises 

the Census Bureau on the identification 

of new strategies for improved census 

operations, survey and data collection 

methods, including identifying cost 

efficient ways to increase census 

participation. 

3. The Advisory Committee addresses 

census policies, research and 

methodology, tests, operations, 

communications/messaging, and other 

activities to ascertain needs and best 

practices to improve censuses, surveys, 

operations, and programs. This 

expertise is necessary to ensure that the 

Census Bureau continues to provide 

relevant and timely statistics used by 

federal, state, and local governments as 

well as business and industry in an 

increasingly technologically-oriented 

society. 

4. The Advisory Committee functions 

solely as an advisory body under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

5. The Advisory Committee reports to 

the Director. 


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