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Vol. 79, No. 231 

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Missouri Advisory Committee for a 

Meeting To Discuss Panel Participants 

and Location Sites of Public Meeting 

on Police-Community Relations 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: 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 that 

the Missouri Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a meeting on 

Monday, December 15, 2014, at 12:00 

p.m. for the purpose of discussing panel 

participants and location sites of public 

meeting on police-community relations. 

At is meeting in November, the 

Committee approved a proposal that 

included holding a public meeting in St. 

Louis to hear testimony from 

community members, police 

representatives, government officials, 

and other experts on police-community 

relations in Missouri. At this meeting, 

the Committee will begin to discuss 

how to create balanced panel 

discussions. 

Members of the public can listen to 

the discussion. This meeting is available 

to the public through the following tollfree call-in number: 888–510–1786, 

conference ID: 9613952. Any interested 

member of the public may call this 

number and listen to the meeting. 

Callers can expect to incur charges for 

calls they initiate over wireless lines, 

and the Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–977–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Member of the public are also entitled 

to submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by January 15, 2014. 

Written comments may be mailed to the 

Midwestern Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 55 W. 

Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 

60615. They may also be faxed to the 

Commission at (312) 353–8324, or 

emailed to Carolyn Allen at callen@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Midwestern Regional Office at (312) 

353–8311. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Midwestern Regional Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Records of the meeting will 

be available via www.facadatabase.gov 

under the Commission on Civil Rights, 

Missouri Advisory Committee link. 

Persons interested in the work of this 

Committee are directed to the 

Commission’s Web site, http://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Midwestern Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. 

Agenda 

Welcome 

12:00 p.m. to 12:05 p.m. 

S. David Mitchell, Chairman, 

Missouri Advisory Committee 

Discussion of Possible Presenters at 

Public Meeting 

12:05 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. 

Missouri Advisory Committee 

Discussion of Possible Venues 

12:40 p.m. to 12:55 p.m. 

Missouri Advisory Committee 

Planning Next Steps 

12:55 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Adjournment 

1:00 p.m. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, December 15, 2014, at 12:00 

p.m. CST. 

Public Call Information: Dial: 888– 

510–1786, Conference ID: 9613952. 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

David Mussatt, 

Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28277 Filed 12–1–14; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Oregon 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 meeting of the Oregon 

Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will convene on Thursday, 

December 18, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. and 

adjourn at approximately 2:00 p.m. The 

meeting will be held by teleconference. 

The purpose of the meeting is for the 

Committee to discuss its report on the 

status of civil rights. 

This meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: 877–446–3914, conference ID: 

440519. Any interested member of the 

public may call this number and listen 

to the meeting. Callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

Western Regional Office by October 12, 

2014. The mailing address is Western 

Regional Office, U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, 300 N. Los Angeles St., 

Suite 2010, Los Angeles, CA 90032. 

Persons wishing to email their 

comments may do so to atrevino@

usccr.gov. Persons that desire additional 

information should contact Angelica 

Trevino, Western Regional Office, at 

(213) 894–3437. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the 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 

Western Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this Committee are advised to go to 


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the Commission’s Web site, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Western Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in November 25, 2014. 

David Mussatt, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28276 Filed 12–1–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; 2015 National 

Content Test 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before February 2, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Erin Love, Census Bureau, 

HQ–3H154E, Washington, DC 20233; 

(301) 763–2034 (or via email at 

erin.s.love@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The 2015 National Content Test (NCT) 

is part of the research and development 

cycle leading up to the re-engineered 

2020 Census. The 2015 NCT will help 

the Census Bureau achieve one of its 

Strategic Goals—developing a census 

that is cost-effective, improves coverage, 

and reduces operational risk. 

The first objective of this test is to 

evaluate and compare different census 

content, including race and Hispanic 

origin, relationship, and withinhousehold coverage. This will be the 

primary mid-decade opportunity to 

compare different content strategies 

prior to making final decisions about the 

content in the 2020 Census. The test 

will include a reinterview to further 

assess the accuracy and reliability of the 

question alternatives for race, origin, 

and within-household coverage. 

The second objective is to test 

different contact strategies for 

optimizing self-response. This includes 

nine different approaches to 

encouraging households to respond and, 

specifically, to respond using the less 

costly and more efficient Internet 

response option. These approaches 

include altering the timing of the first 

reminder, use of email as a reminder, 

altering the timing for sending the mail 

questionnaire, use of a third reminder, 

and sending a letter in place of a paper 

questionnaire to non-respondents. 

The third objective is to test different 

options for offering non-English 

materials. The goal is to provide 

language support for respondents with 

limited English proficiency. Options 

being explored include online Spanish 

questionnaires, dual-language English 

and Spanish paper questionnaires and 

letters, and additional questionnaire 

options and support in non-English 

languages. 

Regarding the first objective, the 

classification of racial and ethnic 

responses to the decennial census by the 

Census Bureau adheres to the U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) October 30, 1997 ‘‘Revisions to 

the Standards for the Classification of 

Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’’ 

(see www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_

1997standards). There are five 

minimum categories for data on race: 

‘‘White,’’ ‘‘Black or African American,’’ 

‘‘American Indian or Alaska Native,’’ 

‘‘Asian,’’ and ‘‘Native Hawaiian or Other 

Pacific Islander.’’ There are two 

minimum categories for data on 

ethnicity: ‘‘Hispanic or Latino’’ and 

‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino.’’ The OMB 

standards advise that respondents shall 

be offered the option of selecting one or 

more racial designations. The OMB 

standards also advise that race and 

ethnicity are two distinct concepts; 

therefore, Hispanics or Latinos may be 

any race. 

The minimum categories for data on 

race and ethnicity for Federal statistics, 

program administrative reporting, and 

civil rights compliance reporting are 

defined by OMB as follows: 

• American Indian or Alaska Native— 

A person having origins in any of the 

original peoples of North and South 

America (including Central America), 

and who maintains tribal affiliation or 

community attachment. 

• Asian—A person having origins in 

any of the original peoples of the Far 

East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian 

subcontinent including, for example, 

Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, 

Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine 

Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. 

• Black or African American—A 

person having origins in any of the 

black racial groups of Africa. Terms 

such as ‘‘Haitian’’ or ‘‘Negro’’ can be 

used in addition to ‘‘Black or African 

American.’’ 

• Hispanic or Latino—A person of 

Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or 

Central American, or other Spanish 

culture or origin, regardless of race. The 

term, ‘‘Spanish origin,’’ can be used in 

addition to ‘‘Hispanic or Latino.’’ 

• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific 

Islander—A person having origins in 

any of the original peoples of Hawaii, 

Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. 

• White—A person having origins in 

any of the original peoples of Europe, 

the Middle East, or North Africa. 

The 1997 OMB standards state the 

minimum categories that must be used 

to collect and present federal data on 

race and ethnicity. Additionally, the 

1997 OMB standards permit the 

collection of more detailed information 

on population groups, provided that any 

additional groups can be aggregated into 

the minimum standard set of categories. 

Currently, the Census Bureau collects 

additional detailed information on 

Hispanic or Latino groups, American 

Indian and Alaska Native tribes, Asian 

groups, and Native Hawaiian and Other 

Pacific Islander groups. 

For example, responses to the race 

question such as ‘‘Navajo Nation,’’ 

‘‘Doyon,’’ and ‘‘Mayan’’ are collected 

and tabulated in Census Bureau 

censuses and surveys, and can be 

aggregated into the total American 

Indian or Alaska Native population. 

Detailed responses to the race question 

such as ‘‘Chinese,’’ ‘‘Asian Indian,’’ and 

‘‘Vietnamese’’ are collected and 

tabulated, and can be aggregated into 

the total Asian population. Responses to 

the ethnicity question such as 

‘‘Mexican,’’ ‘‘Puerto Rican,’’ and 

‘‘Cuban’’ are collected and tabulated in 

Census Bureau censuses and surveys, 

and can be aggregated into the total 

Hispanic or Latino population. 

Responses to the race question such as 

‘‘Native Hawaiian,’’ ‘‘Chamorro,’’ or 

‘‘Fijian’’ are collected and tabulated, 

and can be aggregated into the total 


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