[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 26774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12764]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration


Census Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics Administration, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, P.L. 96-523, and Pub. L. 97-375), we 
are giving notice of a joint meeting of the Commerce Secretary's 2000 
Census Advisory Committee (CAC), the CAC of Professional Associations, 
the CAC on the African American Population, the CAC on the American 
Indian and Alaska Native Populations, the CAC on the Asian and Pacific 
Islander Populations, and the CAC on the Hispanic Population. The 
meeting will convene on June 3, 1998, at the Holiday Inn Hotel and 
Suites, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. The agenda will be 
limited to discussion on issues involved in the tabulation and 
presentation of data on race from Census 2000 within the framework of 
the decision on standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting 
Federal data on race and ethnicity issued by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) in October 1997. This discussion will also assist the 
Census Bureau in providing input into the OMB process of developing 
final guidelines on the tabulation of data on race for use across the 
Federal system.

DATES: On Wednesday, June 3, 1998, the meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and 
adjourn for the day at 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn Hotel and 
Suites, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anyone wishing additional information about this meeting, or who wishes 
to submit written statements or questions, may contact Maxine Anderson-
Brown, Committee Liaison Officer, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the 
Census, Room 3039, Federal Building 3, Washington, DC 20233, telephone: 
301-457-2308.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commerce Secretary's 2000 Census 
Advisory Committee is composed of a Chair, Vice-Chair, and up to 35 
member organizations, all appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The 
Advisory Committee considers the goals of Census 2000 and user needs 
for information provided by that census and provides a perspective from 
the standpoint of the outside user community about how operational 
planning and implementation methods proposed for Census 2000 will 
realize those goals and satisfy those needs. The Advisory Committee 
considers all aspects of the conduct of the 2000 Census of Population 
and Housing and makes recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce for 
improving that census.
    The CAC of Professional Associations is composed of 36 members 
appointed by the Presidents of the American Economic Association, the 
American Statistical Association, the Population Association of 
America, and the Chairman of the Board of the American Marketing 
Association. The Committee advises the Director, Bureau of the Census, 
on the full range of Census Bureau programs and activities in relation 
to its areas of expertise.
    The CACs on the African American, American Indian and Alaska 
Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations are 
composed of nine members each appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. 
The Committees provide an organized and continuing channel of 
communications between the communities they represent and the Bureau of 
the Census on its efforts to reduce the differential in the count for 
Census 2000 and on ways that census data can be disseminated to maximum 
usefulness to their communities and other users.
    A brief period will be set aside for public comment and questions. 
However, individuals with extensive questions or statements for the 
record must submit them in writing to the Commerce Department official 
named above at least three working days prior to the meeting.
    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to the Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer on 
301-457-2308, TDD 301-457-2540.

    Dated: May 6, 1998.
Lee Price,
Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics 
Administration.
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