[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14929-14930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6903]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations; Notice of 
Public Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463 as 
amended by P.L. 94-409), we are giving notice of a meeting of the 
Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations. The meeting 
will convene on April 27-28, 1995 at the Bureau of the Census, 
Conference Center, Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland.
    The committee 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. It advises the 
Director, Bureau of the Census, on the full range of Census Bureau 
programs and activities in relation to the areas of expertise.
    The agenda for the meeting on April 27 that will begin at 9 a.m. 
and end at 5:15 p.m. is:
    <bullet> Introductory remarks by the Director, Bureau of the 
Census.
    <bullet> 2000 census update.
    <bullet> Economic and agriculture censuses update.
    <bullet> Census Bureau responses to committee recommendations.
    <bullet> Standard Occupation Classification Revision Policy 
Committee.
    <bullet> Bureauwide methodology research.
    <bullet> Strategic planning.
    <bullet> Communicating the benefits and usefulness of economic 
data.
    <bullet> Initiatives to reduce reporting burden for businesses.
    <bullet> Measuring output (service industries).
    <bullet> Continuous measurement.
    <bullet> Acquiring data through administrative records.
    The agenda for the April 28 meeting that will begin at 9 a.m. and 
adjourn at 12:15 p.m. is:
    <bullet> Mid-decade ``clean slate'' review of national accounts.
    <bullet> Marketing at the Census Bureau: What does it mean and how 
should we do it?
    <bullet> National Academy of Sciences recommendations to modernize 
the U.S. census.
    <bullet> Develop recommendations and special interest activities.
    <bullet> Closing session.
    The meeting is open to the public, and a brief period is set aside 
on April 28 for public comment and questions. Those persons with 
extensive questions or statements must submit them in writing to the 
Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer at least three days before the 
meeting.
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should also be directed to the Census Bureau official named below.
    Persons wishing additional information regarding this meeting or 
who wish to submit written statements may contact the Committee Liaison 
Officer, Mrs. Phyllis Van Tassel, Room 2419, Federal Building 3, 
Suitland, Maryland (mailing address: Washington, D.C. 20233), 
telephone: (301) 457-2494--TDD (301) 457-2540.

    Dated: March 14, 1995.
Martha Farnsworth Riche,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 95-6903 Filed 3-20-95; 8:45 am]
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