Advisory Committee of the Task Force for Designing the Year 2000 Census and Census-Related Activities for 2000-2009

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration

Advisory Committee of the Task Force for Designing the Year 2000

Census and Census-Related Activities for 2000-2009

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), we are giving notice of a meeting

of the Advisory Committee of the Task Force for Designing the Year 2000

Census and Census-Related Activities for 2000-2009. The meeting will

convene on Thursday, September 8, 1994, continuing through Friday,

September 9, 1994, at the DuPont Plaza Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. The Advisory Committee is composed of a

Chairperson, twenty-five member organizations, and nine ex efficio

members, all appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The Advisory

Committee will consider the goals of the census and user needs for

information provided by the census, and provide a perspective from the

standpoint of the outside user community on how proposed designs for

the year 2000 census realize those goals and satisfy those needs. The

Advisory Committee shall consider all aspects of the conduct of the

census of population and housing for the year 2000, and shall make

recommendations for improving that census.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 8,

1994 and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 9, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the DuPont Plaza Hotel, 1500

New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons wishing additional information regarding this meeting, or who

wish to submit written statements or questions, may contact Thomas P.

DeCair, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Room 2066,

Federal Building 3, Washington, D.C. 20233. Telephone: (301) 763-7298.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the meeting includes

discussions on cooperative ventures with state, local, and tribal

governments; evaluation plans for the 1995 Test Census; non-federal

content solicitation; residency rules; an update of the federal review

of racial and ethnic categories; an explanation of estimation and

sampling; and other items that the Chair and Advisory Committee members

deem appropriate for this meeting.

The meeting is open to the public. A brief period will be set aside

for public comment and questions. However, persons 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 Susan Knight on (301) 763-7298.

Dated: August 18, 1994.

Paul A. London,

Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics

Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-20901 Filed 8-24-94; 8:45 am]

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