Census Advisory Committee of the Professional Associations; Notice of Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Census Advisory Committee of the Professional Associations;

Notice of Public Meeting

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

Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations. The meeting

will convene on October 20-21, 1994 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 October 20 that will begin at 9 a.m.

and end at 5:15 p.m. is:

Introductory remarks by the Acting Director, Bureau of the

Census;

2000 census update;

Economic and Agriculture Censuses update;

Census Bureau responses to committee recommendations;

Annual Survey of Manufactures and Census Comparability;

Program for the Society of Journalists;

Elimination of the Area Sample and Expanded Use of

Administrative Records;

2000 census content determination;

Bureau constraints (policy and others) that affect

customer-oriented strategies;

Update on intercensal small area income and poverty

estimates program;

Reengineering the economic censuses and surveys; and

Integrated coverage measurement.

The agenda for the April 15 meeting that will begin at 9 a.m. and

adjourn at 12:15 p.m. is:

Worker establishment characteristics data base;

Congress-as-a-customer;

Living Situation Survey and 1994 Coverage Test;

Review of Office of Management and Budget standards on

race and ethnicity;

Develop recommendations and special interest activities;

and

Closing session.

The meeting is open to the public, and a brief period is set aside

on October 21 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, DC 20233), telephone:

(301) 763-5410--TDD (301) 763-4056.

Dated: September 13, 1994.

Harry A. Scarr,

Acting Director, Bureau of the Census.

[FR Doc. 94-23162 Filed 9-19-94; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-07-P