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, December 8, 1994, and continue through Friday,

December 9, 1994, at the Bureau of the Census' Conference Center,

Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland.

The Advisory Committee is composed of a Chair, twenty-five member

organizations, and nine ex officio 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 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on

Thursday, December 8, 1994 and reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Friday,

December 9, 1994, with adjournment set for 11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Bureau of the Census'

Conference Center, Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland.

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, DC 20233. Telephone (301) 763-7298.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the meeting includes

discussions on the role of state and local governments, plans for

outreach and promotion, content testing plans, and an update of the

federal review of racial and ethnic categories, as well as any 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: November 21, 1994.

Everett M. Ehrlich,

Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics

Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-29100 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]

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