Joint Meeting of Members of the Census Advisory Committees (CAC) on the African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations; Notice of Public Teleconference Call Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]

[Notices]

[Page 54666]

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[FR Doc No: 95-26433]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Joint Meeting of Members of the Census Advisory Committees (CAC)

on the African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and

Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations; Notice of Public

Teleconference Call 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 teleconference call

of the joint meeting of the members of the CACs on the African

American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific

Islander, and Hispanic Populations. It will include the chairperson of

each committee or a designee, the members of the working group advisory

committee, and all committee members who wish to participate in the

call. The teleconference call meeting is also open to the public. The

conference call meeting will convene on November 6, 1995 at the Census

Bureau, Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland 20233.

The committees are composed of nine members each appointed by the

Secretary of Commerce. They provide an organized and continuing channel

of communication between the communities they represent and the Bureau

of the Census on its efforts to reduce the differential in the count

for the 2000 census and on ways that census data can be disseminated to

increase/improve the data's usefulness to their communities and other

users.

The committees will draw on past experience with the 1990 census

process and procedures, results of evaluations and research studies,

and the expertise and insight of their members to provide advice and

recommendations during the research and development phase on various

topics and provide advice and recommendations during the design,

planning, and implementation phases of the 2000 census.

The agenda for the teleconference call meeting that will begin at 1

p.m. Eastern standard time and end at 4 p.m. is:

(1) Introductory remarks.

(2) Continued discussions from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on

the Supplement on Race and Ethnicity.

(3) Summary of Discussions on Issues from the Race and Ethnic

Targeted Test (RAETT) Working Group Meeting of September 25; Points

of Agreement and Further Considerations:

a. Multiracial Classification (testing both the multiracial

category and the mark more than one approach).

b. Combined Race, Hispanic Origin and Ancestry Question.

c. Alternative sequencing of race and Hispanic Origin question.

d. Terminology.

e. Combined Indian (Amer.) or Alaska Native Category, Native

Hawaiian Category.

(4) Advice and/or recommendations on issues for RAETT.

(5) Summary of teleconference call meeting.

The teleconference call meeting is open to the public and a brief

period is set aside on November 6, 1995 for public comment and

questions. Those persons with extensive questions or statements must

submit them in writing to the Census Bureau official named below at

least three days before the meeting.

The conference call 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 concerning the conference

call meeting or who wish to submit written statements may contact Ms.

Diana Harley, Decennial Management Division, Bureau of the Census, Room

3587, Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland. (Mailing address:

Washington, DC 20233). Telephone: (301) 457-4047.

Dated: October 19, 1995.

Harry A. Scarr,

Deputy Director, Bureau of the Census.

[FR Doc. 95-26433 Filed 10-24-95; 8:45 am]

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