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 (Public Law 92-

463, as amended by Public Law 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 Friday, March 31, 1995, at The Embassy Row

Hotel, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

The Advisory Committee is composed of a Chair, Vice Chair, and

twenty-five member organizations, 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 8:00 a.m. and adjourn at 11:30 a.m. on

Friday, March 31, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at The Embassy Row Hotel, 2015

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons wishing additional information regarding this meeting, or who

wish to submit written statements or questions, may contact Susan M.

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

Federal Building 3, Washington, D.C. 20233. Telephone: (301) 457-2095.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the meeting includes a

presentation to Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown of the final report

of the Committee on the design phase of the 2000 census, a status

report on the 1995 Census Test, and any other business 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 [[Page 14725]] should be directed to Pat Ellis on (301)

457-2095.

Dated: March 15, 1995.

Everett M. Ehrlich,

Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics

Administration.

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