Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations; Notice of Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Census Advisory Committee of 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 24-25, 1996 at the Bureau of the Census,

Conference Center, Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland, 20233.

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. The committee 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 24 that will begin at 8:30

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

Introductory Remarks by the Director, Bureau of the

Census.

Economic Programs Update.

2000 Census Update.

Census Bureau Responses to Committee Recommendations.

Will Reengineering Manufacturers' Product Data Better Meet

User Needs?

Decennial Marketing Plan--How Can Marketing Increase

Respondent Cooperation in the Decennial Census and What Are Its

Limitations?

What Are the Data Needs for the New Federalism?

What will be the Impact of the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) on Data Users for the 1997 Economic

Censuses?

How Do We Benchmark the American Community Survey to the

2000 Census?

What New Economic Statistics will Data Users need in the

Next Decade?

How Can Data Users help the Bureau Evaluate the Quality

and Usefulness of Postcensal County Estimates of Poverty?

What Are the Economic Program Implications of the 1997

Budget?

How can the Census Bureau Become More Customer Oriented

and Market Driven?

What Should we Consider in Making the Choice of the Method

to Use to Achieve 90% at the Tract Level?

The agenda for the meeting on October 25 that will begin at 8:45

a.m. and end at 12:15 p.m. is:

What Is the Impact of the Manufacturing Extension

Partnership?

How can the Census Bureau Market its Products and Services

via the Internet?

Administrative Records in Official Statistics--How can our

Research on Administrative Records in Census 2000 Lead to Greater Use

in 2010?

Develop Recommendations and Special Interest Activities.

Closing Session.

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

during the closing session, on October 25, for comment and questions.

Those persons with extensive questions or statements must submit them

in writing to the Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer, Ms. Maxine

Anderson-Brown, Room 3039, Federal Building 3, Washington, DC 20233, 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 Committee Liaison Officer.

Persons wishing additional information or minutes for this meeting,

or who wish to submit written statements may contact the Committee

Liaison Officer on 301-457-2308, TDD 301-457-2540.

Dated: October 7, 1996.

Martha Farnsworth Riche,

Director, Bureau of the Census.

[FR Doc. 96-26113 Filed 10-10-96; 8:45 am]

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