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 (P.L. 92-463 as

amended by P.L. 94-409), we are giving notice of a meeting of the

Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations. The meeting

will convene on May 1-2, 1997 at the Bureau of the Census, Francis

Amasa Walker 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, and 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 its areas of expertise.

The agenda for the meeting on May 1, which will begin at 9:30 a.m.

and end at 5:00 p.m., is as follows:

Introductory Remarks by the Director, Bureau of the

Census.

Census Bureau Responses to Committee Recommendations.

How Do We Convert the 1992 Economic Census to a North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Basis?

How Should the Census Bureau Communicate Plans for 2000

Census Products?

What Improvements Can Be Made to the New American

Community Survey Introduction and Benchmarking Plans?

How Will Measuring the Information Sector Impact the

Census Bureau's Programs?

What Should the Census Bureau Charge for on the Internet

and What Market Segments Should We Target?

What Opportunities for Cooperative Research and

Development Agreements (CRADA's) Should the Census Bureau Pursue?

What Are the Major Issues for Implementing the Survey of

Program Dynamics (SPD)?

What Have We Learned From the Medical Expenditure Panel

Survey-Insurance Component Pilot?

Assessment of Integrated Response and Product Marketing

Plan for the 1997 Economic Census.

Should We Add Noise to Data (Economic, Demographic, or

Census) as a Disclosure Limitation Option?

Assessment of the Marketing Services Office's Educational

Program.

Final Review of New Product Development Guidelines.

The agenda for the meeting on May 2, which will begin at 9:00 a.m.

and end at 12:15 p.m., is as follows:

How Should We Proceed to Develop Generalized Software for

Survey Processing Operations Such as Editing, Imputation, Estimation,

etc.?

Discussion of Concept Differences Between the American

Community Survey and Census 2000.

Market Research at the Census Bureau--Are We on the Right

Track?

Center for Economic Studies Featuring the Census Bureau's

New Chief Economist, John Haltiwanger.

What Are the Main Issues Facing the Federal Economic

Statistics System?

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 May 2 for comments 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 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: April 14, 1997.

Martha Farnsworth Riche,

Director, Bureau of the Census.

[FR Doc. 97-10086 Filed 4-16-97; 8:45 am]

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