Joint Meeting of Census Advisory Committees; Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration

Joint Meeting of Census Advisory Committees; Meeting

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463,

as amended by P.L. 94-409, P.L. 96-523, and P.L. 97-375), we are giving

notice of a joint meeting of the Commerce Secretary's 2000 Census

Advisory Committee (CAC), the CAC of Professional Associations, the CAC

on the African American Population, the CAC on the American Indian and

Alaska Native Populations, the CAC on the Asian and Pacific Islander

Populations, and the CAC on the Hispanic Population. The meeting will

convene on July 10, 1997, at the Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive,

Arlington, VA 22202-9903.

The agenda will be limited to discussions about how the Census

Bureau should implement wording of the race and ethnicity questions in

the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal questionnaire. The proposed wording

will be based on the recommendations contained in the report of a

Federal Interagency Committee that has been reviewing possible

revisions to Government-wide standards for classifying race and

ethnicity as outlined in Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Directive 15. These recommendations to the OMB will be documented in a

Federal Register Notice schedule for publication in early July.

The Commerce Secretary's 2000 CAC is composed of a Chair, Vice-

Chair, and up to 35 member organization, all appointed by the Secretary

of Commerce. The Advisory Committee considers the goals of Census 2000

and user needs for information provided by that census and provides a

perspective from the standpoint of the outside user community about how

operational planning and implementation methods proposed for Census

2000 will realize those goals and satisfy those needs. The Advisory

Committee considers all aspects of the conduct of the 2000 Census of

Population and Housing, and makes recommendations to the Secretary of

Commerce for improving that census.

The CAC of Professional Associations 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,

about the full range of Census Bureau programs and activities in

relation to their areas of expertise.

The CACs on the African American, American Indian and Alaska

Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations are

composed of nine members each appointed by the Secretary of Commerce.

The Committees provide an organized and continuing channel of

communication between the communities they represent and the Bureau of

the Census about efforts to reduce the differential in the totals for

population groups from Census 2000 and about ways Census 2000 data can

be disseminated to maximum usefulness to their communities and other

users.

On Thursday, July 10, 1997, the meeting will begin at 8:45 a.m. and

adjourn for the day at 3:15 p.m.

Anyone wishing additional information about this meeting, or who

wishes to submit written statements or questions, may contact Maxine

Anderson-Brown, Committee Liaison Officer, Department of Commerce,

Bureau of the Census, Room 3039, Federal Building 3, Washington, DC

20233, telephone: 301-457-2308.

A brief period will be set aside for public comment and questions.

However, individuals 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 physical accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to the Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer on

301-457-2308, TDD 301-457-2540.

Dated: June 25, 1997.

Lee Price,

Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-17102 Filed 6-27-97; 8:45 am]

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