The Census Advisory Committee on the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

The Census Advisory Committee on the American Indian and Alaska

Native Populations

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 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 Public Law 94-409, Public Law 96-523, and Public Law 97-

375), we are giving notice of a meeting of the Census Advisory

Committee on the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations. The

meeting will convene on December 10, 1997 at the Bureau of the Census,

Francis Amasa Walker Conference Center, Federal Building 3, Suitland,

Maryland 20746.

The Committee is composed of nine members appointed by the

Secretary of Commerce. The Committee provides 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 population totals from Census 2000 and on ways that

decennial census data can be disseminated to maximize their usefulness

to their communities and other users.

The committee will draw on past experience with the 1990 census

process and procedures, results of evaluations and research studies,

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

recommendations during the research and development, design, planning,

and implementation phases of Census 2000.

The agenda for the meeting on December 10, which will begin at 1:30

p.m. and adjourn at 5:30 p.m., covers the American Indian and Alaska

Native enumeration plan, geography issues, and staffing needs.

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

during the closing session for public 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, D.C. 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.

Individuals who wish additional information regarding this meeting

or to submit written statements may contact the Committee Liaison

Officer on (301) 457-2308, TDD (301) 457-2540.

Dated: November 19, 1997.

Bradford R. Huther,

Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Bureau of the Census.

[FR Doc. 97-30852 Filed 11-24-97; 8:45 am]

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