The Census Advisory Committee (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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

The Census Advisory Committee (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

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463 as

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

giving notice of a joint meeting followed by separate and concurrently

held (described below) meetings of 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 joint meeting will convene on

December 11-12, 1997 at the Bureau of the Census, Francis Amasa Walker

Conference Center, Federal Building 3, 4700 Silver Hill Road, Suitland

Maryland 20746.

Each of these Committees is composed of nine members appointed by

the Secretary of Commerce. They provide 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 these

communities and other users.

The Committees will draw on past experience with the 1990 census

process and procedures, results of evaluations and research studies,

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

recommendations during the research and development, design, planning

and implementation phases of Census 2000.

The agenda for the December 11 combined meeting, which will begin

at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m., is as follows: (1) Introductory Remarks

and Updates; (2) What Is the Master Activity Schedule? How Will it Work

for Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal Plans?; and (3) Building Partnerships.

The agendas for the four separate committees in the concurrent

meetings held at various times during the day are as follows:

The CAC on the African American Population: (1) Review Issues From

Last Meeting; (2) Discussants' Review of the Topics for the Plenary

Sessions; (3) Review Responses to Recommendations; and (4) Discussion

of Topics with Staff.

The CAC on the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations: (1)

Review Issues From Last Meeting; (2) Discussants' Review of the Topics

for the Plenary Sessions; (3) Review Responses to Recommendations; and

(4) Discussion of Topics with Staff.

The CAC on the Asian and Pacific Islander Populations: (1) Review

Issues From Last Meeting; (2) Discussants' Review of the Topics for the

Plenary Sessions; (3) Review Responses to Recommendations; and (4)

Discussion of Topics with Staff.

The CAC on the Hispanic Population: (1) Review Issues From Last

Meeting; (2) Discussants' Review of the Topics for the Plenary

Sessions; (3) Review Responses to Recommendations; and (4) Discussion

of Topics with Staff.

The agenda for the December 12 combined meeting, which will begin

at 8:45 a.m. and end at 4:15 p.m., is as follows: (1) Report on the

2000 Census Advisory Committee Meetings; (2) Process of Determining the

Final Proposals on Tabulation of Race and Ethnic Data in Federal

Statistical Systems; (3) How Will the OMB Proposal on Tabulation of

Race and Ethnic Data Be Implemented in the Dress Rehearsal Tabulations?

(4) What Standard Products Should the Census

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Bureau Develop From the Census 2000?; (5) How Can Local Organizations

and Local Officials Identify Service Locations [such as shelters, soup

kitchens] Needed to Conduct the Service-Based Enumeration? (6) A

Conversation: Advisory Committees; (7) Committee Recommendations; and

(7) Public Comment.

The agendas for the four separate committees in their concurrent

meetings held at various times are as follows:

The CAC on the African American Population: Draft Recommendations.

The CAC on the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations: (1)

Election of Chair and (2) Draft Recommendations.

The CAC on the Asian and Pacific Islander Populations: Draft

Recommendations.

The CAC on the Hispanic Population: Draft Recommendations.

All meetings are open to the public, and a brief period is set

aside on December 12 during the closing session for public comment and

questions. Individuals 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.

These meetings are 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 these

meetings 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. 97-30853 Filed 11-24-97; 8:45 am]

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