Census Advisory Committees

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration

Census Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-

463, as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, P.L. 96-523, and Pub. 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 June 3, 1998, at the Holiday Inn Hotel and

Suites, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. The agenda will be

limited to discussion on issues involved in the tabulation and

presentation of data on race from Census 2000 within the framework of

the decision on standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting

Federal data on race and ethnicity issued by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) in October 1997. This discussion will also assist the

Census Bureau in providing input into the OMB process of developing

final guidelines on the tabulation of data on race for use across the

Federal system.

DATES: On Wednesday, June 3, 1998, the meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and

adjourn for the day at 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn Hotel and

Suites, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commerce Secretary's 2000 Census

Advisory Committee is composed of a Chair, Vice-Chair, and up to 35

member organizations, 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, 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 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

communications between the communities they represent and the Bureau of

the Census on its efforts to reduce the differential in the count for

Census 2000 and on ways that census data can be disseminated to maximum

usefulness to their communities and other users.

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 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 on

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

Dated: May 6, 1998.

Lee Price,

Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-12764 Filed 5-13-98; 8:45 am]

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