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, Pub. 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 agenda will be limited to discussing how the Census

Bureau can best use paid advertising to reach general and targeted

populations and to encourage their participation in Census 2000.

DATES: On Monday, October 26, 1998, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m.

and adjourn for the day at 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Sheration Reston Hotel,

11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maxine Anderson-Brown, Committee

Liaison Officer, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Room

1647, 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

Committee considers the goals of Census 2000 and user needs for

information provided by that census. The Committee provides an outside

user perspective about how operational planning and implementation

methods proposed for Census 2000 will realize those goals and satisfy

those needs. The 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, and Hispanic Populations are composed of nine members each and

the CAC on the Asian and Pacific Islander Populations is composed of

thirteen members, 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 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: October 2, 1998.

Robert J. Shapiro,

Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-26982 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]

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