Census Advisory Committee on the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Census Advisory Committee on the American Indian and Alaska

Native Populations

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 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 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 Committee is composed of nine members appointed by the

Secretary of Commerce. The Committee provides a channel of

communication between the representative communities and the Bureau of

the Census on its efforts to

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reduce the differential in the population totals from Census 2000 and

on ways that the decennial census data can be disseminated to maximize

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 for the implementation and evaluation phases of Census

2000.

DATES: The meeting will convene on November 4, 1998. The meeting will

begin at 12 noon and end at 5:15 p.m. Last-minute changes to the

schedule are possible, which could prevent us from giving advance

notice.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Francis Amasa Walker

Conference Center at the Bureau of the Census, Federal Building 3, 4700

Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746.

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,

TDD 301-457-2540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the November 4 meeting, which

will begin at 12 noon and adjourn at 5:15 p.m., will focus on updates

and plans related to the enumeration of the American Indian and Alaska

Native Populations, particularly in American Indian and Alaska Native

areas.

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 named above 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.

Dated: October 8, 1998.

James F. Holmes,

Acting Director, Bureau of the Census.

[FR Doc. 98-27594 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]

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