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 (Public Law 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 and encourage the

participation of the African American Population, and the general

population as a whole, in Census 2000. (A Joint Advisory Committee

meeting on October 26, 1998 also focused on the advertising campaign to

reach the general population and the American Indian and Alaska Native,

Asian and Pacific Islander and Hispanic Populations.) Last minute

changes to the schedule are possible, and they could prevent us from

giving advance notice.

dates: On Thursday, January 21, 1999, the meeting will begin at 9:00

a.m. and adjourn at approximately 3:00 p.m.

addresses: The meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn Hotel &

Suites, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA.

for further information contact: Maxine Anderson-Brown, Committee

Liaison Office, 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

thirty-five 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. 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 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

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Census, on the full range of Census Bureau programs and activities in

relation to the 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 Population is composed of 13

members, 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 at the meeting for public comment.

However, individuals with extensive 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: December 15, 1998.

Robert J. Shapiro,

Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics

Administration.

[FR Doc 98-33711 Filed 12-18-98; 8:45 am]

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