# Census Advisory Committees > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A98-33711 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** December 21, 1998 - **Citation:** 63 FR 70387 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration Census Advisory Committees agency: Economics and Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce. action: Notice of public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 70388]] 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] BILLING CODE 3510-07-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A98-33711. Public record. Not legal advice.