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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

 

Advisory Committee of the Task Force for Designing the Year 2000 
Census and Census-Related Activities for 2000-2009

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), we are giving notice of a meeting 
of the Advisory Committee of the Task Force for Designing the Year 2000 
Census and Census-Related Activities for 2000-2009. The meeting will 
convene on Thursday, September 8, 1994, continuing through Friday, 
September 9, 1994, at the DuPont Plaza Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. The Advisory Committee is composed of a 
Chairperson, twenty-five member organizations, and nine ex efficio 
members, all appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The Advisory 
Committee will consider the goals of the census and user needs for 
information provided by the census, and provide a perspective from the 
standpoint of the outside user community on how proposed designs for 
the year 2000 census realize those goals and satisfy those needs. The 
Advisory Committee shall consider all aspects of the conduct of the 
census of population and housing for the year 2000, and shall make 
recommendations for improving that census.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 8, 
1994 and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 9, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the DuPont Plaza Hotel, 1500 
New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Persons wishing additional information regarding this meeting, or who 
wish to submit written statements or questions, may contact Thomas P. 
DeCair, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Room 2066, 
Federal Building 3, Washington, D.C. 20233. Telephone: (301) 763-7298.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the meeting includes 
discussions on cooperative ventures with state, local, and tribal 
governments; evaluation plans for the 1995 Test Census; non-federal 
content solicitation; residency rules; an update of the federal review 
of racial and ethnic categories; an explanation of estimation and 
sampling; and other items that the Chair and Advisory Committee members 
deem appropriate for this meeting.

    The meeting is open to the public. A brief period will be set aside 
for public comment and questions. However, persons 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 Susan Knight on (301) 763-7298.

    Dated: August 18, 1994.
Paul A. London,
Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-20901 Filed 8-24-94; 8:45 am]
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