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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 940827-4227]

 

Feature and Address Reference Source Assessment Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Consideration.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of the Census plans to 
conduct a Feature and Address Reference Source Assessment Survey in the 
years 1995 through 1997 under the authority of Title 13, United States 
Code, Sections 141 and 193. The Census Bureau would use the information 
collected to identify and acquire reference sources needed to update 
address and geographic files that are critical for all three phases of 
the 2000 decennial census--data collection, data processing, and data 
tabulation. The information to be collected is not available from any 
single source, either governmental or nongovernmental.

DATES: Any suggestions or recommendations concerning the proposed 
survey should be submitted in writing by September 26, 1994 to receive 
consideration.

ADDRESSES: Director, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McKay, Geography Division, Bureau 
of the Census, Washington, DC 20233, or 301/763-4667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Census Bureau will be the sole user of 
the information collected, and will use it to determine the reference 
sources that are the most complete and up to date, vis-a-vis streets 
and addresses, for each geographic area, typically a county or place. 
The identification and acquisition of complete and current reference 
sources are necessary for updating the Topologically Integrated 
Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) data base and creating the 
Master Address File (MAF) so that the Census Bureau can use the TIGER 
data base to assign each structure number-street name address in the 
MAF to the correct geographic location. The TIGER data base is a 
nationwide geographic data base that is used for producing maps, 
organizing addresses, and tabulating statistical data. The MAF will be 
a permanent and continuously maintained nationwide inventory of housing 
unit addresses to meet the needs of the Census Bureau's statistical 
programs. The TIGER data base and the MAF are two critical components 
of the infrastructure to support the 2000 decennial census, and the 
success of that census depends, to a great extent, on their 
completeness and currency.
    This survey proposal has been submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 
Public Law 96-511, as amended.

    Dated: August 18, 1994.
Paula J. Schneider,
Principal Associate Director for Programs, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 94-21113 Filed 8-25-94; 8:45 am]
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