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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

 

Discussion of the 1995 Census Test Service-Based Enumeration 
Operation; Notice of Public Meeting

    The Census Bureau is giving notice of a meeting to provide 
information about the ``Service-Based Enumeration Operation'' planned 
for the 1995 Census Test. The meeting will convene on October 31, 1994, 
at 9 a.m. and will adjourn at 11 a.m. This meeting will be held at the 
Census Bureau, Conference Center, Federal Building 3, Suitland, 
Maryland.
    The 1995 Census Test is a continuation of the Census Bureau's 
research on fundamental changes to reduce the differential undercount 
from the 1990 census and to contain the cost of the census. The 1995 
Census Test will include operations to count people in housing units 
and in group quarters (such as nursing facilities and college 
dormitories), and at selected locations that provide services to 
homeless and needy people. The Census Bureau plans to conduct a test of 
the feasibility of enumerating people at locations that provide 
services to homeless and needy people, such as shelters and soup 
kitchens. Beginning March 1995, Oakland, California; Paterson, New 
Jersey; and six parishes in northwest Louisiana will be enumerated. 
This operation is one of the various enumeration methods aimed at 
improving coverage in the 2000 census for people likely to be missed by 
standard enumeration procedures for housing units.
    The Census Bureau will invite representatives from national 
organizations that represent providers of services to the homeless 
population. At the meeting, the Census Bureau will discuss the general 
purpose of the 1995 Census Test and will provide details of the 
Service-Based Enumeration operational activities. This meeting should 
be of significant interest to those organizations that are 
representatives of national and state coalitions on the homeless, 
involved with homeless research issues, homeless advocates, service 
providers, and users of population data from the decennial census.
    The tentative agenda for the meeting is: (1) Opening Remarks, (2) 
Overview of the 1995 Census Test, (3) Overview of the ``Service-Based 
Enumeration Operation,'' (4) Public Questions, and (5) Closing Remarks. 
The meeting will be audio recorded.
    This meeting is open to the public; however, seating is limited. 
Please contact Sandra Lucas on 301-763-5337 by October 24 if you plan 
to attend. The meeting is physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids also should be directed to Sandra Lucas by October 24.
    Persons wishing additional information regarding this meeting, may 
contact Sandra Lucas, Decennial Management Division, Bureau of the 
Census, Room 3561-3, Washington, DC 20233-7100. Telephone: 301-763-5337 
(TDD) 301-763-4944.

    Dated: October 11, 1994.
Harry A. Scarr,
Acting Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 94-25624 Filed 10-14-94; 8:45 am]
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