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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, December 8, 1994, and continue through Friday, 
December 9, 1994, at the Bureau of the Census' Conference Center, 
Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland.
    The Advisory Committee is composed of a Chair, twenty-five member 
organizations, and nine ex officio 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 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on 
Thursday, December 8, 1994 and reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, 
December 9, 1994, with adjournment set for 11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Bureau of the Census' 
Conference Center, Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland.

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, DC 20233. Telephone (301) 763-7298.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the meeting includes 
discussions on the role of state and local governments, plans for 
outreach and promotion, content testing plans, and an update of the 
federal review of racial and ethnic categories, as well as any 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: November 21, 1994.
Everett M. Ehrlich,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-29100 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]
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