[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54666]
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[FR Doc No: 95-26433]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Joint Meeting of Members of the Census Advisory Committees (CAC) 
on the African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and 
Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations; Notice of Public 
Teleconference Call Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463 as 
amended by P.L. 94-409), we are giving notice of a teleconference call 
of the joint meeting of the members of the CACs on the African 
American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific 
Islander, and Hispanic Populations. It will include the chairperson of 
each committee or a designee, the members of the working group advisory 
committee, and all committee members who wish to participate in the 
call. The teleconference call meeting is also open to the public. The 
conference call meeting will convene on November 6, 1995 at the Census 
Bureau, Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland 20233.
    The committees are composed of nine members each appointed by the 
Secretary of Commerce. They provide an organized and continuing channel 
of communication between the communities they represent and the Bureau 
of the Census on its efforts to reduce the differential in the count 
for the 2000 census and on ways that census data can be disseminated to 
increase/improve the data's usefulness to their communities and other 
users.
    The committees will draw on past experience with the 1990 census 
process and procedures, results of evaluations and research studies, 
and the expertise and insight of their members to provide advice and 
recommendations during the research and development phase on various 
topics and provide advice and recommendations during the design, 
planning, and implementation phases of the 2000 census.
    The agenda for the teleconference call meeting that will begin at 1 
p.m. Eastern standard time and end at 4 p.m. is:

    (1) Introductory remarks.
    (2) Continued discussions from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 
the Supplement on Race and Ethnicity.
    (3) Summary of Discussions on Issues from the Race and Ethnic 
Targeted Test (RAETT) Working Group Meeting of September 25; Points 
of Agreement and Further Considerations:
    a. Multiracial Classification (testing both the multiracial 
category and the mark more than one approach).
    b. Combined Race, Hispanic Origin and Ancestry Question.
    c. Alternative sequencing of race and Hispanic Origin question.
    d. Terminology.
    e. Combined Indian (Amer.) or Alaska Native Category, Native 
Hawaiian Category.
    (4) Advice and/or recommendations on issues for RAETT.
    (5) Summary of teleconference call meeting.

    The teleconference call meeting is open to the public and a brief 
period is set aside on November 6, 1995 for public comment and 
questions. Those persons with extensive questions or statements must 
submit them in writing to the Census Bureau official named below at 
least three days before the meeting.
    The conference call meeting is physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should also be directed to the Census Bureau official 
named below.
    Persons wishing additional information concerning the conference 
call meeting or who wish to submit written statements may contact Ms. 
Diana Harley, Decennial Management Division, Bureau of the Census, Room 
3587, Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland. (Mailing address: 
Washington, DC 20233). Telephone: (301) 457-4047.

    Dated: October 19, 1995.
Harry A. Scarr,
Deputy Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 95-26433 Filed 10-24-95; 8:45 am]
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