[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 21156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11530]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration
Bureau of the Census


Census Advisory Committees of the African American Population, 
American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, Asian and Pacific 
Islander Populations, and Hispanic Population; Notice of Renewal

    In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and after consultation with the General Services 
Administration, the Secretary of Commerce has determined that the 
renewal of the Census Advisory Committees of the African American 
Population, American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, Asian and 
Pacific Islander Populations, and Hispanic Population is in the public 
interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the 
Department by law.
    These committees primarily will provide an organized and continuing 
channel of communication to the Bureau of the Census on its efforts to 
reduce the differentials in the counts of these populations during the 
2000 census and to identify ways the resulting census data can be 
disseminated with maximum usefulness to these populations 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 its members to provide advice and 
recommendations during the research and development phase of various 
topics, and provide advice and recommendations during the design, 
planning, and implementation phases of the 2000 census. During the 
research and development phase, these committees will provide advice on 
topics such as special methods for enumerating their populations and 
the race and ethnicity questions.
    These committees will function solely as an advisory body and will 
comply fully with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
Each committee shall consist of nine members to be appointed by and 
serve at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce.
    The committees shall report to the Director, Bureau of the Census. 
The Designated Federal Official for the Advisory Committees shall be 
the Associate Director for Decennial Census at the Bureau of the 
Census.
    The Department of Commerce will file copies of the committees' 
renewal charters with appropriate committees in Congress.
    You may address inquiries or comments to Maxine Anderson-Brown, 
Committee Liaison Officer, Bureau of the Census, Room 3039, FB 3, 
Washington, D.C. 20233, telephone (301) 457-2308,--TDD (301) 457-2540.

    Dated: May 3, 1996.
Martha Farnsworth Riche,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 96-11530 Filed 5-8-96; 8:45 am]
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