[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 199 (Friday, October 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26113]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census


Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations; Notice of 
Public Meeting

    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 
Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations. The meeting 
will convene on October 24-25, 1996 at the Bureau of the Census, 
Conference Center, Federal Building 3, Suitland, Maryland, 20233.
    The committee is composed of 36 members appointed by the Presidents 
of the American Economic Association, the American Statistical 
Association, the Population Association of America, and the Chairman of 
the Board of the American Marketing Association. The committee advises 
the Director, Bureau of the Census, on the full range of Census Bureau 
programs and activities in relation to the areas of expertise.
    The agenda for the meeting on October 24 that will begin at 8:30 
a.m. and end at 5:15 p.m. is:
     Introductory Remarks by the Director, Bureau of the 
Census.
     Economic Programs Update.
     2000 Census Update.
     Census Bureau Responses to Committee Recommendations.
     Will Reengineering Manufacturers' Product Data Better Meet 
User Needs?
     Decennial Marketing Plan--How Can Marketing Increase 
Respondent Cooperation in the Decennial Census and What Are Its 
Limitations?
     What Are the Data Needs for the New Federalism?
     What will be the Impact of the North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS) on Data Users for the 1997 Economic 
Censuses?
     How Do We Benchmark the American Community Survey to the 
2000 Census?
     What New Economic Statistics will Data Users need in the 
Next Decade?
     How Can Data Users help the Bureau Evaluate the Quality 
and Usefulness of Postcensal County Estimates of Poverty?
     What Are the Economic Program Implications of the 1997 
Budget?
     How can the Census Bureau Become More Customer Oriented 
and Market Driven?
     What Should we Consider in Making the Choice of the Method 
to Use to Achieve 90% at the Tract Level?
    The agenda for the meeting on October 25 that will begin at 8:45 
a.m. and end at 12:15 p.m. is:
     What Is the Impact of the Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership?
     How can the Census Bureau Market its Products and Services 
via the Internet?
     Administrative Records in Official Statistics--How can our 
Research on Administrative Records in Census 2000 Lead to Greater Use 
in 2010?
     Develop Recommendations and Special Interest Activities.
     Closing Session.
    The meeting is open to the public, and a brief period is set aside, 
during the closing session, on October 25, for comment and questions. 
Those persons with extensive questions or statements must submit them 
in writing to the Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer, Ms. Maxine 
Anderson-Brown, Room 3039, Federal Building 3, Washington, DC 20233, at 
least three days before the meeting.
    This 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 Committee Liaison Officer.
    Persons wishing additional information or minutes for this meeting, 
or who wish to submit written statements may contact the Committee 
Liaison Officer on 301-457-2308, TDD 301-457-2540.

    Dated: October 7, 1996.
Martha Farnsworth Riche,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 96-26113 Filed 10-10-96; 8:45 am]
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