[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17102]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration


Joint Meeting of Census Advisory Committees; Meeting

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics Administration, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 
as amended by P.L. 94-409, P.L. 96-523, and P.L. 97-375), we are giving 
notice of a joint meeting of the Commerce Secretary's 2000 Census 
Advisory Committee (CAC), the CAC of Professional Associations, the CAC 
on the African American Population, the CAC on the American Indian and 
Alaska Native Populations, the CAC on the Asian and Pacific Islander 
Populations, and the CAC on the Hispanic Population. The meeting will 
convene on July 10, 1997, at the Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive, 
Arlington, VA 22202-9903.
    The agenda will be limited to discussions about how the Census 
Bureau should implement wording of the race and ethnicity questions in 
the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal questionnaire. The proposed wording 
will be based on the recommendations contained in the report of a 
Federal Interagency Committee that has been reviewing possible 
revisions to Government-wide standards for classifying race and 
ethnicity as outlined in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Directive 15. These recommendations to the OMB will be documented in a 
Federal Register Notice schedule for publication in early July.
    The Commerce Secretary's 2000 CAC is composed of a Chair, Vice-
Chair, and up to 35 member organization, all appointed by the Secretary 
of Commerce. The Advisory Committee considers the goals of Census 2000 
and user needs for information provided by that census and provides a 
perspective from the standpoint of the outside user community about how 
operational planning and implementation methods proposed for Census 
2000 will realize those goals and satisfy those needs. The Advisory 
Committee considers all aspects of the conduct of the 2000 Census of 
Population and Housing, and makes recommendations to the Secretary of 
Commerce for improving that census.
    The CAC of Professional Associations is composed of 36 members 
appointed by the Presidents of the American Economic Association, the 
American Statistical Association, and 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, 
about the full range of Census Bureau programs and activities in 
relation to their areas of expertise.
    The CACs on the African American, American Indian and Alaska 
Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations are 
composed of nine members each appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. 
The Committees provide an organized and continuing channel of 
communication between the communities they represent and the Bureau of 
the Census about efforts to reduce the differential in the totals for 
population groups from Census 2000 and about ways Census 2000 data can 
be disseminated to maximum usefulness to their communities and other 
users.
    On Thursday, July 10, 1997, the meeting will begin at 8:45 a.m. and 
adjourn for the day at 3:15 p.m.
    Anyone wishing additional information about this meeting, or who 
wishes to submit written statements or questions, may contact Maxine 
Anderson-Brown, Committee Liaison Officer, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census, Room 3039, Federal Building 3, Washington, DC 
20233, telephone: 301-457-2308.
    A brief period will be set aside for public comment and questions. 
However, individuals 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 physical accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to the Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer on 
301-457-2308, TDD 301-457-2540.

    Dated: June 25, 1997.
Lee Price,
Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-17102 Filed 6-27-97; 8:45 am]
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