[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62756-62757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30853]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


The Census Advisory Committee (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

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463 as 
amended by Pub. L. 94-409, Pub. L. 96-523, and Pub. L. 97-375), we are 
giving notice of a joint meeting followed by separate and concurrently 
held (described below) meetings of 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 joint meeting will convene on 
December 11-12, 1997 at the Bureau of the Census, Francis Amasa Walker 
Conference Center, Federal Building 3, 4700 Silver Hill Road, Suitland 
Maryland 20746.
    Each of these Committees is composed of nine members 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 
population totals from Census 2000 and on ways that decennial census 
data can be disseminated to maximize their usefulness to these 
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, design, planning 
and implementation phases of Census 2000.
    The agenda for the December 11 combined meeting, which will begin 
at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m., is as follows: (1) Introductory Remarks 
and Updates; (2) What Is the Master Activity Schedule? How Will it Work 
for Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal Plans?; and (3) Building Partnerships.
    The agendas for the four separate committees in the concurrent 
meetings held at various times during the day are as follows:
    The CAC on the African American Population: (1) Review Issues From 
Last Meeting; (2) Discussants' Review of the Topics for the Plenary 
Sessions; (3) Review Responses to Recommendations; and (4) Discussion 
of Topics with Staff.
    The CAC on the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations: (1) 
Review Issues From Last Meeting; (2) Discussants' Review of the Topics 
for the Plenary Sessions; (3) Review Responses to Recommendations; and 
(4) Discussion of Topics with Staff.
    The CAC on the Asian and Pacific Islander Populations: (1) Review 
Issues From Last Meeting; (2) Discussants' Review of the Topics for the 
Plenary Sessions; (3) Review Responses to Recommendations; and (4) 
Discussion of Topics with Staff.
    The CAC on the Hispanic Population: (1) Review Issues From Last 
Meeting; (2) Discussants' Review of the Topics for the Plenary 
Sessions; (3) Review Responses to Recommendations; and (4) Discussion 
of Topics with Staff.
    The agenda for the December 12 combined meeting, which will begin 
at 8:45 a.m. and end at 4:15 p.m., is as follows: (1) Report on the 
2000 Census Advisory Committee Meetings; (2) Process of Determining the 
Final Proposals on Tabulation of Race and Ethnic Data in Federal 
Statistical Systems; (3) How Will the OMB Proposal on Tabulation of 
Race and Ethnic Data Be Implemented in the Dress Rehearsal Tabulations? 
(4) What Standard Products Should the Census

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Bureau Develop From the Census 2000?; (5) How Can Local Organizations 
and Local Officials Identify Service Locations [such as shelters, soup 
kitchens] Needed to Conduct the Service-Based Enumeration? (6) A 
Conversation: Advisory Committees; (7) Committee Recommendations; and 
(7) Public Comment.
    The agendas for the four separate committees in their concurrent 
meetings held at various times are as follows:
    The CAC on the African American Population: Draft Recommendations.
    The CAC on the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations: (1) 
Election of Chair and (2) Draft Recommendations.
    The CAC on the Asian and Pacific Islander Populations: Draft 
Recommendations.
    The CAC on the Hispanic Population: Draft Recommendations.
    All meetings are open to the public, and a brief period is set 
aside on December 12 during the closing session for public comment and 
questions. Individuals 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, 
D.C. 20233, at least three days before the meeting.
    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Census Bureau Committee 
Liaison Officer.
    Individuals who wish additional information regarding these 
meetings or to submit written statements may contact the Committee 
Liaison Officer on (301) 457-2308, TDD (301) 457-2540.

    Dated: November 19, 1997.
Bradford R. Huther,
Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 97-30853 Filed 11-24-97; 8:45 am]
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