[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54107-54108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26982]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration


Census Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics Administration, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 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 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 agenda will be limited to discussing how the Census 
Bureau can best use paid advertising to reach general and targeted 
populations and to encourage their participation in Census 2000.

DATES: On Monday, October 26, 1998, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. 
and adjourn for the day at 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Sheration Reston Hotel, 
11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maxine Anderson-Brown, Committee 
Liaison Officer, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Room 
1647, Federal Building 3, Washington, DC 20233, telephone: 301-457-
2308.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commerce Secretary's 2000 Census 
Advisory Committee is composed of a Chair, Vice Chair, and up to 35 
member organizations, all appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The 
Committee considers the goals of Census 2000 and user needs for 
information provided by that census. The Committee provides an outside 
user perspective about how operational planning and implementation 
methods proposed for Census 2000 will realize those goals and satisfy 
those needs. The 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, 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 its areas of expertise.
    The CACs on the African American, American Indian and Alaska 
Native, and Hispanic Populations are composed of nine members each and 
the CAC on the Asian and Pacific Islander Populations is composed of 
thirteen members, 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 on 
its efforts to reduce the differential in the count for Census 2000 and 
on ways that census data can be disseminated to maximum usefulness to 
their communities and other users.
    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 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 on 
301-457-2308, TDD 301-457-2540.

    Dated: October 2, 1998.
Robert J. Shapiro,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-26982 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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