[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6591]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 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), we are giving notice of a meeting of the 
Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations.
    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 Chairperson 
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 their areas of expertise.

DATES: The meeting will convene on April 22-23, 1999. On April 22, the 
meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m. On April 23, the 
meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn Hotel & 
Suites, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Census Bureau Committee Liaison 
Officer, Ms. Maxine Anderson-Brown, Room 1647, Federal Building 3, 
Washington, DC 20233. Her phone number is 301-457-2308, TDD 301-457-
2540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the meeting on April 22, 
which will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m., is the following:
     Introductory Remarks by the Director, Bureau of the 
Census.
     Census Bureau Responses to Committee Recommendations.
     Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal, Census 2000 Updates, and the 
Publicity Plan.
     Electronic Commerce: What Is It and How Do We Measure It?
     American FactFinder Demonstration.
     American Community Survey Update and Demonstration of 1997 
CD-ROM.
     Primer on the Advance Report from the 1997 Economic 
Census: What the North American Industry Classification System has done 
to the Numbers.
     Disclosure Limitations Issues.
     Update on Product Classification Activities and 
Challenges.
     Update from Marketing Services Office.
     Cognitive Research on Large Company Reporting Practices: 
Preliminary Findings and Implications for Data Collectors and Users.
     Update and Demonstration of American FactFinder.
    The agenda for the meeting on April 23, which will begin at 9 a.m. 
and adjourn at 12:30 p.m., is the following:
     The Survey of Income and Program Participation Methods 
Panel: Improving Income Measurement.
     Chief Economist Update.
     How Can the Census Bureau Best Promote Its New Look and 
Feel Internally and Externally?
     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, for public comment and questions. Those 
persons with extensive questions or statements must submit them in 
writing to the Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer. Individuals 
wishing additional information or minutes regarding this meeting may 
contact the Liaison Officer as well. Her address and phone number are 
identified above.
    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.

    Dated: March 12, 1999.
Kenneth Prewitt,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 99-6591 Filed 3-17-99; 8:45 am]
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