[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55899-55900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26960]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Census Advisory Committee on the American Indian and Alaska 
Native Populations

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, Pub. L. 96-523, and Pub. L. 97-375), we 
are giving notice of a meeting of the Census Advisory Committee on the 
American Indian and Alaska Native Populations. The meeting will focus 
on updates and plans related to the enumeration of the American Indian 
and Alaska Native Populations, particularly in American Indian and 
Alaska Native areas. This meeting also will include summary reports on 
the ongoing American Indian and Alaska Native Regional Meeting and on 
Census 2000 promotional activities with the American Indian and Alaska 
Native Populations.

DATES: November 3, 1999. The meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. and end 
at approximately 5:15 p.m.

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

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, 
TDD 301-457-2540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee is composed of nine

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members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The Committee provides 
a channel of communication between the representative communities and 
the Bureau of the Census. The Committee assists the Bureau in its 
efforts to reduce the count differential for Census 2000 and advises on 
ways that decennial census data can best be disseminated to communities 
and other users.
    The Committee will provide advice and recommendations for the 
implementation and evaluation phases of Census 2000. To do so, they 
will draw on several items including past experience with the 1990 
census process and procedures, the results of evaluations and research 
studies, and the expertise and insight of their members.
    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, named above, 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 be directed to the Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer.

    Dated: October 12, 1999.
Kenneth Prewitt,
Director, Bureau of Census.
[FR Doc. 99-26960 Filed 10-14-99; 8:45 am]
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