[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 62648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29927]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau
[Docket Number 991105296-9296-01]
RIN Number 0607-XX47


Change in Report Series From Print Publication to Internet Access

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of publication program change.

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SUMMARY: The Census Bureau will cease printed publication of the 
Monthly Wholesale Trade Report at the end of this calender year. After 
the printed report providing data for December 1999 is issued in 
February 2000, this monthly report will be available only on the 
Internet at: <http://www.census.gov./svsd/www/mwts.html>.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carole A. Ambler, Chief, Service 
Sector Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233, 
telephone number: (301) 457-2668.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Monthly Wholesale Trade Report provides 
current economic data of the merchant wholesale trade industry and 
presents both unadjusted and seasonally adjusted data on sales, 
inventories, and inventories/sales ratios.
    The Census Bureau has determined that there is little, if any, need 
for the printed version of the Monthly Wholesale Trade Report. Few 
users want a delayed printed report when they can access it through the 
Internet the morning of the release. Some users have continued to 
receive the printed report only because they have not requested that 
their names be removed from our mailing list. In recent years, our 
mailing request for this publication has declined from about 750 users 
to about 80 users. We believe that switching to Internet access will 
not affect the report's users. We will, however, address the needs of 
customers adversely affected by this change.

    Dated: November 9, 1999.
Kenneth Prewitt,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 99-29927 Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]
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