[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 52 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 14242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6444]


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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 (Public Act 
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 involving the 2000 Census 
Advisory Committee (CAC), the CAC of Professional Associations, the CAC 
on the African American Populations, the CAC on the American Indian and 
Alaska Native Populations, the CAC on the Asian Population, the CAC on 
the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Populations, and the CAC 
on the Hispanic Population. This meeting will be primarily an 
informational meeting focusing on Census 2000 operations and 
activities.

DATES:  On Friday, April 14, 2000, the meeting will begin at 8:45 a.m. 
and adjourn at approximately 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will take place at the Sheraton Crystal City 
Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The CACs on the African American 
Population, the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, the 
Asian Population, the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 
Populations, and the Hispanic Population are composed of nine members 
each, appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The Committees provide an 
organized and continuing channel of communication between the 
communities they represent and the U.S. Census Bureau on its effort to 
reduce the differential undercount for Census 2000 and on ways that 
census data can be disseminated to maximum usefulness to their 
communities and other users.
    The CAC of Professional Associations is composed of thirty-six 
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, U.S. Census 
Bureau, on the full range of U.S. Census Bureau programs and activities 
in relation to its areas of expertise.
    The 2000 Census Advisory Committee is composed of a Chair, Vice 
Chair, and up to forty member organizations. There are also sixteen ex-
officio members, all appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The 
Advisory 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 Advisory 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.
    A brief period will be set aside at the meeting for public comment. 
However, individuals with extensive 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 U.S. Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer 
on 301-457-2308, TDD 301-457-2540.

    Dated: March 8, 2000.
Robert J. Shapiro,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and Statistics 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-6444 Filed 3-15-00; 8:45 am]
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