[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 63 (Monday, April 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16548-16549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4758]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Census Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice of a 
joint meeting, followed by separate and concurrently held meetings of 
the Census Advisory Committees (CACs) on the African American 
Population, the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, the 
Asian Population, the Hispanic Population, and the Native Hawaiian and 
Other Pacific Islander Populations. The Committees will address issues 
related to the 2010 re-engineered decennial census, including the 
American Community Survey (ACS) and other related decennial programs. 
Last-minute changes to the schedule are possible, which could prevent 
advance notification.

DATES: April 26-28, 2006. On April 26, the meeting will begin at 
approximately 2 p.m. and end at approximately 5:15 p.m. On April 27, 
the meeting will begin at approximately 8:45 a.m. and end at 
approximately 4 p.m. On April 28, the meeting will begin at 
approximately 8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 
1800

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Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri Green, Committee Liaison Officer, 
Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 3627, Federal Office 
Building 3, Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301) 763-2070, TTY (301) 
457-2540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CACs on the African American Population, 
the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, the Asian 
Population, the Hispanic Population, and the Native Hawaiian and Other 
Pacific Islander Populations are comprised of nine members each. The 
Committees provide an organized and continuing channel of communication 
between the representative race and ethnic populations and the Census 
Bureau. The Committees provide an outside-user perspective about how 
research and design plans for the 2010 re-engineered decennial census, 
the ACS, and other related programs realize goals and satisfy needs 
associated with these communities. The Committees also assist the 
Census Bureau on ways that census data can best be disseminated to 
diverse race and ethnic populations and other users. The Committees are 
established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Title 5, United States Code, Appendix 2, Section 10(a)(b)).
    All meetings are open to the public. A brief period will be set 
aside at the meeting for public comment. However, individuals with 
extensive questions or statements must submit them in writing to Ms. 
Jeri Green at least three days before the meeting. Seating is available 
to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Committee Liaison Officer as 
soon as possible, preferably two weeks prior to the meeting.

    Dated: March 28, 2006.
Charles Louis Kincannon,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. E6-4758 Filed 3-31-06; 8:45 am]
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