[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49280-49281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19674]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Census Scientific Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (U.S. Census Bureau) is giving notice 
of a meeting of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee (C-SAC). The 
C-SAC will meet in a plenary session from September 18-19, 2014. The 
Committee will address policy, research, and technical issues relating 
to a full range of Census Bureau programs and activities, including 
communications, decennial, demographic, economic, field operations, 
geographic, information technology, and statistics. Last minute changes 
to the agenda are possible, which could prevent giving advance public 
notice of schedule adjustments.

DATES: September 18-19, 2014. On September 18, the C-SAC meeting will 
begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at approximately 5:15 p.m. 
On September 19, the meeting will begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. and 
adjourn at approximately 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Census Bureau 
Auditorium, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri Green, Committee Liaison Officer, 
Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H182, 4600 Silver 
Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone 301-763-6590. For TTY 
callers, please use the Federal Relay Service 1-800-877-8339. For 
further information by email, please use the following address: 
[email protected].

[[Page 49281]]


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the C-SAC are appointed by the 
Director, U.S. Census Bureau. The Committee provides scientific and 
technical expertise, as appropriate, to address Census Bureau program 
needs and objectives. The Committee has been established in accordance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 5, United States Code, 
Appendix 2, Section 10).
    The meeting is open to the public, and a brief period is set aside 
for public comments and questions on September 19, 2014. Persons with 
extensive questions or statements must submit them in writing at least 
three days before the meeting to the Committee Liaison Officer named 
above. If you plan to attend the meeting, please register by Thursday, 
September 11, 2014. You may access the online registration form with 
the following link: http://www.regonline.com/csac_meeting_sep2014. 
Seating is available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should also be directed to the Committee Liaison Officer as soon as 
known, and preferably two weeks prior to the meeting.
    Due to increased security and for access to the meeting, please 
call 301-763-9906 upon arrival at the Census Bureau on the day of the 
meeting. A photo ID must be presented in order to receive your 
visitor's badge. Visitors are not allowed beyond the first floor.
    Topics to be discussed include the following items:
     2020 Census and 2014 Census Test Update.
     Reorganized Census with Integrated Technology (ROCkIT).
     2015 Census Address Validation Test (AVT).
     2015 Administrative Records Modeling.
     2015 Optimizing Self-Response Test (Non-ID Processing).
     Census Enterprise Data Collection and Processing Systems 
(CEDCap).
     Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics.
     BIG Data.
     Research and Methodology Recommendations Update.

    Dated: August 14, 2014.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2014-19674 Filed 8-19-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-07-P