[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12080-12081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03864]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Census Scientific Advisory Committee

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 
meeting of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee (C-SAC). 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. The C-SAC will meet 
in a plenary session from March 30-31, 2017. Last minute changes to the 
schedule are possible, which could prevent giving advance public notice 
of schedule adjustments. Please visit the Census Advisory Committees 
Web site for the most current meeting agenda at: http://www.census.gov/about/cac.html. The meeting will be available via webcast at: http://www.census.gov/newsroom/census-live.html or at http://www.ustream.tv/embed/6504322?wmode=direct.

DATES: March 30-31, 2017. On Thursday, March 30, the meeting will begin 
at approximately 8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 5:00 p.m. On 
Friday, March 31, the meeting will begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. and 
end at approximately 3:00 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: Tara Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief for 
Advisory Committees, Customer Liaison and Marketing Services Office, 
[email protected], Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 
Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone 301-
763-5222. For TTY callers, please use the Federal Relay Service 1-800-
877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The members of the C-SAC are appointed by 
the Director, U.S. Census Bureau. The

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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).
    All meetings are open to the public. A brief period will be set 
aside at the meeting for public comment on March 31. However, 
individuals with extensive questions or statements must submit them in 
writing to: [email protected] (subject 
line ``March 2017 C-SAC Meeting Public Comment''), or by letter 
submission to Kimberly L. Leonard, Committee Liaison Officer, 
Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H179, 4600 Silver 
Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233.
    If you plan to attend the meeting, please register by Monday, March 
27, 2017. You may access the online registration from the following 
link: http://www.regonline.com/csac_meeting_mar2017. 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 of discussion include the following items:

 2020 Census Program Updates, with a demonstration on Census 
Questionnaire Assistance and Internet Self-Response
 Technical Research on Adaptive Design
 Algorithms for Including Administrative Data to Address 
Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) Efforts
 Economic Programs Updates
    [cir] Edit Research Reduction
 CSAC Working Groups Progress Reports

    Dated: February 21, 2017.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2017-03864 Filed 2-27-17; 8:45 am]
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