[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55899-55900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26960]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Census Advisory Committee on the American Indian and Alaska
Native Populations
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463
as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, Pub. L. 96-523, and Pub. L. 97-375), we
are giving notice of a meeting of the Census Advisory Committee on the
American Indian and Alaska Native Populations. The meeting will focus
on updates and plans related to the enumeration of the American Indian
and Alaska Native Populations, particularly in American Indian and
Alaska Native areas. This meeting also will include summary reports on
the ongoing American Indian and Alaska Native Regional Meeting and on
Census 2000 promotional activities with the American Indian and Alaska
Native Populations.
DATES: November 3, 1999. The meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. and end
at approximately 5:15 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn Hotel and
Suites, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maxine Anderson-Brown, Committee
Liaison Officer, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Room
1647, Federal Building 3, Washington, DC 20233, telephone 301-457-2308,
TDD 301-457-2540.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee is composed of nine
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members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The Committee provides
a channel of communication between the representative communities and
the Bureau of the Census. The Committee assists the Bureau in its
efforts to reduce the count differential for Census 2000 and advises on
ways that decennial census data can best be disseminated to communities
and other users.
The Committee will provide advice and recommendations for the
implementation and evaluation phases of Census 2000. To do so, they
will draw on several items including past experience with the 1990
census process and procedures, the results of evaluations and research
studies, and the expertise and insight of their members.
The meeting is open to the public, and a brief period is set aside
during the closing session for public comment and questions. Those
persons with extensive questions or statements must submit them in
writing to the Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer, named above, at
least three days before the meeting.
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer.
Dated: October 12, 1999.
Kenneth Prewitt,
Director, Bureau of Census.
[FR Doc. 99-26960 Filed 10-14-99; 8:45 am]
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