[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 66681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26577]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 6, 2013 /
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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
meeting, the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other
Populations (NAC). The committee will address census policies, research
and methodology, tests, operations, communications/messaging and other
activities to ascertain needs and best practices to improve censuses,
surveys, operations and programs. The NAC will meet in a plenary
session on December 5-6, 2013. Last-minute changes to the schedule are
possible, which could prevent giving advance public notice of schedule
adjustments.
DATES: December 5-6, 2013. On December 5, the meeting will begin at
approximately 8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 5:00 p.m. On December
6, the meeting will begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. and end at
approximately 1:45 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Census Bureau, 4600
Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri Green, [email protected],
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NAC comprises up to thirty-two members.
The Committee provides an organized and continuing channel of
communication between race, ethnic, and other populations and the
Census Bureau. The Committee will advise the Director of the Census
Bureau on the full range of economic, housing, demographic,
socioeconomic, linguistic, technological, methodological, geographic,
behavioral and operational variables affecting the cost, accuracy and
implementation of Census Bureau programs and surveys, including the
decennial census.
The Committee also assists the Census Bureau on ways that census
data can best be disseminated to diverse race and ethnic populations
and other users. The Committee is established in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 5, United States Code, Appendix
2).
All meetings are open to the public. A brief period will be set
aside at the meeting for public comment on December 6. However,
individuals with extensive questions or statements must submit them in
writing to Ms. Jeri Green at least three days before the meeting. If
you plan to attend the meeting, please register by Monday, December 2,
2013. You may access the online registration from with the following
link: http://www.regonline.com/nac_dec2013_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.
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.
Dated: October 31, 2013.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2013-26577 Filed 11-5-13; 8:45 am]
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