[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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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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