[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55360-55361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27594]


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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 Public Law 94-409, Public Law 96-523, and Public Law 97-
375), we are giving notice of a meeting of the Census Advisory 
Committee on the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations.
    The Committee is composed of nine members appointed by the 
Secretary of Commerce. The Committee provides a channel of 
communication between the representative communities and the Bureau of 
the Census on its efforts to

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reduce the differential in the population totals from Census 2000 and 
on ways that the decennial census data can be disseminated to maximize 
usefulness to their communities and other users.
    The Committee will draw on past experience with the 1990 census 
process and procedures, results of evaluations and research studies, 
and the expertise and insight of its members to provide advice and 
recommendations for the implementation and evaluation phases of Census 
2000.

DATES: The meeting will convene on November 4, 1998. The meeting will 
begin at 12 noon and end at 5:15 p.m. Last-minute changes to the 
schedule are possible, which could prevent us from giving advance 
notice.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Francis Amasa Walker 
Conference Center at the Bureau of the Census, Federal Building 3, 4700 
Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746.

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 agenda for the November 4 meeting, which 
will begin at 12 noon and adjourn at 5:15 p.m., 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.
    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 8, 1998.
James F. Holmes,
Acting Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 98-27594 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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