81_FR_93020 81 FR 92776 - Census Bureau 2020 Advisory Committee

81 FR 92776 - Census Bureau 2020 Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 244 (December 20, 2016)

Page Range92776-92776
FR Document2016-30606

The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is hereby giving notice that the Secretary of Commerce has determined that the establishment of the Census Bureau 2020 Advisory Committee is necessary and in the public interest. The Committee will function solely as an advisory body and in compliance with provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Copies of the charter will be filed with the appropriate Committees of the U.S. Congress and with the Library of Congress.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 92776]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30606]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Census Bureau 2020 Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Committee Establishment.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is hereby giving 
notice that the Secretary of Commerce has determined that the 
establishment of the Census Bureau 2020 Advisory Committee is necessary 
and in the public interest. The Committee will function solely as an 
advisory body and in compliance with provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. Copies of the charter will be filed with the appropriate 
Committees of the U.S. Congress and with the Library of Congress.

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 Census Bureau 2020 Advisory Committee 
will advise the Director of the Census Bureau on the full range of 2020 
Census programs including an incremental transition from current state 
to target state, along with operationalizing methods and new technology 
across multiple locations and time zones to deliver a secure and 
successful, cost-effective 2020 Census. The Committee will advise the 
Census Bureau through the 2020 Census Lifecycle on the identification 
of new strategies for improved census operations and on ways to 
increase 2020 Census participation and beyond.
    The Committee will address census policies, methodology, tests, 
operations, communications/messaging, and other activities to ascertain 
needs and best practices to improve the 2020 Census program. The 
Committee will provide advice on 2020 Census programs that will use a 
complete address list, generate the largest possible self-response, 
employ administrative records and third-party data, and reengineer 
nonresponse follow-up.
    The Committee will review and provide formal recommendations and 
feedback on key operations and the efficacy of planned and implemented 
innovations related to accurately counting every person living in 
America while saving taxpayer money.

    Dated: December 9, 2016.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2016-30606 Filed 12-19-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                    Signed at Washington, DC, December 12,                   The Committee will address census                   Advisory Committees, Customer Liaison
                                                  2016.                                                   policies, methodology, tests, operations,              Marketing Services Offices, U.S. Census
                                                  R. Renee Picanso,                                       communications/messaging, and other                    Bureau, Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill
                                                  Associate Administrator.                                activities to ascertain needs and best                 Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–30658 Filed 12–19–16; 8:45 am]            practices to improve the 2020 Census                   (301) 763–5222 or tara.t.dunlop@
                                                  BILLING CODE 3410–20–P                                  program. The Committee will provide                    census.gov. For TTY callers, please use
                                                                                                          advice on 2020 Census programs that                    the Federal Relay Service 1–800–877–
                                                                                                          will use a complete address list,                      8339.
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  generate the largest possible self-                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    The
                                                                                                          response, employ administrative records                Census Bureau 2020 Advisory
                                                  Bureau of the Census                                    and third-party data, and reengineer                   Committee (‘‘Committee’’) is established
                                                                                                          nonresponse follow-up.                                 in accordance with the Federal
                                                  Census Bureau 2020 Advisory                                The Committee will review and                       Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Title
                                                  Committee                                               provide formal recommendations and                     5, United States Code (U.S.C.),
                                                                                                          feedback on key operations and the                     Appendix 2. The following provides
                                                  AGENCY:  Bureau of the Census,
                                                                                                          efficacy of planned and implemented                    information about the Committee,
                                                  Department of Commerce.
                                                                                                          innovations related to accurately                      membership, and the nomination
                                                  ACTION: Notice of Committee                             counting every person living in America
                                                  Establishment.                                                                                                 process.
                                                                                                          while saving taxpayer money.
                                                                                                            Dated: December 9, 2016.                             Objectives and Duties
                                                  SUMMARY:   The Bureau of the Census
                                                  (Census Bureau) is hereby giving notice                 John H. Thompson,                                         1. The Committee will provide formal
                                                  that the Secretary of Commerce has                      Director, Bureau of the Census.                        review and feedback related to 2020
                                                  determined that the establishment of the                [FR Doc. 2016–30606 Filed 12–19–16; 8:45 am]           Census plans and execution to devise
                                                  Census Bureau 2020 Advisory                             BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
                                                                                                                                                                 strategies to increase census awareness,
                                                  Committee is necessary and in the                                                                              reduce barriers to response, and
                                                  public interest. The Committee will                                                                            enhance the public’s trust and
                                                  function solely as an advisory body and                 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                 willingness to respond.
                                                  in compliance with provisions of the                                                                              2. The Committee will consider
                                                  Federal Advisory Committee Act.                         Bureau of the Census                                   implications of enumeration strategies,
                                                  Copies of the charter will be filed with                                                                       new technologies, the role of state and
                                                  the appropriate Committees of the U.S.                  Census Bureau 2020 Advisory                            local governments, social media and
                                                  Congress and with the Library of                        Committee                                              marketing, and the outreach and
                                                  Congress.                                               AGENCY: Bureau of the Census,                          mobilization needs of historically
                                                                                                          Department of Commerce.                                undercounted populations.
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:               Tara
                                                                                                                                                                    3. The Committee will address and
                                                  Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief for                        ACTION: Notice of Request for
                                                                                                                                                                 provide recommendations on external
                                                  Advisory Committees, Customer Liaison                   Nominations.                                           factors and policies that may affect 2020
                                                  and Marketing Services Office,
                                                                                                          SUMMARY:  The Bureau of the Census                     Census plans and identify strategies to
                                                  tara.t.dunlop@census.gov, Department
                                                                                                          (Census Bureau) is requesting                          increase Census awareness,
                                                  of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau,
                                                                                                          nominations of organizations to the                    participation and response by the
                                                  Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
                                                                                                          Census Bureau 2020 Advisory                            American public.
                                                  Washington, DC 20233, telephone 301–                                                                              4. The Committee will help the
                                                  763–5222. For TTY callers, please use                   Committee. The Census Bureau will
                                                                                                          consider nominations received in                       Census Bureau communicate with and
                                                  the Federal Relay Service 1–800–877–                                                                           educate diverse audiences on 2020
                                                  8339.                                                   response to this notice, as well as from
                                                                                                          other sources. The SUPPLEMENTARY                       Census plans and operations.
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     The                      INFORMATION section of this notice                        5. The Committee will provide
                                                  Census Bureau 2020 Advisory                             provides Committee and membership                      recommendations to educate the public
                                                  Committee will advise the Director of                   criteria.                                              at key 2020 Census decision points,
                                                  the Census Bureau on the full range of                                                                         milestones, and production dates to
                                                  2020 Census programs including an                       DATES:  Please submit nominations by                   ensure maximum self-response and
                                                  incremental transition from current state               January 19, 2017.                                      participation by the public in the 2020
                                                  to target state, along with                             ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations                   Census.
                                                  operationalizing methods and new                        to Tara Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief                      6. The Committee will devise and
                                                  technology across multiple locations                    for Advisory Committees, Customer                      recommend strategies to motivate
                                                  and time zones to deliver a secure and                  Liaison and Marketing Services Office,                 people to respond to the 2020 Census
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                                                  successful, cost-effective 2020 Census.                 tara.t.dunlop@census.gov, Department                   through Internet self-response and other
                                                  The Committee will advise the Census                    of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau,                       forms of enumeration, as appropriate
                                                  Bureau through the 2020 Census                          Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill Road,                     (i.e., paper or by telephone through the
                                                  Lifecycle on the identification of new                  Washington, DC 20233, telephone 301–                   Census Questionnaire Assistance
                                                  strategies for improved census                          763–5222.                                              Program).
                                                  operations and on ways to increase 2020                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara                     7. The Committee will consider the
                                                  Census participation and beyond.                        Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief for                       Census Bureau’s outreach,


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Committee Establishment.
ContactTara 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.
FR Citation81 FR 92776 

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