83_FR_14314 83 FR 14250 - National Advisory Committee

83 FR 14250 - National Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 64 (April 3, 2018)

Page Range14250-14251
FR Document2018-06719

The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations (NAC). The NAC addresses policy, research, and technical issues relating to all Census Bureau programs and activities. These activities include the production and dissemination of detailed demographic and economic statistics across all program areas, including the Decennial Census Program. The NAC is scheduled to meet in a plenary session on June 14-15, 2018. Planned topics of discussion include the following items:

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


National Advisory Committee

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) gives notice of a 
meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other 
Populations (NAC). The NAC addresses policy, research, and technical 
issues relating to all Census Bureau programs and activities. These 
activities include the production and dissemination of detailed 
demographic and economic statistics across all program areas, including 
the Decennial Census Program. The NAC is scheduled to meet in a plenary 
session on June 14-15, 2018. Planned topics of discussion include the 
following items:

 2020 Census Program updates
 2020 Census Operations: Integrated Communications Plan
 Undercount of Young Children Working Group update
 Integrated Partnership and Communications Working Group update

    Please visit the Census Advisory Committees website for the most 
current meeting agenda at: http://www.census.gov/about/cac.html. The 
meeting will be available via webcast at: http://www.census.gov/newsroom/census-live.html.

DATES: June 14-15, 2018. On Thursday, June 14, the meeting will begin 
at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. On Friday, June 15, the meeting will 
begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Census Bureau 
Auditorium, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief for 
Advisory Committees, Customer Liaison and Marketing Services Office, at 
[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 NAC was established in March 2012 and 
operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 
5, United States Code, Appendix 2, Section 10). The NAC members are 
appointed by the Director of the Census Bureau and provide 
recommendations to the Director on statistical and data collection 
issues on topics such as hard-to-reach populations, race and ethnicity, 
language, aging populations, American Indian and Alaska Native tribal 
considerations, new immigrant populations, populations affected by 
natural disasters, highly mobile and migrant populations, complex 
households, rural populations, and population segments with limited 
access to technology. The Committee also advises on data privacy and 
confidentiality, among other issues.
    All meetings are open to the public. A brief period will be set 
aside at the meeting for public comment on Friday, June 15. However, 
individuals with extensive questions or statements must submit them in 
writing to: [email protected] (subject line 
``June 2018 NAC Meeting Public Comment'') or by letter submission to 
Tara Dunlop Jackson, Committee Liaison Officer, Department of Commerce, 
U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 
20233.
    If you plan to attend the meeting, please register by Monday, June 
11. You may access the online registration from the following link: 
https://www.regonline.com/nac_meeting_june2018_active. Seating is 
available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should also be directed to the Committee Liaison Officer as soon

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as known, and preferably two weeks prior to the meeting.
    Due to security protocols 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: March 28, 2018.
Ron S. Jarmin,
Associate Director for Economic Programs, Performing the Non-Exclusive 
Functions, and Duties of the Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2018-06719 Filed 4-2-18; 8:45 am]
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14250 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 64 / Tuesday, April 3, 2018 / Notices end of the month following the month Complaint Form, AD–3027, found a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. On Friday, in which the award was made. online at https://www.ascr.usda.gov/ad- June 15, the meeting will begin at 8:30 iii. The total compensation of the sub- 3027-usda-program-discrimination- a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m. recipient’s executives (the five most complaint-form and at any USDA office ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at highly compensated executives) must be or write a letter addressed to USDA and the U.S. Census Bureau Auditorium, reported by the sub-recipient (if the sub- provide in the letter all of the 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, recipient meets the criteria under 2 CFR information requested in the form. Maryland 20746. part 170) to the recipient by the end of To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. Submit your FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara the month following the month in which the sub-award was made. completed form or letter to USDA by: Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief for d. Recordkeeping and Accounting. a. Mail: U.S. Department of Advisory Committees, Customer Liaison The agreement will contain provisions Agriculture, Office of the Assistant and Marketing Services Office, at related to record keeping and Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 tara.dunlop.jackson@census.gov, accounting requirements. Independence Avenue SW, Washington, Department of Commerce, U.S. Census DC 20250–9410; Bureau, Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts b. Facsimile: (202) 690–7442; or Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone 1. Website: https://www.rd.usda.gov/ c. Email: at program.intake@usda.gov. 301–763–5222. For TTY callers, please programs-services/distance-learning- d. USDA is an equal opportunity use the Federal Relay Service 1–800– telemedicine-grants. The DLT website provider, employer, and lender. 877–8339. maintains up-to-date resources and Dated: March 22, 2018. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NAC contact information for the DLT Christopher A. McLean, was established in March 2012 and program. Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. operates in accordance with the Federal 2. Telephone: 202–720–0800. [FR Doc. 2018–06503 Filed 4–2–18; 8:45 am] Advisory Committee Act (Title 5, 3. Fax: 1–844–885–8179. BILLING CODE P United States Code, Appendix 2, 4. Email: dltinfo@wdc.usda.gov. Section 10). The NAC members are 5. Main point of contact: Shawn appointed by the Director of the Census Arner, Deputy Assistant Administrator, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau and provide recommendations Office of Loan Origination and to the Director on statistical and data Approval, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Bureau of the Census collection issues on topics such as hard- Department of Agriculture. to-reach populations, race and ethnicity, National Advisory Committee language, aging populations, American H. Other Information AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Indian and Alaska Native tribal 1. USDA Non-Discrimination Statement Department of Commerce. considerations, new immigrant In accordance with Federal civil populations, populations affected by ACTION: Notice of public meeting. rights law and USDA civil rights natural disasters, highly mobile and regulations and policies, the USDA, its SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census migrant populations, complex Agencies, offices, and employees, and (Census Bureau) gives notice of a households, rural populations, and institutions participating in or meeting of the National Advisory population segments with limited administering USDA programs are Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other access to technology. The Committee prohibited from discriminating based on Populations (NAC). The NAC addresses also advises on data privacy and race, color, religion, sex, age, national policy, research, and technical issues confidentiality, among other issues. origin, marital status, sex, gender relating to all Census Bureau programs All meetings are open to the public. identity (including gender expression), and activities. These activities include A brief period will be set aside at the sexual orientation, familial status, the production and dissemination of meeting for public comment on Friday, disability, limited English proficiency, detailed demographic and economic June 15. However, individuals with or because all or a part of an statistics across all program areas, extensive questions or statements must individual’s income is derived from a including the Decennial Census submit them in writing to: public assistance program, political Program. The NAC is scheduled to meet census.national.advisory.committee@ beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior in a plenary session on June 14–15, census.gov (subject line ‘‘June 2018 civil rights activity, in any program or 2018. Planned topics of discussion NAC Meeting Public Comment’’) or by activity conducted or funded by USDA include the following items: letter submission to Tara Dunlop (not all bases apply to all programs). • 2020 Census Program updates Jackson, Committee Liaison Officer, Remedies and complaint filing • 2020 Census Operations: Integrated Department of Commerce, U.S. Census deadlines vary by program or incident. Communications Plan Bureau, Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill Persons with disabilities who require • Undercount of Young Children Road, Washington, DC 20233. alternative means of communication for Working Group update If you plan to attend the meeting, program information (e.g., Braille, large • Integrated Partnership and please register by Monday, June 11. You print, audiotape, American Sign Communications Working Group may access the online registration from Language, etc.) should contact the update the following link: https:// responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Please visit the Census Advisory www.regonline.com/nac_meeting_ Center at 202–720–2600 (voice and Committees website for the most current june2018_active. Seating is available to amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES TDD) or contact USDA through the meeting agenda at: http:// the public on a first-come, first-served Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. www.census.gov/about/cac.html. The basis. Additionally, program information may meeting will be available via webcast at: This meeting is physically accessible be made available in languages other http://www.census.gov/newsroom/ to people with disabilities. Requests for than English. To file a program census-live.html. sign language interpretation or other discrimination complaint, complete the DATES: June 14–15, 2018. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 64 / Tuesday, April 3, 2018 / Notices 14251 as known, and preferably two weeks part 200, ‘‘Uniform Administrative reporting threshold. The FAC plans to prior to the meeting. Requirements, Cost Principles, and put this information on their website. Due to security protocols and for Audit Requirements for Federal access to the meeting, please call 301– II. Method of Collection Awards,’’ (Uniform Guidance) to have 763–9906 upon arrival at the Census audits conducted of their Federal The information will be collected Bureau on the day of the meeting. A awards and file the resulting reporting electronically through the FAC’s web- photo ID must be presented in order to packages (Single Audit reports) and data based internet Data Entry System (IDES) receive your visitor’s badge. Visitors are collection forms (Form SF–SAC) with available at https:// not allowed beyond the first floor. the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC). harvester.census.gov/facides. IDES can Dated: March 28, 2018. The Form SF–SAC is Appendix X to 2 also be accessed by visiting the FAC Ron S. Jarmin, CFR part 200. The Office of homepage at https:// Associate Director for Economic Programs, Management and Budget (OMB) has harvester.census.gov/facweb and then Performing the Non-Exclusive Functions, and designated the Census Bureau as the clicking ‘‘Submit an Audit’’. Duties of the Director, Bureau of the Census. FAC to serve as the government-wide III. Data [FR Doc. 2018–06719 Filed 4–2–18; 8:45 am] repository of record for Single Audit BILLING CODE 3510–07–P reports. OMB Control Number: 0607–0518. The Single Audit process is a primary Form Number(s): SF–SAC. method Federal agencies and pass- Type of Review: Regular submission. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE through entities use to provide oversight Affected Public: States, local for Federal awards and reduce risk of governments, Indian tribes, institutions Census Bureau non-compliance and improper of higher education, non-profit payments. This includes following up organizations (Non-Federal entities) and Proposed Information Collection; on audit findings and questioned costs. their auditors. Comment Request; Data Collection The proposed changes are to revise Estimated Number of Respondents: Form for Reporting on Audits of some existing data elements and add 80,000 (40,000 auditees and 40,000 States, Local Governments, Indian data elements that would make the auditors). Tribes, Institutions of Higher reports easier for Federal agencies, pass- Estimated Time per Response: 70 Education, and Non-Profit through entities, and the public to use. hours for each of the 400 large Organizations respondents and 21 hours for each of The proposed changes are to include AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, the following required elements of the the 79,600 small respondents. Commerce. reporting package on the data collection Estimated Total Annual Burden ACTION: Notice. form: The text of the federal award audit Hours: 1,699,600. findings, the text of the corrective action Estimated Total Annual Cost to SUMMARY: The Department of plan, and the notes to the schedule of Public: $0. (This is not the cost of Commerce, as part of its continuing expenditures of federal awards (SEFA). respondents’ time, but the indirect costs effort to reduce paperwork and The proposed revisions to the Form SF– respondents may incur for such things respondent burden, invites the general SAC can be obtained by download from as purchases of specialized software or public and other Federal agencies to the FAC homepage at https:// hardware needed to report, or take this opportunity to comment on harvester.census.gov/facweb or by expenditures for accounting or records proposed and/or continuing information contacting the Federal Audit maintenance services required collections, as required by the Clearinghouse at erd.fac@census.gov or specifically by the collection.) Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 800–253–0696. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. DATES: To ensure consideration, written This is a reinstatement, with changes, Legal Authority: Title 31 U.S.C. comments must be submitted on or of Form SF–SAC, OMB control number Section 7501 et. seq. and 2 CFR part before June 4, 2018. 0607–0518. Prior to the year 1997, the 200. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments Census Bureau was responsible for the to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental IV. Request for Comments OMB clearance approval process using Paperwork Clearance Officer, OMB control number 0607–0518. In Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 1997, OMB took over the approval the proposed collection of information 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, process for the Form SF–SAC under is necessary for the proper performance Washington, DC 20230 (or via the OMB control number 0348–0057 of the functions of the agency, including internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov). (currently expiring June 30, 2019). The whether the information shall have FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Census Bureau is now resuming practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Requests for additional information or responsibility for obtaining OMB agency’s estimate of the burden copies of the information collection clearance under the original OMB (including hours and cost) of the instrument(s) and instructions should control number 0607–0518. The FAC proposed collection of information; (c) be directed to the Federal Audit will continue to collect Single Audit ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Clearinghouse at erd.fac@census.gov or reports from prior audit years, going clarity of the information to be 800–253–0696. back to audit year 2013, to collected; and (d) ways to minimize the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: accommodate late submissions and burden of the collection of information revisions. Late submissions or revisions on respondents, including through the I. Abstract amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES from prior years are to use the version use of automated collection techniques Non-Federal entities (states, local of the Form SF–SAC applicable to that or other forms of information governments, Indian tribes, institutions audit year. The FAC also plans to allow technology. of higher education, and nonprofit Non-Federal entities who did not meet Comments submitted in response to organizations) are required by the Single the threshold requiring submission of a this notice will be summarized and/or Audit Act Amendments of 1996 (31 Single Audit report to voluntarily notify included in the request for OMB U.S.C. 7501, et seq.) (Act) and 2 CFR the FAC that they did not meet the approval of this information collection; VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:47 Apr 02, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03APN1.SGM 03APN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesJune 14-15, 2018. On Thursday, June 14, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. On Friday, June 15, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m.
ContactTara Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief for Advisory Committees, Customer Liaison and Marketing Services Office, at [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 Citation83 FR 14250 
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