Minutes of the Census Advisory Committee of the Professional Associations

By U. S. Census Bureau Department

Book Id: WPLBN0000604736
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Minutes of the Census Advisory Committee of the Professional Associations
Author:	U. S. Census Bureau Department
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Census., Census report
Collections:	U.S. Census Bureau Collection
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Publisher:	U.S. Census Bureau Department


Citation APA MLA Chicago Bureau Department, U. C. (n.d.). Minutes of the Census Advisory Committee of the Professional Associations. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Statistical Reference Document

Excerpt
Excerpt: Dr. Riche introduced Mr. Bradford Huther, who had been appointed Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer. The Director reviewed personnel changes at the Bureau since the Committee?s last meeting, and she noted Committee membership changes. She informed the members of a special meeting to be held on July 10 to consider the Office of Management and Budget?s announcement with respect to its Directive 15 on racial classification and the implications of that directive on Census 2000.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introductory Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Census Bureau Responses to Committee Recommendations/Report on October, 1996 Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 How Do We Convert the 1992 Economic Census to a NAICS Basis? (AEA, ASA) . . . . . . . . 18 How Should the Census Bureau Communicate Plans for 2000 Census Products? (AMA, PAA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 What Improvements Can Be Made To New American Community Survey Introduction And Benchmarking Plans? (ASA, PAA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 How Will Measuring the Information Sector Impact the Bureau?s Programs? (AEA) . . . . . . . 31 What Should the Census Bureau Charge for on the Internet and What Market Segments Should We Target? (AMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 What Opportunities for Cooperative Research and Development Agreements Should the Census Bureau Pursue? (AMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 What are the Issues in Implementing the Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD)? (ASA, PAA) 38 What Have We Learned From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component Pilot? (AEA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Assessment of Integrated Response and Product Marketing Plan for the 1997 Economic Census (AMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Should We Add ?Noise? to Data as a Disclosure Limitation Option? (AEA, ASA, PAA) . . . . . 48 The U.S. Census Bureau?s Marketing Training and Education Program: Present Needs and Future Challenges (AMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Final Review of New Product Development Guidelines (AMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 How Should We Proceed to Develop Generalized Software for Survey Processing Operations Such as Editing, Imputation, Estimation, etc.? (ASA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Discussion of Concept Differences Between American Community Survey and Census 2000 (PAA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Market Research at the Census Bureau--Are We on the Right Track? (AMA) . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Center for Economic Studies (AEA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 What Are the Main Issues Facing the Federal Economic Statistics System? (AEA) . . . . . . . . 72 Develop Recommendations and Special Interest Activities (AEA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Develop Recommendations and Special Interest Activities (AMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Develop Recommendations and Special Interest Activities (ASA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Develop Recommendations and Special Interest Activities (PAA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Closing Joint Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81~