Minutes and Report of Committee Recommendations 1999 Issued November 2000 CAC/99-7 Census Advisory Committee on the Hispanic Population and the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations - July 14, 1999 Census Advisory Committees on the African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations July 15-16, 1999 U.S. Department of Commerce U S C E N S U S B U R E A U Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. CENSUS BUREAU Helping You Make Informed Decisions Meeting of the Census Advisory Committees on the Hispanic Population and the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations July 14, 1999 and Joint Meeting of the Census Advisory Committees on the African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander and Hispanic Populations July 15-16, 1999 At the Sheraton Reston Hotel Reston, Virginia CONTENTS Page Attendants at Meeting .......................................................................... iii Meeting of the Census Advisory Committee on the Hispanic Population, July 14, 1999 Opening Remarks .............................................................................. 1 Census 2000 Operation Plan for Puerto Rico .......................................................... 1 Recruiting and Hiring ........................................................................... 4 Partnership Program ........................................................................... 4 Marketing/Promotional Campaigns (Poster and Census In Schools Program) .................................. 6 Public Comment ............................................................................... 8 Joint Working Lunch Hispanic and American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Census Information Centers Program (AIAN/HISP) ...................................................... 9 Meeting of the Census Advisory Committee on the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, July 14, 1999 Update Customer Liaison Office: Role of Program Administrator (AIAN) .................... .11 Update Geographic Programs .................................................................... 12 Map Requirements for Census 2000 (Data Dissemination) .............................................. 14 Update on Alaska Native Enumeration ............................................................. 16 American Indian and Alaska Native Program Partnership With Local Tribes .................................. 17 Update on Advertising ......................................................................... 18 Public Comment .............................................................................. 19 Meeting of the Census Advisory Committees on the African American, American Indian and Alaska native, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations July 15-16, 2000 Introductory Remarks and Updates ................................................................ 20 Dress Rehearsal Evaluations ..................................................................... 22 Update on Census 2000 Operational Plan—Key Operations .............................................. 25 Update Census 2000 Field Operations ............................................................. 29 Committee Discussion and Update on Census 2000 Advertising Campaign .................................. 32 Some Findings From the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal Race and Ethnicity Data .............................. 35 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Survey .......................................................... 38 Committee Concurrent Sessions Committee Concurrent Session (AA) ............................................................... 39 Committee Concurrent Session (AIAN) ............................................................. 46 Committee Concurrent Session (API) ............................................................... 57 Asian Subcommittee .................................................................... 59 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander .................................................... 60 Committee Concurrent Session (HISP) ............................................................. 63 Closing Sessions Public Comment .............................................................................. 67 The Proposed Diversity Plan ..................................................................... 67 Committee Recommendations ................................................................... 70 Appendixes A. Recommendations of the Census Advisory Committee’s African American Population .............................................................. 72 American Indian and Alaska Native Populations ................................................ 77 Asian and Pacific Islander Populations ....................................................... 83 Hispanic Population ..................................................................... 95 B. Agenda ................................................................................. 101 C. Bureau Personnel Present ................................................................... 108 D. Membership Lists ......................................................................... 111 E. List of Background Documents ............................................................... 123 Minutes Prepared by the History Staff U.S. Census Bureau ATTENDANTS AT MEETING (Asterisk [*] indicates one day only) Hispanic Committee Meeting July 14, 1999 Members Present Anthony Chávez, Chairperson John García Maria Roman Aileen Lucero Victor Fajardo Ve´lez Members Absent Jorge Chapa Maria Elena Gonzalez Guarione M. Díaz Saul Solorzano American Indian and Alaska Native Meeting July 14, 1999 Members Present Robert Wayne Nygaard, Chairperson Theodore Jojola Matthew Snipp Gregory A. Richardson Rosita Worl Larry Rodgers Curtis Zunigha Members Absent Glenda Ahhaitty Cecelia Fire Thunder U.S. Census Bureau Joint Meeting of the Census Advisory Committees July 15-16, 1999 African American Members Present Kermitt Nathaniel Waddell, Chairperson Robert B. Hill Juliette Thorpe Okotie-Eboh John Johnson Diane Powers* L. Patricia Johnson Members Absent Amos C. Brown, III Barbara Sabol James S. Jackson American Indian and Alaska Native Members Present Robert Wayne Nygaard, Chairperson Glenda Ahhaitty Larry Rodgers Theodore Jojola Matthew Snipp Gregory A. Richardson Curtis Zunigha Members Absent Cecelia Fire Thunder Rosita Worl Asian and Pacific Islander, Asian Subcommittee Members Present Margaret Chin, Chairperson Piyush C. Agrawal Ngoan Le Judy Chu Cyril Nishimoto Alex A. Esclamado Paul Ong Chung-Wha Hong U.S. Census Bureau Asian and Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Subcommittee Members Present Haunani Apoliona Mary Salas Kenneth E. Galeai Salafai J. Suafa´i Clinton A. Helenihi Hispanic Members Present Anthony Chávez, Chairperson John García Maria Roman Aileen Lucero Victor Fajardo Ve´lez Members Absent Jorge Chapa Maria Elena Gonzalez Guarione M. Díaz Saul Solorzano Other Persons Present Judith A. Bell, Executive Assistant to the Tribal Manager, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Frances Bourne, Census Monitoring Board (Presidential) Elena Grigera, Lawyers’ Contract for Civil Rights Martina Hone, Associate Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce Heather Koball, Research Associate, ONSTAT Marisa Demeo, Ex Officio Member, Census Advisory Committees on Race and Ethnic Populations Stephenson Mark, U.S. House of Representatives David Monahan, Auditor, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce Chris Morton, Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce Kimberley Luczynski, Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget Diane Powers, Vice President, Widmeyer Baker Group Lee Price, Chief Economist, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce Christopher Strobel, Director, Policy and Research, Census Monitoring Board (Presidential) David L. Temple, Senior Management Advisor, Welfare to Work, U.S. Department of Commerce Alex Willingham, Professor, Williams College Hoda Zaki, Associate Professor of Political Science, Hood College U.S. Census Bureau Meeting of the Census Advisory Committee on the Hispanic Population July 14, 1999 Opening Remarks Ms. McKenney (Census Bureau) welcomed Mr. Victor Fajardo Ve’lez, Secretary of Education for Puerto Rico, as one of the new members of the Hispanic Advisory Committee. She indicated that the other new member, Sister Maria Elena Gonzalez, was unable to attend this meeting, but she is anxious to participate in the November meeting. Mr. Dukakis (Census Bureau) informed the Hispanic Committee members that Census 2000 in Puerto Rico will be supervised by the Boston Regional Office. Ms. McKenney said the Committee would join the American Indian and Alaska Native Committee (AIAN) for a working lunch at 12:00. After lunch, the meeting for the Hispanic Committee would adjourn. The AIAN Committee would meet after lunch. Members of the Hispanic Committee were welcome to attend this meeting. Census 2000 Operation Plan for Puerto Rico Ms. Hovland (Census Bureau) said the Puerto Rico and Islands Branch of the Decennial Management Division has the responsibility for coordinating the decennial census activities in Puerto Rico. Census 2000 in Puerto Rico will be similar to that conducted in update/leave stateside. To ensure an accurate enumeration in Puerto Rico, the Census Bureau identified and located all living quarters on the Island using the geographic areas