National Advisory Committee Fall Meeting: November 7-8, 2024

Meeting Information

Date and Time

Thursday, November 7, 2024 – 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
Friday, November 8, 2024 – 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET

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Agenda

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Opening Remarks

Presenter:
Nicholas Jones, Designated Federal Officer, National Advisory Committee

Chair Remarks

Presenter:
Cherokee Bradley, Chair, National Advisory Committee

Executive Remarks

Presenters:
Robert L. Santos, Director, U.S. Census Bureau
Ron Jarmin, Deputy Director, U.S. Census Bureau

Testing and Implementing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Questions in the American Community Survey (ACS)

Presenter:
Stephanie Galvin, Assistant Division Chief for Social Characteristics in the Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division

NAC Discussant:
D’Lane Compton and Committee Discussion

*BREAK/PHOTO*

Feedback on the 2030 Census Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement Project

Presenters:
Roberto Ramirez, Assistant Division Chief, Special Population Statistics, Population Division
Merarys Ríos-Vargas, Chief, Ethnicity and Ancestry Branch, Population Division

NAC Discussant:
Karthick Ramakrishnan and Committee Discussion

*LUNCH BREAK*

Implementation of the Updated Race/Ethnicity Standards

Presenter:
Rachel Marks, Senior Advisor on Race/Ethnicity
Matthew Spence, Senior Advisor for Special Population Statistics and Disclosure Avoidance, Population Division

Committee Discussion

*BREAK*

NAC Committee Discussion and Formulation of Recommendations

Moderator:
Cherokee Bradley, Chair, National Advisory Committee

Meeting Adjourned

Nicholas Jones, Designated Federal Officer

Friday, November 8, 2024

Opening Remarks

Presenter:
Nicholas Jones, Designated Federal Officer, National Advisory Committee

Chair Remarks

Presenter:
Carol Hafford, Vice-Chair, National Advisory Committee

Open Census Initiative

Presenter:
Emily Molfino, Open Census Lead, Center for Enterprise Dissemination, Research and Methodology

NAC Discussant:
John Sandoval and Committee Discussion

Updates to the Opportunity Atlas

Presenter:
Sonya Porter, Center for Economic Studies, Research and Methodology

NAC Discussant:
Karthick Ramakrishnan and Committee Discussion

Public Comments

Submission Instructions/Process:

  • Public comments may be emailed with the subject entitled “2024 NAC Fall Meeting Public Comment”
  • Electronically send public comments to [email protected].
  • The Designated Federal Officer, Nicholas Jones, will read submissions provided they are received before November 6, at noon EST and do not exceed two-minutes
  • Public comments received after the deadline will not be read but will be posted to the (NAC Website)

*BREAK*

NAC Committee Discussion and Formulation of Recommendations/ Working Lunch

Moderators:
Cherokee Bradley, Chair, National Advisory Committee
Carol Hafford, Vice-Chair, National Advisory Committee

Presentation of 2024 NAC Fall Meeting Recommendations

Presenter:
Cherokee Bradley, Chair, National Advisory Committee

Meeting Adjourned

Nicholas Jones, Designated Federal Officer

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