Starting August 1, the U.S. Census Bureau will have 10 new members of its 32-member National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations. Among the new members represented are the Northern Cheyenne and Fort Sill-Chiricahua Apache Tribes; Asian Americans Advancing Justice; and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund.
"The committee has helped us meet emerging challenges the Census Bureau faces in producing high quality statistics about our diverse nation," said Thomas Mesenbourg, the Census Bureau's acting director. "By helping us better understand a variety of issues that affect statistical measurement, this committee ensures that the Census Bureau continues to provide relevant and timely statistics used by federal, state and local governments as well as business and industry in an increasingly technologically oriented society."
The National Advisory Committee members are chosen based on their expertise and knowledge of the cultural patterns, issues and statistical needs of "hard to count" populations and work with the Census Bureau on a wide range of variables that affect the cost, accuracy and implementation of agency's programs, surveys, and the once-a-decade census. The 32 committee members also advise the Census Bureau on topics such as housing, children, youth, poverty, privacy, race, ethnicity and sexual-orientation issues.
The 10 new members who will be seated on August 1 are:
Randall Akee, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Public Policy, UCLA; Carol Gore, president/CEO, Cook Inlet Housing Authority; Timothy Harjo, Fort Sill - Chiricahua Apache Tribe; Pauline Medrano, mayor pro tem and city council, Dallas; Ann Morning, Ph.D., professor of sociology, New York University; Mee Moua, president and executive director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice; Alisu Schoua-Glusberg, Research Support Services Inc.; Desi Small-Rodriguez, lead advisor of policy and research, Northern Cheyenne Tribe; Maile Taualii, Ph.D., assistant professor, Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii; and Arturo Vargas from the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund.