Mr Yang
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your message so i can read what you wrote.
Thank You
Vincent Pito
Geographer
US Census
vpito(a)census.gov
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Subject: [CTPP] TAZ-UP
Author: "Sweson Yang" <SYANG(a)indygov.org> at SMTP-GATEWAY
Date: 11/18/1998 9:22 AM
I just got the information re: TAZ-UP program for ArcView to submit Traffic Anal
is Zone boundaries information to the Bureau of Census. Our TAZs are currently s
red in TransCAD format. Does anyone know whether there is a program similar to T
-UP for TransCAD or Maptitude users?
Sweson Yang, AICP
Chief Transportation Planner
City of Indianapolis/Indianapolis MPO
(317) 327-5137 FAX: (317) 327-5103
E-mail: syang(a)IndyGov.org
I just got the information re: TAZ-UP program for ArcView to submit Traffic Analysis Zone boundaries information to the Bureau of Census. Our TAZs are currently stored in TransCAD format. Does anyone know whether there is a program similar to TAZ-UP for TransCAD or Maptitude users?
Sweson Yang, AICP
Chief Transportation Planner
City of Indianapolis/Indianapolis MPO
(317) 327-5137 FAX: (317) 327-5103
E-mail: syang(a)IndyGov.org
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 16:05:08 -0500
From: Census2000 <Census2000(a)ccmc.org>
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CONVENES NEW CENSUS PANEL
Ken Prewitt Sworn in As Census Director
The National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council
has convened a new panel of experts to evaluate methods and
operations through completion of the 2000 census. Dr. Janet
Norwood, a former Commissioner of Labor Statistics and
current member of the Academy's Committee on National
Statistics, will chair the Panel to Review the 2000 Census.
The nine panel members will evaluate the nature and
objectivity of operational and technical decisions leading
up to and during the census, including sampling and
statistical estimation procedures. They will issue a final
report after the 2000 census and may also issue interim
reports as needed.
The new panel is the fourth convened by the Committee on
National Statistics (CNSTAT) since the 1990 count to examine
aspects of census design, preparation and implementation.
The panel's first meeting will be held on November 9,
starting at 10:30 a.m. If you would like further
information or are interested in attending the meeting,
please call Joshua Dick at CNSTAT, at (202)334-3096.
Census director takes office: Dr. Kenneth Prewitt was sworn
in as director of the Census Bureau on October 23. The U.S.
Senate confirmed Dr. Prewitt's nomination only hours before
the 105th Congress adjourned on October 21. A public
swearing-in ceremony will take place later this month.
In announcing the confirmation, Commerce Secretary William
Daley called Dr. Prewitt "one of the country's most
distinguished social scientists" and "a proven manager of
complex non-profit and statistical organizations."
Secretary Daley also praised James Holmes for "successfully
guiding the Bureau at a very critical time." Mr. Holmes had
served as Acting Director of the Census Bureau since
February and will assist Dr. Prewitt during a transition
period.
Census Monitoring Board hearings: The Census Monitoring
Board will hold several hearings before the end of the
year. On Friday, November 6, the Board will review the
progress of census preparations and a series of reports
compiled by the Commerce Department's Office of the
Inspector General. New Census Bureau Director Kenneth
Prewitt, former Acting Director James Holmes and Associate
Director for Decennial Census John Thompson will participate
in the hearing. The meeting will be held in room 2203
Rayburn House Office Building (Washington, D.C.), from 10:00
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
On November 23, the Board will hold a hearing at Census
Bureau
headquarters in Suitland, MD, to examine a variety of census
methods including the use of administrative records to
identify people who may have been missed by conventional
counting methods such as the mailed questionnaire or
door-to-door visits. The time of this hearing has not been
announced. The Board will hold a third hearing on December
16 in Sacramento, CA, one of the dress rehearsal sites.
The Board must submit a report to Congress on February 1,
1999; another report is due on April 1, 1999. The Board is
housed at Census Bureau headquarters; the staff may be
reached at (301)457-9900 (Presidentially-appointed members)
or (301)457-5080 (Republican congressional appointees).
Census preparations: The Census Bureau's advisory committees
held a joint meeting on October 26 to discuss the paid
advertising campaign for the 2000 census. Last year, the
Bureau awarded a $100 million contract to Young & Rubicam (Y
& R) for a national ad campaign to encourage census
participation. In 1990, the Bureau relied solely on public
service announcements to promote the census. Y & R recently
announced that it is seeking a new subcontractor to develop
advertising aimed at African American communities.
Stakeholder activities: Census stakeholders continued to
feature the importance of an accurate census as conferences
and meetings in October. The National Federation of Filipino
American Associations featured the census in a keynote
speech at its annual conference. Juanita Tamayo Lott, of
the Census Bureau's 2010 census planning office, emphasized
the importance of census participation to the audience of
Filipino American
civic, business, professional and student leaders.
The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) devoted several
sessions at its annual conference to census issues.
Presentations included a lively discussion about census
reform by former Census Bureau directors Barbara Bryant and
Marty Riche and an update on congressional activity
affecting the census. Tom Hofeller, staff director of the
House census subcommittee, discussed the concerns of
lawmakers who oppose the use of sampling methods to conduct
the count.
The Urban Coalition, a St. Paul, MN-based research and
advocacy group that works with low-income and minority
communities, also featured census issues at its annual
conference. Topics included the role of local governments
in promoting an accurate census, tabulation of multiple
responses to the race question, and the shift to electronic
dissemination of census data. Organizations Concerned About
Rural Education (OCRE) received a briefing on the
difficulties of conducting the census in rural areas and
discussed ways that local educators, businesses, and
community-based organizations can help promote the
importance of an accurate count in these communities.
Questions about the information contained in this News Alert
may be directed to TerriAnn Lowenthal at (202) 484-2270 or,
by e-mail at <terriann2k(a)aol.com>. Please direct all
requests to receive News Alerts, and all changes in
address/phone/fax/e-mail, to Census 2000 at <Census
2000(a)ccmc.org> or 202/326-8700. Please feel free to
circulate this information to colleagues and other
interested individuals.
