{"abstract":"By this Notice, OMB is announcing its decision concerning the revision of Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting. OMB is accepting the recommendations of the Interagency Committee for the Review of the Racial and Ethnic Standards with the following two modifications: (1) the Asian or Pacific Islander category will be separated into two categories--``Asian'' and ``Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander,'' and (2) the term ``Hispanic'' will be changed to ``Hispanic or Latino.'' The revised standards will have five minimum categories for data on race: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White. There will be two categories for data on ethnicity: ``Hispanic or Latino'' and ``Not Hispanic or Latino.'' The Supplementary Information in this Notice provides background information on the standards (Section A); a summary of the comprehensive review process that began in July 1993 (Section B); a brief synopsis of the public comments OMB received on the recommendations for changes to the standards in response to the July 9, 1997, Federal Register Notice (Section C); OMB's decisions on the specific recommendations of the Interagency Committee (Section D); and information on the work that is underway on tabulation issues associated with the reporting of multiple race responses (Section E). The revised standards for the classification of Federal data on race and ethnicity are presented at the end of this notice; they replace and supersede Statistical Policy Directive No. 15.","action":"Notice of decision.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on"},{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/1997/10/30/97-28653.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"62 FR 58782","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The new standards will be used by the Bureau of the Census in the 2000 decennial census. Other Federal programs should adopt the standards as soon as possible, but not later than January 1, 2003, for use in household surveys, administrative forms and records, and other data collections. In addition, OMB has approved the use of the new standards by the Bureau of the Census in the ``Dress Rehearsal'' for Census 2000 scheduled to be conducted in March 1998.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"97-28653","effective_on":null,"end_page":58790,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":null,"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the-classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/97-28653?publication_date=1997-10-30","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-1997-10-30/97-28653/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":9,"page_views":{"count":8164,"last_updated":"2026-05-27 12:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-10-30/pdf/97-28653.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"1997-10-30","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/1997/10/30/97-28653.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":58782,"subtype":null,"title":"Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":62}