texas 1997economiccensus professional scientific and technical services geographic area series 1997 issued november 1999 ec97s54a tx us department of commerce economics statistics administration census bureau many persons participated in the various activities economic for sector service division prepared this report bobby e russell assistant chief programs was respon sible overall planning manage ment coordination implementation were under direction jack b moody branch assisted by r drago barbara s tinari kirk k degler donna l hambric deborah m stempowski primary staff assistance provided amy anderson susan g baker kevin d barker evelyn butler leif crider joel a fowler john p kern joyce kiessling marie c lally j manning kamatha marbury robert mouser diane leason shawna orzechowski joy pierson dawn rosser terri steele tara swanson jennifer n thorne brent williams cynthia wrenn yorker mathematical statistical techniques as well coverage operations pro vided carl konschnik research methodology carol