bridge between naics and sic 1997economiccensus core business statistics series 1997 issued june 2000 ec97x cs3 us department of commerce economics administration census bureau manypersonsparticipatedinthevarious activitiesofthe1997economiccensusfor thisreport theeconomicplanningandcoordination divisionpreparedthisreport marke wallace chief economicplanningstaff wasresponsiblefortheoverallplanning management andcoordination shirina ahmed assistantchiefforpost collection processing wasresponsibleforediting andtabulationproceduresanddesigning theinteractiveanalyticalsoftware mathematicalandstatisticaltechniquesas wellasthecoverageoperationswerepro videdbycarl a konschnikandbrian greenburg assistantchiefsforresearch andmethodology analyticreviewandcorrectionofthedata wereprovidedbythestaffsofthemanu facturingandconstructiondivision william g bostic jr andtheser vicesectorstatisticsdivision carolea ambler thestaffofthenationalprocessingcenter judith n petty performedmailout preparationandreceiptoperations clerical andanalyticalreviewactivities anddata entry thegeographydivisionstaff robert marx developedgeographiccoding proceduresandassociatedcomputerpro grams theeconomicstatisticalmethodsandpro grammingdivision charles p pautler developedandcoordinatedthe computerprocessingsystems computerservicesdivision debrad williams performedthecomputer kim d ottenstein margaret smith andlaurene v quallsoftheadministra tiveandcustomerservicesdivision walter c odom providedpublica tionsandprintingmanagement graphics designandcomposition andeditorial reviewforprintandelectronicmedia gen eraldirectionandproductionmanagement wereprovidedbymichael garland assistantchief andgaryj lauffer publicationsservicesbranch specialacknowledgmentisalsoduethe manybusinesseswhosecooperationhas contributedtothepublicationofthese data generalquestionsconcerningthenew naicssystemshouldbedirectedto 1 888 75naics specificquestionsregard ingdatainthemanufacturing mining or constructionsectorsshouldbedirectedto theinformationservicescenter manufac turingandconstructiondivision on 800 201 4647 questionsregardingdata forallothereconomicsectorsshouldbe directedtoservicesectorstatisticsdivi sionon1 541 8345 dedication this1997economiccensuscorebusinessstatisticsseries bridgebetweennaicsandsicreportisdedicatedtothememoryof john govoni chiefoftheu s censusbureau seconomicplanningand coordinationdivision forhiscommitmenttothisreportandservicetothecensusbureau acknowledgments departmentofcommerce williamm daley secretary robertl mallett deputy andstatistics