FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2002 Mike Bergman CB02-158 Public Information Office (301) 763-3030/457-3670 (fax) (301) 457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY** Secretary of Commerce to Launch 2002 Economic Census What: Secretary of Commerce Don Evans will formally launch the 2002 Economic Census, which is conducted every five years. About 5 million businesses will receive economic census questionnaires shortly. When: Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, at 2 p.m. EST Who: Don Evans, secretary of commerce; and C. Louis Kincannon, Census Bureau director Where: National Press Club Lisagor Room 14th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. For more information about this event, contact the Census Bureau's Public Information Office (301) 763-3030.
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