FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY JANUARY 28, 2000
Decennial Media Relations CB00-CN.09A
301-457-3691/301-457-3620 (fax)
301-457-1037 (TDD)
e-mail: 2000usa@census.gov
**CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
Census Bureau Director to Update Media on Census 2000 Operations
Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt will brief the news media on
Census 2000 operations at 12:00 noon, EST, Wednesday, Feb. 2, at a local
census office in Washington, D.C.
Topics will include the status of the census address list, which will
be used for delivery of nearly 120 million questionnaires in March and
the recruitment of about half a million temporary census workers to follow
up with as many as 46 million nonresponding housing units.
Prewitt also will provide updates on the status of enumeration in
remote Alaska, the promotional "Census 2000 Road Tour," which begins in
mid-February and the campaign to raise the response rate by 5 percentage
points over the 1990 census.
A live webcast of the briefing will be carried on the Census Bureau's
Web site http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/webcast2_2event.html.
To view the webcast, you will need to first download RealPlayer 7 Basic
http://www.real.com/player/index.html?src=download.
We strongly recommend downloading this software well in advance of
viewing.
The briefing will take place at:
1110 Vermont Ave, N.W. Room 701 (Vermont and L Streets)
Washington, D.C.
Reporters may attend the briefing in person or participate via
conference call. If you wish to take part in the conference call,
telephone 301-457-3691 by 11:00 a.m., EST, Wednesday to obtain the
conference number.
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