FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2000 Decennial Media Relations CB00-CN.03 301-457-3691/301-457-3620 (fax) 301-457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: 2000usa@census.gov **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY** Commerce Secretary and Census Bureau Director to Announce Campaign to Encourage Civic Participation in Census 2000 Commerce Secretary William M. Daley and Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt will announce a new initiative to encourage participation in Census 2000 at the grassroots level in a news conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday, Jan. 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. EST. The initiative, called How America Knows What America Needs, challenges communities to increase participation levels in Census 2000 over their 1990 levels. Date:Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. EST Place:National Press Club ballroom 14th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. The news conference will be webcast live via the Internet from the Census Bureau's Internet site http://www.census.gov. Video news feed times and coordinates are: January 11, 2000 3:30-4:00 p.m. EST Galaxy 6/Transponder 11 (C) Band January 12, 2000 10-10:30 a.m. EST Telstar 4/Transponder 23 (C) Band Call Media Link for technical information concerning the video news release and satellite coordinates at 212-682-8300 or 800-843-0677.-X-
