EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EDT, AUGUST 6, 2001 (MONDAY) Decennial Media Relations CB01-CN.177 301-457-3691/301-457-3620 (fax) 301-457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: 2000usa@census.gov **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY** Census Bureau to Brief Reporters on Census 2000 Supplementary Survey What: The Commerce Department's Census Bureau will hold a technical briefing for the media to discuss and release on an embargoed basis the first results of the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey. The 700,000 household survey was conducted simultaneously with last year's census. The survey is designed to test the operational feasibility of collecting long form-type data independently of a decennial census. The initial data cover demographic, economic and housing characteristics for the country, 50 states and the District of Columbia. When: Tuesday, July 31, 10:30 a.m. EDT Who: Nancy Gordon, associate director for demographic programs Preston J. Waite, associate director for decennial census Where: Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 4830 Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. The embargoed live webcast of the briefing can be accessed at http://www.census.gov/dcmd/www/embargo/embargo.html. Viewing the webcast requires RealPlayerTM software, which can be downloaded for free at http://www.real.com/player/index.html?src=download. Reporters may attend the briefing in person or participate via the webcast. -X-
