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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1998                                                                                                                                  (202) 514-2008

                                                                                                                                                                                 TDD (202) 514-1888




SENIOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS


NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM (NICS)





Reno to Kick-Off Briefing








	WASHINGTON, DC -- Senior Justice Department officials will
provide a background briefing for federally credentialed media on
the Brady Law's National Instant Criminal Background Check System
(NICS) on Wednesday, June 10 at 1:00 p.m. in Conference Room B of
the Main Justice Building.  Attorney General Janet Reno will make
a short on-the-record statement at the beginning of the briefing. 
Kent Markus, Deputy Chief of Staff, along with representatives of
the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the FBI will conduct the
background briefing.  The Attorney General's statement is open for
cameras on a pooled basis.  




		WHEN:	Wednesday, June 10, 1998

				1:00 p.m.




		WHERE:	Conference Room B

				U.S. Justice Department 

				950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.




		WHAT:	Background briefing on the Brady Law's
National Instant Criminal Background Check
System.




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