State and Local Government Securities to Resume March 17, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 16, 2006

Contact: Stephen Meyerhardt (202) 504-3792

Treasury is resuming the sale of State and Local Government Series (SLGS) securities effective Friday, March 17, 2006, by accepting subscriptions for new issues of SLGS at the Bureau of the Public Debt.

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