Census Bureau Director to Announce Next Phase of Census 2000

News Advisory:

At a news conference on Tuesday, March 14, Census Bureau DirectorKenneth Prewitt will note that Census 2000 is in the hands of thepublic, and encourage the nation's residents to complete and mailback their census questionnaires.

From March 13 to March 15, the U.S. Postal Service will deliveralmost 100 million Census 2000 questionnaires to households acrossthe country. Millions more already have been delivered by CensusBureau workers.

Date:

Tuesday, March 14

Time:

12 - 1 p.m. EST

Place:

J. W. Marriott Hotel - Capitol Ballroom

1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

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A live webcast of the briefing will be carried on the CensusBureau's Web site http://www.census.gov. Viewing the webcastrequires RealPlayer software, which can be downloaded for free athttp://www.real.com/player/index.html?src=download.

Reporters may attend the briefing in person or participate viaconference call. If you wish to take part in the conference call,telephone 301-457-3691 by 10:50 a.m. EST to obtain the conferencenumber.

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Note: News releases issued by the Census Bureau on Census 2000,as well as other activities, can be found on our Internet homepageat http://www.census.gov. Click on the News button to view newsreleases, by date and by subject, or for Census 2000 information.

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