FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                   FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2000
                                
Decennial Media Relations                                     CB00-CN.20B
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                **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
                                
      Census Director Updates Media on Census 2000 Operations
                                
   Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt will hold a news briefing on
Monday, Feb. 28, at 11:00 a.m. EST, on the status of Census 2000
operations, including questionnaire delivery in rural areas and mailing of
the advance letter to millions of homes in early March.
   
   He also will discuss the How America Knows What America Needs program,
the Census 2000 road tour and preparations for mailing the remaining
questionnaires in mid-March.
   
   Date:  Monday, Feb. 28, 2000
   Time:  11 a.m. - noon EST
   Place:   U.S. Census Bureau Office
   1110 Vermont Ave. (Vermont & L St.)
   Room 701
   Washington, D.C. 20005

   A live webcast of the briefing will be carried on the Census Bureau's
Web site http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/webcast2_28event.html">
Viewing the webcast requires RealPlayer 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
conference call. If you wish to take part in the conference call,
telephone 301-457-3691 by 10:50 a.m. EST to obtain the conference number.