FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 2009

• Deni Luna
• Seattle Regional Census Center
• 206-200-7935

• CB09-CR.10

***CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY***

Countdown to the 2010 Census:
Census Bureau Director to Brief Media on 2010 Census Plans

• What:

• With Census Day — April 1, 2010 — only six months away, U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves will lead a media briefing with mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Fall Leadership Meeting on the Census Bureau’s efforts and strategies to ensure a full and accurate count in the 2010 Census.

  The 2010 Census questionnaire will be one of the shortest ever — there are only 10 questions, requiring about 10 minutes to complete. Census data are used to apportion congressional seats to states, to distribute more than $400 billion in federal funds to local, state and tribal governments each year, and to make decisions about what community services to provide.

• When:

• Saturday, Oct. 3, 10 – 10:30 a.m. (PDT)

• Who:

• Robert M. Groves, director, U.S. Census Bureau

• Where:

• Westin Hotel
  1900 5th Avenue
  Seattle, WA 98101
  206-728-1000