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Contact:  Decennial Media Relations
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e-mail: 2000usa@census.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2000

Census Bureau Director to Launch Census 2000 Enumerator Training

**CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**

Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt will kick off enumerator training for Census 2000 non-response follow-up at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Falls Church, Va., on Monday, April 24, at 9:00 a.m. EDT.

A photo opportunity and question-and-answer period for the news media will follow from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. EDT.

More than half a million temporary workers are being hired for the non-response follow-up phase of the census. They will undergo either three days or five evenings of enumerator training, whichever is more convenient.

Date:
Monday, April 24
Time:
9:00 a.m. EDT
Place:
St. Anthony's Catholic Church — Community Activity Room
3305 Glen Carlyn Road
Falls Church, Va.

(Editor's note: The director will hold another in his series of operational press briefings at the National Press Club on Tuesday, April 25, at 1:00 p.m. EDT to outline the details of the non-response follow-up phase of Census 2000.)

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Public Information Office | PIO@census.gov | Last Revised: May 19, 2016