Contact: Decennial Media Relations
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e-mail: 2000usa@census.gov
Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt will hold a news conference to announce a Census 2000 campaign on confidentiality and to premiere public service announcements made in conjunction with Major League Baseball and its Players' Association. The news conference is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. EST, Monday (Feb. 14) at the National Press Club.
Prewitt will be joined by Terry Dukes, executive vice president of Young & Rubicam, the Census Bureau's main advertising contractor. The news conference will provide details behind a White House announcement made earlier in the day.
Posters for the confidentiality program also will be unveiled.
A live Webcast of the briefing will be carried on the Census Bureau's Web site <https://www.census.gov>. To view the Webcast, Internet users will need to download RealPlayer software at <http://www.real.com/player/>.
For further information, call the Decennial Media Relations Team on 301-457-3691.