FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1998 Public Information Office CB98-173 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY** Census Bureau News Conference on Income and Poverty Washington, D.C. The Commerce Department's Census Bureau will hold its annual income and poverty news conference on Thursday, Sept. 24, 1998, at the National Press Club. Daniel Weinberg, chief of the Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, will discuss the findings in this year's reports on income and poverty status for the nation and states. For the first time ever, the news conference will be carried live over the Internet. To view this event, go toand look for the event link. The reports will be available on our web site at 9 a.m. on Sept. 24, at www.census.gov, click on the "News" button, and click on "Latest News Releases." The reports are derived from data collected in the March 1998 Current Population Survey. The news conference will be held at: 9 a.m. EDT National Press Club Holeman Lounge 14th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20045
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