we have department of commerce secretary gary locke and the census bureau director robert groves.

secretary gary locke will give his remarks at first. after his remarks, -- he has a tight schedule, so we will have one a question for reporter. we will take questions in the room. when you do it as your question, please give your name and your media affiliation. after the secretary finishes his remarks, robert groves will talk a little bit more about the progress of the 2010 census. so, with that, i would like to bring up dr. robert groves. >> thank you. good morning. i am really happy to be here and i am happy to introduce commerce secretary gary locke. if for no other reason than to have a public reason to thank him for all of the help he has given to the 2010 census. he is here to make a special announcement that we are proud of. with no further ado, i introduce the secretary. introduce the secretary. >> thank you, dr. groves. it's a pleasure to be here. great to be here with so many of our colleagues that helped make the 2010 census a resounding success, especially dr. bob groves, the director of the census bureau. bob will be spea

commerce secretary gary locke said that the u.s. census bureau said $1.6 billion on the 2010 census. robert groves was at the news conference. census operations will continue through sept. as the census employees check the data. this is just 15 minutes. -- 50 minutes. i'd like also a warm welcome to the media in t room. those on the phone. we're happy to have you here today. a good day. we have speakers for you, the department of commerce secretary gary rock and census director robert groves. they'll both speak to you about milestones and progress in the 2010 census. secretary lock will give his remarks first. and after his remarks, we'll have a short q and a session. he has a very tight schedule, so we won't have time for a lot of questions. we'll have a short session. i just want to remind everyone that wee have one question per reporter. we'll take questionsn the room for the secretary. when you do ask your question, please give your name and your immediate afliation. after secretary lock finishes his remarks, dr. groves will sta