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-2-, 1987 Alaska PRSA Aurora Award Category #8, PTS — ° \O CO ° ° 10. 11. 2. 13. A specific date would be chosen to release all the data. Staff assignments would be made to a variety of specialists to complete the research and assist the Public Affairs Office as needed. All known material/information would be collected, analyzed, arranged in logical order, and agency conclusions completed for release on March 5, 1987. Additional materials, under the guidance of the Public Affairs Office, would be created as needed to help explain the basic data (See item 7, section VII). A list of all available known information, with a description, length, and cost to obtain would be prepared by the Public Affairs Office for response to the hundreds of written inquiries. This would allow the public to pick and choose the items that want based on subject and cost. (Items totalling under $5.00 were sent free. The entire package cost $193.80.) A press conference, (March 5, 1987, 10:00 am) with one week prior notice to all interested news media, would be held to release all the material. The 10:00 am time was chosen to fit the regular work schedule of the ABC, CBS, NBC, film crews (no overtime needed), and provide competing daily newspapers with information prior to press deadlines. Thursday was chosen specifically to fit the deadlines of the East-coast news market. A complete free package of all material would be provided to any bona-fide news media inquiry, along with an index to items of special interest, to preclude any "cover-up". All questions would be answered at the press conference. All agency effort, investigation, materials, conclusions, etc., would be completed and released at the press conference. Material delivery requested by media and public via DHL, Federal Express, or other personal pickup, would be sent out the day or night before the press conference, depending on the distance of travel, so that all materials would arrive at the destination at approximately 10:00 am of March 5, 1987. All inquires for information would be promptly filled. Radio interviews, talk shows, telephone and personal interviews regarding the incident would be done by the Public Affairs Officer only. There is no other authorized release of information without the consent of the Public Affairs Office. A complete package of the written materials will be collected and deposited with a Government publishing house (NTIS) for future public access at a nominal cost, thereby relieving the agency of future response.