WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has awarded Burson-Marsteller a $36-million, five-year contract for a public education and awareness campaign for the new $5 and $100 notes.
Claudia Dickens, manager of BEP's division of external affairs, declined to discuss the reasons for Burson's selection, or who other bidders for the contract were, though Weber Shandwick and Fleishman-Hillard are known to have been the other finalists. Burson declined comment.
Redesigned $5 notes are to be introduced in ...