January 2002 Press Releases

Percentage of Flight Delays Remains Low In November, According to DOT Report (1/2/01)

Secretary Mineta Hails New Head of Transportation Security Administration (1/7/01)

DOT Begins Recruiting Federal Security Directors for Airports (1/8/01)

Woodward Appointed FAA Associate Administrator for Airports (1/14/02)

DOT Taps Private Industry for Help in Building Transportation Security Administration (01/16/02)

Mineta Announces Latest Improvements to Nation's Security System (01/16/02)

Department of Transportation Meets Mandate for Plans for Training Screeners and Flight Crews (1/18/02)

Consumers Cautioned on Super Bowl Air Travel Ticket Scams (1/22/02)

Secretary Mineta Signs U.S.-France Open- Skies Agreement (1/22/02)

Department of Transportation Tentatively Approves Antitrust Immunity Covering the Alliances of American Airlines and British Airways, and United Airlines and BMI (1/25/02)

Statement by Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta on Decision by American Airlines-British Airways to Decline Terms of Antitrust Order (1/25/02)

US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS (1/23/02)

SIGNING OF OPEN SKIES AVIATION AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE (1/22/02)

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD (01/16/02)

REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S FEDERAL FORUM (01/10/02)

WORKFORCE RECOVERY CONFERENCE (01/10/02)

NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM’S GALA OPENING OF THE “ON TRACK: TRANSIT AND THE AMERICAN CITY” EXHIBIT (1/24/02)

PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO COAST GUARD UNITS IN PORTLAND (1/25/02)

Laborers’ International Union Annual Tri-Fund Conference (1/28/02)

MARITIME ENERGY AND CLEAN EMISSIONS WORKSHOP (12/29/02)

February 2002  Press Releases

Speeches

Transportation Security Administration To Map Security Procedures At Selected Airports Nationwide (2/1/02)

Fiscal 2003 Budget Reflects Funding for Transportation Security (2/4/02)

DOT Report Shows Fewer Flight Delays in 2001 (4/5/02)  

Wu Appointed to Lead DOT Civil Rights Office (2/27/02)

U.S. Department of Transportation Establishes Port Security Grants For Critical National Seaports (2/28/02) 

March 2002 Press Releases

Speeches

Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Recruitment Targeting 30,000 Federal Security Workers (3/4/02)

DOT Receives “Clean” Rating For Fiscal 2001 Financial Statements (3/1/02)

U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Jackson Announces  $29 Million in Transit Grants and Emergency Relief Funds for Texas (3/4/02)

DOT Report Shows Complaints Up in January; Record-Low Bumping Level in 2001 (3/5/02)

DOT Announces Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure Relying on GPS (3/7/02)

Transportation Secretary Mineta  Announces Reagan National To Return To Full Capacity (3/13/02)

Statement of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta Concerning Amtrak President George Warrington (3/7/02)

DOT, Northwest Reach Settlement Over Treatment of Passengers With Disabilities (3/14/02)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $25.8 Million in Grants for Missouri Airports (3/14/02)

Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $175 Million in Supplemental Funds for Airport Security (3/18/02)

DOT Responds to Japanese Government’s Blocking of Narita Slot Transfer (3/20/02)

Secretary Mineta Names Riley and Broome as FAA’s Assistant Administrator and Deputy Assistant Administrator for Government and Industry Affairs (3/25/02)

New Radionavigation Plan Focuses on GPS As Primary Means of Navigation (3/26/02)

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SCREENER HIRING (3/4/02)

TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY UNITY DINNER (3/6/02)

NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN FAMILIES AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE (3/11/02)

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION – LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE (3/11/02)

GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT (3/11/02)

THE BILL ARCHER STUDENT INTERN PROGRAM (3/12/02)

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FIRST FEDERAL SECURITY DIRECTORS SWEARING- IN CEREMONY (3/13/02)

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION’S ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION 2002: A NATIONAL DIALOGUE RECEPTION (3/12/02)

THE NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING (3/12/02)

BANKING, HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS (3/13/02)

AVIATION GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT, KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (3/14/02)

WINTER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES PRESS CONFERENCE OPENING STATEMENT (3/14/02)

COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA (3/15/02)

100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AAA (3/18/02)

20^th Annual Police Officers Recognition Dinner (3/18/02)

STATE OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD (3/21/02)

JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE (3/23/02)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS – FLETCHER CONFERENCE (3/25/02)

“THANKS A MILLION” EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION CEREMONY (3/25/02)

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN APPOINTEES IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION (3/26/02)

CHILD PASSENGER PROTECTION EDUCATION GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT (3/26/02)

CHILD PASSENGER PROTECTION EDUCATION GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT (3/26/02)

April 2002 Press Releases

Speeches

Flight Delays, Mishandled Bags Down in February, According to DOT Report (4/2/02)

DOT Approves Antitrust Immunity for United and bmi, Subject to U.S.-U.K. Open Skies (4/4/02)

DOT To Host African Ministers At Conference on Air Transportation (4/4/02)

DOT Airfare Report Shows Impact of Low-Fare Competition (4/11/02)

Hall Named Federal Security Director for JFK Airport (4/12/02)

Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $23 Million For Oregon Airports (4/13/02)

Wooten, Restovich to Serve as Federal Security Directors For Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Love Field (4/14/02)

John Magaw, Under Secretary for Transportation Security, Comfortable After Angioplasty (4/16/02)

DOT Sets New Date for Comments on Market-based Solutions to Relieve Airport Congestion and Delay (4/19/02)

Phillips Receives Government’s Top Speechwriting Prize (4/22/02)

Secretary Mineta Announces Beginning of Security Screening Program; BWI First to Deploy Federal Screening Personnel (4/24/02)

STATEMENT OF THE SECRETARY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S 35TH BIRTHDAY (4/1/02)

THANKS A MILLION AWARD PRESENTATION (4/8/02)

WIRELESS E9-1-1 SUMMIT MEETING (4/8/02)

REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGHTH GRADERS (4/8/02)

ALAMEDA CORRIDOR GRAND OPENING (4/12/02)

FAA GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AND HILLSBORO AIRPORTS (4/13/02)

May 2002  Press Releases

Speeches

U.S. Department of Transportation Applauds Association of American Railroads’ Initiative to Create a Center to Enhance Security (5/2/02)

Flight Delays, Mishandled Baggage, Complaints Increase in March But Remain Well Below 2001 Levels (5/6/02)

Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $15 Million in Grants for California Airports (5/9/02)

Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $11.4 Million for Orlando Airport (5/10/02)

Secretary Mineta Announces Commission On Consumer Information in Airline Industry (5/16/02)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Airport Grants for St. Louis (5/16/02)

DOT’s FY 2003 Performance Plan And FY 2001 Performance Report Rated Best in Government (5/16/01)

DOT Grants American Two-Year Award To Launch Dallas/Fort Worth-Argentina Service (5/21/02)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Appointment Of Admiral Loy as Deputy Under Secretary for Transportation Security  (5/30/02)

APAICS EIGHTH ANNUAL GALA DINNER (5/2/02)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE  HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION UNIONS (5/3/02)

BORDER AUDITOR GRADUATION (5/3/02)

LETTER TO THE 47TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (5/4/02)

DEDICATION OF MATSUNAGA ELEMENTARY (5/5/02)

CONGRESSMAN CLAY SHAW’S ANNUAL FLY-IN  (5/8/02)

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH (5/8/02)

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MOTOR VEHICLE INJURIES REPORT RELEASE (5/9/02)

EPA NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH (5/9/02)

CIA Asian Pacific American Heritage Month CELEBRATION (5/9/02)

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE “DROP-BY” (5/10/02)

BUS TOUR KICK OFF (5/13/02)

GRAND OPENING – EASTON TRANSIT CENTER (5/14/02)

PITTSBURGH FSD ANNOUNCEMENT (5/14/02)

CLICK IT OR TICKET EVENT (5/15/02)

GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT LAMBERT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (5/16/02)

2^ND NATIONAL FRAUD CONFERENCE ON HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (5/16/02)

ST. LOUIS TRANSPORTATION WEEK EVENT (5/24/02)

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (5/20/02)

OPERATION ABC MOBILIZATION (5/20/02)

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH (5/20/02)

CONGRESSMAN MEEHAN’S NINTH DISTRICT DAY (5/21/02)

FEDERAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COUNCIL 17^TH ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL SEMINAR (5/21/02)

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS (5/22/02)

WHITTIER COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT (5/24/02)

DOT DIVERSITY WORKING GROUP MEETING (5/28/02)

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY (5/30/02)

PARTNERSHIP TO INCREASE SEAT BELT & CHILD SAFETY SEAT USE AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS (5/31/02)

June 2002 Press Releases

Speeches

United States, Uganda Reach Open-Skies Aviation Agreement (6/4/02)

Statement of the Department of Transportation on the Amendment of Executive Order on Air Traffic Organization (6/12/02)

Secretary Mineta Announces Policy On Alternative Dispute Resolution (6/12/02)

Status of General Aviation Operations At Reagan National Airport (6/13/02)

United States, Cape Verde Reach Open-Skies Aviation Agreement (6/21/02)

Secretary Mineta Calls for Emergency AMTRAK Board Meeting (6/22/02)

Statement by Secretary Mineta on Amtrak (6/24/02)

Secretary Mineta Announces Grants To Improve Air Service to Small Communities (6/26/02)

Joint Statement of Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation and John Robert Smith, Chairman of the Board, Amtrak (6/26/02)

Announcement On Amtrak Agreement (6/28/02)

• Summary of Conditions for Direct Loan Agreement

ONEDOT SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (6/3/02)

NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN PRIDE MONTH (6/4/02)

KINGS POINT CLUB OF WASHINGTON (6/6/02)

MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES HOMELAND SECURITY SUMMIT THREATS AND SOLUTIONS (6/7/02)

“THANKS A MILLION” AWARD CEREMONY (6/10/02)

DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS AND ALL-AMERICAN ROADS (6/13/02)

PORT SECURITY GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT (6/17/02)

UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY COMMENCEMENT (6/17/02)

CHICAGO COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (6/18/02)

LAGUARDIA FSD PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT (6/18/02)

JAPAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK (6/19/02)

SCREENING OF “GREAT PROJECTS: THE BUILDING OF AMERICA” MOVIE (6/19/02)

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS (6/20/02)

9^th ANNUAL US – APEC CEO ROUNDTABLE (6/20/02)

INTRODUCTION OF THE PRESIDENT, PORT ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY (6/24/02)

ARTBA NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORTATION AND THE U.S. ECONOMY (6/25/02)

REPUBLICAN MAIN STREET PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS BREAKFAST (6/26/02)

ANNOUNCEMENT ON AMTRAK AGREEMENT (6/28/02)

July 2002 Press Releases

Speeches

Fewer Discrimination Complaints Filed by Airline Passengers In May, According to DOT Report (7/1/02)

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $7.4 Million for Baton Rouge’s Ryan Field (7/15/02)

Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $36.8 Million In Grants For Alaska Airports (7/17/02)

John Magaw Resigns as Head of TSA;  Adm. James M. Loy To Take Agency Helm (7/18/02)

Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $110.9 Million In Grants For Texas Airports (7/19/02)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Offers Electronic Notification About Regulatory Activities(7/22/02)

DOT Recognized for Leadership In Electronic Government (7/23/02)

GW UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON AVIATION SAFETY & SECURITY (7/8/02)

EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT 2002 (7/15/02)

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GENERAL BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, JR. (7/12/02)

WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS (7/19/02)

FSD SWEARING-IN CEREMONY (7/31/02)

August 2002  Press Releases

Speeches

DOT Report Looks at Low-Fare Airline Expansion Into New Markets (8/5/02)

Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $8.4 Million In Grants For Orlando International Airport (8/8/02)

U.S. COAST GUARD BIRTHDAY PICNIC (8/3/02)

THANKS A MILLION AWARD CEREMONY (8/5/02)

ANNOUNCEMENT OF AIRPORT GRANTS (8/8/02)

AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION 48TH ANNUAL AIR SAFETY FORUM AND AWARDS BANQUET (8/22/02)

ALL HANDS MEETING AIR STATION ATLANTIC CITY (8/23/02)

PRESS CONFERENCE WITH REP. FRANK LOBIONDO (8/23/02)

ALL HANDS WITH FAA, TSA AND USCG EMPLOYEES (8/23/02)

"HEARTS AND HANDS ACROSS THE POTOMAC" QUILT UNVEILING (8/27/02)

FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT DEDICATION WITH SENATOR TIM HUTCHINSON (8/28/02)

September 2002  Press Releases

Speeches

Transportation Secretary Mineta Presents New Transportation 9-11 Medal to Coast Guard Men and Women (9/5/02)

USDOT To Promote Airport Security Rollout Procurement Opportunities For Small, Disadvantaged Businesses (9/13/02)

DOT Establishes Toll-Free Hotline To Assist Air Travelers With Disabilities (9/16/02)

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $8.2 Million for Harrisburg International Airport (9/16/02)

USDOT in Miami to Promote Airport Security Rollout Procurement Opportunities For Small, Disadvantaged Businesses (9/18/02)

U.S. Department of Transportation Implements Executive Order Safeguarding Environment, Accelerating Decisions on Transportation Projects (9/18/02)

U.S. Coast Guard Announces $611 Million Contract Award For "Rescue 21" System (9/24/02)

NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES 124^TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE (9/8/02)

U.S. COAST GUARD MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM COMMISSIONING (9/8/02)

U.S. COAST GUARD 9-11 AWARD CEREMONY (9/8/02)

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT WITH SCAG AND REP. MILLENDER -MCDONALD (9/9/02)

SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE (9/11/02)

CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS TRANSPORTATION BRAINTRUST PANEL DISCUSSION (9/13/02)

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF CONTAINERSHIP OPERATORS LUNCHEON (9/18/02)

HOMELAND SECURITY TECH EXPO (9/19/02)

U.S. COAST GUARD EVENT HONORING U.S. SENATOR INOUYE (9/19/02)

APTA CONFERENCE (9/24/02)

USCG NDRSMP CONTRACT ANNOUNCEMENT (9/24/02)

CONGRESSIONAL ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (9/25/02)

2002 EISENHOWER NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE (9/27/02)

NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH (9/26/02)

EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY EVENT (9/30/02)

October 2002 Press Releases

Speeches

USDOT Makes It Easier To Find Information on Regulatory Activities (10/11/02)

Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Federal Passenger Screener Deployment to John Wayne/Orange County Airport (10/16/02)

DOT Assesses Penalty Against Asiana For Unauthorized Air Services (10/17/02)

United States, Hong Kong Reach Agreement On Expanded Air Services  (10/18/02)

Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday, Oct. 27, For Most Americans (10/21/02)

Minority and Women Entrepreneurs Honored During DOT Awards Ceremony (10/28/02)

Secretary Mineta Announces Deployment of Federal Screeners To Boise Airport, ID (10/30/02)

United States, Jamaica Reach Open-Skies Aviation Agreement (10/30/02)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces List of Infrastructure Construction Projects For Accelerated Environmental Review (10/31/02)

THANKS A MILLION AWARDS (10/7/02)

NAPALC RECEPTION (10/10/02)

WASHINGTON AIRPORTS TASK FORCE “WILLIAMS TROPHY” BREAKFAST (10/11/02)

CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE (10/18/02)

JOHN WAYNE ORANGE COUNTY (10/16/02)

APEC NEWS CONFERENCE (10/23/02)

DOT MINORITY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS CEREMONY (10/28/02)

NORMAN Y. MINETA SAN JOSE AIRPORT DEDICATION (10/31/02)

BOISE AIRPORT FEDERALIZATION (10/30/02)

November 2002  Press Releases

Speeches

Flight Delays, Mishandled Bags, Consumer Complaints, Bumping Decrease, According to Latest DOT Report (11/2/02)

DOT Proposes Revised Computer Reservation System Rules (11/12/02)

DOT and Customs Launch ‘Operation Safe Commerce’ Program (11/20/02)

Contest Memorializing African American Inventor Seeks Student Essays, Encourages Transportation Careers (11/21/02)

Admiral Loy Sworn In as Under Secretary for Security (11/25/02)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Decision of FMCSA Administrator to Depart; Moves NHTSA Deputy Administrator to FMCSA Deputy Slot (11/25/02)

U.S. Transportation Department Implements NAFTA Provisions for Mexican Trucks, Buses (11/27/02)

SILICON VALLEY CAPITAL CLUB (11/1/02)

SANTA CLARA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION ANNUAL JUDGES’ NIGHT (11/2/02)

ASCE INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT (11/5/02)

60^TH ANNIVERSARY LUNCH ,THE “ROAD GANG” (11/7/02)

USCG VETERAN’S DAY SERVICE (11/11/02)

PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE SERVICE TO AMERICA MEDALS DINNER (11/13/02)

AFRAS AWARDS CEREMONY (11/13/02)

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DISABILITY COALITION MEETING (11/13/02)

GOING AWAY PARTY FOR REP. BORSKI (11/13/02)

SECRETARY’S 35TH ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY (11/14/02)

USCG TRAINING CENTER YORKTOWN TOUR (11/15/02)

MARAD PROFESSIONAL SHIP AWARD FOR THE SS CORNHUSKER STATE (11/15/02)

TSA ANNIVERSARY EVENT (11/18/02)

US SPAIN FORUM ON HOUSING & TRANSPORTATION FINANCE (11/18/02)

PANETTA INSTITUTE CONGRESSIONAL INTERN PROGRAM (11/19/02)

National Press Foundation Surface Transportation and Sprawl Seminar (11/19/02)

ADDRESS USCG PORT SECURITY UNIT 307 (11/28/02)

December 2002  Press Releases

Speeches

Santa Gets Cleared For Christmas Flight (12/18/02)

DOT Awards Small-Community Air Service Grants To Chico, CA, and Telluride, CO (12/20/02)