| December 2000 |
| Thompson Applauds Final Passage of Legislation to Protect Citizens' Privacy on Federal Web Sites |
December 19, 2000 |
| Final Passage of Regulatory Right-to-Know Legislation |
December 18, 2000 |
| Thompson Urges GSA to Open Transition Office |
December 4, 2000 |
| November 2000 |
| Thompson Announces Release of "PLUM BOOK" |
November 2, 2000 |
| October 2000 |
| Thompson Unveils Agency Performance Report Grades |
October 31, 2000 |
| New Accountability Required of Executive Branch Agencies |
October 30, 2000 |
| Two Agencies Refusing to Provide Information on Political Travel |
October 26, 2000 |
| Thompson Announces Governmental Affairs Committee Website on Presidential Transition |
October 23, 2000 |
| Administration Compromises Citizens' Privacy |
October 20, 2000 |
| Thompson Says Federal Agencies Aren't Fully Complying with Information Management Law |
October 20, 2000 |
| New Law Will Allow Comptroller General to Reshape GAO |
October 16, 2000 |
| Former Federal Lands to be Used for Local Public Safety Activities |
October 16, 2000 |
| Senators Thompson, Stevens, and Breaux Announce Final Passage of Regulatory Right-to-Know Legislation |
October 13, 2000 |
| Senate Passes Thompson Legislation to Ensure Government Cyber-Security |
October 13, 2000 |
| Clinton signs "Presidential Transition Act" |
October 13, 2000 |
| Conferees Endorse Thompson's Plan to Ensure Government Cyber-Security |
October 10, 2000 |
| Final Congressional Passage of Truth in Regulating Act |
October 4, 2000 |
| September 2000 |
| Senate Approves "Presidential Transition Act" |
September 29, 2000 |
| Chairman Thompson Announces Results of Governmental Affairs Committee Markup |
September 28, 2000 |
| Thompson Recovery Auditing Bill Approved by Governmental Affairs Committee |
September 28, 2000 |
| Senators Thompson, Jeffords, Bond and Enzi Criticize Osha Roadblocks to GAO Investigation |
September 25, 2000 |
| National Defense Expert Says Iran has Capability to Hit U.S. with Ballistic Missile |
September 21, 2000 |
| Thompson Applauds Enactment of Bill to Assist TVA Employees, Retirees with Long-Term Care Needs |
September 19, 2000 |
| "Privacy Commission Act" |
September 13, 2000 |
| Thompson Releases Report Detailing $20.7 Billion in Lost Taxpayer Dollars Due to Improper Payments |
September 12, 2000 |
| July 2000 |
| Thompson Lauds Final Passage Of Bill Assisting TVA Employees & Retirees In Addressing Long-Term Care |
July 28, 2000 |
| Senate-House Conferees Adopt Thompson-Inslee Privacy Amendment |
July 28, 2000 |
| Senate Approves Bill To Assist Federal Employees In Addressing Long-Term Care Needs |
July 27, 2000 |
| Thompson and Lieberman Laud Reports Consolidation Act Passage |
July 25, 2000 |
| Bill Enables Employees to Contribute Sooner & Add Rollover Funds |
July 24, 2000 |
| Permanent Regulatory Right -To-Know Provision |
July 21, 2000 |
| Fosters Government Purchasing from Private Industry |
July 18, 2000 |
| Senate Endorses Plan to Ensure Government Cyber-Security |
July 14, 2000 |
| Thompson Calls for GAO Investigation of OSHA-Paid Witnesses for Ergonomics Regulations |
July 5, 2000 |
| June 2000 |
| Senator Thompson Applauds House Committee Vote to Create Privacy Commission |
June 29, 2000 |
| "Presidential Transition Act" |
June 14, 2000 |
| May 2000 |
| Export Control Implementation Issues with Respect to High Performance Computers |
May 24, 2000 |
| E-GOVERNMENT Project Launched |
May 18, 2000 |
| Senate Unanimously Approves Truth in Regulating Act |
May 10, 2000 |
| Thompson Asks of Agency Performance Reporting: "Are We Telling the American People What They Want to Know?" |
May 3, 2000 |
| April 2000 |
| Thompson Urges OMB to Fulfill its Leadership Responsibility on Results Act Implementation |
April 13, 2000 |
| Statement of Senator Fred Thompson on Energy Department's Worker Compensation Proposal |
April 12, 2000 |
| Thompson/Lieberman Send Letters to 24 Agencies to Determine if They are Complying With Information Technology Law |
April 10, 2000 |
| MEDIA ADVISORY -- hearing on the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Future of Multilateral Export Controls |
April 7, 2000 |
|
Thompson to Discuss Results Act Implementation |
April 4, 2000 |
|
Thompson to Testify on Export Administration Act |
April 3, 2000 |
| March 2000 |
| FIRST-EVER FEDERAL AGENCY PERFORMANCE REPORTS EXPECTED -- Office of Management and Budget reports false information |
March 31, 2000 |
|
Thompson Statement on GAO Report on
TVA Center for Rural Studies |
March 30, 2000 |
|
Thompson/Lieberman Appeal for More
Effective Tools to Prosecute Campaign Finance Violators -- Felony Prosecutions, Jail Sentences Would be Authorized |
March 29, 2000 |
| Thompson/Lieberman Announce Hearing on Government Management Challenges in 21st Century |
March 27, 2000 |
| Thompson/Lieberman Bill Enforcing Management, Accountability to Better Protect Government Computer Systems is Unanimously Appoved |
March 23, 2000 |
| Thompson/Lieberman Announce Hearing on Rising Oil Prices |
March 23, 2000 |
| Thompson/Lieberman Announce
Governmental Affairs Legislative
Mark-Up |
March 21, 2000 |
| Medicare Paying for Health Care for the Dead -- HCFA makes $20 million in payments for procedures allegedly performed on patients after they died |
March 13, 2000 |
|
Administration Falls Well Short of Goal on Financial Management -- Only 11 Agencies Can Balance Their Books on Time HUD, EPA Fall Back After Previous Progress |
March 2, 2000 |
| Hearing on Health and Safety Issues at Doe's Gaseous Diffusion Plants in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Piketon, Ohio |
March 2, 2000 |
| Thompson/Lieberman say Management, Accountability Must be Enforced to Better Protect Federal Computer Systems |
March 2, 2000 |
| February 2000 |
| GAO: Mismanagement Continues to Plague IRS -- Chairman Thompson Frustrated by Lack of Progress |
February 29, 2000 |
| Hearing to Better Protect Government Computers from Cyberattack |
February 23, 2000 |
| Computer Security Press Conference |
February 22, 2000 |
| The Rising Cost of College Tuition What Drives the Cost and Price of College Tuition? |
February 9, 2000 |
| Momentum Growing for Enactment of Much-Needed Reform |
February 2, 2000 |
| Meeting with Russian President Putin scheduled |
February 2, 2000 |
| January 2000 |
| Thompson Details $220 Billion in Government Waste -- $35 Billion Lost in FY ‘98 Alone |
January 24, 2000 |
| Hearing on Cost of Higher Education |
January 14, 2000 |
| Comment on Administration's Plan Protecting America from Tech Attacks |
January 7, 2000 |
| Chief Justice's Report Lauds Committee's Efforts on Controlling the Federalization of Crimes |
January 5, 2000 |
