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)
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
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)
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)
20th 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)
April 2002 Press Releases
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)
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)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF JIMMY WOOTEN & MICHAEL RESTOVICH AS FEDERAL SECURITY DIRECTORS (4/14/02)
CALIFORNIA CHILD PASSENGER PROTECTION EDUCATION GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT (4/19/02)
SACRAMENTO METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE “CAPITOL TO CAPITOL” (4/23/02)
ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES GALA DINNER (4/20/02)
WORLD PRESIDENT’S ORGANIZATION (4/22/02)
U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUMMIT ON “SECURING THE SUPPLY CHAIN: CARGO LOGISTICS AND THE AMERICAN ECONOMY” (4/24/02)
GERMAN AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL (4/24/02)
PATTERSON TRANSPORTATION LECTURE (4/24/02)
HOAN BRIDGE GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT (4/25/02)
RSPA University Transportation Center (UTC) Grant Announcement (4/25/02)
JAPANESE AMERICAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION SALUTE TO SENATORS INOUYE AND AKAKA (4/27/02)
FHWA Grant Announcement in Minnesota (4/29/02)
JAMES L. OBERSTAR FORUM ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY LUNCHEON (4/29/02)
May 2002 Press Releases
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)
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)
2ND 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 17TH 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
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
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)
9th 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
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)
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
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)
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
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 124TH 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
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
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)
60TH 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
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)
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