Links to recent press releases by various U.S. Government agencies.

President Proclaims Women's History Month (Mar. 2, 2001)
"Today, women are ‘captains’ of their own destinies, and they will continue to help shape our Nation's future,” stated President Bush in proclaiming March, 2001 to be Women’s History Month.

President's Press Conference (Feb. 22, 2001)
Answers to questions on the FBI spy case, Clinton pardons, US-Russia relations and more.

NTSB: USS Greeneville/Ehime Maru Collision Update
NTSB accident report shows in words and graphics the exact movements of the US Greeneville and the Japanese fishing vessel, Ehime Maru leading up to their collision on February 9, 2001.

Other Agency News

Commerce
Safety advice for tornado season
Census Bureau says statistical sampling would not improve congressional redistricting

Defense
Gulf War vaccine study reveals deficiencies  
Navy names new attack submarine for North Carolina  
Paul Wolfowitz sworn in as deputy secretary of defense

Education
Kindergarten benefits all children, study finds  
U.S. 8th graders above international average in math, science  

Energy
Plans for ultra-clean transportation tools
Executive order to compensate nuclear weapons workers  
FBI wraps up investigation of vanishing Los Alamos hard drive

Environmental Protection Agency
Diazinon lawn and garden pesticide phaseout announced  
New lead standards announced
Draft report on Starlink corn released

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Director Freeh on arrest of FBI Special Agent Robert Hanssen 
FBI arrests water polluter in San Antonio, TX
FBI adds pedophile to "10 Most Wanted" list  

Federal Communications Commission
New telephone anti-"slamming" rules go into effect  

Federal Elections Commission
FEC makes 32 suggestions for campaign finance reform

Federal Reserve Board
Federal Open Market Committee cuts interest rate to 6%
5 1/2% discount rate approved

Federal Trade Commission
Jewelers must disclose laser drilling of gemstones
Black & Decker settles misleading "Made in USA" claim

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA Enforcement Report (recalls) Jan. 3  
Warning pregnant women not to eat certain fish

Health & Human Services
Corticosteroids do not slow pulmonary disease  
NIH: Steroid medications do not alleviate chronic fatigue syndrome  
Improper Medicare payments drop, audit shows

Interior Department
Fish & Wildlife Service - protective status study of yellow-billed cuckoos
Reports indicate loss of wetlands has been retarded 

Housing & Urban Development
$22 million distributed to 50 states for poor, homeless aid  
$1 billion homeless aid program for is detailed  

Justice Department
DEA makes 50 arrests in international heroin ring 
Final list of Clinton pardons
Final list of Clinton sentence commutations

Labor
Nursing home compliance with federal labor laws sinks to all-time low
Mass layoffs in January 2001

National Science Foundations
Evidence suggests young Earth had surface water

National Institutes of Health
Garfield the Cat, says kids need nine hours of sleep (No, really!)

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Payne Stewart air crash report abstract released
Chairman Jim Hall announces retirement
Update on investigation of Gov. Carnahan air crash

NASA
Asteroid-circling spacecraft set for unprecedented mission

Securities and Exchange Commission
New rules adopted for mutual fund directors  

Social Security Administration
"National Save for Your Future" campaign announced

Small Business Administration
Release $180 million for businesses in low-income neighborhoods
Disaster loan program available for Alabama tornado victims
New program encourages smaller-sized loans

State Department
Russia ships nuclear fuel to India in violation of treaty 
Attack in Sheba's Farms Area, Lebanon
Bomb kills Serbs in Kosovo

Transportation (DOT)
First rollover resistance ratings for passenger vehicles issued 
Propose new safety standard for head restraints 
Coast Guard fights two-ocean war to stop drug traffickers

Treasury
IRS revises tax deposit rules for small businesses  
Customs returns stolen Christ portrait to Germany  
Customs reports new twist in Canadian lottery scam

USDA 
China agrees to import U.S. tobacco 
Texas, parts of NM and LA, declared agricultural disaster area
$30 million released for rural research and development

Veterans' Administration
French government honors World War II veterans
VA rules on Gulf War veterans' illnesses