![]() ![]() Williams could not be reached for comment Friday. ![]() “Under Secretary Spellings’ leadership, stringent processes have been instituted to ensure these types of missteps don’t happen again.” ![]() There’s nothing in today’s action that changes our opinion,” said Susan Aspey, a department spokeswoman. “We’ve said for the past six months that this was stupid, wrong and ill-advised. The contracts were signed under the previous education secretary, Rod Paige. Under the Ketchum contract, the department also rated media coverage to determine whether it contained the message that the Bush administration and the GOP was “committed to education.” The contract also paid a news syndicate, North American Precis Syndicate, to produce an article about the lack of science education in classrooms.Įducation officials, who have previously acknowledged erring in producing the news releases, said the department was no longer engaged in such activities. ![]()
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