The hoax was perpetrated by Alan Abel, a New York advertising man and satirist, who kept the society alive by issuing news releases and orchestrating publicity stunts and public appearances.
Memo to Republican governors: Stop issuing news releases and instead pick up the phone, call the Republicans in your Congressional delegations and urge them to negotiate and compromise.
Mr. Rohrkasse said the department had also posted on its Web site a number of other statistical reports without issuing news releases.
American Muslim leaders and organizations rushed on Wednesday to condemn the attacks on American diplomatic outposts in Libya and Egypt, issuing news releases and giving interviews that seemed aimed as much at an American audience as at Muslims overseas.
Ms. Giffords herself is not available to raise her own profile, so her Congressional staff does it for her, responding to constituents, issuing news releases and appearing at public events in her stead.
Now, with Wall Street analysts and bond-rating agencies demanding more information about the complex transactions that have fueled the company's profits, Enron has been reduced to issuing news releases assuring investors that it has adequate access to cash.
