Government and Business Leaders to Discuss Homeland Security Efforts

Business Wire, May 31, 2002

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2002

Satellite Media Interviews Available with Selected Speakers

at The McGraw-Hill Companies Homeland Security Summit

and Exposition June 6th & 7th in Washington, D.C.

The McGraw-Hill Companies is drawing upon its information resources to convene the "Homeland Security Summit and Exposition: Threats And Solutions" June 6-7, 2002, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.

The Summit is an executive-level conference focusing on both the terrorist threats to the United States and the emerging public- and private-sector responsibilities for ensuring homeland security. This vital conversation will feature politicians who are setting the homeland security agenda as well as corporate leaders who are providing security solutions and new approaches to dealing with uncertain times.

Summit discussion will provide in-depth information in three critical areas:

-- Aviation Week is the world's leading source of in-depth news and
authoritative analysis of the technology, business and operations shaping the
aviation and aerospace community

-- BusinessWeek, the world's most widely read business magazine, is a vital
resource for 5.3 million readers who require insightful coverage and commentary
to stay ahead of their competition

-- McGraw-Hill Construction connects people, projects and products across the
design and construction industry. It provides industry players with the tools
and resources that help them save time, money, and energy and is backed by the
power of Dodge, Sweets, Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record (ENR) and
Regional Publications.

-- Platts is the world's largest provider of energy information and marketing
services. It offers a range of products, services and solutions covering the
oil, petrochemical, natural gas, electricity, nuclear power, coal and metals
markets.

-- Standard & Poor's provides investment data, analysis and opinions to
financial decision-makers. It sets the standard for the global investment
community through its three business segments: Credit Market Services for
ratings services and risk management, Investment Services for investment
information, analysis, and opinion, and Corporate Value Consulting for
valuation and value analysis.

EXPOSITION HALL

More than thirty security service providers and product manufactures will also demonstrate and exhibit their innovative solutions.

MEDIA AVAILABILITY:

The Homeland Security Summit speakers are available to be interviewed at the summit and via satellite:

Telstar 6 (digital)

Transponder TBA

11:00 am - 2:00 pm EST

Call Hanna Decker at (212) 994-7522 to book.

      SUMMIT SPEAKERS:

      Harold McGraw III, Chairman, President and Chief Executive
    Officer, The McGraw-Hill Companies

      C. Michael Armstrong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T;
    Head of Security and Economic Recovery Task Force, Business
    Roundtable

      Mike McConnell, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton; Former
    Director, National Security Agency

      Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) - Chairman, Committee on Foreign
    Relations

      Senator Bill Frist, (R-Tennessee)

      U.S. Rep. Michael Honda, (D-California)

      Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III, Chairman and Chief Executive
    Officer, Marsh Crisis Consulting; former Ambassador-at-Large for
    Counter Terrorism

      Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, Former United States Ambassador
    to the United Nations

      Mike Hurd- COO- Terradata, Dayton Ohio

      Sergio Magistri, President and Chief Executive Officer, InVision
    Technologies

      Dr. Paula Scalingi, Founder and President, The Scalingi Group;
    former Director, Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection, US
    Department of Energy

      Gen. Brent Scowcroft, President and Founder, The Scowcroft Group;
    former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and
    George H.W. Bush

      Major Gen. Robert Griffin, Director of Civil Works, United States
    Army Corps of Engineers

      Bill DeCota, Director of Aviation, The Port Authority of New York
    and New Jersey

      Linda Taskett- Deloitte Touche, (in conjunction with Aviation
    Week, will be releasing a study on the economic cost of Homeland
    Security.

      David Wyss- Chief Economist, Standard & Poor's

      Terry Benzel- VP. Advanced Security Research, Network Associates,
    Inc.; Member of the Security Panel, The President's Committee of
    Advisors on Science and Technology; Co-chair, R&D Working Group,
    Partnership for Critical Infrastructure; Founder, Security
    Research Alliance

      Mark Weglietner- Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer,
    Verizon

      George Poillon- Retired Navy Seal

      Robert A. Ivy, FAIA, Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Record

WHY MCGRAW-HILL?

As a leading provider of information and knowledge in key industries directly affecting Homeland Security -- aviation and defense, business and finance, and infrastructure - The McGraw-Hill Companies is uniquely qualified to bring together corporate and political leaders to introduce and debate emerging solutions. In each of the wide array of disciplines involved in this complex, national effort, The McGraw-Hill Companies' brands are the leading providers of trusted and insightful information tools: