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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2003

TIME: All Day

EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The 171st Meeting of the

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

AGENDA: Highlights:

12 noon - S&E Domestic Workforce (Singer:Stine)

Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor, North Carolina State University,

Member, PCAST and Co-Chair, GUIRR

Judith Ramaley, Asst. Director, Education and Human Resources Division,

NSF and Co-Chair, NSTC S&E Workforce Study

William Berry, Director, Basic Research, DOD and

Co-Chair, NSTC S&E Workforce Study

James Griffin, Assistant Director, Social, Behavioral and Education Sciences,

Office of Science and Technology Policy

2 p.m. - Information Session: Federal Science Advisory Committees (Cook:Stine)

Christine Fishkin, Assistant Director, General Accounting Office

James Dean, Director, Committee Management Secretariat, General

Services Administration

Amy Comstock, Director, Office of Government Ethics

DATE: May 22, 2003

LOCATION: National Academy of Sciences Building, 2100 C St. NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-334-2138

WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MANUFACTURING SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE holds a meeting to discuss: the regulatory approaches regarding aseptic manufacturing; and process analytical technologies and transition from the Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Science---Process Analytical Technologies Subcommittee to Manufacturing Subcommittee.

DATE: May 22, 2003

LOCATION: Marriott Washingtonian Center, Ballrooms A, B, C, and D, 9751 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD.

CONTACT: Kathleen Reedy, 301-827-7001.

WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program on Preventing HIV/AIDS in the former Soviet Union: Georgia as a Case Study.

WHO: The speakers are:

Tengiz Tsertsvadze, National AIDS Coordinator, Republic of Georgia

Director, Georgian AIDS & Clinical Immunology Research Center

Natalie Tomitch, Program Officer for Russia & the NIS, Fogarty International Center,

National Institutes of Health

DATE: May 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-457-6949

WEB ADDRESS: rferl.gov

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES (also known as the "9-11 Commission") will hold its second public hearing

AGENDA: Highlights:

9 a.m. - Hearing Commences

Opening Statement from Chairman Kean

9:05 a.m. - Commission Mandate and Objectives

Sen. John McCain

Sen. Joseph Lieberman

Rep. Nancy Pelosi

9:30 a.m. - Intelligence Oversight and the Joint Inquiry

Sen. Bob Graham

Sen. Richard Shelby

Rep. Porter Goss

Rep. Jane Harman

10:45 a.m. - Affected Constituencies

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Sen. Frank Lautenberg

Rep. Christopher Shays

Rep. Christopher Smith

CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY

2 p.m - State of the System: Civil Aviation Security on September 11th

Jane Garvey, former Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration

Kenneth Mead, Inspector General, Department of Transportation

James May, President, Air Transport Association of America

Bogdan Dzakovic, Civil Aviation Security Inspector, Transportation Security Agency

4 p.m. - Press availability to follow.

DATE: May 22, 2003

LOCATION: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-331-4062

WEB ADDRESS: 9-11commission.gov.

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION DENTAL PRODUCTS PANEL OF THE MEDICAL DEVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss a petition to reclassify tricalcium phosphate granules for dental bone repair from class III to Class II.

DATE: May 22, 2003

LOCATION: Gaithersburg Holiday Inn, Walker/Whetstone Rooms, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD

CONTACT: Michael E. Adjodha, 301-827-5283.

WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov

TIME: 2:30 p.m.

EVENT: DEFENSE DEPARTMENT holds National Maritime Day ceremony featuring Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF.

DATE: May 22, 2003

LOCATION: Washington Navy Yard. Enter the Navy Yard at 11th and O St. SE, Washington, D.C. CONTACT: 202-685-5055

WEB ADDRESS: msc.navy.mil.

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Frank J. Williams, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, will discuss his latest book, Judging Lincoln. Aided by 49 previously unpublished illustrations, Williams offers up nine of his most insightful essays as written over the past 20 years to judge Lincoln from the vantage point of the 21st century.

DATE: May 22, 2003

LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,

CONTACT: 202-501-5000

WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: THE NATIONAL ZOO presents Naturalist, ornithologist, and author Kenn Kaufman giving a birder's perspective on butterflies. Applying bird-watching practices -- zooming in on these jewel-like insects that brighten gardens throughout the summer -- is opening a new window on wildlife.

DATE: May 22, 2003

LOCATION: 3000 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-357-3030

WEB ADDRESS: si.edu

TIME: 8 p.m.

EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS celebrates the 100th birthday of Bob Hope with "The Bob Hope Revue," a specially-written variety revue featuring some of the songs, dances, skits, and comedy routine with which Bob Hope entertained millions during his extraordinary

75-year career.

DATE: May 22, 2003

LOCATION: Coolidge Auditorium, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C

CONTACT: 202-707-1207

WEB ADDRESS: loc.gov

TIME: 8 p.m.

EVENT: SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES National Air and Space Museum holds Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture

This year's Lindbergh lecture celebrates the Wright brothers' historic first flight.

WHO: The speakers are:

Aeronautics Division chairman and Wright Flyer curator Peter L. Jakab places the original aircraft in its historic context and shares the museum's plans for an upcoming exhibition featuring the first airplane in October 2003. Senior curator and Wright biographer Tom D. Crouch offers his perspective on the Wright family and their stewardship of Wright collections. Stephen Wright, great-grandnephew of Wilbur and Orville, shares his personal reflections on his famous family. Finally, master builder Rick Young details his efforts to accurately reproduce Wright aircraft technology and shares what can be learned from walking in the inventive path of the Wright brothers.

DATE: May 22, 2003

LOCATION: Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-357-3030

WEB ADDRESS: si.edu