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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Naval Studies Board holds a meeting on the Assessment of Precision Time and Time Interval.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Tutorial on Time Synchronization and Dissemination
Sam Stein, Timing Solutions; Tom Parker, NIST
10:15 a.m. - DARPA AT3 and TTNT Programs: Peter Highnam, DARPA
11 a.m. - DARPA Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks Program: William Tang, DARPA
1 p.m. - Basic PTTI Research: Kurt Gibble, Penn State
2 p.m. - Basic Research (Magnetics and Lasers), and Program Comments:
Frank Narducci, Naval Air Warfare Center and ONR
3 p.m. - Basic PTTI Research: Warren Nagourney, Univ of Washington
4 p.m. - NASA Basic Research and Development of Space Clocks:
Bob Tjoelker, JPL
LOCATION: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MICROBIOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR FOODS holds a meeting. The meeting is open to the public. The committee will discuss Salmonella performance standards in meat and poultry products; Escherichia coli O157:H7 in blade-tenderized, non-intact beef; the evaluation of hot holding temperatures; Codex``Discussion Paper on Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Validation of Food Hygiene Control Measures,'' and the scientific basis for establishing safety-based ``use by'' date labeling for refrigerated, ready-to-eat foods.
DATE: January 23, 2002
LOCATION: Omni Shoreham, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-720-9113
WEB ADDRESS:fsis.usda.gov
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION VETERINARY MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss recommendations on the issues of import tolerances under the provisions of the Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996, and the antimicrobial drug effects on pathogen load in food-producing animals as pathogen load relates to the preapproval process of new animal drug applications.
DATE: January 23, 2002
LOCATION: The Double Tree Hotel, Plaza Rooms I and II, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.
CONTACT: Alex Sindelar, 301-827-4515.
TIME: All Day
EVENT: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES; THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY; AND THE SCHOOL SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES AND RESOURCE CENTER, SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES hold a conference on School Safety: Technologies, Research, and Emerging Concepts
AGENDA: This conference will present a wide variety of school safety topics, including current research, the feasibility of commercial technologies, and approaches being applied in schools today. The conference is geared toward school officials, school safety personnel, researchers, and law enforcement.
DATE: January 23, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency-Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 202-307-0703
WEB ADDRESS:nij.gov
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR KAY COLES holds a briefing to discuss the future of the federal workforce.
DATE: January 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-606-2427
WEB ADDRESS: opm.gov
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS holds a news conference announcing membership of a new advisory committee on research about Gulf War illnesses.
WHO: The speakers are:
Deputy VA Secretary Dr. Leo S. Mackay Jr.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Rep. Christopher Shays
DATE: January 23, 2002
LOCATION: Room 230 of VA headquarters, 810 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-273-6000
WEB ADDRESS: va.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER GRAND ROUNDS presents:
"Pityriasis Rosea is Associated with Reactivation of Human Herpesvirus-7 and Human Herpesvirus-6," with Dr. Andrew Blauvelt, Investigator, Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI.
"Chronic Administration of a CRH Antagonist to Non-human Primates: Endocrine and Behavioral Impact," with Dr. Alejandro Ayala, Senior Staff Fellow, Pediatric and Endocrinology Branch, NICHD.
DATE: January 23, 2002
LOCATION: Lipsett Amphtheater, Building 10, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-496-2563
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 2001-2002 DIRECTOR'S LECTURE SERIES presents "Race and Ethnic Disparities in Physical and Mental Health: The National Survey of American Life," with Dr. James S. Jackson, Director, Center for Afro-American and African Studies, Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Director, Research, Center for Group Dynamics, Director, African American Mental Health Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
DATE: January 23, 2002
LOCATION: Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-594-5595
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents art historian Helen Deborah Walberg tracing Titian's life and career. During his lifetime Tiziano Vecellio (ca. 1488-1576) was considered the greatest exponent of 16th-century Venetian painting and his painting technique revolutionized Venetian art.
DATE: January 23, 2002
LOCATION: American History, Carmichael Auditorium, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
