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EVENTS ON MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE / THE COUNCIL FOR EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT hold the seventh annual Excellence in Government conference themed "Government 2002: New Focus New Priorities."
AGENDA: Highlight:
8 a.m. - Patricia McGuire, President of Trinity College
11:45 a.m. - Norman Y. Mineta became the 14th U.S. Secretary of Transportation
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott - Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-739-8400
WEB ADDRESS:govexec.com
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on LITHUANIA, NATO, AND EU: Experts to Release Report on Lithuanian Foreign Policy, European Security. The report, entitled Lithuania's Security and Foreign Policy Strategy and jointly produced by CSIS and IIRPS, analyzes the country's growing role in European security and economic development.
WHO: The speakers are:
Janusz Bugajski, Director, CSIS East Europe Program
Raimundas Lopata, Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Lithuania
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a press briefing on Brookings Report Urges Congress to Revise President Bush's Homeland Security Proposal.
AGENDA: The report concludes that the Bush proposal "merges too many different activities into a single department, including many that have little day-to-day connection with one another." The authors recommend that Congress include in the new department only border, transportation, and infrastructure security agencies, plus a major new intelligence assessment and analysis unit. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and agencies dealing with chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear countermeasures should not, for now, be included in the new department, the report concludes.
WHO: The speakers are:
James Steinberg, Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies
Ivo H. Daalder, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies
James Lindsay, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies
Paul Light, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies; Director, Center for Public Service
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: Texans for Public Justice holds a news conference to oppose President Bush's appointment of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Coalition representatives are in DC to present their case against Owen to U.S. Senators and staff.
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 512-472-9770
WEB ADDRESS: tpj.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Prospects for a Peaceful Settlement Between Israel and the Palestinians with Shlomo Gur, EU-Israeli Forum and Hebrew University.
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program on "Securing Commerce: The Role of the U. S. Customs Service in Preventing Terrorism with Robert C. Bonner Commissioner of U.S. Customs."
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Benjamin Wittes discussing and signing copies of Starr: A Reassessment. Wittes concludes that Starr opted to seek truth, through what he calls a "truth commission," rather than justice as the law provides.
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE hosts "Brownfields 2002." The half-day conference will highlight brownfields implementation strategies, including financing, development, and risk assessment.
WHO: The speakers are:
Marianne Horinko, Environmental Protection Agency
Linda Garczynski, Environmental Protection Agency
Dawn Moses, City of Houston, Texas
Ken Cornell, AIG Environmental
Ilene Fiszel Bieler, Citigroup
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a public hearing of The National Commission on the Public Service themed "A Time of Crisis and Opportunity."
AGENDA: Highlights:
Panel One: Attracting the Best and Brightest To Federal and Judicial Service
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States
Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Panel Two: Public Service: Opportunities for Change
Kay Coles James, Director, Office of Personnel Management
David Walker, Comptroller General, General Accounting Office
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: WHITE HOUSE PROJECT presents Women's Leadership Through Sports Day with a resolution recognizing the importance of developing leadership ability in girls and women.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT
Rep. Juanita Millender McDonald, D-CA, co-chair of Women's Caucus
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-DC
White House Project President Marie C. Wilson
WNBA President Val Ackerman
USA Network Founder Kay Koplovitz
Women's Sports Foundation Chair Donna de Varona
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: Cannon House Office Building, front steps, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-785-6001
WEB ADDRESS: thewhitehouseproject.org.
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENNIUM STAGE presents Robin Bullock who is a multi-instrumental Celtic/American string wizard, originally from Washington, DC. A prolific composer, he plays 6- and 12-string guitars, cittern, mandolin, fiddle, bass guitar and piano.
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: BIOSENSOR APPLICATIONS holds a news conference and demonstration of the Biosens detection platform.
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: Swedish Ambassador's Residence, 3900 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-467-2600
WEB ADDRESS: biosensor.se
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Favorite Poem Project founder Robert Pinsky and Project director Maggie Dietz have put together another wonderful collection, Poems To Read.
DATE: July 15, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
