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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE U.S. The Judicial Conference of the U.S. holds its biannual meeting.
AGENDA: Highlight:
3 p.m. -- News conference
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: Supreme Court Briefing Room, Supreme Court, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-479-3050
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES holds a Federal Register workshop. The workshop is presented by staff of the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. It includes a discussion of the regulatory process, focusing on public participation; an explanation of the relationship between the Federal Register (FR) and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); a "Guided Tour" of an issue of the FR and a volume of the CFR; an introduction to FR/CFR finding aids; and an introduction to using the FR and CFR online.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-523-4538
WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION holds a symposium on Science And Regulation Of Biological Products: From A Rich History To A Challenging Future. The purpose of the symposium is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the Biologics Control Act, the first Federal law regulating biological products.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Conference Center, Bldg. 45, Center Dr., Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: Michael D. Anderson, 301-827-6210 and Gail Sherman, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, 301-827-2000. WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ONCOLOGIC DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss new drug application (NDA) 21-399 IRESSAr (gefitinib), AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, indicated for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who have previously received platinum-based chemotherapy.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Kennedy Ballroom, 8777 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD.
CONTACT: Karen M. Templeton-Somers, 301-827-7001
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: HELSINKI COMMISSION will hold a hearing to examine democracy, human rights and security developments in the Republic of Georgia. This hearing will examine Georgia's prospects for democratization, its security situation and how Washington can best promote the complementary goals of advancing democracy, human rights and economic liberty while leading the battle against international terrorism.
WHO: The speakers are:
B. Lynn Pascoe, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Levan Mikeladze, Georgian Ambassador to the United States
Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili, Baptist Union, Georgia
Genadi Gudadze, Jehovah's Witnesses, Tbilisi
Dr. Ghia Nodia, Director, Caucasus Institute for Peace, Development and Democracy, Tbilisi
Professor Stephen Jones, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 334 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202.225.1901
WEB ADDRESS: csce.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS holds panel discussion on "The Impact of September 11 on Cultural Heritage," featuring Lawrence Reger, president of Heritage Preservation, and Jane Long, director of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: Mumford Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-707-5330
WEB ADDRESS:loc.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program holds a lecture For those who love road trips, featuring Jane and Michael Stern providing a timely alternative to eating at fast-food chains as they share tried-and-true, creative, inexpensive, fun-to-eat options along America's highways. They survey local and regional flavors, ranging from Birmingham's Dreamland Bar-B-Q to New York City's Cupcake Cafe diner.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Lecture Hall, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 2002 MEDICINE FOR THE PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES presents "The Genetics of Speech and Communication Disorders," with Dr. Dennis Drayna, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIDCD.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-496-2563
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
