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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY 5, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE CURRENT HAITIAN MIGRATION CRISIS hold a conference to constructive responses to an ongoing humanitarian crisis, which originates in Haiti and is compounded by U.S. treatment of Haitian asylum seekers. They are provided less protection than any other nationality-seeking asylum.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138
12:30 p.m. - United Methodist Building, 110 Maryland Ave. N.E.
WHO: The speakers are:
Senator Kennedy.
The Rev. John L. McCullough, Executive Director, Church World Service
Bishop Thomas Wenski, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Luigi Einaudi, Assistant General Secretary, Organization of American States
Bienaime Pierre-Luis, recent asylee from the Oct. 29 "boat group"
Candace Jean, Catholic Charities Legal Services
Cheryl Little, Executive Director, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center - which in December was ordered to vacate its client meeting space inside Krome Detention Center
Haitian-Americans Edwidge Danicat, award-winning author, and Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, star of "NYPD Blue"
National Coalition for Haitian Rights' Dina Paul Parks (USA) and Pierre Esperance (Haiti)
Joshua Sears, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States
Marleine Bastien, Haitian Women of Miami and Haitian American Grassroots
Coalition
Steven Johnson, Heritage Foundation.
Wendy Young, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children.
DATE: February 5, 2003
CONTACT: 212-870-2252/2227
TIME: All Day
EVENT: GOVERNING MAGAZINE holds its 11th annual executive briefing on state policy and politics for government affairs and government marketing professionals.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Peter A. Harkness, Editor & Publisher, Governing
8:50 a.m. - The New Agenda in the States: Governors and Legislatures
Ray Scheppach, Executive Director, National Governors Association
William Pound, Executive Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
Alan Ehrenhalt, Executive Editor, Governing, Moderator
10:20 a.m. - Fiscal Overview: Revenue, Spending And Tax Outlook
Harley Duncan, Executive Director, Federation of Tax Administrators
Scott Pattison, Executive Director, National Association of State Budget Officers
Corina Eckl, Director, Fiscal Programs, National Conference of State Legislatures
11:30 a.m. - Briefing Topics:
Homeland Security: Who Does What?
Michael Byrne, Senior Director, Response and Recovery Directorate, Office of Homeland Security
Richard Moore, Massachusetts Senator and Chair, NCSL Task Force on Homeland Security
Streamlining the Sales Tax
Dennis Brown, Vice President, State Government Relations, Equipment Leasing Association, Moderator
Steve Kranz, Tax Counsel, Council on State Taxation
Neal Osten, Director of Commerce and Communication, National Conference of State Legislators
Bruce Johnson, Commissioner, Utah State Tax Commission and co-chair, Streamlined Sales Tax Implementing States
Health Care Cost Control: Creative Responses
Vernon Smith, Principal, Health Management Associates, and former Michigan Medicaid Director, 1991-1996
Paul Bather, Vice-Chair, Committee on Health and Welfare, Kentucky House of Representatives
Ray Hanley, Director of Medical Services, State of Arkansas, and President, National Association of State Medicaid directors
Penelope Lemov, Health Columnist, Governing, Moderator
Working in a World of Freshmen: What it Means for Legislatures -- and for You
Rob Gurwitt, Staff Correspondent, Governing, Moderator
Marcie McNelis, Principal, MultiState Associates
Tim Storey, Program Principal, Legislative Management, National Conference of State Legislatures
State Spending: Winners and Losers
Robert A. Bittenbender, Former Secretary, Office of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Scott Pattison, Executive Director, National Association of State Budget Officers, Moderator
Corina Eckl, Director, Fiscal Programs, National Conference of State Legislatures
12:30 p.m. - What Business Can Expect From the States in 2003
Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York State
2:15 p.m. - Briefing Topics:
Tax Restructuring: The Revenue Dilemma
Harley Duncan, Executive Director, Federation of State Tax Administrators
Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, Project Directors, Government Performance Project, Governing
Michele Mariani, Special Project Reporter, Governing
David Brunori, Contributing Editor, State Tax Notes, Moderator
Protecting the Public Health: Bioterrorism Preparedness
Dr. George Hardy, Executive Director, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Initiatives, Referenda and State Government Capacity
Phyllis Myers, President, State Research Strategies
Lane Shetterly, Speaker Pro Tem, Oregon House of Representatives
Alan Greenblatt, Staff Writer, Governing, Moderator
What's Ahead for Election Reform?
Doug Chapin, Director, Election Reform Information Project
Leslie Reynolds, Executive Director, National Association of Secretaries of State
Tim Storey, Program Principal, Legislative Management, National Conference of State Legislators, Environmental Protection: Are States Taking Over?
Steve Brown, Executive Director, Environmental Council on the States
Leon Billings, Former Member, Maryland House of Delegates and Chair, National Conference of State Legislatures Committee on the Environment
Reed Gusciora, Chairman, Committee on Environment and Solid Waste, New Jersey General Assembly
Suellen Keiner, Director, Center for the Economy and the Environment, National Academy of Public Administration, Moderator
3:30 p.m. - Education Testing and Funding: What It Means to Leave No Child Behind
Danica Petroshius, Education Advisor, Office of U.S. Sen. Edward. M. Kennedy
Kristen Tosh Cowan, Esq., Partner, Brustein & Manasevit
Alan Greenblatt, Staff Writer, Governing, Moderator
Technology in Government: Trends and Analysis
Tom Davies, Senior Vice President, Current Analysis, Inc. and Technology Columnist, Governing
Larry J. Singer, former Chief Information Officer, State of Georgia, former Executive Director, Georgia Technology Authority and President, Public Interest Breakthroughs
Health Care Issues: Prescription Drugs, Access to Care, Medicaid
Lee Dixon, Director, Health Policy Tracking Service, NCSL
Joan Henneberry, Director of Health Policy, National Governors Association
Penelope Lemov, Health Columnist, Governing, Moderator
Insurance Issues
Cheye Calvo, Committee Director, Financial Services Standing Committee, NCSL
Nathaniel S. Shapo, former Director, Illinois Department of Insurance
Timothy Tucker, Director of State-Federal Relations, National Conference of Insurance Legislators
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 781-729-8611
WEB ADDRESS: governing.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: INDUSTRIAL UNION COUNCIL holds its legislative conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
11 a.m. -- News conference featuring leaders
John Sweeney, president, AFL-CIO
Richard Trunka, secretary-treasurer
Sen. Tom Daschle, D-SD
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-637-5018
WEB ADDRESS: iuc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS holds its annual legislative conference.
AGENDA: Highlight:
7:30 a.m. - Capitol Hill for Congressional Breakfast in B-339 Rayburn House Office Building
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Ways and Means Committee
9:30 a.m. - Congressional Office Visits
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-624-1456
WEB ADDRESS: ncpers.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL Capital Formation Committee holds program on Venture Banking - Alternative Financing in a Challenging Market Mike Selfridge, Silicon Valley Bank; April Young, Senior Vice President, Comerica Bank.
WHO: The speakers are:
Mike Selfridge, Silicon Valley Bank
April Young, Senior Vice President, Comerica Bank
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: Ernst & Young Building, 8484 Westpark Drive, Mclean, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
WEB ADDRESS: nvtc.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds an informal Press Breakfast (FOR MEDIA ONLY) entitled "The Pending FCC Reviews of Telecommunications Regulations and Media Ownership Rules."
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 8:45 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE hosts a breakfast discussion featuring Canadian International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew. Minister Pettigrew will address U.S.-Canadian trade, investment in North America and ways to keep the region economically prosperous and secure.
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: Hay Adams Hotel, 800 16th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a preview of the American Case and the Days and Weeks Ahead entitled "Road to War: Colin Powell Before the U.N."
AGENDA: Highlights:
Interpreting the Evidence: The Intelligence Case Against Iraq
Reuel Marc Gerecht, (former CIA) now AEI
The European Reaction
Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
Where are We Now? Military Preparations and the March to War
Richard Perle, AEI (head of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board)
The Regional Balance of Power
Michael Ledeen, AEI
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE holds a briefing about the fundamental causes of the food crisis in Ethiopia, and what can be done to stop the country's cycle of food insecurity.
WHO: The speakers are:
Joachim von Braun, IFPRI Director General
John Pender, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow
Eleni Gabre-Madhin, IFPRI Research Fellow
DATE: February 5, 2003
CONTACT: Michael Rubinstein, 202-862-5670
WEB ADDRESS: ifpri.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE and Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life holds a program on "Religion and American Foreign Policy: Prophetic, Perilous, Inevitable."
WHO: The speakers are:
J. Dionne JR., Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution; Columnist, Washington Post; Co-chair, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Fr. Bryan Hehir, President, Catholic Charities, USA; Distinguished Professor of Ethics and International Affairs, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Michael Walzer, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ; Author, Just and Unjust Wars and Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality
Charles Krauthammer, Columnist, Washington Post
James M. Lindsay, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Co-author, Defending America: The Case for Limited National Missile Defense
Louise Richardson, Executive Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University; Author, When Allies Differ: Anglo-American Relations in the Suez and Falkland Crises
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum entitled Battle over the Broadcast Flag: The IP Wars and the HDTV Transition.
WHO: The speakers are:
Fritz Attaway, Motion Picture Association of America
Jim Burger, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson
Mike Godwin, Public Knowledge
Andy Setos, Fox Entertainment Group
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES holds a conference call briefing on the tax related proposals contained in the Administration's budget for fiscal year 2004.
WHO: The speakers are:
Peter Orszag, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
William Gale, Co-Director, Urban/Brookings Tax Policy Center
DATE: February 5, 2003
CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.
WEB ADDRESS: cbpp.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: THE NATIONAL CENTER ON ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, holds a news conference releasing its report The Formative Years: Pathways to Substance Abuse among Girls and Young Women Ages 8-22.
WHO: The speakers are:
Joseph A. Califano, Jr., president of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
Florida First Lady Columba Bush
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: 328 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington D.C.
CONTACT: Ellen Ross, 212-841-5260
WEB ADDRESS: casacolumbia.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE DEMOCRATIC WHIP STENY HOYER, D-MD, will hold his regular pen and pad briefing
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: H-306, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3130
WEB ADDRESS:
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: WOMEN'S SPORTS FOUNDATION holds a ceremony to honor the Recipient of the Flo Hyman Memorial Award
and to celebrate the 17th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dominique Dawes, Gymnastics - Three-time Olympic medalist
Donna de Varona, Swimming - Two-time Olympic gold medalist
Holly Hunter - Academy Award winning actress
Julie Foudy, Soccer - Olympic gold and silver medalist, World Cup Champion,
Captain of the U.S. National Women's Soccer Team
Billie Jean King, Tennis - Named by Life magazine as on the "100 Most
Important Americans of the 20th Century," holder of 20 Wimbledon titles
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Swimming - Three-time gold and silver medalist
Nikki McCray, Basketball - Olympic gold medalist, and three-time WNBA
All-Star
Dawn Riley, Sailing - First woman to captain and America's Cup Team
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ellie Seifert
516-542-4700, x164
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: ASSOCIATION FOR COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGY holds a program discussing Measuring the Cumulative Effect of Government Policies on the Tech Industry. The TEQI quantitatively measures the overall health of the Tech Environment from the perspective of businesses that create and deploy, and consumers who choose and use, technology.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jonathan Zuck, President, Association for Competitive Technology (ACT)
Rep. Jim Davis (D-FL), Co-Chair of the New Democrat Coalition
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman of the Judiciary Courts, Intellectual Property, and Internet Subcommittee
Tod Cohen, Associate General Counsel, Global Policy for eBay
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: B-352, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Danielle McDonald, 703-683-5004 Ext. 128
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Rating the Sloba Show: Is the ICTY's Leading Case Advancing Justice? Eric D. Gordy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Clark University, MA, and Title VIII JSTS alumnus.
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Countering Pessimism: Can the Arab/Islamic World Develop?" with Nick Eberstadt, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program on The Status and Future of the U.S. National Park System with Tom Kiernan, National Parks Conservation Association. Kiernan will discuss the legal underpinnings of the National Park System and how well the current system is working. He will argue that some parks, such as Everglades, Big Cypress, Dry Tortugas, and Yosemite are faring well under this Administration, while others are faring much worse.
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA holds a news conference and Signing Ceremony "The Sanctity of Life in a Brave New World: A Manifesto on Biotechnology and Human Dignity." The manifesto is intended to lead pro-life conservatives in the development of a new paradigm
for the sanctity of life in the biotech era.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen.Sam Brownback (R-Kansas)
Charles W. Colson (Chairman, Prison fellowship Ministries and The Wilberforce Forum)
Joni Eareckson Tada (Founder and president, Joni and Friends)
Carl Anderson (Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus)
Sandy Rios (President, Concerned Women for America)
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: G-11, Dirksen Senate Building, Room G11, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Krista Winter Obitts, 703-626-9617
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: SEN. ORRIN HATCH, R-UT, SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, D-CA, SEN. EDWARD M. KENNEDY, D-MA, SEN. ARLEN SPECTER, R-PA, AND SEN. TOM HARKIN, D-IA, hold a news conference to announce legislation to make the cloning of a human being a crime, while allowing other promising medical research -- which may lead to cures of some of the most deadly and debilitating diseases -- to proceed.
WHO: The speakers are
Actor Kevin Kline
Nobel Laureate and President of CalTech David Baltimore -- Received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1975 for his pioneering work in cancer research.
Kris Gulden -- a former police officer and triathlete who suffered a severe spinal cord injury. She lost use of her legs and will never be able to walk again -- unless a cure is found.
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: 106 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Adam Elggren, Sen. Hatch, 202-224-5251
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM, THE CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY, THE EAGLE FORUM, THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, THE ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER, THE FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION, PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY AND THE RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE hold a telephone news conference to discuss the danger to average Americans inherent in Total Information Awareness and explain how the system will erode your community's ability to maintain control over its personal information.
AGENDA: Total Information Awareness developers at the Pentagon intend to create the infrastructure to allow the government to use "data-mining" technology to track and monitor, among many other things, innocent Americans' financial, health, travel and credit card records. The program has been billed as an anti-terrorism tool; however, many technical experts question its viability and civil liberties and privacy advocates oppose the system for its potentially disastrous effects on core freedoms.
DATE: February 5, 2003
CONTACT: Dial (512) 225-3630, Access Code is 993630
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS holds a telephone news conference to discuss recent federal appellate court nominees as "troubling." They are urging full and fair hearings by the U.S. Senate on each of the 31 judicial nominees, including Charles Pickering and Priscilla Owen.
AGENDA: TOLL-FREE CALL-IN #: 1-888-339-1203
DATE: February 5, 2003
CONTACT: Nancy Bennett, 800-834-1110
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER TOM DASCHLE, SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY, RANKING MEMBER, SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, REPRESENTATIVE BOB MENENDEZ, CHAIR OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS REP. CIRO RODRIGUEZ, CHAIRMAN, CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS hold a news conference to discuss the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC.
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: Room S-221, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Laura Nichols, 202-225-0100
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a book launch and reception for World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability with author Amy Chua Comments by Stephan Richter, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Globalist.
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Danish band Phønix presenting songs with music characterized by its intensity, respect for tradition and originality, and with texts taken from the great Scandinavian folk tradition.
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Sherwin Nuland discussing and signing copies of Lost In America: A Journey With My Father.
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: EMBASSY OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC AND THE FRIENDS OF SLOVAKIA ORGANIZATION present
Peter Dvorsky, world-renowned opera singer, performing in concert in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Slovak Republic.
DATE: February 5, 2003
LOCATION: George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium, 21st and H Streets, NW
Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-237-1054, ext. 240.
WEB ADDRESS:
