UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
For content questions, call 202-898-8291
To fax additions or changes, 202-898-8064
For the UPI News Desk call, 202-898-8111 or 8015
EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: E-GOV holds a conference on Web-Enabling Government -- transforming traditional government operations to integrated, Internet-based environments for improved public sector accessibility, efficiency, and customer service.
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:30 a.m. - The Rise of the E-Citizen
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet and American Life Foundation
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 1-703-876-5060
WEB ADDRESS: e-gov.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS holds its Public Policy Meeting.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:15 - Convene And Overview Of Day
9:20-- Investor Confidence & Corporate Accountability
Senator Paul Sarbanes, D-MD
10 a.m. - Pension Reform
Rep. Ben Cardin, D-MD
11 a.m. - The Role Of Litigation In Policy
James Tierney, Adjunct Faculty, Columbia Law School and
Former Attorney General, State of Maine
11:45 AM-- Medicare Reform And Prescription Drugs
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV
4 p.m. - Medicare Reform
Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, US Department of Health and Human Services
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: Hotel Monaco, 700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Steve Hahn Or Nancy Thompson, 202-434-2560
WEB ADDRESS: aarp.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS will host its biennial Manufacturers' Week in Washington: 72 Hours to Educate and Celebrate.
AGENDA: Highlights:
1 p.m. -- News conference to discuss the mounting challenges facing America's critically important but still-struggling manufacturing sector
Archie Dunham, Chairman of both the NAM and Conoco Phillips \Jerry Jasinowski, NAM President
Michael Baroody, NAM Executive Vice President
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency -- Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Darren McKinney, 202-637-3093
WEB ADDRESS: nam.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: COMMUNITY ANTI-DRUG COALITION holds its National Leadership Forum XIII.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 -- 9:45 a.m. -"Community Coalitions: The Heart & Soul of America"
John P. Walters, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
John B. Brown III, Acting Administrator, DEA
General Arthur T. Dean, Chairman and CEO, CADCA
1 p.m. - "Science at the Heart of Prevention in Communities"
Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House (R-IL)
Charles G. Curie, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Dr. Ting-Kai Li, Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Dr. Glen R. Hanson, Acting Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-423-9630
WEB ADDRESS: cadca.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND holds a Briefing and orientation "Act To Leave No Child Behind Rally."
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-CT
Rep. George Miller,
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. Room G-50, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-3559
WEB ADDRESS: childrensdefense.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents Glenn Hubbard, Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors discussing the President's Economic Growth Plan.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION'S TRADE POLICY SERIES Program presents 2003 Congressional Trade Agenda.
WHO: The speakers are:
Everett Eissenstat, Chief International Trade Counsel (Republican), Senate Finance Committee
Timothy Punke, Senior International Trade Couns el (Democrat), Senate Finance Committee
Angela Ellard, Staff Director and Counsel (Republican), House Ways and Means Committee;
Tim Reif, Chief Trade Counsel (Democrat), House Ways and Means Committee
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: Rotunda, Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-312-1600
WEB ADDRESS: wita.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW holds a preview of key cases the U.S. Supreme Court has remaining on its argument schedule.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Legal Foundation headquarters, 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-973-1318
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a program to discuss UN International Migration report.
AGENDA: At the turn of the twenty-first century, an estimated 3 percent of the world's people live in a country other than the one where they were born. The number of international migrants has more than doubled since 1975 to nearly 175 million in 2000.
WHO: The speakers are:
Audrey Singer, Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
Joseph Chamie, Author and Director, UN Population Division
Roberta Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
Constantinos Fotakis, Head of the Social and Demography Analysis Unit, European Commission
Charles Keely, Herzberg Professor of International Migration, Georgetown University
Lavinia Limon, Executive Director, Immigrant and Refugee Services of America and U.S.
Committee for Refugees
Demetrios Papademetriou, Co-Director, Migration Policy Institute
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION holds a meeting to discuss Drug Addiction in America.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Welcome
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, President and CEO, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr., MD
Director, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Keynote: "Drug Addiction in America: A 21st Century Agenda for Science, Policy and Innovation."
C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD, Former US Surgeon General, Senior Scholar at the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth College
Innovations in the Control of Drug Addiction and Abuse -- A Panel Discussion Jack E. Henningfield, PhD*, Moderator
10:15a.m. - Viewing of the American Visionary Art Museum's (Baltimore) exhibit "High on Life: Transcending Addiction" and conversations with artists Ray Materson and Linda St. John, and museum founder and director, Rebecca Hoffberger
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Robin Finker, 212-481-7000
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring The President of the Republic of Ecuador, Lucio Gutierrez, will discuss "Economic, Political & Security Conditions in Ecuador."
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on Rebuilding After War with Gordon Sullivan, Association of the U.S. Army releasing a report from a panel of 27 experts outlining ways to improve U.S. ability to rebuild countries and societies following armed conflict
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS: csis.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on What Is the True Meaning of the Second Amendment?
AGENDA: The Second Amendment reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Did the framers contemplate an individual right to bear arms or one predicated on the need for local militias? Recently, the Department of Justice changed its policy statement on the Second Amendment from one that saw the right to bear arms as a collective right to an individual one.
WHO: The speakers are:
Akhil Reed Amar, Yale University
Robert J. Cottrol, George Washington University
Robert A. Goldwin, AEI
Sanford V. Levinson, University of Texas
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: ENERGY DAILY AND UNITED STATES ENERGY ASSOCIATION hold a breakfast featuring Sen. Pete Domenici, the new Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee discussing energy issues, the FY04 budget, and the new Congress.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: King Publishing Group, 1325 G Street NW, Suite 1003, Washington DC
CONTACT: Grant Stockdale, 202-62-155
TIME: 10:45 a.m.
EVENT: FAIR TAXES FOR ALL COALITION holds a news conference to launch a campaign against Bush tax policies.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: HC-9, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-467-4999
WEB ADDRESS: fair.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES holds a news conference to react to 2004 budget proposed by President Bush and release of survey about top priorities of city leaders across the U.S.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mike Reinemer 202-626-3003
WEB ADDRESS: nlc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on Testing the Validity of High-Stakes Testing: What Do the Numbers Mean?
AGENDA: There has been increased interest in high-stakes testing since the January 2002 federal government enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act--which holds states and school districts accountable for student performance. High-stakes testing links assessments of student academic achievement to rewards or sanctions for students, educators, and schools. Thus, the self-interest of educators is tied to student scores.
WHO: The speakers are:
FREDERICK M. HESS, AEI
JAY GREENE, Manhattan Institute
EUGENE W. HICKOK JR., Department of Education
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum on 20:21 Vision: Twentieth-Century Lessons for the Twenty-first Century featuring the author, Bill Emmott, Editor in Chief, The Economist.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY Studies holds a program on Elections through Litigation.
AGENDA: There is an increasing tendency to resort to the courts to resolve all
phases of election controversies: pre-election ballot issues, like that
in New Jersey concerning the replacement of Senator Toricelli; election
day controversies, such as the move to keep the St. Louis polls open
beyond their originally-scheduled closing time; and post election
disputes, such as that in Bush v. Gore.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jan Baran, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
John Fund, The Wall Street Journal Online Edition
Benjamin Ginsberg, Former RNC General Counsel and Patton Boggs
Joseph Sandler, Democratic Party lawyer and Sandler, Reiff & Young
Prof. John Eastman, Chapman University School of Law (Moderator)
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-822-8138
WEB ADDRESS: fed-soc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOMEN IN HOUSING AND FINANCE holds a luncheon program featuring Rep. Robert Ney, R-OH, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee's Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: The Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-752-6707
WEB ADDRESS: whfdc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA Roundtable on Affordable Assisted Living.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Laura Werts, 703-341-5086
WEB ADDRESS: voa.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: SENSEI HEALTH holds a news conference to discuss Bayer Saving Lives ASAP Campaign
AGENDA: The campaign will include a regulatory initiative, a partnership and donation program to provide free Bayer Aspirin to hospitals and clinics throughout the country that could benefit most, and national awareness activities to educate the public about aspirin's potential in reducing the risk for, and decreasing the number of, heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events.
WHO: The speakers are:
Corbin Bernsen -- Recently appearing on "Celebrity Mole," "The West Wing," and "JAG," at-risk for cardiovascular disease and taking action with daily aspirin therapy
Charles Hennekens, MD, Dr. PH -- Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami, School of Medicine:
Donnica Moore, MD -- Founder and President of DrDonnica.com and a women's health expert and advocate
Thomas A. Pearson, MD, PhD -- Department Chair of Community and Preventive Medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center
Michael Pignone, MD, MPH -- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at University of North
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Janet Graesser, 212-581-2770
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER presents a program on China's Economy: Will the Bubble Burst?
WHO: The speakers are:
Thomas G. Rawski, University of Pittsburgh
Charles Wolf, Jr., RAND
Deborah S. Davis, Yale University
Fenwick W. Yu, U.S. Department of Commerce
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER presents a program on The Challenges Confronting Yugoslavia
Ivan Vujacic, Ambassador to the U.S., Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
DATE: February 12, 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: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program discussing Environmental Justice and Emission Trading: Evidence from the Electric Utility Industry with Ronald Shadbegian, University of Massachusetts- Dartmouth and Cynthia Morgan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Silent Partners in U.S. Involvement: Views from the Street in Iran,
Iraq and Afghanistan" with Jacki Lyden, National Public Radio senior correspondent and alternate host of "All Things Considered."
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Consolidating Democracy in Transitioning States: The Community of Democracies" with Robert Herman, co-director of the Open Society Institute's Democracy Coalition Project.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: RURAL SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY TRUST holds a news conference to discuss a study of rural education in every state. The Rural Trust will release Why Rural Matters 2003, a state-by-state snapshot of the condition of rural education. The biennial report, an update of a benchmark study released in 2000, will rate the importance of rural education in each state, and the urgency with which policymakers need to address rural education issues.
DATE: February 12, 2003
CONTACT: Nancy Bennett, 800-834-1110
WEB ADDRESS: ruraledu.org
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Central Asia-Caucasus Institute W.P. Carey Forum holds a lecture entitled "Central Asia, the Middle East and the United States" with William R. Polk, director emeritus of the University of Chicago's Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Zimbabwe's foremost Mbira player, Stella Chiweshe offering a repertoire that stretches from classical pieces to bubbly uptempo jigs.
DATE: February 12, 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 Linda Fairstein discussing and signing copies of The Bone Vault. She takes us through Manhattan's finest museums-the Met, the Cloisters, and the Natural History-on the trail of the murderer of a museum curator.
DATE: February 12, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
