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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, May 8, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Digital Archiving and the National Archives and Records Administration holds a meeting.
AGENDA: Highlights:
1 p.m. - Preserving large data sets including significant non-textual data
Charles Rothwell, Associate Director for Information Technology and Services of the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Lewis Berman, Branch Chief of the Informatics Branch of the Division of Health Examination Statistics, CDC
1:30 p.m. Preserving large data sets
Lee Dantzler, Director of the National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA
2 p.m. - Scanning old Census records; preservation of Census electronic records
(tentative speaking time @ 2:00 p.m.) James P. Madigan, Program Director for the Census Bureau project at Stanley Associates Inc. of Alexandria, VA
2:45 p.m. - CIA records management, interface with NARA, classification and redaction
(tentative speaking time @ 2:45 p.m.) Chris Olsen, Chief of Records and Classification Group in the Office of Chief Information Officer, CIA
3:15 p.m. - Defense Technical Information Center
Pete Suthard, Director of Operations, DTIC
James Erwin, Director of Information Science and Technology, DTIC
3:45 p.m. - Federal records management
Tim Sprehe, President of Sprehe Information Management Associates
4:15 p.m. - Federal records management
Jeanne Young, Federal Reserve Board (retired)
LOCATION: 500 5th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION VACCINE AND RELATED BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss the intramural research programs of the Laboratory of Mycobacterial Diseases & Cellular Immunology and the Laboratory of Method Development, in the Office of Vaccines Research and Review.
DATE: May 8, 2003
LOCATION: Food and Drug Administration, 29 Lincoln Dr., Bldg. 29B, Conference Room A, Bethesda, MD.
CONTACT: Jody G. Sachs or Denise H. Royster, 301-827-0314.
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION holds a workshop on Nanotechnology Grand Challenges in the Environment.
WHO: The speakers are:
Michael Zachariah, University of Minnesota
Kenneth Geiser, University of Massachusetts
Kenneth Klabunde, Kansas State University
Gordon Brown, Stanford University
Günter Oberdörster, University of Rochester
DATE: May 8, 2003
LOCATION: Gallery Ballroom, Hilton Arlington & Towers, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: David Hart, 703-292-7737
WEB ADDRESS: nsf.gov
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NHGRI 2002-2003 SEMINAR SERIES entitled "Using Genetically Altered Mice to Determine How PTHrP Regulates the Growth Plate," with Dr. Henry Kronenberg, Director and Professor, Professor, Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University.
DATE: May 8, 2003
LOCATION Main Conference Room, Building 50, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-496-7925
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES National Research Council releases a report on Review Of The Dose Reconstruction Program Of The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, which examines the accuracy of radiation exposure estimates for veterans who participated in nuclear-weapons tests and could be eligible for compensation if they develop cancer.
AGENDA: Advance copies of the report will be available to reporter's only beginning at noon EDT on Wednesday, May 7. THE REPORT IS EMBARGOED AND NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE BEFORE 11 A.M. EDT ON MAY 8.
DATE: May 8, 2003
LOCATION: 2100 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION COMMISSIONER KATHLEEN Q. ABERNATHY hosts public forum to strengthen compliance and oversight over the schools and libraries program of the federal universal service support mechanisms, often called the *E-rate* program. AGENDA: Highlight:
Panel 1 * Preventing Program Waste, Fraud and Abuse
Greg Weisiger, Virginia Department of Education
Charlie Parker, State Library of Florida
Margaret Greene, BellSouth
Orin Heend, Funds for Learning
Geoff Craven, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit 16
Panel 2 * Addressing Competitive Bidding Process
Gary Rawson, Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services
Barbara Stoll, Sprint
Tony Wening, Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet)
Toni Pickle, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative
Dr. Alan Whitworth, Jefferson County (Louisville, KY) Public Schools
John Mitchell, Seattle Public Schools
DATE: May 8, 2003
LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room (Room TW-C305), Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-418-7400
WEB ADDRESS: fcc.gov
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL AERONAUTIC SPACE ADMINISTRATION Chairman Sean O'Keefe and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Christie Todd Whitman
Hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to recognize the first federal government facility to use landfill gas for energy.
DATE: May 8, 2003
LOCATION: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, M.D.
CONTACT: 202-358-1547
WEB ADDRESS: nasa.gov
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 30TH ANNUAL MATHILDE SOLOWEY AWARD LECTURE entitled "Neurotrophins: A New Class of Neuromodulators for Synaptic Plasticity and Learning and Memory," with Dr. Bai Lu, Chief, Section on Neural Development and Plasticity, NICHD.
DATE: May 8, 2003
LOCATION: Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-496-7975
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS John W. Kluge Center holds a lecture on "The Economy of the Marvelous: Transatlantic Values and Fictions of the Spanish Empire, 1492-1665" featuring Mellon Fellow Elvira Vilches.
DATE: May 8, 2003
LOCATION: LJ 119, first floor of the Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C
CONTACT: 202-707-3302
WEB ADDRESS: loc.gov
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month presenting Professor Azar Nafisi discussing her book Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, the true story of a group of young women who came together in secret to read and discuss forbidden Western classics and their lives in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Book signing follows.
DATE: May 8, 2003
LOCATION: Freer Gallery, Meyer Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES Resident Associate Program presents Slide-Illustrated Lecture with Renowned naturalist Sir John Lister-Kaye telling the fascinating story of the high sporting life style that evolved because of this royal residence and patronage and offers insight into the royal leisure life. Sir John Lister-Kaye is a professional naturalist and honorary director of the Aigas Trust for Environmental Education.
DATE: May 8, 2003
LOCATION: U.S. Navy Memorial Aud., 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
