Good morning.
Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, June 21, 2007 as collected by the Associated Press.
A House Ways and Means subcommittee is holding a hearing on protecting the privacy of the Social Security number from identity theft. 10 a.m, Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-318.
President Bush makes remarks on energy initiatives at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Athens, Ala. 2:40 p.m.
June 19 – 21. CARIBBEAN LEADERS — The leaders of the Caribbean nations meet for the Conference on the Caribbean.
Location: State Department, unless otherwise noted.
June 19 – 21. NOT-FOR-PROFITS — AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) holds its Not-for-Profit Industry Conference. Participants include: Clifford J. Gannett, Director, Tax Exempt Bonds, IRS; Lois Lerner, Director, Exempt Organizations, IRS; Sarah Katz, Tax Law Specialist, IRS; Ward L. Thomas, Tax Law Specialist, IRS; Jeannette Franzel, Director, Financial Management and Assurance, General Accountability Office (GAO); Hai (Gilbert) Tran, Senior Technical Manager, Office of Management and Budget (OMB); and Steve Gunderson, President and CEO, Council on Foundations, Washington, D.C.
Location: Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H St. NW.
June 20 – 21. NATIONAL GUARD-RESERVES — The Commission on the National Guard and Reserves meets to discuss reserve component personnel and compensation policies.
9 a.m. Army Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Michael Rochelle, Navy Rear Adm. Edward Masso, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Ronald Coleman, Air Force Lt. Gen. Roger Brady.
Location: Room 232-A, Russell.
June 20 – 21. U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS — Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Executive Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo will hold the fourth round of the U.S.-China Senior Dialogue.The two are expected to discuss U.S.-China bilateral relations and key global issues, including: security in Northeast Asia, energy and the environment, Iran, Darfur, and other areas of international concern.
Location: State Department.
June 20 – 22. HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP — The Young America Foundation holds its 10th annual Gratia Houghton Reinhart National High School Leadership Conference with 110 participants from 29 states.
Location: 4-H National Conference Center, 7100 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase.
June 21 – 27. LIBRARIES — The American Library Association holds its annual conference.
Location: Washington Convention Center.
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. ANTITRUST-MONOPOLIES — Antitrust experts from the government and legal and academic communities will gather for the American Antitrust Institute’s 8th annual conference on “The Future of Monopoly and Monopolization.” The AAI conference takes place on the heels of the issuance of the Antitrust Modernization Commission report, and coincides with the ongoing joint FTC-DOJ hearings on single-firm conduct and the European Commissions review of exclusionary conduct. At the same time, the antitrust community continues to deliberate the effect of several recent Supreme Court opinions.
9:30 a.m. AMD CEO Hector Ruiz.
12 p.m. Luncheon and Award Presentation.
3 p.m. U.S. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett.
Location: National Press Club Ballroom.
8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. FRAMING CONFERENCE — American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies holds a conference on studying all aspects of issue framing or how words selected to label or describe an idea can create a context for it.
Location: Room 201, Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. RETIREMENT SECURITY — AARP and Business Roundtable will host an open forum, “Sensible Solutions for the Changing Retirement Landscape: What Congress, Employers and Individuals Can Do Today To Build Retirement Security.” Participants include: John Rother, Group Executive Officer, Policy and Strategy, AARP; Larry Burton, Executive Director, Business Roundtable; Chris Bowman, Vice President, Principal Financial Group; James A. Klein, President American Benefits Council; David Laibson, Harvard University, Department of Economics, and Dallas Salisbury, President and CEO, EBRI.
Location: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW.
9 a.m. HEALTHCARE FILMS — The Cato Institute hosts a Policy Forum, “Health Care on Film: Clips from SiCKO and Its Competitors,” with comments by Stuart Browning, Fellow, Moving Picture Institute; Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and Ezra Klein, Writing Fellow, American Prospect. Michael Moore’s new documentary SiCKO unfavorably contrasts the U.S. health care system with government-run systems. According to Moore, the U.S. system leaves millions of Americans behind and allows insurance companies to profit by denying care to cancer patients, while patients in Canada, Cuba, and the United Kingdom receive quality care free of charge.
Location: Room B-340, Rayburn House Office Building.
9 a.m. TRADE — The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation holds a briefing to release a report on unfair trade practices in the innovation economy, with Rep. Artur Davis.
Location: Room 122, Cannon.
9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. RUSSIA-CENSORSHIP — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty hosts a briefing, “Muzzling the Media: The Return of Censorship in the Commonwealth of Independent States.” Briefers: Robert Orttung, Associate Research Professor, American University; Daniel Kimmage, Regional Analyst for Central Asia, RFE/RL, Inc; and Christopher Walker, Director of Studies, Freedom House.
Location: Conference Room A (4th Floor), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW. Entrance on Rhode Island Ave NW, next to St. Matthew’s Cathedral.
10 a.m. HELSINKI COMMISSION — Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and co-chairman Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., will hold a hearing on “Guantanamo: Implications for U.S. Human Rights Leadership.”
Location: Room 2325, Rayburn House Office Building.
10 a.m. SMALL BUSINESS VC-ROUNDTABLE — Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chairman John Kerry holds a roundtable discussion titled “SBA Small Business Administration Reauthorization: Small Business Venture Capital Programs.”
Location: Room 428-A, Russell.
10 a.m. U.S.-RUSSIA FOREIGN AFFAIRS — The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Duma, the legislature of the Russian Federation will hold a joint meeting.
10:30 a.m. Humanitarian Issues (including democracy and human rights).
10:55 a.m. Unresolved Regional Conflicts (including Kosova, Georgia, Moldova).
11:20 a.m. Strategic Stability (including the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, non-proliferation and missile defense).
11:40 a.m. Trade and Economy (including energy security), with Speaker Pelosi.
Location: Room 2172, Rayburn.
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. ENERGY SECURITY — The Hudson Institute hosts a panel discussion,”Russia, the European Union, and China: The State of the Energy Debate,” as part of the U.S.-Russia Experts forum. Partcipants: Maria Belova, senior expert, Energy Department, Institute for Energy and Finance, Moscow; Vitaly Merkushev, director, Eurasian Political Studies Network, Moscow; and moderator Richard Weitz, senior fellow and director, program management, Hudson Institute.
Location: Senate Conference Room, Residence Inn Capitol Hotel, 333 E St. SW.
3 p.m. VIETNAM PRESIDENT PROTEST — The International Committee to Support the Non-violent Movement for Human Rights in Vietnam will protest the upcoming visit of Vietnam’s President, Nguyen Minh Triet, to the White House with an event. The committee urges the visit be postponed until the Vietnamese government releases all democracy advocates who have been arrested in Vietnam since Vietnam joined the World Trade Organization last November with strong support from the American government. Representatives Tom Davis and Frank Wolf will speak.
Location: Room 2203, Rayburn House Office Building.
All times local in Washington.
