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April 27, 2012:
Saturday, April 21
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Sunday, April 22
12:15 p.m. — (RELIGION/GAY/RIGHTS) CEREMONY — Doors
to Equality holds a send-off ceremony for volunteers who will
attend this year’s United Methodist Church (UMC) General
Conference in Tampa, Fla. and will advocate for the ”Book of
Discipline” to allow the recognition of the relationships of
gay and lesbian United Methodists.
Location: Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500 16th
Street NW, Foundry Hall
Contact: Brad Luna, 202-812-8140,
brad@lunamediagroup.com
Note: Media check-in at noon in the Foundry offices
on the far south door of the church, closest to P Street.
Monday, April 23
2 p.m. — (JAZZ/HISTORY) EVENT — The National Museum
of American History holds an event on ”Embassy Jazz Day:
Crossing Borders, Bridging Cultures,” celebrating the American
origins of jazz and its international appeal, as a part of Jazz
Appreciation Month.
Highlight
Panel on the continuing relevance of
jazz. Participants include Assistant Secretary of State for
International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer; Richard
Kurin, undersecretary for history, art and culture at the
Smithsonian Institution; Marc Pachter, interim director of the
National Museum of American History; Lena Seikaly, vocalist;
and Felix Contreras, Latin jazz artist.
Location: National Museum of American History, 1400
Constitution Avenue NW
Contact: 202-633-3129; 202-633-1000
Note: Webcast available at
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/webcast/jam2012_embassyjazzda
y.html
2 p.m. — (HEALTH/ALZHEIMERS) CONFERENCE — The
Alzheimer’s Association holds its 2012 Action Summit, April
23-25.
Location: Renaissance Washington Hotel, 999 Ninth
Street NW
Contact: Toni Williams, 202-638-8666,
toni.williams@alz.org
Note: Register at
http://www.alz.org/forum/forum_register.asp
3:30 p.m. — (TEACHER/AWARD/MRS BIDEN) RECEPTION —
Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, hosts a reception
to honor the 2012 National Teacher of the Year finalists.
Location: U.S. Naval Observatory, Number One
Observatory Circle NW
Contact: 202-456-2803
Note: Portions of the event will be pooled press.
Tuesday, April 24
(FARMS/HEALTH/PINGREE) ADVISORY — At 2 p.m., the Union
of Concerned Scientists (UCS) holds a conference call briefing
on a new report, ”Ensuring the Harvest,” regarding the ”Local
Farms, Food, and Jobs Act,” which ”offers opportunity to remove
financial barriers hindering healthy-food farmers.”
Participants include Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine); Jeffrey
O’Hara, agricultural economist at UCS; Jack Hedin, owner of
Featherstone Farm in Rushford, Minn.
Contact: Sarah Goldberg, 202-331-6943,
Sgoldberg@ucsusa.org; or 202-331-5420,
Note: Call-in, 866-818-1223; ask for the ”UCS Crop
Insurance Report”
(HUD/SUSTAINABILITY) ADVISORY — At 3 p.m., the Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) Department’s Office of Sustainable
Housing Communities (OSHC) holds a Twitter town hall on the
Partnership for Sustainable Communities in celebration of Earth
Day. Participants include Shelley Poticha, director of HUD’s
Office of Sustainable Housing Communities (OSHC).
Contact: 202-708-1112
Note: Ask questions in advance and during the event
using hashtag #greenHUD. Live stream available at
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/webcasts/schedule
8 a.m. — (HEALTH/ALZHEIMERS) CONFERENCE — The
Alzheimer’s Association holds its 2012 Action Summit, April
23-25.
Highlight
Noon: Health and Human Services Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius delivers luncheon remarks.
Location: Renaissance Washington Hotel, 999 Ninth
Street NW
Contact: Toni Williams, 202-638-8666,
toni.williams@alz.org
Note: Register at
http://www.alz.org/forum/forum_register.asp
10:05 a.m. — (WHOUSE/TEACHERS/OBAMA) EVENT —
President Barack Obama delivers remarks to honor the 2012
National Teacher of the Year and finalists. Participants
include Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Location: The White House, Rose Garden
Contact: 202-456-2580
Note: RSVP to
by noon
April 23 with the subject line ”Teacher of the Year.” Media
without a White House hard pass must also submit full name
(including middle name), date of birth, Social Security number,
gender, country of birth, country of citizenship and current
city and state of residence.
3 p.m. — (TRADE/FINANCE) EVENT — The Information
Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) holds an event on
”Resolved: U.S. Ex-Im Bank Financing is a Vital Component of
U.S. Competitiveness.” Participants include Robert Atkinson,
president of ITIF; Sallie James, trade policy analyst at the
Cato Institute; Andrew Roth, vice president of government
affairs at the Club for Growth; Loren Thompson, COO at the
Lexington Institute; and Zachary Goldfarb of the Washington
Post.
Location: CVC-Congressional Auditorium, U.S. Capitol
Contact: 202-449-1351,
Note: Register at
http://www.itif.org/node/3016/signups
Wednesday, April 25
SENATE AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY — 9 a.m. —
Meets to markup the 2012 Farm Bill. 328-A Russell
Contact: Ben Becker, 202-224-1437 or 202-224-2035
Note: Media must RSVP to attend.
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS — 11 a.m. — Meets to markup the
Report of the Suballocation of Budget Allocation for FY2013;
and the FY2013 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. 2359
Rayburn
Contact: Jennifer Hing, 202-225-2771 or 202-226-7007
HOUSE JUDICIARY — 1:30 p.m. — Meets to markup the
Committee Print of Material to be Transmitted to the Committee
on the Budget Pursuant to Section 201 of H.Con. Res.112 and
H.R.365, the ”National Blue Alert Act of 2011.” 2141 Rayburn
Contact: Kim Smith, 202-225-3951 or 202-225-6906
7 a.m. — (HEALTH/ALZHEIMERS) CONFERENCE — The
Alzheimer’s Association holds its 2012 Action Summit, April
23-25.
Location: Renaissance Washington Hotel, 999 Ninth
Street NW
Contact: Toni Williams, 202-638-8666,
toni.williams@alz.org
Note: Register at
http://www.alz.org/forum/forum_register.asp
9 a.m. — (STATE/FARMS/AID) EVENT — Oxfam America
holds a demonstration urging reform to international food aid
programs, as senators mark up the new 2012 Farm Bill. The event
will include advocates wearing a donkey head and elephant head
engaging in a food fight with the Capitol building in the
background.
Location: East Front, grassy area accroos from
library of congress building, U.S. Capitol
Contact: Ben Grossman-Cohen, 202-629-6018
1 p.m. — (STATE/MALARIA) EVENT — Malaria No More
holds an exposition with 20 top malaria researchers and
innovators demonstrating how U.S. institutions are making
important contributions to the fight against malaria.
Location: 385 Russell Senate Office Building
Contact: Katie Todd, 202-618-4573,
katie.todd@malarianomore.org
Note: RSVP requested.
5:30 p.m. — (STATE/TECH/IP) EVENT — The Institute for
Policy Innovation holds a World Intellectual Property Day Forum
and Reception, April 25-26.
Highlight
5:30 p.m.: World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) Deputy Director General for Innovation and
Technology James Pooley delivers remarks.
Location: B-354 Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: Erin Humiston, 972-874-5139,
Note: Register at
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3103278991?ref=ebtnebregn
Thursday, April 26
SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES — 9:30 a.m. —
Full committee markup to vote on the nominations of Adam
Sieminski to be administrator of the Energy Information
Administration; Marcilynn Burke to be an assistant secretary of
the Interior Department; and Anthony Clark and John Norris to
be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 366
Dirksen
Contact: Bill Wicker, 202-224-5243 or 202-224-4971
or Rosemarie Calabro, 202-224-5039
Note: A hearing on Weather-Related Electrical
Outages immediately follows the markup.
ADDS WITNESSES
SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES — 9:30 a.m. —
Holds a hearing on ”Weather-Related Electrical Outages.”
Patricia Hoffman, assistant secretary in the Energy
Department’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability; John Bilda, general manager of Norwich Public
Utilities, Norwich, Conn.; and Thomas Getz, former chair of the
New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, Concord, N.H.; and a
representative from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
testify. 366 Dirksen
Contact: Bill Wicker, 202-224-5243 or 202-224-4971
or Rosemarie Calabro, 202-224-5039
Note: A vote on pending nominations will occur prior
to the hearing.
SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS — 3 p.m. — East Asian and
Pacific Affairs Subcommittee holds a hearing on ”U.S. Policy on
Burma.” Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joseph
Yun of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Nisha
Biswal, assistant administrator for Asia at the U.S. Agency for
International Development; Adam Szubin, director of the
Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control; David
Steinberg, professor in Georgetown University’s School of
Foreign Service; Karl Jackson, professor of Southeast Asia
studies in Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced
International Studies; and Peter Manikas, senior associate and
regional director for Asia programs at the National Democratic
Institute, testify. 419 Dirksen
Contact: Frederick Jones, 202-228-2950 or Tomeika
Bowden, 202-224-4561
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HOUSE ARMED SERVICES — 10:30 a.m. — Military
Personnel Subcommittee holds a markup of H.R.4310, the
”National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013.” 2212 Rayburn
Contact: 202-226-8980 or Josh Holly, 202-226-3988
9 a.m. — (STATE/TECH/IP) EVENT — The Institute for
Policy Innovation holds a World Intellectual Property Day Forum
and Reception, April 25-26.
Highlights
9:15 a.m.: World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) Deputy Director General for Innovation and
Technology James Pooley delivers keynote address.
9:45 a.m.: Biotechnology Industry
Organization Director of International Affairs Matthew O’Mara
delivers remarks.
12:15 p.m.: National Intellectual
Property Rights Coordination Center Director Lev Kubiak
delivers luncheon address.
Location: National Press Club, 519 14th Street NW
Contact: Erin Humiston, 972-874-5139,
Note: Register at
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3103278991?ref=ebtnebregn
10 a.m. — (STATE/FINANCE) DISCUSSION — The
Washington, D.C. Chapter Society for International Development
(SIDW) holds a discussion on ”Innovative Sources of Financing,”
as new sources of funding, the different types of emerging
development models, and how these models will affect the future
of development. Participants include Alex Counts, president and
CEO of the Grameen Foundation; Premal Shah, president of Kiva;
Terry Wyer, senior adviser for Africa strategy at Shorebank
International; and Charles Alsdorf, director at Deloitte.
Location: Grameen Foundation, 1101 15th Street NW,
Third Floor
Contact: Sally Waley, 202-331-1317,
Note: Register at
https://wdcsid.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view;=mc
&mcid;=form_118049
11:30 a.m. — (ENERGY/ELECTRIC) DISCUSSION — The U.S.
Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy holds a
discussion on the transition in the electric utility industry
and its implications for future energy prices and the U.S.
economy. Participants include American Electric Power President
and CEO Nick Akins.
Location: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H Street NW
Contact: Matt Letourneau, 202-463-5945,
mletourneau@uschamber.com
Note: RSVP required.
Noon — (STATE/DEVELOPMENT) DISCUSSION — The
Washington, D.C. Chapter Society for International Development
(SIDW) holds a discussion on ”Civil Society, Partnerships and
Institutional Capacity Building,” exploring the approaches used
by international development community leaders to strengthen
their host country partner’s institutional capacities.
Participants include Olga Yakimakho, senior program manager for
capacity development at PACT; Sarah Ford, senior technical
adviser for partnership and capability building at Catholic
Relief Services; and Ummuro Adano, deputy director and senior
capacity building technical adviser at Management Sciences for
Health; Aaron Chassy, senior technical adviser at Catholic
Relief Services; and Rick O’Sullivan, principal at Change
Management Solutions.
Location: George Washington University School of
Business, 2201 G Street NW, Duques Hall, Room 652
Contact: Courtney Bjorgaard, 202-558-6454,
events@sidw.org
Note: Register at
https://wdcsid.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view;=mc
&mcid;=form_116245
4 p.m. — (RUSSIA/RIGHTS/LEGAL) DISCUSSION — The
Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Kennan Institute for Advanced
Russian Studies holds a discussion on ”Translating Judgments
into Policy: The Influence of the European Court of Human
Rights on the Russian Criminal Justice System.” Participants
include Maria Voskobitova, human rights training adviser at the
American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative; Asmik
Novikova, senior research analyst at the Public Verdict
Foundation; Pavel Chikov, chair of the Agora Human Rights
Association; and Andrey Babushkin, chairman of the Committee
”For Civil Rights,” and member of the Expert Council on Human
Rights in the Russian Federation.
Location: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald
Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Fifth Floor,
Auditorium
Contact: 202-691-4100
Note: RSVP required at
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/rsvp?eid=23431&pid;=108
4 p.m. — (TURKEY/ENERGY/EU) DISCUSSION — The George
Washington University (GWU) Elliott School of International
Affairs holds a discussion on ”European Energy Security and
Turkey: The EU View.” Participants include Dicle Korkmaz-Temel,
Ph.D. candidate and researcher at the University of Tampere,
Finland.
Location: GWU Elliott School, 1957 E Street NW,
Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
Contact: 202-994-8025
Note: RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/korkmaz-temel
6 p.m. — (IRAQ/SANCTIONS) DISCUSSION — The George
Washington University (GWU) Elliott School of International
Affairs holds a book discussion of ”The Invisible War,” which
examines the U.S. role in shaping economic sanctions on Iraq
from 1990 to 2003. Participants include author Joy Gordon,
professor of philosophy at Fairfield University.
Location: GWU Elliott School, 1957 E Street NW,
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
Contact: 202-994-8025
Note: RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/invisiblewar
Friday, April 27
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS — 9 a.m. — Health Subcommittee
holds a hearing on proposals to reform Medicare through a
premium support model. Witnesses TBA. 1100 Longworth
Contact: Sarah Swinehart or Jim Billimoria or
Michelle Dimarob, 202-226-4774
Noon — (POLITICS/PRESIDENTS/BOOK) DISCUSSION — The
National Archives holds a book discussion on ”The President’s
Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity.”
Participants include authors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy.
Location: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW
Contact: 202-357-5300
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