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September 20 - 24, 2004
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On the Hill:
Monday, September 20
Senate Special Committee on Aging
Older Americans in the Workplace
Full committee hearing on "Breaking The Silver Ceiling: A New Generation Of Older
Americans Redefining The New Rules Of The Workplace."
Witnesses: Jack Valenti, former president, Motion Picture of America Assn.; Ken
Dychtwald, president/CEO, Age Wave, San Francisco, Calif.; Sharon Brangman, professor
of medicine/division chief of geriatrics, SUNY (State University of New York) Upstate
Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y.; Doug Holbrook, vice president/secretary-treasurer,
AARP; Victoria Humphrey, executive director of human resources, Volkswagen, Auburn
Hills, Michigan; Ed Potter, president, Employment Policy Foundation
Location: 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 2 p.m.
Contact: 202-224-5364 [ { Link: http://aging.senate.gov }
Link]
Tuesday, September 21
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Intelligence Reform Legislation
Full committee markup of the committee's intelligence reform legislation.
Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 10 a.m.
(Sept. 21 and Sept. 22)
Contact: 202-224-4751 [ { Link: http://www.senate.gov/~gov_affairs }
Link]
House Veterans' Affairs Committee and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
American Legion
House Veterans' Affairs Committee and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee joint hearing
to receive the legislative presentation of the American Legion.
Location: 345 Cannon House Office Building. 10 a.m.
Contact: 202-225-3527 [ { Link: http://veterans.house.gov }
Link] or 202-224-9126 [ { Link: http://veterans.senate.gov }
Link]
Wednesday, September 22
Senate Judiciary Committee
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Review
Full committee hearing on "A Review of Counter-Terrorism Legislation and Proposals,
including the USA Patriot Act and the SAFE Act."
Location: 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 10 a.m.
Contact: 202-224-5225 [ { Link: http://judiciary.senate.gov }
Link]
House Financial Services Committee
9/11 Commission Recommendations
Full committee hearing on "Legislative Proposals to Implement the Recommendations of
the 9/11 Commission."
Location: 2128 Rayburn House Office Building. 10 a.m.
Contact: 202-225-7502 [ { Link: http://financialservices.house.gov }
Link]
House Government Reform Committee
Identity Theft
Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernment Relations and the Census Subcommittee
hearing on "Identity Theft: The Causes, Costs, Consequences and Potential Solutions."
Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. 2 p.m.
Contact: 202-225-5074 [ { Link: http://www.house.gov/reform }
Link]
Joint Economic Committee
Health Insurance Choice
Full committee hearing on "Expanding Consumer Choice and Addressing 'Adverse
Selection' Concerns in Health Insurance."
Witnesses: Mark Pauly, professor of health care systems, business and public policy,
insurance and risk management, and economics, Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.; James Cardon, associate professor of economics,
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Jeffrey Closs, president/CEO, BENU, Inc., San
Mateo, Calif.
Location: 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 10 a.m.
Contact: 202-224-5171 [ { Link: http://jec.senate.gov }
Link]
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Other Events:
Monday, September 20
Election Oversight
Election Assistance Commission (F.R. Page 54139)
Meeting of the Transparency and Security Subcommittee, to discuss data and information
related to the security of computers, human factors, voter privacy, and methods to
detect and prevent fraud.
Location: National Institute of Standards and Technology North Campus, 820 West
Diamond Ave., Room 152, Gaithersburg, Md.. 9 a.m.
(Sept. 20-22)
Contact: Allan Eustis, 301-975-5099, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Plan Activity Report/Budget Estimates
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (F.R. Page 55161)
Partly closed meeting. Topics include: Thrift Savings Plan activity report; FY2004
expenditures, proposed FY2005 budget, and FY2006 estimate (Open); personnel matters
Location: 1250 H St., NW, Second Floor Training Room, Washington, D.C.. 8 a.m.
Contact: Thomas Trabucco, 202-942-1640
Defense
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
Discussion on "War in Iraq: Can We Win?" Topics include how U.S. officials define
victory and what it means for U.S. military strategy
Participants: Andrew Kreoinevich, executive director, CSBA
Location: HC-7, U.S. Capitol. 10 a.m.
Contact: 202-331-7990
Tuesday, September 21
Defense
Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA)
Conference on "Future Naval Plans and Requirements: Implementing the Vision of
Seapower 21," September 21-22.
Location: Hilton Crystal City, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Va..
Contact: 800-882-8684; www.idga.org
Government Operations
Federal Consulting Group, Department of the Treasury
Summit for government employees on e-government citizen satisfaction to provide aid in
ensuring that their websites meet the needs of the American people. Events begin 8:30
a.m.
Participants: Glenn Schlarman, Office of Management and Budget; Anne Kelly, Federal
Consulting Group; Jim Sterne, web analytics expert; Tim Evans, Social Security
Administration
Location: George Washington University Conference Center Continental Ballroom, 800
21st St., NW, Washington, D.C..
Contact: Registration required, [ { Link: http://www.fcg.gov/register.html; }
Link] [ { Link: http://www.fcg.gov/e-gov-summit-2004/agenda.html }
Link]
Judiciary
U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC)
17th Annual Supreme Court news briefing.
Participants: Theodore Olson, U.S. solicitor general and Walter Dellinger, Supreme
Court practitioner
Location: USCC, 1615 H St., NW, Washington, D.C.. 8:30 a.m.
Contact: Barbara Lewis, 202-463-5337; e-mail, [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [ { Link:
http://www.uschamber.com/calendar.asp }
Link]
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Upcoming Conferences:
Date: Oct 12 - 12, 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Name: Tracking and Monitoring Legislation
Event Sponsor: TheCapitol.Net
Event Description: How to Find and Use Congressional Documents - Do you track, or need
to know how to track, legislation? Do you need to know alternative methods to monitor
the changes in legislation? Want to learn to better utilize your resources and save
time in the process? Learn how the pros work with congressional documents. This
conference is for you if your work requires that you - Rapidly find and use
congressional documents - Effectively Track, monitor or research legislation -
Research and analyze legislative history. This conference will focus on how to find
and use congressional documents quickly and effectively to track, research or monitor
legislation or to research and analyze legislative history. - The fastest ways to find
and use congressional documents corresponding to each step in the legislative process
-- in print or online. -- TheCapitol.Net is the exclusive provider of Congressional
Quarterly (CQ) Executive Conferences.
Contact Information: Sophia Lo { govexec - at- TheCapitol.Net } 202-678-1600
Web site: { http://www.TrackingLegislation.com }
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Date: Oct 12 - 12, 2004
Location: Columbia, Md.
Event Name: Learn To Write Your Own GSA Schedule
Event Sponsor: Contracting Resources Group, Inc.
Event Description: This one-day training course provides companies with all the
information and templates needed to write their own GSA Schedule. No lengthy speeches
just a detailed review of each step in the GSA Schedule writing, submission and
negotiation process. Participants will come away from this course with a hardcopy and
softcopy of their draft offer. Contracting Resources Group, Inc. are GSA experts that
have been working with the contracting officers and writing GSA Schedules for years.
Other GSA Schedule training offered in the marketplace provide just enough
information, at a very high price, that will require additional consulting expenses.
Our goal is to provide companies with the knowledge and skills to complete the process
independently with ease. Next training is on Tuesday, October 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Contact Information: Victoria DiPalo { [EMAIL PROTECTED] } 703-216-4451
Web site: { http://www.contractingrg.com }
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Date: Oct 12 - 13, 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Name: CITIZEN SERVICES: How to Develop an Integrated Approach to Serve Citizens
Better
Event Sponsor: Digital Government Institute, LLC
Event Description: * Learn methodologies and metrics for determining who your
customers are, their needs and strategies for fulfilling them.
* Understand how agencies are assessing their current services and public outreach
efforts, and how they are planning for the future.
* Learn the government resources that are available to your agency.
Who Should Attend:
Government professionals wanting to improve their agency's customer service and
outreach through an integrated enterprise approach, and to allocate, manage and
forecast resources effectively.
Contact Information: Christina Nelson { [EMAIL PROTECTED] } 301-320-4397
Web site: { http://digitalgovernment.com }
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Date: Oct 12 - 13, 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Name: CITIZEN SERVICES: How to Develop an Integrated Approach to Serve Citizens
Better
Event Sponsor: Digital Government Institute, LLC
Event Description: * Learn methodologies and metrics for determining who your
customers are, their needs and strategies for fulfilling them.
* Understand how agencies are assessing their current services and public outreach
efforts, and how they are planning for the future.
* Learn the government resources that are available to your agency.
Who Should Attend:
Government professionals wanting to improve their agency's customer service and
outreach through an integrated enterprise approach, and to allocate, manage and
forecast resources effectively.
Contact Information: Christina Nelson { [EMAIL PROTECTED] } 301-320-4397
Web site: { http://digitalgovernment.com }
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Date: Oct 13 - 13, 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Name: Media Relations 101
Event Sponsor: TheCapitol.Net
Event Description: A course for the newer public or government affairs professional,
this training will help you develop the essential skills necessary to deal with the
Washington media environment. Includes practical hands-on exercises, discussion of who
the media is, how to develop your basic message, preparing an effective press release
and complete media kit, and putting it all together in a communications plan with a
strategy for using the web and distributing the message. The basics of crisis
communication planning will also be covered. Course materials include "Media Relations
Handbook for Agencies, Associations, Nonprofits and Congress," by Brad Fitch, Foreword
by Mike McCurry. www.MediaRelationsHandbook.com -- TheCapitol.Net is the exclusive
provider of Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Executive Conferences.
Contact Information: Sophia Lo { govexec - at- TheCapitol.Net } 202-678-1600
Web site: { http://www.MediaRelations101.com }
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Date: Oct 13 - 13, 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Name: Media Relations 101
Event Sponsor: TheCapitol.Net
Event Description: A course for the newer public or government affairs professional,
this training will help you develop the essential skills necessary to deal with the
Washington media environment. Includes practical hands-on exercises, discussion of who
the media is, how to develop your basic message, preparing an effective press release
and complete media kit, and putting it all together in a communications plan with a
strategy for using the web and distributing the message. The basics of crisis
communication planning will also be covered. Course materials include "Media Relations
Handbook for Agencies, Associations, Nonprofits and Congress," by Brad Fitch, Foreword
by Mike McCurry. www.MediaRelationsHandbook.com -- TheCapitol.Net is the exclusive
provider of Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Executive Conferences.
Contact Information: Sophia Lo { govexec - at- TheCapitol.Net } 202-678-1600
Web site: { http://www.MediaRelations101.com }
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Date: Oct 13 - 13, 2004
Location: McLean, Va.
Event Name: Greater Washington Government Contractor Gala Awards Dinner
Event Sponsor: Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
Event Description: This gala event presented in partnership by Northern Virginia
GovCon Council, the Professional Services Council and Washington Technology. It is
the region's premier salute to innovative and trailblazing companies, industry
heavyweights and long-term pillars in the government contracting community.
Corporations and individuals are honored for their commitment to excellence and their
role in shaping the marketplace.
Contact Information: Programs Department { [EMAIL PROTECTED] } 703-749-0400
Web site: { http://www.fccc.org/councils/govcon }
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Date: Oct 13 - 15, 2004
Location: San Francisco, Calif.
Event Name: Principles of Graphic Facilitation
Event Sponsor: The Grove Consultants International
Event Description: Principles of Graphic Facilitation is a three-day workshop
combining the theory and practice of graphic facilitation with the fundamentals of
graphic recording. The workshop includes small group activities designed to enhance
participants' existing facilitation skills with graphic facilitation while developing
skills in public listening, recording ideas on large murals and using Graphic Guides�
(wall-sized templates) to focus discussions.
The workshop focuses on using and understanding process tools to enhance the art of
leading groups and group processes toward agreed-on objectives in ways that are
participatory, productive and memorable. This workshop is targeted for consultants,
managers, facilitators and trainers with experience in facilitation (either formal or
informal) who wish to understand and develop competency in The Grove's graphic
facilitation methods.
The workshop is kept small to allow for the maximum amount of practice and feedback
from instructors and peer participants.
Contact Information: Tim Nugent { [EMAIL PROTECTED] } 800-494-7683
Web site: { http://www.grove.com }
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Date: Oct 13 - 15, 2004
Location: San Francisco, Calif.
Event Name: Principles of Graphic Facilitation
Event Sponsor: The Grove Consultants International
Event Description: Principles of Graphic Facilitation is a three-day workshop
combining the theory and practice of graphic facilitation with the fundamentals of
graphic recording. The workshop includes small group activities designed to enhance
participants' existing facilitation skills with graphic facilitation while developing
skills in public listening, recording ideas on large murals and using Graphic Guides�
(wall-sized templates) to focus discussions.
The workshop focuses on using and understanding process tools to enhance the art of
leading groups and group processes toward agreed-on objectives in ways that are
participatory, productive and memorable. This workshop is targeted for consultants,
managers, facilitators and trainers with experience in facilitation (either formal or
informal) who wish to understand and develop competency in The Grove's graphic
facilitation methods.
The workshop is kept small to allow for the maximum amount of practice and feedback
from instructors and peer participants.
Contact Information: Tim Nugent { [EMAIL PROTECTED] } 800-494-7683
Web site: { http://www.grove.com }
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Date: Oct 14 - 14, 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Name: Advanced Media Relations
Event Sponsor: TheCapitol.Net
Event Description: For public relations professionals with 3 - 5 years experience
and those who want to refresh their outlook or brush up on their skills. Are your
competitive media campaigns targeting the right audience? Are you tracking and
evaluating your media campaigns? Using the web to its full advantage? We'll cover
these topics and more, including: creatively pitching to reporters, how to handle a
crisis, coordinating and preparing for interviews, and dealing with the media hog and
the media mouse. Course materials include "Media Relations Handbook for Agencies,
Associations, Nonprofits and Congress," by Brad Fitch, Foreword by Mike McCurry.
www.MediaRelationsHandbook.com -- TheCapitol.Net is the exclusive provider of
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Executive Conferences.
Contact Information: Sophia Lo { govexec - at- TheCapitol.Net } 202-678-1600
Web site: { http://www.AdvancedMediaRelations.com }
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Date: Oct 14 - 14, 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Name: Advanced Media Relations
Event Sponsor: TheCapitol.Net
Event Description: For public relations professionals with 3 - 5 years experience
and those who want to refresh their outlook or brush up on their skills. Are your
competitive media campaigns targeting the right audience? Are you tracking and
evaluating your media campaigns? Using the web to its full advantage? We'll cover
these topics and more, including: creatively pitching to reporters, how to handle a
crisis, coordinating and preparing for interviews, and dealing with the media hog and
the media mouse. Course materials include "Media Relations Handbook for Agencies,
Associations, Nonprofits and Congress," by Brad Fitch, Foreword by Mike McCurry.
www.MediaRelationsHandbook.com -- TheCapitol.Net is the exclusive provider of
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Executive Conferences.
Contact Information: Sophia Lo { govexec - at- TheCapitol.Net } 202-678-1600
Web site: { http://www.AdvancedMediaRelations.com }
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Date: Oct 14 - 14, 2004
Location: Vienna, Va.
Event Name: Fall Government Contracting Symposium
Event Sponsor: Aronson & Company
Event Description: You've got a special invitation to the Metro area's event of the
season! Join Aronson & Company for an informative discussion of the latest trends
affecting current and prospective government contractors. The Fall Government
Contracting Symposium on October 14th is the place to be if you want to enhance your
bottom line and accelerate your business. Two panels will explore topics that include:
* Recent regulations affecting the organization and strategic direction of small and
large companies
* Update on recent accounting issues and their impact on your business
* Current trends and activity in the mergers and acquisitions arena
* GSA Schedule contract negotiations
* The 'domino' effect of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations
* Strategies for taking full advantage of tax deferrals
* Banking and financing tips for evolving businesses
* How to combat skyrocketing health insurance costs
Contact Information: Miriam { [EMAIL PROTECTED] } 301-231-6200
Web site: { http://aronsoncompany.com/news/events_details.asp?CAL_EVENT_ID=92 }
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The Week in Review:
Last week's top stories
{ Link: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/091604markup1.htm }
Sweeping Postal Service reform measure advances in House (September 16)
{ Link: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/091504a1.htm }
House votes to bar IRS from outsourcing tax collection (September 15)
{ Link: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/091404a1.htm }
House lawmaker to renew challenge of job competition rules (September 14)
{ Link: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/091304c1.htm }
9/11 investigation spawns whistleblower movement (September 13)
{ Link: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/091004d1.htm }
Unions, Pentagon agree to continue talking about personnel overhaul (September 10)
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Quote of the Week:
"It's sort of the title of a book, pay-for-performance, but how thick is it and what
is it all about?"
-- Gregory Junemann, president of the International Federation of Professional and
Technical Engineers, asking for { Link:
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more details about the Pentagon's new pay system.
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