Upcoming transparency events/2009 January

Mon, Jan 5
Reforming the Federal Communications Commission Presented by Silicon Flatirons and Public Knowledge For featured panelists and topics covered, check the website 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. @ 529 14th Street, NW; Holeman Lounge, National Press Club

Wed, Jan 7
The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America Presented by The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) Participants: Robert Atkinson and Stephen Ezell of ITIF; John Irons of the Economic Policy Institute; Gopal Khanna, chief information officer of the State of Minnesota; and Bracken Hendricks of the Center for American Progress 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. @ National Press Club, 14th and F Sts., NW

[http://www.gwu.edu/~newsctr/pressrelease.cfm?event_id=14760 What Do We Do Now? A Workbook for the President-Elect: Congressional Relations ] Presented by the Brookings Institution and George Washington University Moderator: Stephen Hess, GW distinguished research professor of media and public affairs and senior fellow emeritus in governance studies at the Brookings Institution 4 p.m to 6 p.m. @ 805 21st St., NW, Jack Morton Auditorium

Thurs, Jan 8
Passing the Baton 2009 Presented by the United States Institute of Peace Speakers featured here 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. @ Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, N.W.

Open Meeting of the Federal Election Commission 10 a.m. @ 999 E Street, NW, 9th Floor

[http://www.brookings.edu/events/2009/0108_111th_congress.aspx Did the 110th Congress Mend the Broken Branch? What to Expect in the 111th Congress] Presented by the Brookings Institution Sarah A. Binder, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies; Thomas E. Mann, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies; and Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, AEI 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. @ 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW

The Tyranny of Dead Ideas Presented by the Center for American Progress Featuring Matt Miller, senior fellow, Center for American Progress; author, The Tyranny of Dead Ideas Moderated by David Brooks, columnist, New York Times Noon to 1 p.m. @ 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor

Fri, Jan 9
Constitutional Convention: Building Democracy 2.0 Presented by Mobilize.org Friday, January 9 to Sunday, January 11 @ National Constitution Center, Philadelphia and streaming online

Wiki White House Can Obama Use Technology to Transform Government? Co-sponsored by New America Foundation, Wired Magazine, and Google Featuring Craig Newmark, Founder, Craigslist; Mindy Finn, Director of E-Strategy, Mitt Romney for President; Ellen Miller, Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation; and Sascha Meinrath, Research Director, Wireless Future Program, New America Foundation Moderated by Nicholas Thompson Fellow, New America Foundation and Senior Editor, Wired Magazine 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. @ 101 New York Avenue, NW

Tues, Jan 13
Broadband Breakfast Club's January Meeting What Will Broadband Do to the Universal Service Fund? Presented by BroadbandCensus.com Featuring Jay Driscoll, Director, Government Affairs, CTIA – The Wireless Association; Gregory Rohde, Executive Director, E-Copernicus/E9-1-1 Institute; and Curt Stamp, President, Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance 8:40 a.m. @ Old Ebbitt Grill Fee to attend

Dangers of Network Neutrality Legislation Presented by the Cato Institute Featuring Featuring Timothy B. Lee, Adjunct Scholar for the Cato Institute and member of the Center for IT Policy at Princeton University and Jerry Brito, Senior Research Fellow for the Mercatus Center and Adjunct Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law Noon @ B-354 Rayburn House Office Building

A Political Idea That Won't Go Away: Implications of Moral Law for America's Founding and Future Presented by the Heritage Foundation Featuring Greg Forster and Ryan Messmore Noon @ Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE

[http://www.mediafuturenow.com/content/january-13th-tues-media-future-now-lunch-1215pm Government Data, the Public Interest.. and Private Profit?] Presented by Media Future Now Featuring Sheila Campbell, manager of USA.gov Web and web best practices at the General Services Administration; Eric Gunderson, president of the Washington, D.C. based online strategy shop Development Seed; and Arnie Thomas, founder of GalleryWatch Moderated by Troy Schneider, director of media and communications at the New America Foundation 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. @ Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, 1050 Connecticut Ave., NW

State of the Net Preconference Strategies for Investing in and Benefiting from America's Broadband Infrastructure Presented by EDUCAUSE and NCTA Featuring James Assey, NCTA; Rob Atkinson, The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation; S. Derek Turner, Free Press; John Windhausen, Telepoly Consulting; Geoff Daily, AppRising; Link Hoewing, Verizon Communications; John Horrigan, Pew Internet & American Life Project; Joanne Hovis, NATOA; and Dr. Nicole Turner-Lee, One Economy 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. @ Hyatt Regency Hotel, Ticonderoga Room - Third Level, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW

12th Annual Kickoff Technology Policy Exhibition Presented by the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (ICAC) 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. @ H-902, Hart Senate Office Building

The Future of Internet Policy Presented by NetSquared DC Featuring Gabriela Schneider, Sunlight Foundation; Matt Stempeck, Americans for Campaign Reform; Nathaniel James, Program and Outreach Manager at The Media and Democracy Coalition; and Heather West, a Program Associate at the Center for Democracy & Technology. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. @ The Affinity Lab, 2451 18th Street NW, 2nd Fl

Wed, Jan 14
Managing Information Assets and Automating Content Classification: The Crux of the Matter Presented by the Federal Information and Records Manager's Council (FIRM) Featuring Jon Dellaria and Mike Corrigan 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ Government Accountability Office, Auditorium, 441 G. Street, NW

Federal Election Commission (FEC) Public Hearing on Agency Procedures Federal Register 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. @ 999 E Street, NW, 9th Floor Hearing Room

Thurs, Jan 15
Open Meeting of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) 10 a.m. @ 999 E Street, NW, 9th Floor

What's it Worth, a meeting of CAP's Internet Advocacy Roundtable Presented by the Center for American Progress Action Fund Featuring Glennette Clark, Senior Consultant, Community IT Innovators, Michael Bassik, Chief Digital Officer, Air America Media, Philip de Vellis, Vice President of New Media, Murphy Putnam Media, A. J. Schuler, Partner, Common Sense Media; and Sam Huxley, VP of Marketing, New Media Strategies Moderated by Alan Rosenblatt, Associate Director for Online Advocacy 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ 1333 H Street, NW, 10th Floor

[http://www.gwu.edu/~newsctr/pressrelease.cfm?event_id=14760 What Do We Do Now? A Workbook for the President-Elect: Speechwriting and the Inaugural Address] Presented by the Brookings Institution and George Washington University Moderator: Stephen Hess, GW distinguished research professor of media and public affairs and senior fellow emeritus in governance studies at the Brookings Institution 4 p.m to 6 p.m. @ 805 21st St., NW, Jack Morton Auditorium

The White House: Moving Out/Moving In on keys to a successful White House transition Presented by the National Archives Featuring Former White House Secretary Ann Stock; former White House Chief Usher Gary Walters; Sharon Fawcett of the National Archives; Martha Joynt Kumar of Towson University; Roger Porter of Harvard University and presidential adviser; John Burke of the University of Vermont; and Terry Sullivan of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and of the Presidential Transition Project 7 p.m. @ National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Fri, Jan 16
Campus Progress Inauguration Kick-Off Party Presented by Campus Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Mon, Jan 19
Driving Change: The Role of Activists During the Obama Administration Presented by the Alliance for Justice Featuring Van Jones, Founder and President, Green for All & Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Eli Pariser, Executive Director, MoveOn.org; JoDee Winterhof, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, CARE USA; and a Special Introduction by Alliance for Justice Board Member, Bradley Whitford Moderated by Nan Aron, President, Alliance for Justice 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. @ University of the District of Columbia Auditorium, 4200 Connecticut Ave NW

Book Event: Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President Presented by Politics & Prose Featuring editors Mark Green and Michele Jolin of the Center for American Progress, and other contributors 7 p.m. @ 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW

Wed, Jan 21
[http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=26212b3e-9086-4014-ae74-fda886a1e561 Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing: ''Where Were the Watchdogs? The Financial Crisis and the Breakdown of Financial Governance''] Witnesses include Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Howell E. Jackson, James S. Reid Jr. Professor of Law , Harvard Law School; and Steven M. Davidoff, Professor of Law , University of Connecticut School of Law 10 a.m. @ 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342

Netroots Nation DC: Internet Advocacy Roundtable at the Center for American Progress Action Fund Presented by the Internet Advocacy Roundtable, Netroots Nation, and Think Progress Featuring Michael Lux, Sam Graham-Felsen, Ari Melber, and Amanda Terkel Moderated by Cheryl Contee 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. panel, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. networking @ 1333 H St NW, 10th Floor

Thurs, Jan 22
After Midnight: The Bush Legacy of Deregulation and How President Obama Should Respond Presented by the Center for American Progress Featuring OMB Watch Executive Director Gary Bass; Anne Joseph O'Connell, assistant professor of law at the University of California-Berkeley; and Sally Katzen, member of the Obama-Biden Transition Project's Agency Review Working Group and former administrator of Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under President Clinton Moderated by Reece Rushing, director of regulatory and information policy at CAP 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. @ CAP, 1333 H St., NW, 10th Floor

Fri, Jan 23
To Serve the President: Continuity and Innovation in the White House Staff Presented by the National Archives Featuring Bradley H. Patterson Noon @ National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Mon, Jan 26
...and Communications for All?: A Telecommunications Policy Agenda for the Obama Administration Presented by the the Future of American Communications Working Group (FACT), part of the Institute for Information Policy at the College of Communications at Penn State University Featuring Sascha Meinrath; Hon. Jonathan Adelstein, Commissioner, FCC;  Rep. Mike Doyle (D - PA), invited;  Gene Kimmelman;  Marvin Ammori;  Richard D. Taylor;  Sharon Strover;  Heather E. Hudson;  Rob Frieden;  Ellen P. Goodman;  Kathryn Montgomery Moderated by Amit Schejter, Co-Director, Institute for Information Policy, Pennsylvania State University 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. @ New America Foundation, 1630 Connecticut Ave NW 7th Floor

Crafting an Effective Broadband Stimulus Package Presented by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) Featuring Robert Atkinson, president of ITIF; Debbie Goldman of the Communications Workers of America; former Commerce Undersecretary Ev Ehrlich; and John Dunham, president of Dunham and Associates Noon to 1:30 p.m. @ Russell Senate Building, Room 485

Inauguration panel Internet Technology in the Obama Age: Helping People Change Government? Presented by Johns Hopkins University's Master of Arts in Communication Program Featuring Joe Trippi of Joe Trippi and Associates; Adam Conner, Facebook's Washington DC associate of privacy and global public policy; Ellen Miller, executive director of the Sunlight Foundation; Jose Antonio Vargas of the Washington Post; and Adam Segal, director of the Johns Hopkins Internet and Mobile Communication Project 7 (?) to 9:30 pm. @ SAIS, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Lower Level

Tues, Jan 27
Freedom in the World 2009 Survey Release Presented by the Newseum and the Freedom House Featuring Newseum Executive Director Joe Urschel; William Taft IV, chairman of the Board of Trustees at Freedom House; Thomas Carothers of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of "Confronting the Weakest Link: Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies"; Larry Diamond of Stanford University and author of "The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World"; Joshua Muravchik, author of "The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East"; Arch Puddington, director of research at Freedom House and general editor of "Freedom in the World"; and Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial page editor of the Washington Post 10 a.m. to Noon @ The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Knight Studio

Know Your Records: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Presented by the National Archives Featuring /Ramona Branch Oliver' 11 a.m. @ The National Archives, Room G-24, Research Center

Wed, Jan 28
Does Good Governance Require an Official Whistle-Blower? Presented by The Johns Hopkins University Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Featuring Christiane Ouimet, public sector integrity commissioner for the Canadian government 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. @ SAIS, Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Room 508

Broadband Transparency: Network Research, Empowered Users, and Sound Policy Presented by The New America Foundation's (NAF) Information Commons, Wireless Future Program Featuring Vint Cerf, vice president and chief Internet evangelist at Google; Larry Peterson, Robert Kahn professor and chairman at the Department of Computer Science and director of PlanetLab Consortium at Princeton University; Sascha Meinrath of the Open Technology Institute and research director of the Wireless Future Program at NAF; and Ed Felten, director of the Center for Information Policy and professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ NAF, 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor

Thurs, Jan 29
Open Meeting of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) 10 a.m. @ 999 E Street, NW, 9th Floor

Fri, Jan 30
Bridging the Spectrum: A Symposium on Scholarship and Practice in Library and Information Science Presented by The Catholic University of America Featuring James Rettig, president of the American Library Association 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. @ Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Information Commons, Marist Hall