Upcoming transparency events/2009 March

=March 2009=

Mon, Mar 2
Political Behavioral Advertising in the 2008 Election: Politics Will Never Be the Same Again Presented by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Featuring Kate Kaye, author of the recently released book, “Campaign '08: A Turning Point for Digital Marketing" 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. @ Venable Offices, 575 7th St., NW

Tues, Mar 3
Financial Best Practices for Government: Compliance, Agility, Timeliness & Trust Presented by the Government Executive Featuring Mark Easton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Operations; Diane Reilly, Vice President of IT Solutions, Carson Associates; Kristine Chadwick, Chief Financial Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission; '''Cherreka Montgomery, Public Diplomacy Performance Measurement Officer, U.S. Department of State; and Steve Porter''', Director of Cost Management, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. @ National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor

Criteria for Philanthropy at its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaker Impact Presented by the The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) Featuring The Honorable Xavier Becerra, Congressman (D-Calif.); Dave Beckwith, Executive Director, Needmor Fund; '''Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director, NCRP; Judy Hatcher''', Executive Director, Environmental Support Center; David R. Jones, President & CEO, Community Service Society of New York; and '''Gara LaMarche, President & CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies 10 a.m. @ National Press Club, 14th and F Sts., NW, Holemand Lounge

Committee Hearing The President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget House Committee on the Budget Witnesses include The Honorable Peter R. Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget 10 a.m. @ 210 Cannon House Office Building

Tips and Strategies on the Updated Archival Research Catalog Presented by the National Archives Featuring Jill James of the National Archives 11 a.m. @ National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room G-24

Committee Hearing President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Overview House Committee on Ways and Means Witnesses include Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury 12:30 p.m. @ 1100 Longworth House Office Building

Committee Hearing Document Tampering and Mishandling at the Veterans Benefits Administration House Committee on Veterans' Affairs; Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs 1:30 p.m. @ 334 Cannon House Office Building

Committee Hearing Department of the Interior Oversight House Committee on Appropriations; Interior Subcommittee Witnesses include Robin M. Nazzaro Director, Natural Resources & Environment, GAO; and Mary Kendall, Deputy Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Interior 9:30 a.m. @ B-308 Rayburn

Wed, Mar 4
Putting Smart Power to Work: An Action Agenda for the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress Presented by The Center for U.S. Global Engagement Featuring Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.; former Secretary of State Colin Powell; former Rep. Jim Leach, R-Ind.; '''Judy Woodruff of PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; and Wendy Sherman''', principal at the Albright Group LLC and State Department Review Team Lead for the Obama-Biden Transition 8:30 a.m. @ The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room 706 and streamed live online

[http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=82f83075-3d3b-4f4c-b116-8205c54340b2 Committee Hearing Where Were the Watchdogs? Systemic Risk and the Breakdown of Financial Governance] Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 9 a.m. @ Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342

Committee Hearing The President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal U.S. Senate Budget Committee Witnesses include The Honorable Peter R. Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget 9:30 a.m. @ Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608 Rescheduled for March 10, 2009

Committee Hearing The President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal: Part One U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Featuring the member statements of Max Baucus, MT; and Charles Grassley, IA Witnesses include Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury 10 a.m. @ 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

All the President's Advisers Presented by the Brookings Institution Featuring Marvin Kalb, senior fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University; I.M. Destler, Saul Stern professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland; William Galston, senior fellow of governance studies at the Brookings Institution; and James Pfiffner, professor of public policy at George Mason University 10 a.m. @ Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Falk Auditorium

The Scouting Report: Obama's First Budget Presented by the Brookings Institution Featuring Barry P. Bosworth, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Global Economy and Development Moderated by Fred Barbash, Senior Editor, Politico 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. @ 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Committee Hearing President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Overview House Committee on Ways and Means Witnesses include The Honorable Peter R. Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget 2 p.m. @ 1100 Longworth House Office Building

Committee Hearing TARP Oversight: Is TARP Working for Main Street? House Financial Services Committee; Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Hearing 2:30 p.m. @ 2128 Rayburn House Office Building; also streams live online

Democracy Rising: The Internet as a Tool for Civic Engagement and the Rebirth of Deliberative Democracy Presented by George Washington University Featuring Henry J. Farrell; Julie Germany; GWU President Steven Knapp; and Brian Reich Moderated by Chris Arterton, Dean of the Graduate School of Political Management 7 p.m. @ Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Crystal Ballroom, 7400 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Md.

Thurs, Mar 5
Committee Hearing Stimulus Spending Accountability Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Chairman Lieberman, I-Conn.) will hold a hearing on how the federal government will account for stimulus spending resulting from the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Presented by Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn.; and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me Witnesses include OMB Director Peter Orszag; GAO Acting Comptroller General Gene Dodaro; and Phyllis Fong, chair of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency 9 a.m. @ Dirksen Building, Room 342

The Need for Speed: The Importance of Next-Generation Broadband Networks Presented by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. @ 1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Room 2

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

Committee Hearing Treasury Department Fiscal Year 2010 Budget House Committee on the Budget Witnesses include Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury 10 a.m. @ 210 Cannon House Office Building

Committee Hearing Status of 2010 Census Operations House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee 10 a.m. @ 2154 Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing Lessons Learned: How the New Administration Can Achieve an Accurate and Cost-Effective 2010 Census U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security 2:30 p.m. @ Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342

Tues, Mar 10
Broadband Breakfast Club's March Meeting Broadband Competition: Do We Have It, and How Do We Get More of It? Presented by BroadbandCensus.com Featuring James Baller, President, Baller Herbst Law Group; Art Brodsky, Communication Director, Public Knowledge; Brent Olson, Assistant Vice President, Public Policy, AT&T; and Scott Wallsten, Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute 8 a.m. @ Old Ebbitt Grill Fee to attend

Public Meeting American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Broadband Initiatives Presented by Commerce Department (DOC); National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture Department (USDA); Rural Development; Federal Communications Commission (FCC) (F.R. Page 8914) Featuring Tom Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Michael J. Copps, Acting Chairman, Federal Communications Commission; Rick Wade, Senior Advisor and Acting Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce; Mark Seifert, Senior Advisor, NTIA; Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, Associate Administrator, NTIA; David Villano, Assistant Administrator for Telecommunication Programs, USDA Rural Development; and Scott M. Deutchman, Acting Senior Legal Advisor to Acting Chairman Copps, FCC 10 a.m. @ Commerce Department, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW, Auditorium

Committee Hearing Department of Transportation: IG & GAO, Top Management Challenges & High Risk Series House Appropriations Committee; Transportation, HUD Subcommittee Witnesses include The Honorable Calvin Scovel, DOT Inspector General; and Katherine Siggerud, Managing Director, Physical Infrasture Team, GAO 10 a.m. @ 2358-A Rayburn

Committee Hearing Treasury Actions Relating to the Financial Crisis House Appropriations Committee; Financial Services Subcommittee Witnesses include Timothy F. Geithner, Treasury Secretary; Neil M. Barofsky, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program; and Thomas J. McCool, Director, Center for Economics Applied Research and Methods, GAO 10:00 a.m. @ 2359 Rayburn; Webcast also available

Committee Hearing The President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal U.S. Senate Budget Committee Witnesses include The Honorable Peter R. Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget 10 a.m. @ Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608 Rescheduled from March 4, 2009

Committee Hearing Patent Reform in the 111th Congress: Legislation and Recent Court Decisions Senate Judiciary Committee Witnesses include Steven Appleton, chairman and CEO of Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho; Philip Johnson, chief intellectual property counsel for Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J.; David Kappos, vice president and assistant general counsel for intellectual property law and strategy at the International Business Machines Corporation; Taraneh Maghame, vice president of Tessera, Inc., San Jose, Calif.; Herbert Wamsley, executive director of the Intellectual Property Owners Assn., Washington, D.C.; Mark Lemley, professor of law at Stanford Law School, Stanford, Calif. 10 a.m. @ 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Luncheon Conversation at NDN Presented by the New Politics Institute and NDN Featuring Joe Rospars, the new media director of the Obama presidential campaign and founder of Blue State Digital, one of the nation's leading new media consulting firms Noon @ NDN, 729 15th St., NW or Webcast

Book Discussion Halliburton's Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War Presented by the New America Foundation (NAF) Featuring author Pratap Chatterjee; Michael Cohen, senior research fellow at NAF and co-author of "Changing the Culture of Pentagon Contracting"; Janine Wedel, fellow at NAF and author of "Shadow Elite: The New Agents of Power and Influence"; and William Hartung, director at the Arms and Security Initiative at NAF 12:15 p.m. @ 1899 L St., NW, Suite 400

A Gala Celebration: Leading the Internet in Transition Presented by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) 6 p.m. @ The J.W. Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. Fee to attend

Wed, Mar 11
Full committee markup of S.383 A bill to provide for a special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program; and the views and estimates of the Committee on Financial Services on matters to be set forth in the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY2010 House Financial Services Committee 9:30 a.m. @ 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing Voter Registration: Assessing Current Problems Senate Committee on Rules Witnesses include Stephen Ansolabehere, Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University; Kristen Clarke, Co-Director, Political Participation Group, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; Curtis Gans, Director, Center for the Study of the American Electorate; Jonah H. Goldman, Director, National Campaign for Fair Elections, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; The Honorable Chris Nelson, Secretary of State, State of South Dakota; and Nathaniel Persily, Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law and Political Science, Columbia Law School 10 a.m. @ Russell Senate Office Building, Room 301

Committee Hearing Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) accountability and oversight Joint Economic Committee 10 a.m @ Location TBA

Committee Hearing S.J. Res. 7 and H.J. Res. 21: A Constitutional Amendment Concerning Senate Vacancies Senate Judiciary Committee; Subcommittee on the Constitution Witnesses include The Honorable David Dreier, U.S. House of Representatives (R-CA); The Honorable Aaron Schock, U.S. House of Representatives (R-IL); Vikram D. Amar, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, University of California, Davis; Robert Edgar, President and CEO, Common Cause; Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law, Stanford Law School; Kevin J. Kennedy, Director and General Counsel, Wisconsin Government Accountability Board; Thomas H. Neale, Specialist in American National Government, Congressional Research Service; David Segal, Analyst, FairVote, Rhode Island State Representative; Matthew Spalding, Ph.D., Director, B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies, The Heritage Foundation 10 a.m. @ Hart Senate Office Building Room 216

Committee Hearing SEC Actions Relating to the Financial Crisis House Appropriations Committee; Financial Services Subcommittee Witnesses include Mary Shapiro, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission 10 a.m. @ 2220 Rayburn

Committee Hearing TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Oversight: Assessing Treasury's Efforts to Prevent Waste and Abuse of Taxpayer Funds House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; Domestic Policy Subcommittee Witnesses include Neel Kashkari, acting interim assistant secretary for financial stabilization at the Treasury Department; Anthony Sanders, professor in Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business; Stephen Horne, vice president of Master Data Management and Integration Services for Dow Jones & Co.; Mark Bolgiano, president and CEO, XBRL US, Inc.Steve Horne, and vice president of Master Data; Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Assets Relief Program; Richard Hillman, managing director for financial markets and community investment at the Government Accountability Office 10 a.m. @ 2154 Rayburn House Office Building

Progressive Studies Program Presented by The Center for American Progress and the Glaser Progress Foundation The program includes the release of two major reports The State of American Political Ideology, 2009 and New Progressive America Featuring John Halpin and Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellows and Co-Directors of the Progressive Studies Program at CAP; and Mark Schmitt, Executive Editor, The American Prospect Noon to 1:30 p.m. @ 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor

Advice to President Obama on Judicial Nominations Presented by the Heritage Foundation Featuring Walter Dellinger III, former acting solicitor general of the United States for President Clinton and Douglas Maggs professor of law at Duke University School of Law; Stuart Taylor Jr., senior writer at National Journey and contributing editor at Newsweek; Jonathan Adler', professor of law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law; and Edwin Meese III, chairman at the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation Noon @ 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Lehrman Auditorium

Thurs, Mar 12
Committee Hearing Universal Service: Reforming the High-Cost Fund House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet 10 a.m. @ 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

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

W3C eGovernment Interest Group Meeting Presented by the W3C eGovernment Interest Group Featuring Kevin Novak (AIA); John Sheridan (The [UK] National Archives); Jose M. Alonso (W3C/CTIC); Marino Marcich (ODF Alliance); Brand Niemann (US EPA and Semantic Community); Daniel Bennett (advocatehope.org); Ed Summers (Library of Congress); Joe Carmel; Miguel Porrúa (Organization of American States); John R. Murphy (GSA); Peggy Garvin (Garvin Information Consulting); Susan Turnbull (GSA); John Paul Deley (FIRM); Alexander Koudry (GSA); Malcolm Crompton (Information Integrity Solutions Pty Ltd); Rick Murphy (GSA); Chris Testa (US Holocaust Memorial Museum); and Ari Schwartz (Center for Democracy and Technology) March 12, 2009 at 9 a.m. to March 13, 2009 at 6 p.m. @ The American Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Ave NW

Committee Hearing The President's FY2010 Budget & Revenue Proposal Senate Committee on the Budget Witnesses include The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary, Department of the Treasury 10 a.m. @ Room SD-608

Executive Business Meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee Discussion of S. 49, Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act (Leahy, Cornyn) 10 a.m. @ Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226

Bridging the Partisan Divide Presented by the Center for National Policy (CNP) Featuring Thomas Mann, Brookings Institution; and Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Noon to 1:15 @ One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 333

U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities: Presidential Transitions and the Confirmation Process Presented by the George Washington University (GWU) Elliott School of International Affairs Featuring Christopher Kojm, professor of the Practice of International Affairs and director of Master of International Policy and Practice Program at GWU; Alvin Felzenberg, professorial lecturer at GWU; and Jo Spear, associate professor of international affairs and director of the Security Policy Studies Program at GWU 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. @ GWU Elliott School, 1957 E St., NW, Room 505

Fri, Mar 13
11th Annual National FOI Day Conference 2009 Theme: Freedom and Information: Looking Back and Looking Forward Presented by the Freedom Forum, the American Library Association and OpenTheGovernment.org, as part of the 2009 Sunshine Week Featuring David Vladeck, a Georgetown University law professor; Meredith Fuchs, general counsel for the National Security Archive; Mike German, national-security expert, American Civil Liberties Union; Mark Tapscott, editorial-page editor, The Washington Examiner; Richard A. Samp, chief counsel for the Washington Legal Foundation; Professor Rena Steinzor of the University of Maryland School of Law; and Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee 8:30 a.m. to Noon @ Knight Conference Center at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 7th floor

Can the Pentagon be Fixed? Presented by the Cato Institute Featuring Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information; retired Col. Douglas Macgregor, Straus Military Reform Project adviser; Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight; Thomas Ricks, senior fellow at the Center for New American Security and special military correspondent at the Washington Post; and Benjamin Friedman, research fellow of defense and homeland security at the Cato Institute Noon @ Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW, F.A. Hayek Auditorium and Streamed live here

Sun, Mar 15
Sunshine Week 3/15 - 3/21

Mon, Mar 16
2nd Annual Freedom of Information Day Celebration Presented by the Collaboration on Government Secrecy and American University Washington College of Law 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. @ 4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW

The Senate Confirmation Process: Can Congress and the President Do Better? Presented by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 5th Floor

Tues, Mar 17
Committee Hearing Budgeting for Transportation: Financing Investments in Highways and Mass Transit House Committee on the Budget Witnesses TBA 10 a.m. @ 210 Cannon House Office Building

Perspectives on Regulation of Systemic Risk in the Financial Services Industry House Financial Services Committee Witnesses TBA 10 a.m. @ 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing Tax Issues Related to Ponzi Schemes and an Update on Offshore Tax Evasion Legislation Senate Finance Committee Featuring Douglas Shulman, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service; Michael Brostek, director of tax issues at the General Accountability Office; and William Josephson of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP 10 a.m. @ 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Election Assistance Commission Meeting and Hearing Meeting 11 a.m. to Noon; Hearing 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EAC, 1225 New York Ave., NW, Suite 150

The Deflating Bubble, Part V: Forecast and Policy Recommendations for the Next Six Months Presented by the American Enterprise Institute for Policy Research and Professional Risk Managers' International Association Featuring Desmond Lachman, AEI; John H. Makin, AEI and Caxton Associates; R. Christopher Whalen, Institutional Risk Analytics; and Thomas Zimmerman, UBS Investment Bank Moderated by Alex J. Pollock, AEI 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI

Committee Hearing Too Big to Fail?: The Role of Antitrust Law in Government-Funded Consolidation in the Banking Industry House Judiciary Committee; Courts and Competition Policy Subcommittee Witnesses TBA 2 p.m. @ 2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Wed, Mar 18
Federal Spending Surge: Nuts and Bolts of the Stimulus Plan Presented by FedSources, a Washington Management Group Company Featuring Ray Bjorklund, executive vice president and chief knowledge officer at FedSources 7 a.m. @ Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, 7920 Jones Branch Drive, Ballroom A, McLean, Va. Fee to attend

Committee Hearing Homeland Security Intelligence: Its Relevance and Limitations House Homeland Security Committee; Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment Subcommittee Featuring Joan McNamara, commander of the Los Angeles Police Department; Doug Gillespie, sheriff, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; Gary Edwards, CEO of the National Native American Law Enforcement Assn.; John Gaissert, chief of City of Commerce (Ga.) Police; Caroline Fredrickson, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington Legislative Office; Greg Nojeim, director,of the Center for Democracy and Technology's Project on Freedom, Security & Technology; and Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies 10 a.m. @ 311 Cannon House Office Building

FOIA Class Presented by National Press Club's Freedom of the Press Committee and The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Taught by Corinna Zarek, Freedom of Information Director for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press 10 a.m. @ National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Library Room

The Autonomy Rule: An Alternative to Democratization and Liberal Internationalism Presented by the New America Foundation's (NAF) American Strategy Program Featuring Charles Kupchan, professor of international relations at Georgetown University and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; David Frum, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; Adam Mount, doctoral candidate in the Department of Government at Georgetown University; and Steve Clemons, director of the American Strategy Program at NAF and publisher of theWashingtonNote.com Noon @ The New America Foundation, 1899 L St., NW, Suite 400

The Scouting Report: President Obama's First 60 Days Presented by the Brookings Institution Featuring Darrell M. West, Vice President and Director, Governance Studies Moderator Fred Barbash, Senior Editor, Politico 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. @ 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW and Online

Politics, Policy and the 2010 Decennial Census Presented by the Brookings Institution Featuring Andrew Reamer, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program; Darrell M. West, Vice President and Director, Governance Studies; Ron Elving (moderator), Senior Washington Editor, National Public Radio News; Nancy Bates, Senior Researcher for Survey Methodology, U.S. Census Bureau; Robert N. Goldenkoff, Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Terri Ann Lowenthal, Consultant, The Census Project; Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO); and Andrew Reamer, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Committee Hearing Members' Day Part 2 House Budget Committee Testimony from members of Congress on their principal interests regarding the FY2010 Budget Resolution 2 p.m. @ 210 Cannon House Office Building

Committee Hearing Lessons Learned in Risk Management Oversight at Federal Financial Regulators Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee; Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee Featuring Scott Polakoff, acting director of the Office of Thrift Supervision; Orice Williams, director of financial markets and community investment at the Government Accountability Office; Roger Cole, director of the Federal Reserve Board's Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation; Timothy Long, senior deputy comptroller for bank supervision policy and chief national bank examiner in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; and Erik Sirri, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Trading and Markets 2:30 p.m. @ 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Driving Innovation with Data Presented by the American Enterprise Institute Featuring Roland G. Fryer Jr. of Harvard’s Education Innovation Laboratory; and Frederick M. Hess, AEI 3:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. @ Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Thurs, Mar 19
Committee Hearing Troubled Asset Relief Program: Oversight of Federal Borrowing and the Use of Federal Monies House Ways and Means Committee; Oversight Subcommittee Featuring TARP Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky; and Acting U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro of the Government Accountability Office, are invited to testify 10 a.m. @ 1100 Longworth House Office Building.

Committee Hearing Preventing Stimulus Waste and Fraud: Who are the Watchdogs? House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Featuring Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board; and state and local auditors 10 a.m. @ 2154 Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing Follow the Money: Accountability and Transparency in Recovery Act Science Funding House Science and Technology Committee; Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Featuring Cora Marrett, senior accountability officer at the National Science Foundation; Ron Spoehel, chief financial officer of the NASA; Ellen Herbst, senior official for recovery implementation at the Commerce Department; Matthew Rogers, senior advisor at the Energy Department; Tim Cross, interim inspector general at the National Science Foundation; Todd Zinser, inspector general at the Commerce Department; Gregory Friedman, inspector general at the Energy Department; and Patricia Dalton, managing director of the Natural Resources and Environment Division at the Government Accountability Office 10 a.m. @ 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing The Judiciary Budget House Appropriations Committee; Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Featuring Judge Julia Gibbons, chairman of the U.S. Judicial Conference Budget Committee; and James Duff, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts 10 a.m. @ 2220 Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing Lessons Learned From the 2008 Election House Committee on the Judiciary; Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Witnesses TBA 10 a.m. @ 2141 Rayburn House Office Building

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

Committee Hearing Modernizing Bank Supervision and Regulation Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Featuring the Honorable John Dugan, Comptroller of the Currency, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; The Honorable Daniel K. Tarullo, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; The Honorable Sheila Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; The Honorable Michael E. Fryzel, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration; Mr. Scott M. Polakoff, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; and Mr. Timothy J. Karsky, Commissioner, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions 10:30 a.m. @ 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building, room 538

Book discussion Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics Featuring Morley Winograd, coauthor of Millennial Makeover; and Michael Hais, coauthor of Millennial Makeover Noon @ NDN, 729 15th St., NW, Second Floor

Internet Advocacy Roundatable Video Strategy for Advocacy Presented by I Am Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund Featuring Justin Germany, Former Director of Online Media, McCain 2008; Chris Royalty, Former Deputy Director of Online Video, Obama 2008; Phillip de Vellis, Vice President of New Media, Murphy Putnam Media Julian Mulvey, Partner, Devine Mulvey; Sean Gibbons, Director of Media Strategy, Center for American Progress; and Joseph Finneran, Creative Director & Founder, Podium Arts Communications, Inc. Moderated by Alan Rosenblatt, Center for American Progress Action Fund 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ CAP, 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor

Fri, Mar 20
Committee Hearing Financial Fraud and Enforcement House Financial Services Committee Witnesses TBA 10 a.m. @ 2128 Rayburn House Office Building and Online

Opening Doors: Finding the Keys to Open Government Presented by the Center for American Progress Featuring Dan Chenok, a member of President Obama's "Technology, Innovation and Government Reform" transition team; former branch chief for information policy and technology in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); currently senior vice president and general manager of Pragmatics; Katherine McFate, Program Officer for Government Performance and Accountability, Ford Foundation's Governance Unit; and Beth Noveck, professor of law and director of the Institute for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School; author, Wiki Government Moderated by Patrice McDermott, Director, OpenTheGovernment.org 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. @ 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor

Sunshine Week 2009 Kick-Off Panel Panel of experts will discuss issues surrounding open government and secrecy. Webcast will be available. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. @ Center for American Progress (1333 H Street, NW)

Mon, Mar 23
Day 1: Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Presented by the USDA, Department of Commerce, NTIA, and Recovery.gov 10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. @ U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Committee Hearing Census 2010: Assessing the Bureau’s Strategy for Reducing the Undercount of Hard-to-Count Populations House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives 10 a.m. @ 2154 Rayburn House Office Building

Book Forum The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty Presented by the Cato Institute Featuring author Helen J. Knowles State University of New York, Oswego; and Randy Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center Moderated by Roger Pilon, Director, Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies Noon @ 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Nanotechnology: Will it Drive a New Innovation Economy for the U.S. Presented by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Featuring Philip Shapira and Alan Porter of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society Noon @ WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW and Online

Tues, Mar 24
Day 2: Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Presented by the USDA, Department of Commerce, NTIA, and Recovery.gov 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. @ U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Committee Hearing Oversight of the Federal Government’s Intervention at American International Group House Committee on Financial Services Witnesses include Secretary Timothy Geithner and Chairman Ben Bernanke 10 a.m. @ 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing Modernizing Bank Supervision and Regulation, Part II Senate Committee on Banking, Housing &amp; Urban Affairs Witnesses TBA 10 a.m. @ 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Is Subsidizing Commercial Energy Projects the Best Way for America to Achieve its Energy Goals? Presented by the Heritage Foundation Featuring Peter Bradford, Board Member, Union of Concerned Scientists and former NRC Commissioner; Marlo Lewis, Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute; Doug Koplow, Founder, Earth Track; and Ben Lieberman, Senior Policy Analyst, Energy and Environment, The Heritage Foundation Hosted by Jack Spencer, Research Fellow in Nuclear Energy Policy, The Heritage Foundation; and Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) Noon to 1:30 p.m. @ The Heritage Foundation's Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave NE

Webinar Developing Your Agency's Vision for Transparency and Open Government Presented by Government Executive and IBM Featuring W. David Stephenson, President, Stephenson Strategies; Dr. Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, Executive Director, AmericaSpeaks; and Frank P. DiGiammarino, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, National Academy of Public Administration Moderated by John Kamensky, Senior Research Fellow for the IBM Center for the Business of Government, IBM 1 p.m. @ Your Computer Online Political Operatives: A Panel on Politics and the Internet Presented by the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Political Management, GW Alumni in Politics, and the GW Alumni Association Featuring Aaron Myers, Democratic Convention Online Communications Director; Mark Soohoo, GOP Convention Online Communications Director; Joe Rospars, Obama New Media Director; and Michael Palmer, McCain eCampaign Director. Moderated by Julie Germany, Director, GW's Institute for Politics, Democracy &amp; the Internet 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. @ Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st Street NW

Wed, Mar 25
Opportunities and Limits of Bipartisanship in the 111th Congress and under the Obama Administration Presented by the National Journal Group Featuring Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.; Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla.; Atlantic Media Company Political Director Ronald Brownstein; Bipartisan Policy Center visiting scholar Steve Bell; and Democratic Leadership Council Chairman and CEO Al From 8 a.m. @ The Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel, 415 New Jersey Ave., NW

20th Annual Tax and U.S. Legislative Policy Seminar Presented by Baker Hostetler; the Federal Policy Group; and the Yale Club of Washington, D.C. Featuring House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C; Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala.; House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio; Rep. Melvin Watt, D-N.C.; Senate Small Business Chairwoman Mary Landrieu, D-La.; Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich.; Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.; Senate Rules and Administration Chairman Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D.; Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont.; Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa; Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass; Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Wally Herger, R-Calif. 7:30 a.m. @ Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW

Committee Hearing Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Senate Judiciary Committee Witnesses include The Honorable Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice 9:30 a.m. @ 216 Hart Office Building Committee Hearing Oversight of the Digital Television Transition House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet 10 a.m. @ 2322 Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing Roles and Responsibilities of Inspectors General in Financial Markets Regulatory Agencies House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement 2 p.m. @ 2247 Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing Protecting our Nation's Leaders: Challenges of 2008 Presidential Campaign and the 56th Presidential Inauguration House Appropriations Committee; Homeland Security and Legislative Branch Subcommittees Witnesses include Mark Sullivan, director of the U.S. Secret Service; and Phillip Morse, chief of the U.S. Capitol Police 2 p.m. @ 2359 Rayburn House Office Building and Online

Full committee markup of legislation that would eliminate bonuses to government firms receiving TARP funds, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac House Financial Services Committee 2:15 p.m. @ 2128 Rayburn House Office Building Committee Hearing Contingency Contracting: Has the Call for Urgent Reform Been Answered? House Armed Services Committee; Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Witnesses include Shay D. Assad, Director, Defense Procurement, Acquisition Policy and Strategic Sourcing, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology); Edward M. Harrington, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement); Jeffrey P. Parsons, Executive Director, U.S. Army Contracting Command; and Major General Darryl A. Scott, USAF, Deputy Commander, Task Force to Support Business Operations in Iraq, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Business Transformation) 4 p.m. @ 2212 Rayburn House Office Building

National Discussion and Debate 2009 Series: Priorities for a New President Presented by The Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia Featuring Margaret Warner, senior correspondent of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; former Deputy National Security Adviser for Global Democracy Strategy Elliott Abrams; former American Enterprise Institute Resident Scholar Joshua Muravchik; former Ambassador to Israel and Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Martin Indyk, director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution; and Karim Sadjadpour, associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 7 p.m. @ Andrew Mellon Auditorium, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW

Thurs, Mar 26
23rd Annual Preservation Conference: Digitizing for Preservation and Access: Past is Prologue Presented by the National Archives Featuring Acting Archivist of the United States Adrienne Thomas; National Archives Office of Records Services Assistant Archivist Michael Kurtz; Amy Lubick, conservator at the National Archives; David Null, director of the University Archives and Records Management Services at the University of Wisconsin; Daniel Santamaria, assistant university archivist at Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University; Suzanne Isaacs, digital projects coordinator at the National Archives Experience; Edward Papenfuse, Maryland state archivist at the Maryland State Archives; Mark Harvey, state archives at the Archives of Michigan; Karen Weiss, information resources manager of Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution; and Greg Colati, digital initiatives coordinator at Penrose Library at the University of Denver 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. @ William McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, N.W.

Committee Hearing Addressing the Need for Comprehensive Regulatory Reform House Financial Services Committee Featuring the Honorable Timothy Geithner, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury 10 a.m. @ 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing Science and Technology Research and Transitioning Products Into Use House Appropriations Committee; Homeland Security Subcommittee Witnesses include Bradley Buswell, acting undersecretary for science and technology at the Homeland Security Department 10:00 AM, 2358-A Rayburn House Office Building

Committee Hearing The 2008 Election: A look back on what went right and wrong Committee on House Administration; Subcommittee on Elections 10:00 a.m. @ 1310 Longworth House Office Building

Generational Theft: The Fleecing of America's Children Presented by the Heritage Foundation Sen. McCain will discuss his own stimulus plan, the federal government's spending spree and an alternative vision for the proper role of the federal government to spur economic growth and to refrain from wasteful federal spending highlighted by the thousands of earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill Featuring Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; and Heritage Foundation President Edwin Feulner 11:15 a.m. @ Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Lehrman Auditorium

Fri, Mar 27
Government 2.0 Camp Presented by the Government 2.0 Club March 27 (morning) to March 28 (evening) @ Venue TBA

2009 Pollie Awards and Conference - March 27-29 Presented by the Association of Political and Public Affairs Professionals Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, 210 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD Fee to attend

Mon, Mar 30
Freedom 2 Connect 2009:The Emerging Internet Economy Presented (mainly) by Isen.com March 30 and 31 @ The AFI Silver Theater, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring Fee to attend

Executive Briefing on the Office of the Chief Technology Officer Scandal The Council of the District of Columbia 10 a.m. @ The John Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room 120

Tues, Mar 31
The Cable Show '09 Presented by The National Cable and Telecommunications Assn. (NCTA) March 31 to April 3 @ Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, N.W.

Committee Hearing TARP Oversight: A Six Month Update Senate Finance Committee Witnesses include Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General for the TARP program; Elizabeth Warren, Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel; and Gene Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office 10 a.m. @ 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Committee Hearing Stability through Scandal: A Review of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Witnesses include Natwar Gandhi, CFO, Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia; and Charles Willoughby, inspector general, Office of the Inspector General for the District of Columbia 10 a.m. @ 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Committee Hearing Green Jobs and their Role in our Economic Recovery House Committee on Education and Labor; Workforce Protections Subcommittee Hearing Witnesses include William T. Bogart, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Economics, York College; Kathy Krepcio, Executive Director, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University; Jerome Ringo, President, The Apollo Alliance; Robin Roy, Vice President for Projects and Policy, Serious Materials; Jill Sherman, Gerding Edlen Development; and Clinton R. Wolfe, Executive Director, Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness 10 a.m. @ 2175 Rayburn House Office Building

[http://domino.american.edu/AU/Committees/UMCalF.nsf/29523aaf5dfa207c8525695300577ab3/370a658eaba3b47a8525757b00591bee?OpenDocument Are Media Making Us Dumber? Intellect, Ignorance, and Influence in the Digital Age] Presented by American University Featuring Susan Jacoby, author of "The Age of American Unreason"; Kathryn Montgomery, author of "Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet"; Andy Carvin, senior strategist of online communities at National Public Radio; Joshua Hatch, multimedia producer of USA Today; and Danna Walker, James Simpson fellow at American University 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. @ 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Room 1, Ward Circle Building