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Congressional Hearings in 2002

Date:  October 10, 2002
Time:  10:00a.m.
Location:  2318 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing:  "Conducting Research During the War on Terrorism: Balancing Openness and Security"
Committee:  Committee on Science
Witnesses:  Dr. John H. Marburger, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the White House; Dr. Ronald Atlas, President, American Society of Microbiologists; Dr. M.R.C. Greenwood, Chancellor, University of California at Santa Cruz
OLPA Staff Contact:  Tony Gibson

Date:  Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Time:   2:30 pm
Location:  253 Russell Senate Office Building
Hearing:  Women in Science and Engineering
Committee:  Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee's Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space
OLPA Staff Contact:  Karen Pearce

Date:  Thursday, July 11, 2002
Time:  9:30 a.m.
Location:  253 Russell Senate Office Building
Hearing:  Global Climate Change and the U.S. climate action report.
Committee:  Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
Witnesses:  Outside Witnesses
Committee Contact:  202-224-5115

Date:  Wednesday, July 10, 2002
Time:  1:00 p.m.
Location:  2318 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing:  The Administration's climate change initiative.
Committee:  House Science Committee
Witnesses:  Dr. John H. Marburger, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the White House; Dr. James R. Mahoney, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Dr. Robert G. Card, Under Secretary for Energy, Science, and Environment, Department of Energy
Committee Contact:    202-225-6371

Date:  June 19, 2002
Time:  1:45 pm
Location:  430 Senate Dirksen Office Building
Hearing:  NSF Reauthorization: Strengthening Science Research, Development, and Education in the 21st Century
Dr. Colwell's testimony.
Hearing Summary
Committee:  Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
Witnesses:  Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director, NSF
Other Witnesses:  The Honorable John Glenn, former US Senator
OLPA Staff Contact:  David Stonner

Date:  May 22, 2002
Time:  2:30pm
Location:  253 Senate Russell Office Building
Hearing:  Federal Research & Development
Dr. Colwell's Testimony
Dr. Washington's Statement
Hearing Summary
Committee:  Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation
Witnesses:  Panel I: Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director, NSF; Dr. John Marburger, Director, OSTP; Panel II: The Honorable Newt Gingrich, The Gingrich Group; Mr. John Podesta, Georgetown Law Center; Dr. Alan I. Leshner, AAAS; Mr. Thomas McCoy, Montana State University; Dr. Marsha R. Torr, Virginia Commonwealth University
OLPA Staff Contact:  David Stonner

Date:  May 15, 2002
Time:  9:30am - 12:30pm
Hearing:  FY03 Appropriations
Hearing Summary
Dr. Colwell's Testimony
Dr. Washington's Testimony
Dr. Boesz's Statement
Committee:  Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on VA/HUD & Independent Agencies
Witnesses:  Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director, NSF; Dr. Warren M. Washington, Chairman, NSB
OLPA Staff Contact:  David Stonner

Date:  May 9, 2002
Time:  9:30am - 12:00pm
Location:  2318 Rayburn House Office Building (WEBCAST)
Hearing:   National Science Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2002
Committee:  Committee on Science Subcommittee on Research
Witnesses:  William Brinkman, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Princeton University, President, American Physical Association; Ioannis Miaoulis, Ph.D., Dean of Engineering, Associate Provost, Tufts University; Colleen Robar, Vice President, Ardesta; C.D. Mote, Ph.D., President, University of Maryland
OLPA Staff Contact:  David Stonner

Date:  April 25, 2002
Hearing:  Markup of the NSF authorization bill and the NSF undergraduate bill
Committee:  House Science Subcommittee on Research

Date:  April 24, 2002
Time:  2:30pm
Location:  253 Russell Senate Office Building
Hearing:  Homeland Security and the Technology Sector: S. 2037 and H.R. 3394
Hearing Summary
Dr. Strawn's Testimony
Committee:  Senate Committee on Commerce, Science &Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space
Witnesses:  Dr. George Strawn, Acting Assistant Director, CISE
OLPA Staff Contact:  Karen Pearce

Date:  April 17, 2002
Time:  10 a.m.
Location:  2318 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing:  New directions for Climate Research and Technology Initiatives
Hearing Summary
Committee:  House Science Committee
Contact:  202-225-6371

Date:  April 11, 2002
Time:  9:30am - 12:30pm
Location:  H-143 Capitol
Hearing:  FY03 Appropriations
Hearing Summary
Committee:  House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA/HUD & Independent Agencies
OLPA Staff Contact:  David Stonner

Date:  March 20, 2002
Location:  2318 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Hearing:  Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)
Hearing Summary
Committee:  House Science Subcommittee on Research
Witnesses:  No NSF Witness
OLPA Staff Contact:  Karen Pearce

Date:  March 13, 2002
Time:  10:30a.m. - 12:30p.m.
Location:  2318 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Hearing:  The NSF Budget: How Should We Determine Future Levels?
Hearing Summary
Committee:  House Science Subcommittee on Research
Witnesses:  Stephen Director, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Robert J. Vlasic, Dean of Engineering, University of Michigan; Scott Donnelly, Senior Vice President, Corporate Research and Development, General Electric Company; Irwin Feller, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, The Pennsylvania State University; Karen S. Harpp, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Colgate University
OLPA Staff Contact:  David Stonner

Date:  March 13, 2002
Hearing:  Terrorism
Committee:  House Science Subcommittee on Research
Witnesses:  Samuel Bodman, Representative from the Department of Energy

Date:  March 7, 2002
Time:  10:30 a.m.
Location:  2318 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Hearing:  Meeting the Demands of the Knowledge Based Economy: Strengthening Undergraduate Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education
Committee:  House Science Committee Subcommittee on Research
Witnesses:  Carl Wieman, Professor, Physics, 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics Recipient, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kathleen Howard, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Swarthmore College; Danniel Wubah, Professor, Biology, James Madison University; Steven Johnson, Provost/COO, Sinclair Community College; Narl Davidson, Professsor, Medical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology

Date:  March 6, 2002
Time:  12:00 p.m.
Location:  2318 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Hearing:  WTC Aftermath
Committee:  House Science Committee
Witnesses:  NIST, FEMA and NSF-funded researcher, Dr. Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl

Date:  February 28, 2002
Time:  10:00 a.m.
Location:  2318 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Hearing:  The NOAA Sea Grant Program: Review and Reauthorization
Committee:  House Science Committee Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards
Contact:  202-225-6371

Date:  February 27, 2002
Time:  2:00pm
Location:  253-SR Senate Russell
Hearing:  Digital Divide and Minority Serving Institutions
Committee:  Commerce, Science and Transportation Science, Technology and Space Subcommittee
Witnesses:  Antonio Flores, President/CEO, Hispanic Assn. of Colleges and Universities, San Antonio, TX; William Gray, III, President/CEO, United Negro College Fund, Fairfax, VA; Frederick Humphries, President/CEO, National Assn. for Equal Opportunity in Higher education, Silver Spring, MD; Gerald Monette, President, Turtle Mountain Community College, Chairman, Technology Committee, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Alexandria, VA; Juliet Garcia, President, University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, TX; Marie McDemmond, President, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA; George Sandoval, Network administrator, Dine College, Tsaile, AZ; Louis Sullivan, President, Morehouse School of Medicine
Contact:  202-224-5115

Date:  February 14, 2002
Hearing:  Engineering Awards for World Trade Center (WTC) Aftermath
Committee:  House Science Committee Subcommittee on Research
Witnesses:  No NSF Witness

Date:  February 13, 2002
Time:  10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Location:  2318 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Hearing:  FY 2003 Budget request for civil science and technology programs
Hearing Summary
Committee:  House Science Committee
Witnesses:  Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation; Dr. John H. Marburger, III, Director, OSTP; Samuel Bodman Department of Commerce; Department of Energy Representative
OLPA Staff Contact:  David Stonner



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