BIOTECHNOLOGY National Academies Meeting of the Committee to Review Proposals from former Soviet Biological Weapons Scientists in the FSU, May 5-6. Highlights: 9 a.m. - Open session: briefings by Defense Department, State Department and Civilian Research and Development Foundation representatives Location: National Academies, 500 5th St., NW, Washington, D.C.. Contact: Sara Gray, 202-334-2923; e-mail, sgray@nas.edu POLITICS Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations News conference to release previously closed transcripts of executive sessions held by the subcommittee during the McCarthy era. Participants: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairman, Governmental Affairs Committee; Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Donald Ritchie, associate Senate historian Location: 325 Russell Senate Office Building. 9:30 a.m. Contact: Bonnie Heald, 202-224-6134 or Kathleen Long, 202-228-3685 **REVISED**