Today in DC...

[Declan McCullagh]

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 at 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
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