1/9. Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), the once and new Chairman of the House Commerce Committee (HCC), announced new Chairmen of the HCC's Subcommittees.

Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) will be the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. He was previously the ranking Democrat on this Subcommittee.

Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) (at right) will be the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection. Rep. Jan Schakowski (D-IL) was previously the ranking Democrat of this Subcommittee. This Subcommittee will likely mark up legislation in 110th Congress pertaining to data privacy and pretexting practices.

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) will be the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

Rep. Al Wynn (D-MD) will be the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) will be the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) will be the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health.

1/10. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) announced the Republican members of the House Commerce Committee (HCC) and its Subcommittees, and the ranking Republicans. Rep. Barton will be the ranking Republican on the full Committee, and a member of its Subcommittees.

Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) will be the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. He was the Chairman of this Subcommittee until the Republicans lost their majority in the House. Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) will be the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer  Protection. He was previously the Chairman. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) will be the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. He was previously the Chairman.

These three Subcommittees handle almost all of the technology and communications related issues within the jurisdiction of the HCC.

Rep. Denny Hastert (R-IL) will be ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. He was previously the Speaker of the House. Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) will be the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Health. Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) will be the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on the Environment and Hazardous Materials.

Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) will not be the ranking Republican on any Subcommittee. Several Republican members of the HCC will be on leave of absence from the HCC. These are Rep Roy Blunt (R-MO), who is the Republican whip, Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), Rep. Paul Gilmor (R-OH), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).

The Republican members of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet will be Rep. Hastert, Rep. Upton, Rep. Stearns, Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA), Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM), Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS), Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY), Rep. George Radanovich (R-CA), Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA), Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), and Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ).

The Republican members of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection will be Rep. Hall, Rep. Hastert, Rep. Stearns, Rep. Whitfield, Rep. Pickering, Rep. George Radanovich (R-CA), Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), Rep. Bono, Rep. Terry, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC), and Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX).

The Republican members of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will be Rep. Whitfield, Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA), Rep. Walden, Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Rep. Burgess.

1/9. The White House press office issued several releases that name numerous appointments to the U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and executive branch departments.

Senate Democrats have blocked Senate consideration of numerous Court of Appeals nominees throughout the Bush administration. President Bush has often renominated persons blocked by Democrats.

The current lists include several Court of Appeals renominations (Keisler, Livingston, Hardiman, and Smith), and one new nomination (Southwick). These lists omit several previous nominees (Boyle, Haynes, Wallace and Myers).

See also, story titled "Bush Renominates Five for Courts of Appeals" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,442, August 31, 2006; story titled "Bush to Renominate 20 for Federal Judgeships" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,044, January 27, 2004.

On January 9 President Bush again nominated Peter Keisler (at right) to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He is currently the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division. President Bush first nominated Keisler last year. See, White House release.

President Bush again nominated Debra Ann Livingston to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. See, White House release.

President Bush again nominated Judge Thomas Hardiman [PDF] to be Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. See, White House release. President Bush first nominated him last year. He is currently a U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

President Bush's long list of judicial nominees does not include either Terrence Boyle or William Haynes to be Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. However, this list includes no nominees for these vacancies.

President Bush's long list of judicial nominees does not include any nominees for vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

President Bush nominated Judge Leslie Southwick to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. See, White House release. This is a new nomination for this vacancy, rather than a repeat nomination of someone who was blocked by Senate Democrats in the previous Congress. However, President Bush did nominate Southwick last year for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The Senate did not act on his nomination. He is currently a state appeals court judge in Mississippi. Also, President Bush's long list of judicial nominees does not include Michael Wallace, a previous but unconfirmed selection of President Bush for the 5th Circuit.

President Bush again nominated Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. See, White House release. Some Senators and others argue that this seat should be filled by someone from California. However, President Bush's long list of judicial nominees does not include William Myers.

1/9. President Bush announced the nomination of numerous persons for various U.S. District Courts. All but one of these are renominations of persons previously nominated, but not confirmed or rejected, by the Senate during the 109th Congress.

Some of these persons were not nominated in the 109th Congress until late 2006. Some are consensus nominees with bipartisan support in the Senate. They are, in alphabetical order, as follows:

Bush again nominated John Bailey to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. See, White House release.

Bush again nominated Valerie Baker to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Bush nominated Joseph Van Bokkelen to be Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. See, White House release. This is a new nomination.

Bush again nominated Vanessa Bryant to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Bush again nominated Mary Donohue to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.

1/9. President Bush again nominated Thomas Farr to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Although, Bush did not nominate him in the 109th Congress until December of 2006.

Bush again nominated Nora Fischer to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Bush again nominated Gregory Frizzell to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Bush again nominated Philip Gutierrez to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He is currently a California state judge.

Bush again nominated Marcia Howard to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. See, White House release.

Bush again nominated John Jarvey to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Bush again nominated Frederick Kapala to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Bush again nominated Sara Lioi to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Bush again nominated Roslynn Mauskopf to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Bush again nominated Liam O'Grady to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Bush again nominated Lawrence O'Neill to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Bush again nominated William Osteen to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Bush again nominated Halil Ozerden to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Bush again nominated Martin Reidinger to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

Bush again nominated James Rogan (at right) to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Rogan is a former member of House of Representatives, the House Commerce Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) defeated him in the 2000 election. Rogan then served as head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Bush again nominated Thomas Schroede to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Bush again nominated Benjamin Settle to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Bush again nominated Lisa Wood to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Bush again nominated Otis Wright to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Bush again nominated George Wu to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

1/9. President Bush announced his intent to designate Richard Hertling to be Acting Assistant Attorney General (Legislative Affairs). See White House release. He works in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Legal Policy (OLP). He previously worked for Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) in various positions related to the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC). Sen. Specter is the ranking Republican on the SJC, which has jurisdiction over judicial appointments. The DOJ's OLP is involved in the judicial selection process, among other things. Also, Hertling worked on judicial confirmations when he worked for Sen. Specter. TLJ asked Sen. Specter about this nomination after the SJC's hearing on data mining on January 10. He praised Hertling, and added, "I trained him". Sen. Specter and Hertling will likely be the main advocates in the Senate for President Bush's judicial nominees in the 110th Congress.

1/9. President Bush again nominated Steven Bradbury to be Assistant Attorney General (AAG) in charge of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). See, White House release. He has long been the acting AAG. Bush also nominated Bradbury for this position in January of 2006, and in 2005. Senate Democrats have blocked consideration of his nomination. OLC AAG nominees are often controversial in any administration. However, Bradbury's prospects for confirmation are also affected by his role in providing legal advice to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and President Bush regarding the National Security Agency's (NSA) extrajudicial electronic surveillance of communications where one party is inside the U.S. and one party is outside. See also, stories titled "Bush Nominates Bradbury for OLC" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,297, January 26, 2006, and "Bush Responds to USA Today Story Regarding NSA Database of Phone Calls" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,369, May 12, 2006.

1/9. President Bush again nominated William Mercer to be Associate Attorney General. He is currently the acting AAG. He replace Robert McCallum. See, White House release.

1/8. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin announced his intent to name Monica Desai to be Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Media Bureau. She is currently the Chief of the FCC's Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau (CGAB). She has also worked in several other FCC Bureaus, and as an interim legal advisor to Martin. Before joining the FCC in 1999, she worked for the law firm of law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. She will replace Donna Gregg. See, FCC release.

1/8. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin announced his intent to name Donna Gregg to be Richard Russell's Senior Policy Advisor for the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07). See, FCC release. President Bush announced his intent to appoint Russell Ambassador to the WRC-07 on January 4, 2007. See, OSTP release. Gregg is currently Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau.

1/8. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin announced his intent to name Helen Domenici to be Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) International Bureau (IB). She previously worked in the Executive Office of the President's (EOP) Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) as Assistant Director for Telecommunications and Information Technology. She worked in the FCC's IB before going to the OSTP. John Giusti is currently the acting Bureau Chief. See, FCC release.

1/9. President Bush again nominated Boyden Gray to be Representative of the USA to the European Union. See, White House release.

1/9. President Bush again nominated Dean Pinkert to be a Member of the U.S. States International Trade Commission (USITC) for a term expiring on December 16, 2015. See, White House release. He is a Senior Attorney at the Department of Commerce (DOC). Previously, he was Trade and Judiciary Counsel for Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV). Before that, he worked for the law firm of King & Spalding.

1/9. President Bush again nominated Irving Williamson to be a Member of the U.S. States International Trade Commission (USITC) for a term expiring on June 16, 2014. See, White House release. He was previously Deputy General Counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

1/10. Bill Koetzle was named deputy Republican staff director for policy for the House Commerce Committee. He previously worked on the staff of former House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-IL).

1/10. President Bush nominated Howard Weizmann to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management. See, White House release.

1/9. President Bush again nominated Julie Myers to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security. See, White House release.

1/9. President Bush again nominated John Rizzo to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). See, White House release.

1/9. President Bush named Fred Fielding to be Counsel to the President. He replaces Harriet Miers. See, statement by President Bush.

Fielding is one of the name partners of Wiley Rein & Fielding (WRF), a large Washington DC based law firm, that focuses, among other things, on communications and technology related areas of law. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin and many current and past FCC officials previously worked at WRF. Richard Wiley, who is another name partner of WRF, was FCC General Counsel, Commissioner, and Chairman during the administrations of former Presidents Nixon and Ford.

Fielding was also Counsel to the President from 1981 through 1986 during the administration of former President Reagan. He also worked in the office of the Counsel to the President during the administration of former President Nixon.

He has experience in advising Presidents in their relations with hostile Democratic Congressional majorities. His WRF biography lists one of his practice areas as "Crisis Management".

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative business. It will consider a bill HR 2, related to increase the mandatory minimum hourly wage. See, House Majority Leader's weekly calendar [PDF].

9:30 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold a hearing titled "Balancing Privacy and Security: The Privacy Implications of Government Data Mining Programs". The witnesses will be former Rep. Robert Barr (R-GA), James Carafano (Heritage Foundation), Jim Harper (Cato Institute, author of Identity Crisis: How Identification Is Overused and Misunderstood, Leslie Harris (Center for Democracy and Technology), and Kim Taipale (Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy). See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing titled "Tax Incentives for Businesses in Response to a Minimum Wage Increase". See, notice. Location: Room 215, Dirksen Building.

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. The National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Science Board Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics will meet on site and by teleconference. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 29, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 250, at Page 78468. Location: NSF, Room 545, Stafford II Building, 4121 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA.

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Annual Seminar Committee Committee will host a brown bag lunch. For more information, contact Yaron Dori at ydori at hhlaw dot com or 202-637-5458. Location: Harris Wiltshire & Grannis, 1200 18th Street, NW.

2:00 PM. The House Ways and Means Committee (HWMC) will meet to organize for the 110th Congress. See, notice. Location: Room 1100, Longworth Building.

2:00 PM. The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will meet to organize for the 110th Congress. Location: Room 2118 Rayburn Building.

6:00 - 9:15 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar titled "Patent Law for Non-Patent Lawyers". The speakers will include Anthony Son (Foley & Lardner) and Elizabeth Brenner (Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck). The price to attend ranges from $80 to $135. For more information, call 202-626-3488. See, notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H St NW B-1 Level.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is scheduled to commence Auction No. 68 (FM broadcast auction). See, October 6, 2006, FCC Public Notice [60 pages in PDF] (DA 06-1949).

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative business. It will consider HR 3, a bill related to stem cell research. See, House Majority Leader's weekly calendar [PDF].

TIME? The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Homeland Security Advisory Council will hold a partially closed meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 22, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 246, at Page 77039. Locations: the open portions of the meeting will be held in the Congressional Room, Lobby Floor, Hyatt Regency Washington, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW. The closed portions will be held in the Thornton Room of the Hyatt Regency Washington, and at an undisclosed location.

? 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM. The Antitrust Modernization Commission (AMC) will meet to "deliberate on its report and/or recommendations to Congress and the President regarding the antitrust laws." See, notice in the Federal Register, December 15, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 241, at Pages 75495-75496. Location: Morgan Lewis, Main Conference Room, 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.

10:00 AM. The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) will hold a hearing titled "Prescription Drug Pricing and Negotiation: An Overview and Economic Perspectives for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit". See, notice. Location: Room 215, Dirksen Building.

12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a program titled "Current Topics in Patent Law: Vanquishing the Patent Troll". The speakers will include Robert Resis (Banner & Witcoff). The price to attend ranges from $20 to $30. For more information, call 202-626-3463. See, notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H St NW B-1 Level.

12:15 - 1:40 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Transactional Practice Committee will host a brown bag lunch and fee based continuing legal education (CLE) seminar titled "Outsourcing Transactions". The FCBA stated that this lunch will address "Why do telecom companies do outsourcing transactions, what are they trying to accomplish, what issues arise in negotiating and drafting the agreements, and what are the best practices for addressing those issues?" The speakers will be Jonathan Spencer (VP and General Counsel of Shenandoah Telecommunications) and Glynna Christian (LeBoeuf Lamb). The price to attend ranges from $25 to $60. See, registration form [PDF]. Registrations and cancellations are due by 5:00 PM on January 9. For more information, contact Teresa Lloyd at tlloyd at llgm dot com or 202-986-8184 Location: Paul Hastings, 875 15th St., NW.

6:00 - 8:15 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar titled "Trade Secrets in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia". The speakers will include Milton Babirak (Babirak Vangellow & Carr). The price to attend ranges from $80 to $135. For more information, call 202-626-3488. See, notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H St NW B-1 Level.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its 7th Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in its proceeding titled "Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact Upon the Existing Television Broadcast Service". This item proposes a new DTV Table of Allotments providing all eligible stations with channels for DTV operations after the DTV transition. The FCC adopted this item on October 10, 2006, and released it on October 20, 2006. See, story titled "FCC Adopts NPRM Proposing New DTV Table of Allotments" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,473, October 23, 2006. This item is FCC 06-150 in MB Docket No. 87-268. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 15, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 220, at Pages 66591-66631.

Extended deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the intercarrier compensation reform plan known at the Missoula Plan. This proceeding is titled "Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime" and numbered CC Docket No. 01-92. See, notice in the Federal Register: September 13, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 177, at Pages 54008-54009, and extension notice in the Federal Register, December 6, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 234, at Pages 70709-70710.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative business. It will consider HR 4, a bill related to prescription drugs. See, House Majority Leader's weekly calendar [PDF].

12:15 - 1:45 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Legislative and Mass Media Practice Committees will host a brown bag titled "Media Ownership Issues in the 110th Congress". For more information, contact Amy Levine at amy dot levine at mail dot house dot gov or 225-3861. Location: undisclosed.

2:30 PM. The National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Science Board's (NSB) Vannevar Bush Award Committee will hold a closed meeting. The NSB's web site states that this is awarded for "public service activities in science and technology". See, notice in the Federal Register, December 22, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 246, at Page 77071. Location: teleconference and NSF, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA.

5:00 PM. Deadline to submit requests to the Copyright Office (CO) to participate in the January 31, 2007, meeting of the Section 108 Study Group in Chicago, Illinois. See, 17 U.S.C. § 108 and notice in the Federal Register, December 4, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 232, at Pages 70434-70440.

EXTENDED FROM DECEMBER 15. Extended deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to assist the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) in drafting a report on the ability of persons with hearing disabilities to access digital wireless telecommunications. This proceeding is WT Docket No. 06-203. See, original FCC Public Notice [4 pages in PDF] (DA 06-2285) and Public Notice (DA 06-2498) extending deadlines.

Martin Luther King's Birthday.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other federal offices will be closed. See, Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) list of federal holidays and 5 U.S.C. § 6103.

The National Press Club will be closed.

11:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) will meet by teleconference. The "NSTAC members will receive comments from their DHS stakeholders related to National Security/Emergency Preparedness communications issues. The committee will also discuss and vote on the NSTAC's Emergency Communications and Interoperability Task Force Report, and discuss the work of the International Task Force". See, notice in the Federal Register, December 29, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 250, at Page 78451.

12:00 NOON. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) International Telecommunications Committee will host a brown bag lunch titled "Results of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference". The speakers will be John Kneuer (head of the NTIA) and David Gross (Department of State). For more information, contact Fiona Alexander at falexander at ntia dot doc dot gov. Location: Verizon, 1300 I Street, NW, Suite 400 West.

Second extended deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) regarding its media ownership rules. The FCC adopted this FNPRM on July 21, 2006, and released the text [36 pages in PDF] on July 24, 2006. See also, story titled "FCC Adopts FNPRM on Rules Regulating Ownership of Media" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,397, June 22, 2006. This FNPRM is FCC 06-93 in MB Docket No. 02-277, MM Docket No. 01-235, MM Docket No. 01-317, MM Docket No. 00-244, and MB Docket Nos. 06-121. See also, original notice in the Federal Register, August 9, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 153, at Pages 45511-45515, order [PDF] extending deadlines, and order [PDF] further extending reply comment deadline.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Office of the US Trade Representative regarding the operation, implementation and effectiveness of all trade agreements regarding telecommunications products and services to assist it in preparing its annual Section 1377 report. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 15, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 220, at Pages 66563-66564.

The House will meet. It may consider legislation related to student loans.

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Day one of a two day public meeting of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB). See, notice in the Federal Register, July 12, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 133, at Pages 39318. Location: Room 7C13, GAO Building, 441 G St., NW.

10:00 AM. The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) will hold a hearing titled "Aviation Security -- Reviewing the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission". See, notice. Location?

12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a panel discussion titled "A Practitioner’s Guide to the CFIUS Review Process". The speakers will include Michael Gallagher (Perkins Coie), Lynn Charytyn (Wilmer Cutler), Kent Bressie (Harris Wiltshire & Grannis), Christopher Simkins (DOJ's Criminal Division), Theodore Kassinger (O’Melveny & Myers), Carolyn Brandon (CTIA-The Wireless Association), and Jonathan Frankel (Wilmer Cutler). The price to attend ranges from $15 to $20. For more information, call 202-626-3463. See, notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H St NW B-1 Level.

12:30 - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers Committee will host a planning and organizational meeting. For more information, contact Chris Fedeli at chrisfedeli at dwt dot com or 202-828-9874. Location: Davis Wright Tremaine, 1919 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 200.

1:00 - 3:30 PM. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a meeting to solicit comments and feedback on its project to share and publish information on locations of environmental interest through commercial internet services. The meeting agenda includes "Presentation on EPA's Geospatial Data Access Project" and "Presentation on the XML Schema and Tag Definitions". See, notice in the Federal Register, December 26, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 247, at Page 77395. Location: EPA, 1 Potomac Yard, First Floor Conference Center, 2777 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the petition for declaratory ruling filed by One Stop Financial, Inc., Group Discounts, Inc., 800 Discounts, Inc., and Winback & Conserve Program, Inc. pertaining to the AT&T tariff at issue, and "any other issues left open by the D.C. Circuit’s Opinion in AT&T Corp. v. FCC", 394 F.3d 933. This proceeding is WC Docket No. 06-210. See, FCC Public Notice [3 pages in PDF] (DA 06-2360).

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