2006 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AGENDA

The Seventh Conference of the National Association of
State Highway and Transportation Unions
was held May 8 - 10, 2006
Holiday Inn on the Hill
415 New Jersey Avenue - Washington, DC  20001
202-638-1616

Featured Items from the 2006 Conference

Monday, May 8, 2006

9:00 a.m. Welcome - Mary Richards, M.O.S.E.S.
9:15 a.m. Presentation by Ed Wytkind, President of Transportation Trades Dept., AFL-CIO
9:45-
10:45 a.m.
Congressional Panel:  What are the Current Transportation Issues Facing Congress? 
  · Moderator Helena Zybilkewycz, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
  ·  Ward McGarragher, Minority Chief Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  ·
Ruth Van Mark, Majority Deputy Staff Director for Transportation Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
10:45-
11:45 a.m.
  Presentation - Beyond the Gas Tax: New Revenue Streams for Highway Funding
  ·  Moderator Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME
  ·  Robert Puentes (Brookings Institute)
  · Kate Siggerud (Government Accounting Office)
Lunch Address by Rep. James Oberstar, Ranking Member -- House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
1:15-
2:15 p.m.
Fighting to Maintain Current and Retiree Health Benefits - Dania Palanker (SEIU) & Mary Meeker (AFSCME)
2:15-
3:15 p.m.
Charles Lee, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, U.S. Department of Transportation

Kurt W. Hyde, Assistant Inspector General for Surface and Maritime Programs, U.S. Department of Transportation

3:15-
4:15 p.m.
Carolyn Edwards, Program Analysis Team, Office of Legislation and Strategic Planning, Federal Highway Administration
7:00 p.m. Group Dinner - A.V. Ristorante (607 New York Avenue, NW)

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TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2006
8:30 a.m. Address by Norm Mineta, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary
9 a.m. Highway Robbery II -- David Kusnet 
9:30 a.m. Surface Transportation Policy Project -- Ann Canby
11:00 a.m. Sharpening Your Lobbying Approach
Lunch Rep. Don Young, Chairman, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
1 p.m. -
5 p.m.
Lobbying on Capitol Hill
5:30-
7:30 p.m. 
Congressional Reception -- U.S. Capitol, Room HC-6 House of Representatives Side
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2006
8:30 a.m. Report Back From Lobbying
9:30 a.m. Presentation by Jack Basso, AASHTO
10:15 a.m. Panel Discussion on Developments at Highway & Transportation Departments Throughout the Nation
  · Moderator Frank Spica, Michigan Public Employees
SEIU Local 517M
  · Wisconsin
  · New York
  · California
  · Connecticut
11 a.m. -
1 p.m.
Action Plan for NASHTU for 2006-2007

 

 
 

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