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Featured Items from the 2007 Conference
Monday, May 7,
2007 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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9:00 |
Welcoming Remarks - Mary Richards, Massachusetts
Organization of State Engineers and Scientists |
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9:30 |
Paul Almedia,
President, Department of Professional Employees,
AFL-CIO |
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10:00 |
Congressional Panel Discussion
Moderator: Ted Toppin, PECG |
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Jim Kolb, Staff Director Highways and Transit
Subcommittee, House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure |
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Kathy Dedrick, Professional Staff for the Senate
Committee on Environment and Public Works |
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11:00 |
Negotiations Over Staffing Levels - Report from New
Jersey
Jim Marketti, CWA Local 1032 |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. |
Highway
Privatization, Toll Roads and So-Called
Public-Private Partnerships: Opposition and
Options
Moderator: Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME |
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Peter Humphreys, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
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Tim Lynch, Senior VP for Federation Relations and
Strategic Planning, American Trucking Association |
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Faraz Khan, Researcher, International Federation of
Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) |
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3:00 |
Transportation Oversight |
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Tom Letko, Program Director, Procurement and
Contract Management Audits, Office of Inspector
General, U.S. Department of Transportation |
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7:00 |
NASHTU Group Dinner,
A.V. Ristorante, 607 New York Avenue, NW
202-737-0550 |
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| TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2007 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast
Address by David Kusnet, author of "Highway Robbery
II" |
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9:00 |
Legislation from the States - Innovative Approaches
to Fighting Outsourcing
Moderated by Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME |
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Bruce Blanning, California |
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Ken Weaver, Wisconsin |
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Joe Dorant, Massachusetts |
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Steve Livingston, Connecticut |
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10:30 |
Preparing for Lobbying on Capitol Hill
Moderated by Ted Toppin (PECG), Bruce Blanning (PECG)
and Mary Richards (MOSES) |
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Highway Robbery II Report |
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Safe-T Legislation |
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Public Construction Inspection Legislation |
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Bill of Rights for Transportation Users |
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Lobbying Do's and Don'ts |
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12:00 |
Lunch
Address by Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) |
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1:00 p.m. |
Lobbying on Capitol Hill |
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5:30-7:30 |
Congressional
Reception, U.S. Capitol (House Side) - Room H-137 |
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| WEDNESDAY, MAY
9, 2007 |
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9:00 a.m. |
Breakfast
Presentation by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) |
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9:30 |
Round Table Discussion on What is Going on in the
Different States |
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11:00 |
Report and Discussion on Our Next Steps and on
Keeping the Coalition Going |
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1:00 |
Adjournment |
