Friday, September 9, 2011, 9:30 — 11:00 am
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
As President Obama prepares to address a joint session of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans seem to agree on the need to create new jobs and reduce the U.S. budget deficit. After passage of legislation to cut federal spending by more than $900 billion over the next ten years, a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has been tasked with finding $1.5 trillion more in spending cuts or additional revenue by November 23. The time may be right for a “grand bargain” to spur economic growth immediately and reduce the gap between spending and revenue in the medium and long term. But can the parties bridge partisan divides over tax policy, education and infrastructure investments, defense spending and entitlement programs?
On September 9, the day after the president’s speech, the Budgeting for National Priorities project at Brookings will host a panel discussion to examine the options for an agreement on economic growth and reducing the budget deficit. Senior Fellow Ron Haskins will moderate a panel discussion which includes Brookings Senior Fellows Alice Rivlin, Isabel Sawhill, Adam Looney, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum.
After the program, panelists will take audience questions.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Fed Event: 9/14 @ 5:30 PM, STAMP Grand Ballroom
Intelligence Community Club hosts CIA Guest Speakers – Sept. 14th
The event will be held in Stamp’s Grand Ballroom lounge and begin at 5:30 pm on September 14th.
Interested in what it really means to be an analyst with the Agency? Come out to the Intelligence Community Club’s first event of the semester. We will be hosting CIA representatives in an interactive Q&A session that will provide insight into life at the agency and discussion regarding a number of current international security issues.
For more information please contact nikandpal@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you there!
The event will be held in Stamp’s Grand Ballroom lounge and begin at 5:30 pm on September 14th.
Interested in what it really means to be an analyst with the Agency? Come out to the Intelligence Community Club’s first event of the semester. We will be hosting CIA representatives in an interactive Q&A session that will provide insight into life at the agency and discussion regarding a number of current international security issues.
For more information please contact nikandpal@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you there!
Fed Event TODAY
The Intelligence Center of Academic Excellence will be hosting its Fall
Colloquium TODAY entitled "Homeland Security, 2001-2020." START Director
Gary LaFree will be participating in the afternoon session from 3:00-4:15
entitled "The University and Next Steps in Homeland and Cybersecurity."
Please see event details below:
Homeland Security, 2001-202
Thursday, September 8, 2011
8 am-4:45 pm
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park
Panels include:
9:00-10:30: After 9/11: What Changed in America?
Dean Kevin Klose, Merrill College of Journalism, chair;
Shelby Coffey, former senior editor, Los Angeles Times and the Washington
Post; Charlie Cook, political consultant, The Cook Political Report,
National Journal, NBC
10:45-11:45: Assessing the 9/11 Commission
Christopher Kojm, Chairman, National Intelligence Council, former deputy
staff director, 9/11 Commission
12:00-12:30: Luncheon Speaker- "Budget Challenges in the National Security
Arena"
The Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, Professor and Roger C. Lipitz Chair,
School of Public Policy (fomer Under Secretary of Defense for AT&L)
12:30-1:15: CAE Scholar Orientation
Bill Nolte, Nina Harris; discussion of the CAE program with participating
students
1:30-2:45: Homeland Security and Civil Liberties: Ten Years On
Linda Millis,Outreach officer, Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, chair;Alexander Joel, ODNI privacy officer; Laura Murphy,
ACLU; Tim Edgar, general counsel, Program Manager-Information Sharing
Environment
3:00-4:15: The University and Next Steps in Homeland Cybersecurity
National Consortium for the Sources of Terrorism and Responses to
Terrorism (START); Maryland Cybersecurity Center; Center for the Advanced
Study of Language,Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
4:15-4:45: Comments and Wrap Up
Colloquium TODAY entitled "Homeland Security, 2001-2020." START Director
Gary LaFree will be participating in the afternoon session from 3:00-4:15
entitled "The University and Next Steps in Homeland and Cybersecurity."
Please see event details below:
Homeland Security, 2001-202
Thursday, September 8, 2011
8 am-4:45 pm
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park
Panels include:
9:00-10:30: After 9/11: What Changed in America?
Dean Kevin Klose, Merrill College of Journalism, chair;
Shelby Coffey, former senior editor, Los Angeles Times and the Washington
Post; Charlie Cook, political consultant, The Cook Political Report,
National Journal, NBC
10:45-11:45: Assessing the 9/11 Commission
Christopher Kojm, Chairman, National Intelligence Council, former deputy
staff director, 9/11 Commission
12:00-12:30: Luncheon Speaker- "Budget Challenges in the National Security
Arena"
The Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, Professor and Roger C. Lipitz Chair,
School of Public Policy (fomer Under Secretary of Defense for AT&L)
12:30-1:15: CAE Scholar Orientation
Bill Nolte, Nina Harris; discussion of the CAE program with participating
students
1:30-2:45: Homeland Security and Civil Liberties: Ten Years On
Linda Millis,Outreach officer, Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, chair;Alexander Joel, ODNI privacy officer; Laura Murphy,
ACLU; Tim Edgar, general counsel, Program Manager-Information Sharing
Environment
3:00-4:15: The University and Next Steps in Homeland Cybersecurity
National Consortium for the Sources of Terrorism and Responses to
Terrorism (START); Maryland Cybersecurity Center; Center for the Advanced
Study of Language,Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
4:15-4:45: Comments and Wrap Up
Fed Event: 60-Minute Job Search Booster Workshops
Dates: Select from four available dates to attend ( Sept 8)
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm each day
Location: University Career Center (3100 Hornbake Library, South Wing)
RSVP at https://umd-csm.symplicity.com/events/Booster2011
Did you know that many employers make hiring decisions about May 2012 graduates in the fall of 2011? Are you aware that off-campus employers are using rooms in the University Career Center to interview students for full-time and internship positions? Don't let the challenging employment market keep you down. What you know may not be enough to compete effectively. Spend 60 minutes with us and boost your chances.
But wait...there's more! The first 30 attendees at each session will receive a free professional University Career Center and The President's Promise portfolio to use during your job search and beyond.
RSVP at https://umd-csm.symplicity.com/events/Booster2011
For additional information about this event:
contact William Jones Jr. at wajj@umd.edu
Fed Events: Upcoming events at Woodrow Wilson Center in DC
Upcoming events for European Studies @ the Wilson Center
“Ethnocracy Instead of Democracy in Macedonia”
Monday September 12, 12:00-1:00pm, 6th floor Boardroom
Featuring: Naum Panovski, independent scholar/researcher in arts, culture, and politics
On June 5, 2011, Macedonia held parliamentary elections. The outcome confirmed the fears of many observers, analysts, and democracy advocates that the ruling VMRO-DUI government coalition (both ultra-nationalist parties) will remain in power for the next four years with dire consequences for the future of Macedonia. Over the last four years, the government strongly protected nationalist projects and ethnic alliances, rather than the rule of law. The re-elected government has already shown disrespect for the rule of law, democracy, civil society, human rights, and freedom of speech in its earliest actions, which jeopardizes Macedonia’s attempt to accede to the European Union.
“The Environment and Human Rights: the International Community’s Responses to Emerging Local and Global Challenges”.
Co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Embassy of Switzerland as part of the U.S. - Swiss Dialogue
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 from 11:00am-1:00pm
5th floor conference room
Featuring:
¦ Prof. Andrew Clapham // Profesor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International Law and Development Studies, Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. ¦ Charles Beer // Geneva State Councilor. ¦ Daniel Baer // Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State. ¦ Prof. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes // Professor of International Law, University of Geneva; Member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council.
Discussant: Ruth Greenspan Bell // Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center.
Moderator: Geoffrey D. Dabelko // Director, Environmental Change and Security Program and Coordinator, Global Health Initiative Adjunct Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Recent natural disasters have confirmed that environmental damage can have negative implications for the effective enjoyment of human rights. While the many linkages between protection of human rights and protection of the environment have long been recognized, the use of a human rights-based approach to address this increasingly urgent challenge remains contested from both a policy and a legal point of view.
The United Nations has taken up the issue on numerous fronts. Recently, the Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted a Resolution on human rights and environment. Other multilateral environment fora have also recognized in some way the need to take human rights into consideration when developing environmental policies and sustainable development.
This event will address the interrelation between environmental damage and human rights, and examine how the international community—and in particular the UN—has approached this issue at a local and global level and discuss possible ways to optimize approaches and processes.
Partners include: Republic and State Geneva, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Universite de Geneva - Faculty of Law, The Graduate Institute of Geneva
Crisis and Decisions in Cyprus: Euro-Contagion and Prospects for Reunification
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 from 10:00am-11:00am
6th Floor Boardroom
Featuring: Farid Mirbagheri, Professor of International Relations and Dialogue Chair in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Nicosia, Cyprus..
As Cyprus struggles to forgo being another player in the Eurozone debt calamity, many tough choices will have to be made in the coming weeks and months. Reshuffling the cabinet and tight fiscal policies could stiffen resolve behind austerity measures that, if adopted, could possibly see Cyprus through its economic crisis. For the first time in over half a century of the Republic’s history there is a call for early elections.
These are certainly difficult times for Cyprus. With the coalition party, DIKO, pulling out and leaving AKEL the only party supporting the administration, the economy edging towards a bail-out, and the whole Mari fiasco explosion there is little room for any serious talks or remedies for successful negotiations with Turkish Cypriots.
Can Christofias hold on to his post for the next 18-months of his presidency to regain voter confidence? Will Cyprus need an EU bail-out or can it pull through the economic crisis on its own? And in the wake of a politically feeble government and economy, what are the prospects for a settlement of the Cyprus problem?
The event is being co-sponsored by Strategy International (Thessaloniki, Greece)
“Theatre and the Holocaust in Romania: A dramatic reading of the Journals of Mihail Sebastian”
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 from 4:00-6pm
6th Floor Auditorium
Featuring: Dan Istrate, actor; Ovidiu Creanga, USHMM; Dennis Deletant, Georgetown University; Radu Ioanid, USHMM; and Cristina Bejan, Title VIII supported Research Scholar, WWICS)
Romania officially condemned its involvement in the European Holocaust following the Elie Wiesel Commission Report of 2004. A first-person account of being Jewish in Bucharest under fascist dictatorship is given by playwright and novelist, Mihail Sebastian, in his diary. Adapted for the stage by David Auburn in 2004, Sebastian comes to life in this one-man show based on his journal. The panel discussion following the performance will be an opportunity for the panelists and audience to discuss anti-Semitism, memory, theatre, repression, creativity and Holocaust remembrance and education in Romania today. This event brings together partners from the Woodrow Wilson Center, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Romanian Embassy to the United States.
“Ethnocracy Instead of Democracy in Macedonia”
Monday September 12, 12:00-1:00pm, 6th floor Boardroom
Featuring: Naum Panovski, independent scholar/researcher in arts, culture, and politics
On June 5, 2011, Macedonia held parliamentary elections. The outcome confirmed the fears of many observers, analysts, and democracy advocates that the ruling VMRO-DUI government coalition (both ultra-nationalist parties) will remain in power for the next four years with dire consequences for the future of Macedonia. Over the last four years, the government strongly protected nationalist projects and ethnic alliances, rather than the rule of law. The re-elected government has already shown disrespect for the rule of law, democracy, civil society, human rights, and freedom of speech in its earliest actions, which jeopardizes Macedonia’s attempt to accede to the European Union.
“The Environment and Human Rights: the International Community’s Responses to Emerging Local and Global Challenges”.
Co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Embassy of Switzerland as part of the U.S. - Swiss Dialogue
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 from 11:00am-1:00pm
5th floor conference room
Featuring:
¦ Prof. Andrew Clapham // Profesor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International Law and Development Studies, Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. ¦ Charles Beer // Geneva State Councilor. ¦ Daniel Baer // Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State. ¦ Prof. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes // Professor of International Law, University of Geneva; Member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council.
Discussant: Ruth Greenspan Bell // Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center.
Moderator: Geoffrey D. Dabelko // Director, Environmental Change and Security Program and Coordinator, Global Health Initiative Adjunct Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Recent natural disasters have confirmed that environmental damage can have negative implications for the effective enjoyment of human rights. While the many linkages between protection of human rights and protection of the environment have long been recognized, the use of a human rights-based approach to address this increasingly urgent challenge remains contested from both a policy and a legal point of view.
The United Nations has taken up the issue on numerous fronts. Recently, the Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted a Resolution on human rights and environment. Other multilateral environment fora have also recognized in some way the need to take human rights into consideration when developing environmental policies and sustainable development.
This event will address the interrelation between environmental damage and human rights, and examine how the international community—and in particular the UN—has approached this issue at a local and global level and discuss possible ways to optimize approaches and processes.
Partners include: Republic and State Geneva, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Universite de Geneva - Faculty of Law, The Graduate Institute of Geneva
Crisis and Decisions in Cyprus: Euro-Contagion and Prospects for Reunification
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 from 10:00am-11:00am
6th Floor Boardroom
Featuring: Farid Mirbagheri, Professor of International Relations and Dialogue Chair in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Nicosia, Cyprus..
As Cyprus struggles to forgo being another player in the Eurozone debt calamity, many tough choices will have to be made in the coming weeks and months. Reshuffling the cabinet and tight fiscal policies could stiffen resolve behind austerity measures that, if adopted, could possibly see Cyprus through its economic crisis. For the first time in over half a century of the Republic’s history there is a call for early elections.
These are certainly difficult times for Cyprus. With the coalition party, DIKO, pulling out and leaving AKEL the only party supporting the administration, the economy edging towards a bail-out, and the whole Mari fiasco explosion there is little room for any serious talks or remedies for successful negotiations with Turkish Cypriots.
Can Christofias hold on to his post for the next 18-months of his presidency to regain voter confidence? Will Cyprus need an EU bail-out or can it pull through the economic crisis on its own? And in the wake of a politically feeble government and economy, what are the prospects for a settlement of the Cyprus problem?
The event is being co-sponsored by Strategy International (Thessaloniki, Greece)
“Theatre and the Holocaust in Romania: A dramatic reading of the Journals of Mihail Sebastian”
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 from 4:00-6pm
6th Floor Auditorium
Featuring: Dan Istrate, actor; Ovidiu Creanga, USHMM; Dennis Deletant, Georgetown University; Radu Ioanid, USHMM; and Cristina Bejan, Title VIII supported Research Scholar, WWICS)
Romania officially condemned its involvement in the European Holocaust following the Elie Wiesel Commission Report of 2004. A first-person account of being Jewish in Bucharest under fascist dictatorship is given by playwright and novelist, Mihail Sebastian, in his diary. Adapted for the stage by David Auburn in 2004, Sebastian comes to life in this one-man show based on his journal. The panel discussion following the performance will be an opportunity for the panelists and audience to discuss anti-Semitism, memory, theatre, repression, creativity and Holocaust remembrance and education in Romania today. This event brings together partners from the Woodrow Wilson Center, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Romanian Embassy to the United States.
Looking for a Congressional Internship this spring?
For students interested in applying for congressional internships:
This is a great opportunity to have your resumes circulated throughout Capitol Hill. Students in the past who have wanted Hill internships and went through this listserve have received internship offers!
Please send your resume exactly as requested. A one-page resume is the norm.
Note from Mr. Baker:
“M.R. Baker/Congressional intern resume distribution service.” This is where I collect intern resumes and circulate them among multiple Capitol Hill offices. So email your resume to me with the following subject line “SMRB Fall 2011 internship resume”. Then attach your resume for a Congressional internship in a “.doc, .docx or pdf” format.
Scott.m.r.baker@gmail.com
This is a great opportunity to have your resumes circulated throughout Capitol Hill. Students in the past who have wanted Hill internships and went through this listserve have received internship offers!
Please send your resume exactly as requested. A one-page resume is the norm.
Note from Mr. Baker:
“M.R. Baker/Congressional intern resume distribution service.” This is where I collect intern resumes and circulate them among multiple Capitol Hill offices. So email your resume to me with the following subject line “SMRB Fall 2011 internship resume”. Then attach your resume for a Congressional internship in a “.doc, .docx or pdf” format.
Scott.m.r.baker@gmail.com
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Fed Event: Industry Networking Series
Fall 2011 Industry Networking Series
Careers & Internships in the Federal Government Co-Sponsored by NSA : Sep 14, 2011
University Career Center (3100 Hornbake Library, South Wing) from 4:30pm - 6:30pm
http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/events.cfm?frame=upcoming&keyword=industry%20networking
Careers & Internships in the Federal Government Co-Sponsored by NSA : Sep 14, 2011
University Career Center (3100 Hornbake Library, South Wing) from 4:30pm - 6:30pm
http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/events.cfm?frame=upcoming&keyword=industry%20networking
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