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All current federal government employees in communications-related positions (not limited to attorneys or FCBA members) are eligible nominees. The committee will consider an individual's dedication to excellence and long-term commitment to federal government public service in selecting the individual to be honored. In addition, the committee will view favorably nominees who have mentored more junior government employees. Nominations (1,000 words or less) should include the following information: 1) Full name, title, work address and contact information of the nominee; 2) Summary of nominee's outstanding service and/or achievements; 3) A narrative explanation of the nominee's service including the following information: how the nominee's dedication to excellence and public service is outstanding, significant and "above and beyond the call of duty”; the length of the government service; and any other relevant information, such as a history of mentoring, that would assist the award committee in evaluating the nomination. Please submit written nominations by email to kerry@fcba.org. Nominations are due no later than March 15, 2010. |
The FCBA will be holding a luncheon on Thursday, March 18, 2010 featuring Edward P. Lazarus. The luncheon will be held at the Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. and the luncheon begins at Noon.
*Please note that tables of 10 are available although you cannot register online for this option. Please download the form and fax it in with attendee names.
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To promote the goal of broad attendance and boost participation from public sector employees and academics, the FCBA is again offering Annual Seminar scholarships. Last year, the scholarship program was fully subscribed. An increase in attendance by the public sector and academics provides a unique networking opportunity and benefits all Annual Seminar attendees. The scholarship covers the registration fee (approximately $200), which includes meals, entertainment, and attendance at the seminar. Scholarship recipients will be responsible for the other costs of attending the Seminar, including travel and lodging expenses. A limited number of scholarships will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. We urge applicants to apply early. Information and Application Instructions: (1) Scholarships are available to all federal government employees and full-time professors. (2) To apply, please fax or email a completed registration form along with a copy of your ID card from your federal government agency or academic institution. (3) Applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. The cut-off date for applications is Wednesday, March 31, 2010. (4) Scholarships may be applied only toward the registration fee for the 2009 FCBA Annual Seminar. (Individuals receiving scholarships are responsible for the other costs of attending a seminar, including travel and lodging expenses).
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The Auction Committee is now accepting applications from local charities to be considered as beneficiary of the 21 st Annual Charity Auction proceeds. The application is available at http://www.fcba.org/upload/auctionbeneficiaryapplication2010.docand should be received by the FCBA by U.S. Mail, fax, or email no later than Friday, May 7, 2010. |
The 2010 Membership Directories are now available for purchase. Cost: Members $60.00; Law Student Members $35.00; Non-Members $115.00. There is a 10% discount for orders of 10 or more Directories.
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We now have event registration, membership renewals and the FCBA membership directory available online.
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 | Wednesday, March 10, 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.Transactional Committee Brown Bag Lunch. Location: Hogan & Hartson LLP, 555 13th Street, NW. Topic: Meet the FCC's Transaction Team. Speakers: Jim Bird, Senior Counsel, Office of General Counsel Transaction Team, FCC. RSVP to: Marc Knox, mknox@wbklaw.com. | | Thursday, March 11, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.The 5th Annual ABA/FCBA Privacy & Data Security Symposium for Communications and Media Companies. Presented in association with the ABA Forum on Communications Law. Location: Arnold & Porter LLP, 555 12th Street, NW. Topic: New Laws, Guidelines, Developments, and Risks in the Age of Obama.
| | Monday, March 15, 12:00 NoonInternational Telecommunications Committee Luncheon on EU Electronic Communications Regulatory Developments. Location: Hogan & Hartson LLP, Fulbright Center, 13th Floor West, 555 Thirteenth Street, NW. Speakers: Gerry Oberst and Winston Maxwell, Brussels and Paris offices of Hogan & Hartson LLP and Mindel De La Torre, Chief of the FCC’s International Bureau. More information: In their presentations, Gerry and Winston will discuss recent changes affecting spectrum regulation, network neutrality, and data breach notification, as well as the creation of a new European regulatory body. **Lunch will be provided. RSVPs are required.
| | Tuesday, March 16, 6:00 – 8:15 p.m.Mass Media Committee CLE Seminar on Political Broadcasting Rules Update 2010. Location: Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K Street, NW. Topic: The 2010 mid-term elections are shaping up to have competitive races across the country. The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision will allow corporations to run their own campaign ads. This CLE program will discuss the impact of the Supreme Court's decision, review the FCC's political broadcasting rules, consider new questions that will face stations, and look at how political time buyers view the political broadcast time process.
| | Tuesday, March 16, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.Annual Seminar Committee Brown Bag Lunch. Location: Wiltshire Grannis, LLP, 1200 18th Street, NW, 12th Floor. Purpose: The Committee will work on planning efforts in connection with the Annual Seminar. All members interested in assisting with the Annual Seminar are encouraged to attend.
| | Monday, March 22, 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.CLE Seminar presented by CTIA – The Wireless Association® in association with the FCBA Wireless Committee. Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, Room N252. Topic: The Evolving Wireless Ecosystem - What’s Next in Wireless Law, Policy and Technology. To register: Visit http://www.ctiawireless.com/events/event_details.cfm?calID=1063. | | Wednesday, March 24, 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.Privacy and Data Security Committee Breakfast. Location: Reed Smith LLP, 1301 K Street, NW, East Tower. Topic: Coffee and Croissants with London Data Privacy Partner, Cynthia O'Donoghue – The European Commission has been active in the past few months and recent regulatory updates could have an impact on your data disclosure practices. Join Cynthia O'Donoghue for a discussion of the new cookie consent proposal, other recently proposed amendments to the EU Directive by the Article 29 Working Group and an update on EU enforcement power. Cynthia will discuss these regulatory 'hot topics' and provide a cheat sheet to guide attorneys through the analysis of when to involve local European counsel. RSVP to Desiree Logan at dlogan@reedsmith.com or 202-414-9318. | | Thursday, March 25, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.Young Lawyers Committee Happy Hour. Location: Mackey’s Public House, 1823 L Street, NW (L Street between 18th and 19th), 202-331-7667. More Info: Join the Young Lawyers Committee at Mackey’s for our monthly happy hour. All are welcome! Mackey’s is easily accessible off the Red Line from the Farragut North Metro Station, and off the Orange Line from the Farragut West Metro Station. For more information: Contact Nguyen Vu, nguyen.vu@bingham.com or Micah Caldwell, mcaldwell@fh-law.com. | | Wednesday, March 31, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.Mass Media Committee CLE Seminar on Media Regulation and the First Amendment in the 21st Century. Presented in association with the Freedom Forum and the ABA Forum on Communications Law. Location: Newseum, Freedom Forum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
| | Tuesday, April 6, 6:00 – 8:15 p.m.
CLE Seminar on Increasing Opportunities for Minority Entrepreneurs in Media and Telecommunications. Presented by the FCBA Diversity Committee in association with the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (“MMTC”). Location: Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K Street, NW. This CLE program will discuss judicial limits on minority opportunity programs, increasing minority ownership opportunities under the Obama Administration, and additional proposals for advancing minority ownership.
| | Tuesday, April 6, 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.Mass Media Committee Brown Bag Lunch. Location: NAB, 1771 N Street, NW. Topic/Speaker: Focusing the FCC on Future of Media in a Changing Technological Landscape: Meet Steven Waldman.
| | Friday, April 16, 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.Homeland Security and Emergency Communications Committee Brown Bag Lunch. Location: Holland & Knight, LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Topic: Public Safety Provisions in the National Broadband Plan. Speakers: Jamie Barnett, Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, and other front office staff.
| | Wednesday, April 21, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.5th Annual Mentoring Luncheon co-sponsored by the Diversity and Young Lawyers Committees. Location: Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K Street, NW, Main Conference Center. The Diversity and Young Lawyers Committees invite all junior lawyers to meet and have lunch with senior communications attorneys from Congress, major law firms, the FCC, and communications companies. Junior lawyers will have the opportunity to network and discuss career questions. The Mentoring Luncheon is intended to facilitate collegiality and friendships between senior and junior level attorneys within the FCBA. Attorneys at all levels of seniority are encouraged to attend. For further info: Contact Edgar Class at 202-719-7504 or eclass@wileyrein.com, or Micah M. Caldwell at 202-939-7901 or mcaldwell@fh-law.com. The luncheon cost is $25.
| | Wednesday, May 5, 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.Luncheon co-sponsored by the Engineering and Technical Practice and Wireless Committees. Location: Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K Street, NW, Main Conference Center. Topic: Technologies of the Future: Current DARPA Research That Might Lead to Future Commercial Technologies. Many cutting-edge technologies of today can be traced back to research and development funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an arm of the Department of Defense. Come hear two DARPA insiders talk about the agency’s current projects that could well become the communications technologies that we rely on in the future. Speakers: Dr. Tim Gibson, former Program Manager, DARPA, and Dr. Preston Marshall, Director, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California (former Program Manager, DARPA). For More Information: Contact Laura Stefani at 202-429-4900 or lstefani@g2w2.com.
| | Monday, May 10, 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.Young Lawyers Committee Co-Chair Election & Brown Bag Lunch Planning Meeting. Location: Fleischman and Harding LLP, 1255 23rd Street, NW, 8 th Floor. No proxy votes are allowed, so be sure to attend. All are welcome, but voting is limited to current YLC members. All nominations should be emailed to Cathy Hilke ( chilke@wileyrein.com) and Micah Caldwell ( mcaldwell@fh-law.com) no later than Monday, May 3. Self-nominations welcome. | | 4th Sunday of each monthMcKenna’s Wagon - Groups of 5-6 are needed to assist with McKenna’s Wagon each month on the following dates in 2010: 3/28, 4/25, 5/23, 6/27, 7/25, 8/22, 9/26, 10/24, 11/28, and 12/26. McKenna’s Wagon is a mobile soup and sandwich wagon that goes “on location” to deliver food to the needy. For those who have volunteered, it has been a wonderful experience and a great way to help the needy in the D.C. community. The Wagon is a white van that is loaded up with sandwiches, snacks and soup. We meet at Martha's Table at 4:45 pm in comfortable clothes and shoes. Martha's Table is located in a yellow building at 2114 Fourteenth Street, NW, in the District, near the intersection of 14th and U Streets. On-street parking is available. Upon arrival we get assignments (some of us will distribute snacks and sandwiches, others will serve soup), and put on aprons before we depart in the van to 5th and New York Ave., NW (near the new Convention Center). We are driven by one of our experienced volunteers and the trip to distribution location takes about 10-15 minutes. We serve about 30-75 people per visit including a few mothers who come for food for their families. The area is well patrolled by police. The food distribution is conducted in an efficient, calm and orderly fashion and many of the people we serve are quite appreciative of our efforts. Once we serve all of the food, we do a clean up of the immediate area. Total time for the distribution takes about one hour and we usually return to Martha's Table by or before 6:30 pm. Please contact Joanna Georgatsos at georgatsos@lojlaw.com or Tom VanWazer at tvanwazer@sidley.com, if you are able to assist in this effort. | | Last Sunday of each monthMartha's Table - Volunteers are needed for the following dates in 2010: 3/28, 4/25, 5/30, 6/27, 7/25, 8/29, 9/26, 10/31, 11/28, and 12/26. Martha's Table feeds hundreds of hungry, homeless adults and children on the streets of Washington daily, through its mobile soup kitchen. Children and friends are also welcome. We will begin at 10:00 am and work until 1:00 pm. Martha's Table is located in a yellow building at 2114 Fourteenth Street, NW, in the District, near the intersection of 14th and U Streets. On-street parking is available. Volunteers are asked to bring food if possible, (e.g., cold cuts, bread, peanut butter, jelly, vegetables and potatoes) because the center often runs out of donated food. The FCBA volunteers on the last Sunday of every month, so mark your calendars now. For more information, contact Howard Weiss at 703-812-0471 -- weiss@fhhlaw.com. |
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