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[email protected], Rectorville, VA 20140
VEXAG Organizing Committee / Venus STDT Contact Info TWT - 12 JUne 08 Name Function Affiliation Address Phone Cell Fax E-Mail Adriana Ocampo NASA Program Executive NASA Headquarters Suite 3X63 202-358-2152 202-297-3530 202-358-3097 [email protected] NASA Headquarters 300 E-Street SW Washington DC 20546-0001 Ellen Stofan VEXAG Chair Proxemy, Inc. Windrush Farm 540-364-0092 540-364-1071 [email protected] P. O. Box 338 [email protected], Rectorville, VA 20140 David Grinspoon Earth-Venus Climate Denver Museum Dept. Of Space Sciences 303-370-6469 303-370-6005 [email protected], Connections of Nature and Science 2001 Coloradlo Blvd. Denver, CO 80205 Mark Allen Technology for Venus JPL Mail Stop 183-401 818-354-3665 818 393-4445 [email protected], In-Situ Exploration Focus Jet Propulsion Laboratory Group Lead 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109-8099 Steve Mackwell Planetary Formation and LPI Lunar and Planetary Institute 281-486-2128 281-389-3032 281-486-2127 [email protected] Evolution Focus Group Lead 3600 Bay Area Blvd. 281-486-2180 Houston, TX 77058 281-486-2100 Kevin Baines Atmospheric Evolution JPL Mail Stop 183-601 818-354-0481 818-667-2040 818-354-5148 [email protected] Focus Group Lead Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109-8099 Jim Cutts Technology for Venus JPL Mail Stop 301-345 818-354-4120 626-375-9898 818-354-8333 [email protected] In-Situ Exploration Focus Jet Propulsion Laboratory Group Lead 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109-8099 Larry Esposito Earth-Venus Climate LASP - Univ of Colorado LASP - Univ of Colorado 303-492-5990 303-492-6946 [email protected] Connections 1234 Innovation Drive Boulder, CO 80303-7814 Mark Bullock Venus STDT Chair Southwest Research Inst. -
Executive Branch
EXECUTIVE BRANCH THE PRESIDENT BARACK H. OBAMA, Senator from Illinois and 44th President of the United States; born in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 4, 1961; received a B.A. in 1983 from Columbia University, New York City; worked as a community organizer in Chicago, IL; studied law at Harvard University, where he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review, and received a J.D. in 1991; practiced law in Chicago, IL; lecturer on constitutional law, University of Chicago; member, Illinois State Senate, 1997–2004; elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2004; and served from January 3, 2005, to November 16, 2008, when he resigned from office, having been elected President; family: married to Michelle; two children: Malia and Sasha; elected as President of the United States on November 4, 2008, and took the oath of office on January 20, 2009. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 20500 Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 20500, phone (202) 456–1414, http://www.whitehouse.gov The President of the United States.—Barack H. Obama. Special Assistant to the President and Personal Aide to the President.— Anita Decker Breckenridge. Director of Oval Office Operations.—Brian Mosteller. OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT phone (202) 456–1414 The Vice President.—Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President.—Bruce Reed, EEOB, room 276, 456–9000. Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden.—Sheila Nix, EEOB, room 200, 456–7458. -
Congressional Directory OKLAHOMA
212 Congressional Directory OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA (Population 2010, 3,751,351) SENATORS JAMES M. INHOFE, Republican, of Tulsa, OK; born in Des Moines, IA, November 17, 1934; education: graduated Central High School, Tulsa, OK, 1953; B.A., University of Tulsa, OK, 1959; military service: served in the U.S. Army, private first class, 1957–58; professional: businessman; active pilot; president, Quaker Life Insurance Company; Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1967–69; Oklahoma State Senate, 1969–77; Mayor of Tulsa, OK, 1978–84; religion: member, First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa; married: Kay Kirkpatrick; children: Jim, Perry, Molly, and Katy; twelve grandchildren; committees: ranking member, Armed Services; Environment and Public Works; elected to the 100th Congress on November 4, 1986; reelected to each succeeding Congress; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 8, 1994, finishing the unexpired term of Senator David Boren; reelected to each succeeding Senate term. Office Listings http://inhofe.senate.gov 205 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 .................................... (202) 224–4721 Chief of Staff.—Ryan Jackson. FAX: 228–0380 Legislative Director.—Clark Peterson. Press Secretary.—Jared Young. Scheduler.—Wendi Price. 1924 South Utica, Suite 530, Tulsa, OK 74104–6511 ................................................ (918) 748–5111 1900 Northwest Expressway, Suite 1210, Oklahoma City, OK 73118 ...................... (405) 608–4381 302 North Independence, Suite 104, Enid, OK 73701 ............................................... -
Walgreens Boots Alliance Appoints Valerie Jarrett to Its Board of Directors
Walgreens Boots Alliance Appoints Valerie Jarrett to Its Board of Directors 10/30/2020 Brings deep leadership experience and expertise in the private and public sectors DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) today announced the appointment of Valerie Jarrett to the company’s board of directors and to the board’s audit committee and compensation and leadership performance committee, eective immediately. She joins the board as an independent director and becomes the board’s eleventh member. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201030005125/en/ Valerie Jarrett appointed to Walgreens Boots Alliance board of directors (Photo: Jarrett is an acclaimed business executive Business Wire) and civic leader, and will bring important perspective and business experience to the company’s board. Her appointment will also provide further momentum to meet WBA’s diversity and inclusion goals, which are a top priority for the company. She is the rst African-American woman appointed to the board and fourth woman on the current board. “Valerie is an outstanding addition to our board. She is a deeply inuential and highly admired leader. Our company will benet greatly from her wide and diverse experience at a time when our essential healthcare role in the 25 countries where we operate has never been more important,” said James Skinner, executive chairman, Walgreens Boots Alliance. “We are very pleased to welcome Valerie to our board, and look forward to her sharing extensive expertise on critical issues related to the many communities that we support and help around the world,” said Stefano Pessina, executive vice chairman and chief executive ocer, Walgreens Boots Alliance. -
German Jews in the United States: a Guide to Archival Collections
GERMAN HISTORICAL INSTITUTE,WASHINGTON,DC REFERENCE GUIDE 24 GERMAN JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES: AGUIDE TO ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS Contents INTRODUCTION &ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 ABOUT THE EDITOR 6 ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS (arranged alphabetically by state and then city) ALABAMA Montgomery 1. Alabama Department of Archives and History ................................ 7 ARIZONA Phoenix 2. Arizona Jewish Historical Society ........................................................ 8 ARKANSAS Little Rock 3. Arkansas History Commission and State Archives .......................... 9 CALIFORNIA Berkeley 4. University of California, Berkeley: Bancroft Library, Archives .................................................................................................. 10 5. Judah L. Mages Museum: Western Jewish History Center ........... 14 Beverly Hills 6. Acad. of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Margaret Herrick Library, Special Coll. ............................................................................ 16 Davis 7. University of California at Davis: Shields Library, Special Collections and Archives ..................................................................... 16 Long Beach 8. California State Library, Long Beach: Special Collections ............. 17 Los Angeles 9. John F. Kennedy Memorial Library: Special Collections ...............18 10. UCLA Film and Television Archive .................................................. 18 11. USC: Doheny Memorial Library, Lion Feuchtwanger Archive ................................................................................................... -
Jim Bridenstine (R) Rep
District Background: Oklahoma - 1 Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R) Relevant committees: None Bike Caucus member: TBA Member Profile Past Support » Co-sponsored the 2011 Complete Streets bill (HR 1780) No » Signed letter to Transportation Secretary supporting non-motorized No safety performance measure Current Bills » Co-sponsor of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act (HR 3494) No » Co-sponsor of the Safe Streets Act (HR 2468) No » Co-sponsor of the New Opportunities for Bicycle and Pedestrian No Infrastructure Financing Act (HR 3978) District Profile Population Centers Tusla, Broken Arrow, Bartlesville Bicycling Means Business: District Level for 2012 Bicycle Retail Stores in District: 53 Bicycle Retail Jobs: 244 Annual Gross Revenue: $18,770,000 State Profile State Complete Streets Policy? No 8.9% Percentage of state roadway fatalities that are bicyclists and pedestrians 0.0% Percent of Highway Safety Improvement Program funding spent on bicycle and pedestrian projects District Background: Oklahoma - 2 Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R) Relevant committees: Transportation & Infrastructure Bike Caucus member: TBA Member Profile Past Support » Co-sponsored the 2011 Complete Streets bill (HR 1780) No » Signed letter to Transportation Secretary supporting non-motorized No safety performance measure Current Bills » Co-sponsor of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act (HR 3494) No » Co-sponsor of the Safe Streets Act (HR 2468) No » Co-sponsor of the New Opportunities for Bicycle and Pedestrian No Infrastructure Financing Act (HR 3978) District Profile Population Centers Muskogee, McAlester, Claremore Bicycling Means Business: District Level for 2012 Bicycle Retail Stores in District: 29 Bicycle Retail Jobs: 122 Annual Gross Revenue: $590,000 State Profile State Complete Streets Policy? No 8.9% Percentage of state roadway fatalities that are bicyclists and pedestrians 0.0% Percent of Highway Safety Improvement Program funding spent on bicycle and pedestrian projects District Background: Oklahoma - 3 Rep. -
USPS Admin. Appeal
August 4, 2020 BY EMAIL: [email protected] General Counsel United States Postal Service 475 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20260 Re: Appeal of FOIA Request No. 2020-FPRO-01322 Dear General Counsel: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) hereby appeals the initial determination by the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) on a portion of CREW’s request under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) for records concerning voting by mail in the upcoming presidential election and the replacement of the Postmaster General. As set forth below, the USPS failed to conduct a search reasonably designed to uncover all responsive documents, as evidenced by the limited number of responsive records USPS claims to have uncovered. Further, the USPS improperly relied on FOIA Exemption 5 to withhold nearly the entire contents of the disclosed records. On June 16, 2020, CREW submitted to the Postal Service by email a FOIA request for ten categories of records. First, CREW requested copies of any and all briefing materials and or documents created by USPS employees prepared for or presented to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States, referring or relating to voting by mail (“item 1”). Second, CREW requested any and all briefing materials and or documents created by USPS employees prepared for or presented to Postmaster General of the United States Megan Brennan referring or relating to voting by mail (“item 2”). Third, CREW requested any and all briefing materials or documents, including testimony, or responses to questions for the record, created by USPS employees prepared for or presented to any United States Senator, member of the United States House of Representatives, or congressional staff, referring or relating to voting by mail (“item 3”). -
The Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense: an Assessment
DEFENSE BUSINESS BOARD Submitted to the Secretary of Defense The Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense: An Assessment DBB FY 20-01 An assessment of the effectiveness, responsibilities, and authorities of the Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense as required by §904 of the FY20 NDAA June 1, 2020 DBB FY20-01 CMO Assessment 1 Executive Summary Tasking and Task Force: The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (Public Law (Pub. L. 116-92) required the Secretary of Defense (SD) to conduct an independent assessment of the Chief Management Officer (CMO) with six specific areas to be evaluated. The Defense Business Board (DBB) was selected on February 3, 2020 to conduct the independent assessment, with Arnold Punaro and Atul Vashistha assigned to co-chair the effort. Two additional DBB board members comprised the task force: David Walker and David Van Slyke. These individuals more than meet the independence and competencies required by the NDAA. Approach: The DBB task force focused on the CMO office and the Department of Defense (DoD) business transformation activities since 2008 when the office was first established by the Congress as the Deputy Chief Management Officer (DCMO), and in 2018 when the Congress increased its statutory authority and elevated it to Executive Level (EX) II and the third ranking official in DoD. The taskforce reviewed all previous studies of DoD management and organizations going back twenty years and completed over ninety interviews, including current and former DoD, public and private sector leaders. The assessments of CMO effectiveness since 2008 are focused on the performance of the CMO as an organizational entity, and is not an appraisal of any administration or appointee. -
Draper Committee): RECORDS, 1958-59
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY ABILENE, KANSAS U.S. PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (Draper Committee): RECORDS, 1958-59 Accession 67-9 Processed by: SLJ Date Completed: February 1977 The records of the President’s Committee to Study the United States Military Assistance Program, a component of Records of Presidential committees, Commissions and Boards: Record Group 220, were transferred to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library from the National Archives on August 24, 1966. Linear feet: 11.6 Approximate number of Pages: 23,200 Approximate number of items: 9,800 Literary rights in the official records created by the Draper Committee are in the public domain. Literary rights in personal papers which might be among the Committee’s records are reserved to their respective authors. These records were reviewed in accordance with the general restrictions on access to government records as set forth by the National Archives and Records Service. To comply with these restrictions, certain classes of documents will be withheld from research use until the passage of time or other circumstances no longer require such restrictions. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The records of the President’s Committee to Study the United States Military Assistance Program (MAP) span the years 1958-1959 and consist of minutes, reports, correspondence, studies, and other materials relevant to the Committee’s operation. The bipartisan Committee was created in November 1958 when President Eisenhower appointed a group of “eminent Americans” to “undertake a completely independent, objective, and nonpartisan analysis of the military assistance aspects of the U.S. Mutual Security Program (MSP).” To serve as chairman, the President selected William H. -
AT&L Workforce—Key Leadership Changes
AT&L Workforce—Key Leadership Changes Esper Would Continue Pentagon Emphasis on Readiness, Partnerships, Reform DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEWS (JULY 16, 2019) David Vergun Army Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper told senators that he would continue to prioritize training, modernization, build- ing alliances and partnerships, and reforming the Pentagon if he’s confirmed to serve as secretary of defense. Esper, President Donald J. Trump’s nominee to assume the Pentagon’s top post, testified at his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing. The committee will make a recommendation to the full Senate for its vote on whether to confirm Esper for the job. In his opening statement, Esper noted the growing threats posed by great power competitors such as China and Rus- sia and told the panel that these threats warrant a refocus to training, research and development, and equipping for Army Secretary Dr. Mark Esper high-intensity conflict, particularly in the space and cyber domains. DoD photo At the same time, he said, the military must be prepared considerations last month. The president then appointed to respond to regional threats posed by Iran, North Korea, Esper to serve as acting defense secretary. and terrorist groups around the world. ‘’Our adversaries must see diplomacy as their best option, because war with Yesterday, the Senate received the president’s formal nomi- the United States will force them to bear enormous costs,’’ nation of Esper to be secretary of defense. At that time, by he said. law, Esper ceased to serve as acting defense secretary, and his sole title became secretary of the Army. -
GRAIL Twins Toast New Year from Lunar Orbit
Jet JANUARY Propulsion 2012 Laboratory VOLUME 42 NUMBER 1 GRAIL twins toast new year from Three-month ‘formation flying’ mission will By Mark Whalen lunar orbit study the moon from crust to core Above: The GRAIL team celebrates with cake and apple cider. Right: Celebrating said. “So it does take a lot of planning, a lot of test- the other spacecraft will accelerate towards that moun- GRAIL-A’s Jan. 1 lunar orbit insertion are, from left, Maria Zuber, GRAIL principal ing and then a lot of small maneuvers in order to get tain to measure it. The change in the distance between investigator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Charles Elachi, JPL director; ready to set up to get into this big maneuver when we the two is noted, from which gravity can be inferred. Jim Green, NASA director of planetary science. go into orbit around the moon.” One of the things that make GRAIL unique, Hoffman JPL’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) A series of engine burns is planned to circularize said, is that it’s the first formation flying of two spacecraft mission celebrated the new year with successful main the twins’ orbit, reducing their orbital period to a little around any body other than Earth. “That’s one of the engine burns to place its twin spacecraft in a perfectly more than two hours before beginning the mission’s biggest challenges we have, and it’s what makes this an synchronized orbit around the moon. 82-day science phase. “If these all go as planned, we exciting mission,” he said. -
Summary Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) Meeting #8 Thursday— September 2, 2010 Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Summary Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) Meeting #8 Thursday— September 2, 2010 Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin Some 50 members of the Venus community met on Thursday—September 2, 2010 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin. The goals of this meeting were to provide updates on the current and future Venus missions, on plans for completing the Next Decadal Survey, and on NASA plans for completing the current New Frontiers and Discovery Phase-A studies and proposals. Earlier in the week, VEXAG sponsored a very successful International Workshop on “Venus Our Closest Earth-like Planet: From Surface to Thermosphere - How does it work?” with significant international participation. Presentations at VEXAG Meeting #8 included: • A welcome and well-received report by Jim Green of NASA Headquarters on the status of NASA’s Planetary Science Program • A welcome and well-received report by Tibor Kremik of NASA Glenn Research Center on the status of NASA’s new Planetary Science Technology Panel • A welcome and well-received report by Ellen Stofan, Chair of the Inner Planets Panel on the current status of the Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey • Reports on the current status the European Venus Express, the Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter (Akatsuki), and Russian Venera missions • A report on VORTEX, the Venus In Situ Explorer Project, a student study by University of Alabama at Huntsville and College of Charleston • A report on NASA Goddard’s Venus Test Chamber There were eight open-microphone presentations covering diverse topics such as application of Stirling engines to Venus exploration, a prototype Venus seismometer, comparisons of Earth and Venus climate models, the possibility of measuring Venus rotation to improve both atmospheres and interior, use of Doppler lidar measurements to remotely sense Venus winds, the utility of magnetometers on Venus missions, observations from balloons, and a coordinated campaign for ground and spacecraft observations of Venus.