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From: Dodd, Stacy To: Dodd, Stacy; Dodd, Stacy Cc: Reynolds, Leslie; Milhofer, John; Maria Benson Subject: Call for Nominations: NASS 2018 Margaret Chase Smith American Democracy Award Date: Monday, March 12, 2018 6:07:02 AM Attachments: mcs-award-nominating-form-2018.doc mcs-call-for-nominations-2018.pdf Dear NASS Members: Do you know someone whose politically-courageous decision-making is worthy of national recognition? NASS is currently seeking nominations for the 2018 Margaret Chase Smith American Democracy Award, which seeks to recognize uncommon acts of political courage and exceptional character for the common good. Attached are background and nominating forms to guide your submission. Nominations must be submitted by no later than 5:00 PM EDT on THURSDAY, May 3, 2018. Please note, the eligibility guidelines for this award include the following: · Any individual, other than Secretaries of State or Lieutenant Governors currently holding office, may be nominated for this award. · NASS encourages emphasis on more contemporary acts of political courage, although all legitimate nominations will be considered. The goal is to recognize a person (or persons, if merit exists) for documented contributions to civic/political life in the U.S. · Ideally, emphasis should be placed on living Americans who are not currently holding elected or appointed office. However, exceptions may be considered in deserving cases. As the association’s most prestigious award, we encourage you to make it a priority to nominate a worthy recipient for the Margaret Chase Smith Award. A list of past recipients is available online. Nominations that were not selected for consideration in the past may be re-submitted for this year. If NASS receives at least three nominations to prepare a finalist ballot and move forward with voting, results will be announced at the NASS 2018 Summer Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Questions? Contact Stacy Dodd, NASS Executive Assistant: [email protected] | (202) 624-3525. Thank you, Hon. Al Jaeger, ND & Hon. Bill Gardner, NH Co-Chairs, NASS Awards Committee Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and may have been automatically archived by Mimecast Ltd, an innovator in Software as a Service (SaaS) for business. Providing a safer and more useful place for your human generated data. 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The National Lieutenant Governors Association in coordination with The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Invites NLGA Members & Partners to a Reception Featuring Special Guest Astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison The First Woman of Color in Space will speak about STEM Education and Making Science Make Sense™ The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Welcome & Opening Remarks Date & Location: The NLGA Federal State Relations Meeting March 15, 2018 / 6:30 – 8:00 pm Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Indian Treaty Room 17th Street and State Place NW After the short program, elected officials (only) may take individual photos with Dr. Jemison. Register at the NLGA web site. NLGA Event Link: EEOB Security Clearance Link. For questions, call (859) 283-1400 or email [email protected]. From: Julia Hurst To: Julia Hurst Subject: NLGA, Mtg Reg deadline TOMORROW Date: Tuesday, March 06, 2018 11:42:51 AM Dear NLGA Members, Staff & Partners: The National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) Federal-State Relations Meeting registration deadline is TOMORROW at 10am ET. Please proceed to NLGA Federal-State Relations Meeting (DC) to register if you have not yet done so. This will generate your badge to attend the meeting, but you will NOT appear in printed materials as the agenda books have gone to print. A FINAL agenda is here: NLGA Federal-State Relations Meeting (DC) Agenda * FINAL*. Please let me know ASAP if you have any question. The NLGA Office closes tomorrow at 5:00pm ET until the start of the meeting. Please reserve the dates for the NLGA Annual Meeting in New Orleans on your calendar now June 27- 29, 2018! Julia Hurst NLGA™ Director & CEO National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) 71 Cavalier Blvd. Ste. 223. Florence, KY 41042 T: (859) 283-1400 Visit www.nlga.us From: RICHARDSON Dennis * SOS To: MILLER Marc * SOS Subject: RE: Note on Proposed Oregon 2018 A.I. Conf. Date: Thursday, March 01, 2018 11:56:47 AM Attachments: image001.jpg 900 Court St NE, DENNIS Suite 136 RICHARDSON Salem, OR 97301 Secretary of State (503) 986-1500 Marc, Please place the letter below onto our SOS letterhead and have it ready for me to sign. Then we will scan and email it to wu aihong [[email protected]] (Caroline), who will translate it and deliver it to Vice Governor Li. [We'll send a copy of the email to Jin Lan, too.] thx. Dennis Honorable Li Dejin Vice Governor Fujian Province, PRC Honorable Vice Governor Li: In my December 2017 letter, I mentioned our intention to research the possibility to organize an Oregon-China Conference relating to artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous (self-driving) vehicles (AV), and electric vehicles (EV) in the second half of 2018. This conference was to occur in September, 2018. As we researched dates for the proposed Oregon-China conference, we became aware of the AI Summit—San Francisco, which is the largest international, three-day conference on artificial intelligence, and will be held in California September 18-20, 2018. With due consideration to the travel and time constraints of China’s leaders in the artificial intelligence community, and to avoid a conflict with the California event, we have decided to forego having a competing September 2018 event in Oregon, and we will attend this California conference. We will consider the possibility of holding a 2019 AI, AV and EV event in Oregon after we have attend the September business-AI summit in California. Sincerely, Dennis Richardson From: ROYAL Debra * SOS To: MILES Ruth * SOS Cc: RICHARDSON Dennis * SOS Subject: RE: Oregon-China Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 6:25:51 PM Attachments: image001.jpg image002.jpg Thank you for the catch. Debra Royal Chief of Staff Oregon Secretary of State From: MILES Ruth * SOS Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 2:42 PM To: ROYAL Debra * SOS <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Oregon-China I may not be seeing the edits correctly, but this isn’t the first public-private partnership. It’s the second, I think. Jin Lan or the Secretary can address that more specifically. They talked about this at last year’s forum – that’s why it caught my eye. Ruth From: ROYAL Debra * SOS Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 2:25 PM To: RICHARDSON Dennis * SOS <[email protected]>; HEYNEN Jon * SOS <[email protected]> Cc: MILES Ruth * SOS <[email protected]>; THRELKEL Peter * SOS <[email protected]> Subject: Oregon-China Please see attached to send out today to business email list. Thoughts? Debra Royal Chief of Staff Oregon Secretary of State 503-986-2361 (office) 503-507-0082 (cell) [email protected] sos.oregon.gov *****CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE***** This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee or it appears from the context or otherwise that you have received this e-mail in error, please advise me immediately by reply e-mail, keep the contents confidential, and immediately delete the message and any attachments from your system. ************************************ From: National Lieutenant Governors Association To: [email protected] Subject: Spotlight: Lt. Gov. Wyman is Driving Improved Healthcare Policy in CT Date: Monday, February 12, 2018 9:38:40 AM Share Tweet Forward Connecticut Launches New Office of Health Strategy After successful open-enrollment period for Access Health CT, Lt. Gov. Wyman leads the charge for data-driven healthcare policy Connecticut Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman After leading one of the most successful open-enrollment periods for Access Health CT (AHCT), Connecticut’s Health Insurance Exchange, Connecticut Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman just launched the Office of Health Strategy (OHS), a bipartisan initiative she shepherded through the legislature in 2017. On January 8, 2018, Lt. Governor Wyman, chair of the AHCT Board of Directors, announced that the state’s exchange enrolled 114,134 Connecticut residents in health insurance coverage, a 2.3 percent increase over 2017. Despite a major effort in Washington to destabilize the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA), Connecticut’s increased enrollment demonstrated just how important the ACA is to healthy families and a productive workforce. Drilling down into these numbers reflects the value of healthcare for residents; a full quarter of the enrollees are the so-called “young-invincibles”, healthy youths that help offset healthcare costs for everyone, and nearly twelve percent of enrollees are new to Access Health CT. On February 1, 2018, Lt. Governor Wyman launched the new Office of Health Strategy so Connecticut can efficiently pursue coordinated, fact-based, and data-driven health policy. The OHS will bring together healthcare planning and regulation, health information technology initiatives—including the state’s All- Claims Payer Database, and population health planning.