
Good morning. Here are some events of interest for Friday Nov. 17, 2006 from the Associated Press Daybook.
Nov. 16 - 17. 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE HUMANITIES — The National Council on the Humanities holds an open meeting.
Location: Old Post Office Building, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Notes: Portions of the meeting are closed.
Nov. 16 - 17. 1 p.m. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Medicaid Program; Mediciad Commission, holds a meeting.
Location: Crowne Plaza National Airport, 1480 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Va.
Notes: Sessions begin at 9 a.m. on Nov. 17.
9 a.m. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights holds a meeting.
Location: Room 540, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 624 9th St. NW.
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH — Meeting of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.
Location: Building 31, conference room 10, 6th floor, 31 Center Dr., NIH, Bethesda.
Nov. 15 - 17. EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY — The Evangelical Theological Society holds its 58th annual meeting, "Christians in the Public Squre."
Location: Washington Hilton & Towers, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Nov. 16 - 17. BIOETHICS — The President's Council on Bioethics holds a meeting.
Highlights:
8:30 a.m. Session 5: Organ Procurement, Transplantation and Allocation: Policy Options.
10:15 a.m. Session 6: The Ethics of Health Care. Norman Daniels, Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics and Professor of Ethics and Population Health, Department of Population and International Health Harvard School of Public Health.
11:45 a.m. Session 7: Public Comments.
12 p.m. Adjournment.
Location: Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1001 14th St. NW.