For Immediate Release
January 21, 2000

Contact: Tony Iallonardo
Ph. (202)293-7330
Pager: (202)241-0244

MAYORS JAN. 26 STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 68^TH WINTER MEETING

WASHINGTON, DC -- About 300 of America's Mayors will arrive in the nation's capital en masse to participate in USCMs 68^th Winter Meeting. The meeting kicks off at the Capitol Hilton Hotel on January 25^th and concludes on the 28^th. Among the events, the Mayors have a busy schedule of standing committee meetings. These meetings serve as vehicles for developing official policy of USCM. Press can access the full agenda, media advisories, and pre-register on the Internet at /68thWinterMeeting.

The schedule for Wednesday, January 26 standing committee meetings is:

Jobs, Education and the Workforce, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., (California Room)

Chair: BEVERLY O'NEILL, Mayor of Long Beach

Presentations: 

The Clinton Administration's School Construction Proposal and Other Education Issues
THE HONORABLE RICHARD W. RILEY, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

Workforce Development Act Implementation
RAYMOND L. BRAMUCCI, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training
U.S. Department of Labor

Criminal and Social Justice, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., (Federal "B" Room)

Chair: JEFF GRIFFIN, Mayor of Reno

Presentations: 

The Clinton Administration's "21^st Century Law Enforcement and Public Safety Act"
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

Community Policing and the Next Generation of the COPS Program
THOMAS C. FRAZIER, Director, Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services, DOJ

Weapons of Mass Destruction, Preparedness and Cyber-Terrorism - The Future
RICHARD A. CLARKE, National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter Terrorism, National Security Council, The White House

Urban Economic Policy, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., (South American "B" Room)

Chair: RONALD KIRK, Mayor of Dallas

Presentations: 

Census 2000: Increasing Census Participation
KENNETH PREWITT, Director, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Applying State and Local Sales Taxes To E-Commerce

THE HONORABLE BOB GRAHAM
U.S. Senate (FL)

THE HONORABLE SLADE GORTON (Invited)
U.S. Senate (WA)

A Preview of the President's 2001 Budget: What's In It For Cities
JACOB JOSEPH LEW (Invited), Director, Office of Management and Budget
The White House

Membership, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., (Federal "A" Room)

Chair: DONALD L. PLUSQUELLIC, Mayor of Akron

Energy and Environment, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., (Senate Room)

Chair: PATRICK McCRORY, Mayor of Charlotte

Presentation: 

THE HONORABLE CAROL M. BROWNER, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Health and Human Services, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., (South American "A" Room)
Chair: DAVID W. MOORE, Mayor of Beaumont

Presentations: 

Mental Health: The Report of the Surgeon General

THOMAS H. BORNEMANN, Ed.D., Deputy Director, Center for Mental Health Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

JOHN FORD, President, Discovery Health Media

The African Mayors' Initiative for Community Action on AIDS at the Local Level (AMICAALL)
THE HONORABLE JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, U.S. House (CA)

Community Development and Housing, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., (Congressional Room)

Chair: WILLIE L. BROWN, JR., Mayor of San Francisco

Presentations: 

Congressional Housing Proposals
THE HONORABLE JOHN KERRY (Invited), U.S. Senate (MA)

Small Business Administration Briefing
THE HONORABLE AIDA ALVAREZ, Administrator, Small Business Administration

HUD Budget Briefing
SAUL N. RAMIREZ, JR., Deputy Secretary, HUD

CARDELL COOPER
Assistant Secretary for Community, Planning and Development, HUD

Report on Building Homes in America's Cities
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Mayor of Dayton

Government Sponsored Enterprises Briefing
BARRY ZIGAS, Senior Vice President and Executive Director, National Housing Impact Division, Fannie Mae

CRAIG NICKERSON
Vice President, Community Development Lending, Freddie Mac

All press must register to gain access to Winter Meeting events. Advance registration is recommended. This can be done by phone by calling the USCM press office or completing the press registration form on the web site, /68thWinterMeeting. On site registrations will be accepted in the USCM press room at the Capital Hilton Hotel. The USCM press room on site will be the Pan American Room (Ph. 202-639-5422). Press conferences will be held in the New York Room.

The U. S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are about 1,100 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor.

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