Message-ID: <15064528.1075840213930.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 13:00:00 -0700 (PDT) From: bounce-brookings_alert-25465@www.brook.edu To: brookings_alert@www.brook.edu Subject: THE BROOKINGS ALERT, 10/09/00 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: bounce-brookings_alert-25465@www.brook.edu X-To: "Brookings Alert" X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Kenneth_Lay_Dec2000\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: LAY-K X-FileName: klay.nsf THE BROOKINGS ALERT week of Monday, October 9, 2000 http://www.brookings.edu/ E V E N T S *********************************** KEEPING THE GOOD TIMES ROLLING: TECHNOLOGY AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY A Brookings Priorities 2000 (P2K) National Issues Forum, with Sen. Robert Bennett for George W. Bush, and Robert Shapiro for Al Gore. Also with James Glassman (AEI), Robert Litan (Brookings), and Alice Rivlin (Brookings). Moderated by Alan Murray, D.C. Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal Tuesday, October 10, 2000 @ 10:00am http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20001010.htm AMERICAN PRIMACY: WHAT TO DO WITH IT? A Brookings Priorities 2000 (P2K) National Issues Forum Wednesday, October 18, 2000 Call Communications, 202/797-6105, to attend http://www.brookings.edu/comm/p2k/primacy.htm MEASURING CORPORATE PERFORMANCE IN THE NEW ECONOMY A luncheon discussion of three new cutting-edge studies of performance measurement and corporate disclosure standards Tuesday, October 24, free buffet lunch at noon, discussion begins at 12:30pm. 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building Call Alicia Dorsey Jones, 202/797-6131, to attend H E S S R E P O R T *********************************** Week five of presidential campaign TV coverage analysis by Stephen Hess, with data and fourth round of awards for media coverage All available at: http://www.brookings.edu/HessReport/ P U B L I C A T I O N S *********************************** BOOK EVENT: Politics & Prose Bookstore to Host Presidential Debate Program: "Challenges & Duties of a New Administration," a panel discussion with debate broadcast to follow. Featuring Bradley Patterson, author of The White House Staff (Brookings, 2000), Joel Aberbach, co-author of In the Web of Politics (Brookings, 2000), and Harry Bennet, author of The American Presidency 1945-2000 (Sutton Publishing, 2000) Tuesday, October 17 @ 7:30pm, Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave., NW; Tel: 202-364-1919. For more book info, please visit: http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/white_house_staff.htm http://www.brookings.edu/press//web_of_politics.htm P O L I C Y B R I E F S, P A P E R S, A R T I C L E S *********************************** "Pressure to Grow," Policy Brief #65 (October 2000) by Paul C. Light http://www.brookings.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb065/pb65.htm "Children in Out-of-Home Placements," Children's Roundtable Report #4 (September 2000) by Joyce A. Ladner http://www.brookings.edu/comm/childrensroundtable/issue4/issue4.htm I N T H E P R E S S *********************************** "Breakthrough in U.S.-North Korean Relations?" opinion by Joel S. Wit; Chosun Ilbo; (10/06/00) http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/fellows/20001006.htm "Enter the Israeli Arabs," opinion by Shibley Telhami; The Baltimore Sun (10/04/00) http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/Telhami/20001004.htm "Reschedule This Pesky Election," The Hess Report by Stephen Hess; USA Today (10/02/00) http://www.brookings.edu/gs/projects/HessReport/week4.htm M U L T I M E D I A & C H A T S *********************************** Oct. 10: Chat with Stephen Hess about the presidential race --@ 2:00pm EDT http://www.brookings.edu/comm/chat/Hess001010.htm Transcripts from previous chats on education, the economy and technology, social security reform, and more, available at: http://www.brookings.edu/comm/chat/chat.htm E X E C U T I V E E D U C A T I O N *********************************** Brookings Center for Public Policy Education offers 16 new programs this year. For more information on education programs designed for government and business executives throughout the year, call 1-800-925-5730 or visit the Center for Public Policy Education on-line at: http://www.brookings.edu/ExecEd/ _______________ The Brookings Alert is delivered electronically every Monday. We invite you to forward this Brookings Alert to a colleague. You can subscribe to the Brookings_Alert listserv in two ways: (1) send an e-mail to: JOIN-BROOKINGS_ALERT@www.brookings.edu with a blank Subject line and a blank Message body (2) visit the Brookings website at: http://www.brookings.edu/scripts/lyris.pl?join=brookings_alert _______________ The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 797-6000 http://www.brookings.edu/ --- You are currently subscribed to brookings_alert as: [klay@enron.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-brookings_alert-25465S@www.brook.edu