Today At TRNS:

-Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli will be covering remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano at the opening of the new U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team/National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center.

The Washington Bureau will also be covering:

-The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) holds a conference call, beginning at 11 a.m., to discuss policy options for Afghanistan.

-Demos holds a forum on “The Problem with ‘Government is the Problem’: Beyond Tea Parties and Town Hall Protests, Toward a Constructive Dialogue.”

-The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) holds a discussion on a new report, “Fixing Social Security: Adequate Benefits, Adequate Financing.”

-The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) holds a discussion on “Pakistani Public Opinion Towards Terrorism” with Christine Fair, assistant professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Today at TRNS

White House Correspondent Lovisa Frost will be covering the White House briefing.

United Nations Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering a press conference on UN Reform, featuring John Bolton, former U.S Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Congressional Correspondent Geoff Holtzman will be speaking to Robert Amsterdam, a London-based international attorney for Fortune 500 companies who also represents political prisoners around the world, about Iran’s developing relationship with Brazil.

The Washington Bureau will also be covering:

- House Judiciary Committee’s full committee hearing on “Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries,” featuring Roger Goodell, National Football League Commissioner, and former New York Giants halfback Tiki Barber.

-The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s full committee hearing on S.1733, the “Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act,” featuring former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.).

- The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s full committee markup of H.R.2194, the “Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009.”

- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s full committee hearing on “Executive Compensation: How Much is Too Much?”

- An open briefing on the Honduras situation with U.S business leaders and Reps. Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fl.) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fl.).

- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Contracting Oversight Subcommittee hearing on “Achieving the President’s Objectives: New Office of Management and Budget Guidance to Combat Waste, Inefficiency, and Misuse in Federal Government Contracting.”

- A news conference featuring Republican leader John Boehner (R-Oh.) and Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.), and other GOP leaders on healthcare, seniors.

- A press conference feat. Senators Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Sherrod Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Small Businesses and Consumer Advocates for Public Option.

The Washington Bureau will be covering:

-The Congressional Quarterly-Roll Call Group holds a forum on “Expanding Health Care Coverage to All Americans.” With Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman John “Jay” Rockefeller, D-W.Va.; Roll Call Executive Editor Morton Kondracke; Chris Condeluci, tax and benefits counsel at the Senate Finance Committee;

-The Center for American Progress holds a discussion on “Health Care Reform and the Budget Deficit.”

-Rep. Burgess, Health care groups holds a Health Care Forum on pre-existing conditions.

-Judicial Watch holds a discussion on “Oversight of the Obama Administration.”

-The Council on Foreign Relations holds a discussion on “Afghanistan: Defining the Possibilities,” with Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., giving a “congressional perspective on U.S. policy and the current situation in the region.”

-Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki deliver remarks at the joint Mental Health Summit to discuss a public health model for enhanced mental health care for returning service members, veterans, and their families.

-Representatives Pence, Reichert hold pen & pad session w/ reporters.

Talk Radio News Service reporters host another edition of College Media News Live at 4:00 pm.

UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering briefings on human rights violations in Myanmar and DPRK (North Korea).

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following news events:

-A Joint Economic Committee hearing on the economic outlook.

-Reps. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) hold a news conference to discuss medicare geographic inequity.

-A Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on “NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization): A Strategic Concept for Transatlantic Security.”

-A group of Republican Congressmen hold a news conference to discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

-House Minority leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and fellow Republican Congressmen discuss small business and healthcare.

-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) weekly news conference.

-A group of Republican Congressmen discuss the Census Bureau.

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:

- The National Campaign to Close Guantanamo holds a conference call to launch a nationwide grassroots campaign to shut down Guantanamo Prison.

- Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) Senate Rules and Administration Chairman Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Sen. Paul Kirk (D-Mass.) hold a news conference on the “urgent need to extend unemployment benefits.”

- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Mich.) and Jim Williams, CEO of Easter Seals hold a photo opportunity to highlight “the urgency of health insurance reform for children with pre-existing conditions.”

- The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) holds a events to launch a new public awareness campaign.

- NDN holds a news conference to oppose a proposed amendment by Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah) that would require the Census Bureau to add a citizenship status question to the 2010 Census.

- The National Football League (NFL); and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) hold a news conference on the National Breast and Cervical Early Detection Program.

- Americans for Financial Reform holds a conference call briefing to urge Congress not to exempt any “special interest, including financing from car dealers,” from the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

- House Financial Services Committee full committee markup of H.R.3126, the “Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009″; H.R.3763, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses; and H.R.3639, the “Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009.”

- Senate Judiciary Committee Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee hearing on “Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start?”

- Survivaballs will rally to highlight the urgent need for climate action, urging senators to either support climate legislation that moves the world toward a global climate treaty.

White House Correspondent Lovisa Frost will be covering the White House briefing.

The Washinton bureau will also be covering:

- The National Security Advisor to the Vice President Tony Blinken will hold a briefing to discuss Vice President Biden’s upcoming trip to Poland, Romania and Czech Republic.

- The Former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin and former Office of Management and Budget Associate Director James Capretta hold a briefing to discuss the consequences of leading health reform proposals.

- Attorney General Eric Holder delivers remarks to the American Academy of Pediatrics on the impact of violence on the nation’s youth.

- The Cato Institute holds a forum on “Which Way Forward for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?”

- The Center for American Progress (CAP); and a Woman’s Nation hold a conference on “The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything.”

The Washington Bureau will be covering:

-The Berkeley Center on Health, Economic and Family Security (CHEFS) Conference at The Center for American Progress

-The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations holds its 18th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa; and Families USA Executive Director Ron Pollack holds a conference call to discuss health reform

-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates: Participate in a luncheon commemorating the 50th anniversary of George C. Marshall’s death, and honoring Marshall’s life and legacy

-The World Health Organization holds a consultation on the clinical aspects of the pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza

-The Woodrow Wilson Center holds a discussion on “Lost in Translation? Linking Energy Efficiency Advances in China to Greenhouse Gas Reductions.”

White House correspondent Lovisa Frost will be covering today’s press briefing at the White House.

Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli will be covering the Supreme Court’s oral arguments in Padilla v. Kentucky.

UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering a press briefing of a recent UN study on the trafficking
of sexual organs.

The Washington Bureau will also be covering:

-The Senate Finance Committee will vote on the approval of “America’s Healthy Future Act.”

-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), holds a news conference to discuss health insurance reform for young adults.

-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), holds a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

-Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz), delivers the closing keynote address for Hispanic Month.

-The American Civil Liberties Union holds a briefing on “Crack Cocaine Sentencing: Exploring and Examining the Issues.”

-A protest by pro-life activists against Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s abortion policies.

- A symposium on “Dignity and Choices: End-of-Life Advocacy.”

-Reform Immigration for America holds a vigil and rally for immigration reform.

-A conference call briefing witht the Sierra Club to launch a youth outreach campaign.

-The Coalition for an Accountable Recovery holds a conference call to discuss the “first quarterly round of spending data from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.”

White House correspondent Victoria Jones is covering a briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs at the White House.

The Washington bureau will be covering:

- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Economic Policy Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Restoring Credit to Manufacturers.”

- Governor Bill Richardson, D-N.M., to give remarks on his recent trip to Cuba and his thoughts about U.S.-Latin American relations.

- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) holds a demonstration featuring two nude models showering and a banner that reads: “Clean Your Conscience: Go Vegetarian! 1 lb. of Meat = 6 Months of Showers.”

- The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) holds a discussion on “Traffic Jam: Gender, Labor, Migration and Trafficking in Dubai,” with Pardis Mahdavi, fellow at WWC and assistant professor of anthropology at Pomona College.

White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli will be covering the Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Maryland v. Schatzer.

The Washington Bureau will also be covering:

-Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. delivers remarks at a policy leadership forum on “The Perils of Energy Sprawl.

-Who Decides About War holds a rally in front of the White House to deliver a letter to President Obama and request a meeting “calling for withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

-DC Vote holds an advocacy day event to “allow D.C. voting rights supporters to demand the vote for D.C. and educate Congress about the danger of the proposed gun amendment to the D.C. Voting Rights Act.

-The Campaign for Community Change (CCC); the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR); the NAACP National Voter Fund; and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) hold a news conference to “mobilize the nation’s 100 million people of color for a final push in support of universal heath care reform.

-The Council for American Medical Innovation holds a briefing on “Incentives for American Medical Innovation: Protecting America’s Greatest Innovators,” as a part of a three part series on “Achieving Recovery through Discovery.