WSS NEWS

News about activities of the Washington Statistical Society
A Chapter of the American Statistical Association

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November 1997

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Contents:

• WSS Honors The Recipient Of The 1997 Roger Herriot Award
• WSS Seminars
• 32nd Annual Symposium of the Washington Operations Research-Management Science Council
• BLS Statistical Seminar Series on Confidentiality
• Annual Holiday Party!!!
• Employment Opportunities
• Short Courses
• Note From The WSS NEWS Editors
• WSS People

The meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. in room 2990 at the Postal Square Building. A reception will follow the meeting. The Postal Square Building is located at 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC (Red Line -- Union Station). Please enter at Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Street. Please call Karen Jackson (202-606-7524) to be placed on the visitor list.

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A number of parallel track sessions will be held with the following chairs Public Policy - Phil DePoy, President, National Opinion Research Center Transportation Systems - George Donohue, Associate Administrator FAA Military Applications - Clayton Thomas, Chief Scientist, AF Studies and Analysis Cost & Financial Analysis - David Chu, RAND Corporation. Additional information can be obtained from Bruce MacDonald, Program Chair, bmac@mcri.com (phone 703-505-4600), or Peg Kay, Vice President - Affiliated Societies Washington Academy of Sciences (phone: 703-478-3285; fax: 703-478-3287; or e-mail: pk@vertechinc.com). Further information can be found at the website: http://www.washacadsci.org.

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On Tuesday, November 25th, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Jerry Sheehan, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, will give a seminar entitled "Protecting Electronic Health Information." The seminar will be held at BLS, 2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E., Room 2990.

ABSTRACT: In 1995 the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) initiated a study on maintaining privacy and security in health care applications of the national information infrastructure. The purpose of the study was to investigate the threats to electronic health information and to evaluate alternative technical and nontechnical means of protecting health information that are being used today. To conduct this study, CSTB formed the 'Committee on Maintaining Privacy and Security in Health Care Applications of the National Information Infrastructure' to make such an assessment. A natural outgrowth of such a study was a judgment about the technical and nontechnical means that can be used to maintain privacy and security in health care information systems, about future research that is needed to develop additional mechanisms, and about the obstacles that stand in the way of future advances.

The speaker will present a summary of the findings and recommendations of this Committee which are contained in the report, 'For the Record: Protecting Electronic Health Information.' Mr. Sheehan is a CSTB staff member and served as Study Director for this Committee.

Please note that BLS has special security procedures for non-BLS employees. Non-BLS staff who want to attend either lecture should call (202-606-7374) or email (dewolf_v@bls.gov) Virginia de Wolf by COB Monday, November 24th, in order to be placed on the visitor's list. Please provide your name, name of your employer, and office phone number.

The next lecture in this series, "Disclosure Limitation for the 2000 Census," will be given by Phil Steel, Census Bureau. It will be held at BLS on January 20, 1998, 12:30-1:45. An abstract of this talk with appear in a later edition of the WSS Newsletter.

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Hope to see you there!

• The Brickskeller
  1523 22nd St., NW
  Washington, D.C.

• Located two blocks from Dupont Circle

• Cost: $17.00 per person

• Parking: a limited amount of curbside parking may be available on nearby side streets. There is also a pay parking lot on P St. between 21st and 22nd Streets (flat rate of $7.00).

• Metro: Take the Red Line to Dupont Circle. Exit on the Q Street escalator, turn left on Q St., and walk 2 blocks to 22nd St.

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First posted October 30, 1997
Last modified November21, 1997

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