Working Dinner, La Chaumiere, 2813 M Street, N.W.

Continental breakfast in meeting room

Open session

Introduction to the NRCTorrey

Welcome to the committeeFienberg

Introductions of committee members (TAB 1)

Charge to the committee (TAB 2)

--Gen. John A. Gordon, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy

--Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)

--Peter Lyons, office of Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)

Break

Uses of the polygraph in the federal government: employment and security contexts (TAB 3)

…  purposes for use of polygraph in the federal government

…  how polygraphs are administered for these purposes

…  how polygraph data are used

--Brief presentations:

Andy Ryan, Chief of Research, Department of Defense Polygraph Institute

Dave Renzelman, Director, Polygraph Program, U.S. Department of Energy

Joseph Mahaley, Director of Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy

Alan P. Zelicoff, Center for National Security and Arms Control, Sandia National Laboratory

--Discussion

Lunch

The scientific controversy over the validity of polygraph testing (TABS 4,5)Fienberg, Ekman

Break

Closed session

Discussion of conflicts of interest and sources of biasGrohman

Adjourn

Continental breakfast in meeting room

Open session

Discussion of topics for consideration by the panel: Psychophysiological issues

--Psychophysiology of emotion and deception (TAB 6)Davidson, Grambsch

--Social factors affecting psychophysiological response (TAB 7)Blascovich

Break

Discussion of topics for consideration by the panel: Data analysis and inference

--Extracting signal from noise in polygraph data (TAB 8)Laskey, Imrey

--Inferring psychological significance from physiological signals (TAB 9)Cacioppo

--Validity/accuracy and predictive value (TAB 10)Swets

Lunch

Discussion of topics for consideration by the panel: Other topics

--Alternative indicators of deception (TAB 11)Ekman, Raichle, Grambsch

--Policy and legal issues (TAB 12)Faigman

Planning the study

Schedule of work and meetings (TAB 13)

Needs for commissioned work for the study

Early consideration of dissemination needs

Adjourn