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FOIA/Public Records Event and Livestream
There is an event in DC about the Freedom of Information Act on March
13, 2015. There is also supposed to be a livestream of the conference
for anyone to watch online.
The Freedom of Information Act can be used by anyone to request records
from the US federal government. Many states and countries also have
their own public records laws which can be very useful for journalists
and researchers.
Link
http://www.newseum.org/event/2015-national-freedom-of-information-day-conference/?instance_id=1236
Copy/Past of Agenda
2015 National Freedom of Information Day
March 13 â?? The Knight Studio at the Newseum
8:15 - 8:30 a.m. Welcome:
Gene Policinski, Chief Operating Officer, Newseum Institute
Patrice McDermott, Executive Director, OpenTheGovernment.org
8:30 - 9:10 a.m. Speaker: Miriam Nisbet, former director of
Office of Government Information Services, National Archives
9:10 â?? 9:15 a.m. BREAK
9:15 â?? 10:50 a.m. Sunshine Week at â??10â?? â?? and in 2015
Presented by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press,
American Society of News Editors and Sunshine in Government Initiative
Remarks: Rick Blum, Executive Director, Sunshine in Government Initiative
Moderator: Andy Alexander, Visiting Professional, E.W. Scripps School
of Journalism, Ohio University
Panelists: Pete Weitzel, former editor, The Miami Herald; former
executive director, Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
Deb Gersh Hernandez, Communications Director, Reporters Committee for
Freedom of the Press and co-coordinator, Sunshine Week
Megan Rhyne, Executive Director, Virginia Coalition for Open Government
SW- 2015
Moderator: Kevin Hall, Chief Economics Correspondent, McClatchy Newspapers
Presenters: Brian Carovillano, Vice President and Managing Editor, U.S.
news, The Associated Press
Bill Sternberg, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, USA TODAY
10:50 - 11 a.m. BREAK
11 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Open Government: Successes, Challenges, Prospects
Presented by OpenTheGovernment.org
Moderator: Sean Moulton, Director, Open Government Policy, Center
for Effective Government
Panelists: Sean Vitka, Federal Policy Manager, Sunlight Foundation
Tom Blanton, Director, National Security Archive
Shanna Devine, Legislative Director, Government Accountability Project
Miriam Nisbet Former Director, OGIS
Eric Mill, 18F Project, General Services Administration
Respondents
Moderator: Joe Goldman, President, Democracy Fund
Prof. Bruce Cain, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
(via Skype)
Charles Clark, Senior Correspondent, Government Executive Media Group
12:45 p.m. â?? 1:15 p.m. 2015 James Madison Award
Presented by the American Library Association
Remarks: Sari Feldman, ALA President-elect
Speaker: Madison Award winner (via video)
Concludes