FOIA/Public Records Event and Livestream

[Polity News]

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 – 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 – 9:15 a.m.	BREAK
	
9:15 – 10:50 a.m. 	Sunshine Week at ‘10’ – 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. – 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