[govinfo] 2nd Annual Sunshine Week event: Closed Doors; Open Democracies?
- From: "Patrice McDermott" <pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:25:01 -0500
This is in the shameless promotion category - but it is about access to
government information - and it is going to be a great program. We are seeking
organizations to host the webcast and hold discussions in your communities.
The webcast will be archived, so if this is during your Spring break, think
about doing a local viewing and discussion when everyone is back. We will
determine if the panelists would be willing to receive e-mailed questions from
sites that are not participating in the live event.
Please share widely - with your academic colleagues, your librarians (both
academic and public), your local journalists, and anyone else you can think of
-- to see if they would be willing to host an event.
I am happy to send the advisory to anyone as a .doc file, if requested.
Thanks.
Patrice McDermott, Executive Director
OpenTheGovernment.org
pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
202-332-OPEN (6736)
www.openthegovernment.org
OpenTheGovernment.org
Americans for Less Secrecy, More Democracy
Contact: Emily Feldman or Patrice McDermott, (202) 332-6736,
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
MEDIA ADVISORY
Second Annual National Event Will Explore Government Secrecy and Openness
Closed Doors; Open Democracies? A national dialogue with government openness
experts
Join Ira Flatow, host and executive producer of NPR's Science Friday, and two
panels of government and other experts in a national dialogue addressing issues
of access to government information, including the impact of government
suppression and manipulation of scientific information on public health and
safety - and accountability at the federal and the state and local levels. The
event will begin with a lively discussion of the issues and end with ideas for
action.
This dialogue with government openness experts - which will feature video
segments and a question-and-answer period, followed by local programs at sites
across the country - kicks off Sunshine Week 2007. The event is being hosted by
the American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association,
Association of Research Libraries, League of Women Voters, National Coalition
Against Censorship, National Freedom of Information Coalition,
OpenTheGovernment.org, Special Libraries Association, Sunshine Week, and Union
of Concerned Scientists
Speakers:
Ira Flatow (moderator), host and executive producer of NPR's Science Friday
Dottie Biggs, former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) librarian from
Region 8
Jay Dyckman, director of The Knowledge Project at the National Coalition
Against Censorship,
Francesca Grifo, Senior Scientist and Director of Scientific Integrity Program
at the Union of Concerned Scientists
Mark Tapscott, Editorial Page Editor, the Washington Examiner
Rick Piltz, Founder and Director of Climate Science Watch and former
whistleblower at the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)
Bill Wolfe, Director, New Jersey Chapter of Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility (PEER)
Susan Wood, Research Professor in the Department of Environmental and
Occupational Health and former FDA official who quit over the delay of Plan B
WHEN/WHERE: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:00pm- 2:30pm EST., webcast from the
National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to sites around the country.
Visit www.OpenTheGovernment.org for a list of venues, registration information,
and more.
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