[govinfo] FW: 2009 Freedom Forum FOI conference set for March 13

From: "Patrice McDermott" <pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <fen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <FOI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <GOVDOC-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:05:28 -0500
There is no charge to attend, but because space is limited, participants must 
register individually in advance. To register for the 2009 National FOI Day 
Conference, you must: Send an e-mail to ahampton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or call 
202/292-6288. When registering, please provide your name, title, affiliation 
and contact information. 
 
Pardon any duplicate postings. Do NOT contact me to register. 
 
Patrice McDermott, Director 
Pmcdermott at openthegovernment.org
OpenTheGovernment.org 
www.openthegovernment.org 
202.332.OPEN (6736) 

2009 FOI conference set for March 13 
News release 

First Amendment Center Online staff 
02.06.09 
WASHINGTON ? The 11th annual National FOI Day Conference will be held on 
Friday, March 13, in the Freedom Forum?s Newseum.
The theme of this year?s conference, hosted by the First Amendment Center, is 
?Freedom and Information: Looking Back and Looking Forward.?
The program will include legal scholars, lawyers and journalists discussing the 
state of freedom of information after the Bush administration and its prospects 
in the Obama administration.
David Vladeck, a Georgetown University law professor, will speak on ?The Last 
Eight Years: Freedom of Information in the Bush Era.? Meredith Fuchs, general 
counsel for the National Security Archive, will moderate a discussion 
afterwards with the following commentators: Mike German, national-security 
expert, American Civil Liberties Union, Mark Tapscott, editorial-page editor, 
The Washington Examiner, Richard A. Samp, chief counsel for the Washington 
Legal Foundation, and  Professor Rena Steinzor of the University of Maryland 
School of Law.
The FOI Day Conference, which brings together access advocates, government 
officials, lawyers, librarians, journalists, educators and others, is presented 
in association with Sunshine Week, the American Library Association and 
OpenTheGovernment.org.
The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at noon. It will be at the 
Knight Conference Center at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 7th 
floor. (Use the Sixth Street entrance.)
Ronald K.L. Collins, First Amendment scholar, said, ?We as a nation may be at a 
turning point when it comes to open government. Of course, that remains to be 
seen. Meanwhile, we need to assess where we?ve been and where we?re going so 
far as freedom of information is concerned. This year?s FOI conference 
addresses just such concerns.?
·  There is no charge to attend, but because space is limited, participants 
must register individually in advance. To register for the 2009 National FOI 
Day Conference, you must: Send an e-mail to ahampton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or call 
202/292-6288. When registering, please provide your name, title, affiliation 
and contact information. 
The First Amendment Center works to preserve and protect First Amendment 
freedoms through information and education. The center serves as a forum for 
the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of 
speech, of the press and of religion, and the rights to assemble and to 
petition the government. It is nonpartisan and neither litigates nor lobbies.
The First Amendment Center, with offices at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, 
Tenn., and Washington, D.C., is an operating program of the Freedom Forum and 
is associated with the Newseum and the Diversity Institute. Its affiliation 
with Vanderbilt University is through the Vanderbilt Institute for Public 
Policy Studies. Its offices on the Vanderbilt campus are located in the John 
Seigenthaler Center.
Contact:
Ron Collins, 202/292-6292
[govinfo] FW: 2009 Freedom Forum FOI conference set for March 13

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