8 a.m. — Continental breakfast

8:30 a.m. — Welcome and introductions

Speakers:

Ken Paulson, First Amendment Center

Paul McMasters, First Amendment Center

8:45 a.m. — Panel discussion: "Homeland Security Act: Secrecy as Safety"

Moderator:

Tom Blanton, National Security Archive

Panelists:

Scott Armstrong, Information Trust

David Schanzer, House Homeland Security Committee

Jeffrey Smith, former general counsel, CIA

Lee S. Strickland, University of Maryland

10 a.m. — “Managing Secrets in a Changed World”

Introduction:

Patrice McDermott, American Library Association

Speaker:

William Leonard, director, Interagency Security Oversight Office

10:30 a.m. — Panel discussion: "Secrecy and the Editing of History"

Moderator:

Meredith Fuchs, National Security Archive




Panelists:

Philip Melanson, University of Massachusetts

Anna Nelson, American University

Harold Relyea, Library of Congress

Alasdair Roberts, Syracuse University

11:45 a.m. — Break

12:00 p.m. — Lunch

Frank E. Gannett Dining Room, 22nd Floor

12:45 p.m. — James Madison Award

Moderator:

Carla Hayden, president, American Library Association

Recipient:

To Be Announced

1:15 p.m. — Keynote address

Introduction:

Paul McMasters

Speaker:


David Sobel, Electronic Privacy Information Center

2 p.m. — New Access Coalitions

Introduction:

Paul McMasters

Presenters:

Eric Newton, Knight Foundation

Rick Blum, Openthegovernment.org

Pete Weitzel, Journalists for Open Government

2:15 p.m. — Citizen Access Project Service Awards

Presenter:

Bill Chamberlin, University of Florida

2:20 — The FOI Roundtable

Moderators:

Patrice McDermott and Paul McMasters

Discussion leaders:


Lucy Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Robert Deyling, Administrative Office, U.S. Courts

Kevin Goldberg, Cohn and Marks

Megan Gray, Newspaper Association of America

Harry Hammitt, Access Reports

3:30 p.m. — Adjourn