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2005 National FOI Day conference: Program
March 16, 2005
“Congress and the Courts: Confronting Secrecy”
Rooftop Conference Center
Freedom Forum World Center
1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va.
Also see National FOI Day information page.
8 a.m. — Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. — Welcome and introductions
8:45 a.m. — Keynote speech: “FOI and the Consent of the Governed”
9:30 a.m. — Presentation: "An Access Challenge: Electronic Court Records"
10:30 a.m. — Panel discussion: “Access and the Courts”
11:45 a.m. — Break
Noon — Lunch
Frank E. Gannett Dining Room, 22nd floor
12:45 p.m. — Announcements and awards
- Special recognitions:
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- Paul McMasters
- Announcements
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- Sunshine Sunday: Andy Alexander, Washington bureau chief, Cox Newspapers
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- Curtis B. Hurley Symposium program: Geneva Overholser, Missouri School of Journalism
1 p.m. — James Madison Awards
- Presenter:
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- Carla Hayden, immediate past president, American Library Association
- Acceptance:
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- Greg Schmidt, LIN Television Corp.
1:30 p.m. — Panel discussion: “Stirrings in Congress: Strengthening Access”
- Introduction:
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- Paul McMasters
- Panelists:
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- James Ho, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Claudia James, PodestaMattoon, Washington, D.C.
- Tara Magner, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Moderator:
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- Pete Weitzel, Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
2:30 p.m. — Roundtable discussion
- Moderator:
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- Paul McMasters
- Presenter:
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- Andy Alexander
3:30 p.m. — Adjourn
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