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2007 National FOI Day conference: Agenda
March 16, 2007
“Access: Oversight & Priorities”
National Press Club
529 14th St., N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20045
Also see National FOI
Day information page.
8 a.m. — Continental breakfast
Holeman Lounge, 13th Floor
8:30 a.m. — Welcome and introductions
8:45 a.m. — Presentation
- Introduction:
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- Ronald Collins
- Speaker:
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- Dr. Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States
“My First Two
Years: Access Issues at the National Archives”
9:45 a.m. — Panel Discussion: “Publishing Leaks: The Practice &
the Law”
- Moderator:
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- Laura Handman, Davis Wright Tremaine
- Panelists:
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- Shelby Coffey, Freedom Forum
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- Dana Priest, The Washington Post
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- Norman Pearlstine, former Time magazine editor in chief
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- Jeffrey H. Smith, Arnold & Porter
10:45 a.m. — Break
10:55 a.m. — Panel discussion: “Access Priorities: What Congress Needs
to Do”
- Moderator:
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- Pete Weitzel, Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
- Panelists:
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- Anna Laitin, House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform
- Meredith Fuchs, National Security Archive
- Laura Rychak, Sunshine in Government Initiative/Newspaper Association of America
- David Vladeck, Georgetown
Law School
11:55 a.m. — Break
12:05 p.m. — Lunch
1:05 p.m. — American Library Association’s Awards
- Introduction:
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- Leslie Burger, president, American
Library Association
- Speakers:
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- Paul K. McMasters, James Madison Award recipient
- Patricia Schuman, Eileen Cooke Award recipient
- Posthumous recognition: Ridley Kessler
1:30 p.m. — Luncheon speech
- Introduction:
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- Ronald Collins
- Speaker:
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- Paul McMasters, former
First Amendment ombudsman, Freedom Forum
“Surge in Secrecy: Democracy’s
Incremental Disaster”
2:15 p.m. — Adjourn
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