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2009 National FOI Day Conference: Agenda
March 13, 2009
“Freedom & Information: Looking Back & Looking Forward”
The Newseum
The Knight Conference Center (7th floor)
555 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20001
Also see National FOI
Day information page.
8:30 a.m. — Welcome
7th Floor, Rooms 705-706
- Speaker:
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- Ken Paulson, First Amendment Center & Freedom Forum
8:45 a.m. — Introductions
8:50 a.m. — Preview of week to come
- Panelists:
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- Debra Gersh Hernandez, Sunshine Week
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- Patrice McDermott, OpenTheGovernment.org
- Rick Blum, Sunshine in Government
- Dan Metcalfe, Collaboration on Government Secrecy
9:00 a.m. — Remarks & panel discussion
- Speaker:
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- David Vladeck, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
“The Last Eight Years: Freedom of Information in the Bush Era”
- Moderator:
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- Meredith Fuchs, general counsel, National Security Archive
- Panelists:
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- Mike German, Policy Counsel on National Security, ACLU
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- Mark Tapscott, editorial page editor, The Washington Examiner
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- Richard A. Samp, chief counsel, Washington Legal Foundation
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- Rena Steinzor, professor of law, University of Maryland
10:20 a.m. — Q & A
10:40 a.m. — Break
11:00 a.m. — Keynote address: “Thoughts on State Secrets: Restoring Congressional Oversight”
11:45 a.m. — American Library Association’s Awards
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- Nancy Kranich, former president, American Library Association
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- Remarks by James Madison Award recipient: Tom Susman
12:15 p.m. — Adjourn
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