[Libs-Or] FYI: Governmental transparency: three panel event

[Diedre Conkling]

Governmental transparency: three panel
event<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=4560>
March 15, 2010 ( No
Comments<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=4560#comments>)

Watch remotely or attend in DC.
Building Governmental Transparency

*March 19, 2010, 12:00pm – 2:00pm*
Streaming Video

Click here to watch the event
live.<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/sunshine.html/streaming.html>
About This Event

On his first full day in office, President Obama committed his
Administration “to creating an unprecedented level of openness in
government.” To help meet that goal, the Administration has issued an Open
Government Directive and a new Memorandum on Freedom of Information Act and
Attorney General Guidelines. The Administration has also launched an
expansive effort to open up data to developers, advocates, and the public
via Data.gov. Join us for this three panel event to hear our panelists –
transparency experts from inside and outside government – discuss these
initiatives and their effect on the public. Panelists will also take
questions from the live and viewing audience. The first panel will focus on
the White House’s efforts to embed transparency in the system by, in part,
requiring each agency to develop an open government plan, and post open
government pages. During the second panel, our panelists will discuss how
recent changes to law and policy affect a citizen’s ability to request and
receive information from the federal government. During the last panel,
developers and advocates will explain how they use government information
like the data on Data.gov to make a difference for the public.

*Introduction by:*
*Reece Rushing*<http://www.americanprogress.org/aboutus/staff/RushingReece.html>,
Director of Government Reform, Center for American Progress

*Panel 1: Developing an Open Government Plan*
*Norm Eisen*, Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government
Reform
*Jim Harper*<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/inf/HarperJim.html>,
Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute
*John Wonderlich*<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/inf/WonderlichJohn.html>,
Policy Director, Sunlight Foundation

*Moderated by:*
*Patrice McDermott*<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/inf/McDermottPatrice.html>,
Director, OpenTheGovernment.org

*Panel 2: Citizen Access to Government Information*
*Kevin Goldberg*<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/inf/GoldbergKevin.html>,
counsel, American Society of News Editors (ASNE)
*Miriam Nisbet*<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/inf/NisbetMiriam.html>,
Director, Office of Government Information Services (OGIS)
*Melanie Sloan*<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/inf/SloanMelanie.html>,
Executive Director, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
(CREW)
*Melanie Pustay*<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/inf/PustayMelanieAnn.html>,
Director, Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Information Policy (OIP)

*Moderated by:*
*Patrice McDermott*<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/inf/McDermottPatrice.html>,
Director, OpenTheGovernment.org

*Panel 3: Effects of Government Transparency on the Public*
*Laura Beavers*, National KIDS COUNT Coordinator, Annie E. Casey Foundation
*Eric Gundersen*<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/inf/GundersenEric.html>,
President and co-founder, Development Seed
**

*Moderated by:*
*Sean Moulton*<http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2010/03/inf/MoultonSean.html>,
Director of Federal Information Policy, OMB Watch.

*A light lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m.*
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For more information, call 202-682-1611
Location

Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro
Center
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Diedre Conkling
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR  97365
Work phone & fax:  541-265-3066
Work email:  diedre at beachbooks.org
Home email:  diedre08 at gmail.com
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