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Description: In the United States, Freedom of Information Day is celebrated on or near the March 16 birthday of James Madison, considered the Founding Father of Freedom of Information, as part of what during recent years has become known as Sunshine Week. This program is the sixth annual celebration of Freedom of Information Day held by the Washington College of Laws Collaboration on Government Secrecy and this year it anchors an expanded Sunshine Week (March 1016), a project of the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, among related activities by media and public interest groups. Leading experts will discuss matters of current importance to the openness-ingovernment community, including in a legislative outlook session featuring key congressional staff from all corners of Capitol Hill moderated by 2008 FOIA Legend Award recipient Thomas M. Susman, one on high-visibility FOIA litigation, and one on the aftermath of the Supreme Courts decision in Milner v. Department of the Navy, 131 S. Ct. 1259 (Mar. 7, 2011). CGS also is pleased to announce that 46-year FOIA veteran Leonard Schaitman, who has served as Assistant Director of the Appellate Staff of the Department of Justices Civil Division since 1973, will give this programs keynote address and will be presented with the 2013 Robert Vaughn FOIA Legend Award in recognition of his career shaping the development of the law through litigation and promoting its proper governmentwide administration. The recipient of last years FOIA Legend Award, Susan B. Long, Co-Director of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, will make the presentation.
 | | Practice Areas: | | Constitutional Law | | | Online Media Type: | | Video | | | Production Date: | | 03/18/2013 9:30 AM EDT | | | Level: | | Intermediate | | | Category: | | Standard | | | Duration: | | 7 Hours, 30 Minutes | | | Online Format: | | Live | | | Course Type: | | Public |
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| | • | Steve Aftergood - Executive Director, Project on Government Secrecy, Federation of American Scientists | | • | William Boardley - Associate General Counsel, United States Marshals Service, Department of Justice | | • | Krista Boyd - Minority Counsel, House Government Reform and Oversight Committee | | • | Jennifer Brown - Senior Research Associate/Dean's Fellow, Collaboration on Government Secrecy, Washington College of Law | | • | James P. Conrad - Chairman, Section of Administrative Law, American Bar Association | | • | Lydia Kay Griggsby - Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy | | • | Matthew L. Johnson - Counsel to Senator John Cornyn for Senate Judiciary Committee | | • | William T. Kammer - Chief, Office of Freedom of Information, Department of Defense | | • | Jennifer LaFleur - Director of Computer-Assisted Reporting, ProPublica | | • | Susan B. Long - Co-Director, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), Syracuse University | | • | Ginger P. McCall - Director, Open Government Project, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) | | • | Daniel J. Metcalfe - Executive Director, Collaboration on Government Secrecy, Washington College of Law | | • | Tegan N. Millspaw - Research Analyst, House Government Reform and Oversight Commitee | | • | Catrina Pavlik-Keenan - Director, Office of Freedom of Information, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security | | • | James F. Peterson - Senior Attorney, Judicial Watch | | • | Leonard Schaitman - Assistant Director, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice | | • | David Sobel - Senior Counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EFF) | | • | Thomas M. Susman - Director of Governmental Affairs, American Bar Association | | • | Anne L. Weismann - Chief Counsel, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) | | • | Benjamin E. Wizner - Counsel, National Security Project, American Civil Liberties Union | | • | Gavin Baker - Federal Information Policy Analyst, Center for Effective Government (formerly OMB Watch) | | • | Robert S. Becker - Member, Board of Directors, D.C. Open Government Coalition | | • | Elizabeth Goitein - Director, Liberty and National Security Project, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law | | • | Sean Moulton - Director, Federal Information Policy, Center for Effective Goverment |
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