Sunday, March 10, 2013

Sunshine Week Events for Monday, March 11th

Sunshine Week events in the DC area for Monday, March 11th:

Discussion and Viewing of the Freedom of Information ActOffice of Government Information Services
National Archives, Washington, DC
The National Archives and the Freedom of Information Act Ombudsman celebrate Sunshine Week at the Archives with a display of the original FOIA documents and remarks at 1 p.m. by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero and Office of Information Services Director Miriam Nisbet, immediately followed by a demonstration of FOIAonline, the recently launched multi-agency FOIA portal. The event is free, but registration is recommended. RSVP to ogis@nara.gov. More information is on the FOIA Ombudsman blog

Fourth Annual Department of Justice Sunshine Week CelebrationU.S. Department of Justice, Washington
The Justice Department will celebrate Sunshine Week with a program from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. with Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West, DOJ’s chief FOIA officer, who will lead a discussion of federal agencies’ improvements in FOIA administration since Attorney General Eric Holder’s guidelines were issued during Sunshine Week 2009. The event is open to agency personnel and the public, and picture ID will be required to enter the building. Register via email to DOJ.OIP.FOIA@usdoj.gov with the subject line “Sunshine Week.” For more information, see the DOJ website.

Sunshine Week Happy Hour & Madison’s Birthday CelebrationCitizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington, OpenTheGovernment.org, Project on Government Oversight, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Sunlight Foundation
Washington-area open-government groups and friends of transparency will partake of a Sunshine Week happy hour and celebration of James Madison’s birthday on Monday night from 6-8 p.m. There is no need to RSVP and there is no cover charge, but there will be a cash bar and maybe some birthday cake. The event will be at Cause, the Philanthropub, in the Treehouse room. For more information, see the Facebook invite.

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