FIRST ANNUAL FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION DAY CELEBRATION
Collaboration on Government Secrecy ("CGS")
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Room 603
March 17, 2008
Agenda
| 8:30 a.m. | Check-in/Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction Daniel J. Metcalfe, CGS |
| 9:10 a.m. | Keynote Presentation Robert Vaughn, Professor, Washington College of Law |
| 9:30 a.m. | Special Presentation James R. Rettig, President-elect, American Library Association |
| 9:45 a.m. | Enactment of the 2007 FOIA Amendments -- and Beyond Lydia Kay Griggsby, Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy Matthew L. Johnson, Counsel to Senator John Cornyn Anna Laitin, Legislative Assistant to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman |
| 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m. | International Transparency: A Growing Anti-Corruption Field William G. Ferroggiaro, Policy Counsel, International Sustainable Systems Research Center, and former FOI Coordinator, National Security Archive Nathaniel Heller, Managing Director, Global Integrity Laura Neuman, Assistant Director, Americas Program, and Access to Information Project Manager, The Carter Center Thomas M. Susman, Partner, Ropes & Gray (moderator) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Luncheon -- Room TBD Speaker: Hon. Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Court Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia |
| 2:00 p.m. | Pseudosecrecy: Agency Use of "Safeguarding Labels" William T. Kammer, Chief, Freedom of Information Policy Office, Department of Defense William H. Leary, Senior Director, National Security Council Sean Moulton, Director, Federal Information Policy, OMB Watch |
| 3:00 p.m. | Use of the State Secrets Privilege Amanda Frost, Professor, Washington College of Law Meredith Fuchs, General Counsel, National Security Archive (moderator) Freddi Lipstein, former senior appellate attorney, Department of Justice Matthew Miner, Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Arlen Specter |
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