Webcasts
Sixth Annual Freedom of Information Day Celebration - Monday, March 18, 2013
- Welcome and Opening Remarks/Award Presentation (00:39:17)
- Panel One: Milner Two Years Later -- A critical review of the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision in Milner v. Department of the Navy (00:58:18)
- Panel Two: Legislative Outlook -- a comprehensive view of FOIA activity in the 113th Congress from all four corners of Capitol Hill (01:00:32)
- Luncheon Address (00:51:52)
- Panel Three: Current FOIA Litigation -- a survey of high-visibility current FOIA litigation cases and what can be learned from them (01:27:52)
- Panel Four: Freedom of Information Today -- a wide-ranging discussion of the extensive Sunshine Week report issued by the Center for Effective Government (01:06:09)
Transparency in the Obama Administration: A Fourth Year Assessment - Thursday, January 17, 2013
- Welcome and Introduction/ Keynote Speaker (00:46:03)
- Panel One: OGIS Successes -- an assessment of the Office of Government Information Services' successful discharge of its statutory mandate, and more, during its first three years (01:28:15)
- Panel Two: Portal to Success -- an early look at the unique new “FOIAonline” portal launched by OGIS, EPA, and three other federal agencies to transform the handling of FOIA requests (01:04:15)
- Luncheon Presentation (00:50:47)
- Panel Three: “FOIA Regs or FOIA Dregs” -- a critical review of the widespread failure of federal agencies to issue regulations required for full and proper implementation of the 2007 FOIA Amendments and the Holder FOIA Memorandum of March 2009 (01:28:48)
- Panel Four: “Transparency” in its Broadest Sense -- a broad view of “transparency” as involving the means by which government information is made available for most effective public use (01:17:19)
Sixth Annual International Right-to-Know Day - Friday, September 28, 2012
- Introduction (00:05:32)
- Keynote Speaker: Nathaniel Heller (00:51:44)
- Transparency Worldwide (01:18:22)
- Freedom of Information in Europe (01:00:05)
- Luncheon Presentation (00:46:45)
- International Transparency Principles Redux (00:56:11)
- The New Open Government Partnership (01:18:53)
Fifth Annual Freedom of Information Day Celebration - Friday, March 16, 2012
- Welcome and Opening Remarks/ Award Presentation and Keynote Address (01:02:11)
- Panel One: OGIS and the FOIA’s Future -- an inside look at the immediate successes and future plans of the Office of Government Information Services (01:09:23)
- Panel Two: Current FOIA Litigation -- a survey of current high-visibility FOIA litigation cases and what can be learned from them (01:16:50)
- Luncheon Address: “FOIA Over the Decades, From Ford to Obama” (00:44:48)
- Panel Three: Legislative Outlook -- a comprehensive view of FOIA activity in the 112th Congress from all four corners of Capitol Hill (01:18:05)
- Panel Four: Is Exemption 3 Out of Control? -- a critical review of existing agency use of twice as many Exemption 3 statutes as actually qualify (01:02:40)
Transparency in the Obama Administration: A Third-Year Assessment - Friday, January 20, 2012
- Welcome and Introduction / Keynote Speech (00:58:18)
- Panel One: The Open Government Status Report -- a critical review of the Obama Administration's September 2011 report of its open government policy successes and difficulties (01:14:13)
- Panel Two: "Do the Bucks Stop Here?" -- an assessment of the extent to which increased funding constraints now threaten to curtail open government initiatives across the executive branch (01:07:02)
- Luncheon Presentation (00:47:55)
- Panel Three: “CUI or See You Later, Part II” -- an inside view of the progress made to date and the prospects for success in harmonizing safeguarding labels under the rubric “Controlled Unclassified Information” (01:26:06)
- Panel Four: White House “Visitor Logs” -- an examination of the Obama Administration’s policy for disclosing and also withholding records of White House visitors, as rejected in Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Secret Service, No. 09-2312 (BAH) (D.D.C. Aug. 17, 2011) (appeal pending) (01:07:35)
Fifth Annual International Right-To-Know Day Celebration - Wednesday, September 28, 2011
- Welcome and Opening Remarks/Keynote Speaker (01:07:13)
- Transparency Worldwide: A Survey of Recent Developments (01:26:57)
- Freedom of Information in South Africa: A live video-link exchange with Johannesburg (00:38:38)
- Lucheon Presentation (00:18:54)
- Transparency Video (00:08:49)
- International Transparency Principles: A review of Draft International Principles on National Security and the Right to Information (01:04:03)
- U.S. Global Transparency Leadership: The New Open Government Partnership (01:25:30)
The Protection of Homeland Security Information - Wednesday, April 27, 2011
- Opening Remarks and Keynote Presentation (00:44:31)
- The Post-9/11 Continuum (01:01:16)
- High Noon for "High 2"...and Beyond (01:00:34)
- Luncheon Presentation (00:44:55)
- The Legal Effects of Leaks, Wiki or Otherwise (01:20:43)
Fourth Annual Freedom of Information Day Celebration - Monday, March 14, 2011
- Welcome and Opening Remarks / Award Presentation / Keynote Address (00:42:16)
- Panel One: Legislative Outlook -- an inside look at FOIA activity in the 112th Congress in both the House and the Senate and from both sides of the aisle (01:03:33)
- Panel Two: FOIA Privacy Issues -- a discussion of the privacy issues that divide agencies and FOIA requesters, as well as the current Supreme Court issue (“corporate privacy” in AT&T Inc. v. FCC) that does not (01:17:09)
- Luncheon Address (00:51:05)
- Panel Three: Case Study: Exemption 3 and the SEC -- a review of the controversy that erupted from a nondisclosure provision of the Dodd-‐‑ Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act this past year (01:01:43)
- Panel Four: FOIA in the Trenches -- a presentation of the inside perspective on the processes of FOIA administration by longtime agency FOIA personnel (01:10:25)
Transparency in the Obama Administration - A Second Year Assessment - Thursday, January 20, 2011
- Welcome and Introduction / Keynote Speech (00:48:04)
- Panel One: The Open Government Directive - an assessment of this year-old keystone of the Obama Administration’s transparency policy, with attention to the breadth of its related technology initiatives. (01:19:59)
- Panel Two: Freedom of Information Act Policy - a review of governmentwide implementation of the Holder FOIA Memorandum. (01:21:14)
- Luncheon Presentation (00:40:20)
- Panel Three: Executive Order Pas de Deux - an inside look at implementation of both Executive Order 13,526 on national security classification and Executive Order 13,556 on “Controlled Unclassified Information.” (01:50:35)
- Panel Four: Data Review - a critical analysis of statistics that are used and sometimes abused to measure agency change and performance on transparency issues. (00:50:42)
Fourth Annual International Right-To-Know Day Celebration - Tuesday, September 28, 2010
- Welcome and Introduction / Keynote Presentation: "Worldwide Transparency in the 21st Century" (01:24:44)
- Transparency in Scotland as Viewed at the Centre for Freedom of Information (00:50:56)
- The World Bank’s New Transparency Regime (01:27:40)
- Updated Survey of Transparency Worldwide (00:58:40)
Third Annual Freedom of Information Day - Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- Welcome and Opening Remarks / Introduction / Award Presentation / Keynote Address (00:43:30)
- Panel One: Big Freedom of Information Act Litigation Cases (01:19:26)
- Panel Two: Backlog Reduction Under the Open Government Directive (00:53:57)
- Luncheon Address (00:58:40)
- Panel Three: Pseudosecrecy, From SHSI to SBU to CUI (01:22:11)
- Panel Four: Exemption Three Going Forward (00:51:15)
Transparency in the Obama Administration - A First-Year Assessment - Wednesday, January 20, 2010
- Welcome and Introduction / Keynote Speech (01:04:00)
- Panel One: Freedom of Information Act Policy - a review of governmentwide implementation of the Holder FOIA Memorandum. (01:26:07)
- Panel Two: The New Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) - an inside look at OGIS’s start-up operations and its plans for 2010. (01:10:37)
- Luncheon Presentation (00:44:22)
- Panel Three: The New Executive Order on National Security - a discussion of new Exec. Order No. 13,526, with focus on both classification and declassification. (01:14:02)
- Panel Four: The Open Government Directive -- an analysis of this long-awaited keystone of Obama Administration transparency policy, with attention to the breadth of its related technology initiatives. (01:44:05)
The State of the State Secrets Privilege - Wednesday, November 18, 2009
- Welcome and Introduction / Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Chairman, House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties (00:43:50)
- Panel One: Background of the Privilege -- a foundation discussion of the state secrets privilege’s origin, its development, and its current status in the courts (01:35:56)
- Panel Two: Obama Administration Policy and Practice -- a critical examination of the Obama Administration’s emerging positions on the privilege and how they differ from positions advanced in litigation during the Bush Administration (01:19:42)
- Luncheon (00:48:21)
- Panel Three: Legislative Perspective -- an up-to-date view from Capitol Hill of the prospects for state secrets privilege reform by Congress (01:10:48)
- Panel Four: Idealized View of the Privilege -- a wide-ranging assessment of what, all things considered, the nature and scope of the privilege ought to be (01:23:20)
Third Annual International Right-to-Know Day Celebration - Monday, September 28, 2009
- Welcome and Introduction / Keynote Presentation: "Transparency in the UK and Beyond" (01:32:34)
- Kevin Dunion, Information Commissioner of Scotland, and Arne Fliflet, Information Commissioner of Norway (00:54:12)
- Survey of Transparency Worldwide (01:26:49)
- Restoration of U.S. International Transparency Leadership During the Obama Administration (01:08:20)
Privacy Protection After 20 Years Under Reporters Committee - Tuesday, April 28, 2009
- Welcome and Introduction / Keynote Address / Panel One: Reporters Committee Revisited (01:43:29)
- Panel Two: “Practical Obscurity?” (01:08:42)
- Luncheon (00:47:54)
- Panel Three: “Core Values” (01:06:02)
- Panel Four: The Future of Privacy Protection (01:10:59)
Second Annual Freedom of Information Day/Sunshine Week Celebration - Monday, March 16, 2009
- Welcome and Introduction / Panel One: Overclassification, Declassification, and Executive Order Change (01:12:59)
- Panel Two: "Bailing Out on Transparency" (01:01:43)
- Keynote Address (00:43:44)
- Luncheon Speaker (00:33:24)
- Panel Three: "CUI or See You Later" (01:07:55)
- Panel Four: "Born Digital But Preserved in Hard Copy?" (01:03:28)
- Panel Five: An Early Assessment of the Obama Administration (01:16:31)
Information Policy in the New Administration - Thursday, January 29, 2009
- Welcome and Introduction / Keynote Speaker (00:45:48)
- Panel One: Transparency Policy Recommendations (01:30:06)
- Panel Two: Broader Information-Policy Recommendations (01:13:21)
- Luncheon Speaker (00:43:51)
- Panel Three: View From Inside of Government (01:11:36)
- Survey of Change Priorities (00:44:15)
