The LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center
is
Proud to be a host site for:
Sunshine Week 2007: Closed Doors; Open Democracies?
What?
* Civic organizations, libraries, universities and other groups
around the country are invited to participate in our second dialogue on
open government and secrecy by hosting or co-sponsoring programs
* The program, which will include panel discussions, audience
questions, and ideas for action, will be webcast to sites around the
country
* The program will focus on access to government information,
including the impact of government suppression and manipulation of
scientific information on public health and safety - and accountability.
The dialogue will start with a lively discussion of the issues and end
with ideas for action
* Sites are encouraged to show the national program and plan local
programs tailored to open government issues in their communities!
Audience members at all sites will have an opportunity to call in (using
any telephone) and email questions to our live panels. We will answer as
many questions as time permits.
See a list of our confirmed speakers here!
<http://openthegovernment.org/article/articleview/237/1/94?TopicID=>
Where?
The event will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C and
webcast to:
RoomW220 of the LSU Law Center, 1 E Campus Dr Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
When?
The event will be held on Monday, March 12, 2007 12:00 noon - 1:30pm
Local Time.
Sunshine Week is March 11- 17, 2007. Visit www.sunshineweek.org to learn
more about Sunshine Week.
Background
The first national "Sunshine Week: Your Right to Know" was launched in
March 2005 and will be celebrated in 2007 from March 11-17. Sunshine
Week's intent is to raise awareness of the importance of open government
to everyone in the community, not just journalists. "Closed Doors; Open
Democracies?" is brought to you in celebration of Sunshine Week by the
American Association of Law Libraries
<http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/> , American Library Association
<http://www.ala.org> , Association of Research Libraries
<http://www.arl.org> , League of Women Voters <http://www.lwv.org> ,
National Coalition Against Censorship <http://www.ncac.org/> , National
Freedom of Information Coalition <http://www.nfoic.org> , National Press
Club <http://npc.press.org> , OpenTheGovernment.org
<http://www.openthegovernment.org> , Special Libraries Association
<http://www.sla.org> , Sunshine Week <http://www.sunshineweek.org> , and
Union of Concerned Scientists <http://ucsusa.org/> .
Contact
Questions? Want to RSVP?
Please Contact:
Phillip Gragg
Reference Librarian
Paul M. Hebert Law Center Library
Louisiana State University
(225) 578-4952
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