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This 90-minute program is hosted by OpenTheGovernment.org.
Panel 1 -- The Secret Executive -- What Can Congress and the Public
Do? Moderated by Patrice McDermott, Director of OpenTheGovernment.org.
The panel discusses executive branch power and secrecy, congressional responsibilities,
the role of the courts and of the public and public interest sector in combating
government secrecy
Ann Beeson, Director of U.S. Programs at the Open Society
Institute and previously Associate Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties
Union,
Mickey Edwards, Director of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships
in Public Leadership and former Republican member of Congress from Oklahoma
for 16 years (1977-92),
John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Center for American Progress, Chief of Staff to President William J. Clinton
from October 1998 until January 2001, and formerly in senior staff positions
in Congress.
Information on 21st Century Right to Know Initiative
Sean Moulton, Director of federal information policy at OMB
Watch.
Panel 2 -- Citizen Self-Help: Finding the Information You Need
Moderated by Greg Elin, Chief Data Architect for the Sunlight
Foundation. Greg talks with creators of websites that make hard-to-find government
information -- federal, state and local -- easy for the public to find and use
and may inspire you to do likewise.
Sheila Krumholz (OpenSecrets.org),
David Moore (OpenCongress.org),
Sean Moulton (FedSpending.org),
and
Daniel X. O'Neil (EveryBlock.com)
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