Open Government in the U.S. - webinar March 19, 2010

[Connie Crosby]

Passing this along for anyone interested in what is happening south of the border.  Details below on an event taking place next Friday by the several library associations, OpentheGovernment.org, the Sunlight Foundation, and others that will be webcast. Since the Obama administration took power, there has been a mandate to make federal government more transparent and therefore to open data. U.S. librarians have been advocates for open data, and their government libraries have been heavily involved in the process.

Note the link they have given is to last year's event; for this year's event see: http://www.openthegovernment.org/

Cheers,
Connie

Connie Crosby
Crosby Group Consulting
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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ARL Co-Sponsors Discussion and Webcast on Open Government   March 10, 2010   For more information, contact: Prue Adler Association of Research Libraries 202-296-2296 pr...@arl.org ARL Co-Sponsors Discussion and Webcast on Open Government Washington DC--The Association of Research Libraries joins OpenTheGovernment.org and seven other nonprofit organizations to host a discussion on open government in theory and in practice at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. This in-person event will take place on Friday, March 19, 2010, from 12:00p.m. - 2:00p.m. EST, and will also be available as a live webcast.   On his first full day in office, President Obama committed his Administration "to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government." To help meet that goal, the Administration has issued an Open Government Directive and a new Memorandum on Freedom of Information Act and Attorney General Guidelines. The Administration has also launched an expansive effort to open up government data to developers, advocates, and the public via Data.gov. During this program, the 5th annual Sunshine Week webcast, leading experts on transparency issues from inside and outside government will discuss if and how these initiatives have made the federal government more open, and what remains to be done.   For a full list of the program details, including a link to the webcast and program speakers, please visit http://www.openthegovernment.org/article/articleview/353/.   The event is hosted by OpenTheGovernment.org, the Association of Research Libraries, American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, Center for American Progress, League of Women Voters, National Freedom of Information Coalition, Special Libraries Association, Sunshine Week, and the Sunlight Foundation. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 124 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/. Association of Research Libraries 21 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 800 | Washington DC 20036 | 202-296-2296 www.arl.org Copyright © Association of Research Libraries

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