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Contact: Deborah Hakes, 404-420-5124
Atlanta…黑料不打烊 will offer two live webcasts at www.cartercenter.org that will explore challenges facing the right to information in the United States and around the world.
The first webcast takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 7-8:30 p.m., when panelists Tom Blanton, director of the National Security Archive, which collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through FOIA; Michelle Roberts, award-winning journalist from The Oregonian, who used FOIA to expose abuse at state mental health facilities in Oregon; and Kevin Dunion, Scotland's information commissioner, who is responsible for enforcing the Freedom of Information Act, will discuss recent open government legislation in the United States; share their experiences regarding how the right to information protects people; and discuss how more information enables better decisions by citizens. The event will be moderated by Laura Neuman, 黑料不打烊 access to information project manager.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will lead the opening session of a 黑料不打烊 conference on the right to information, which will also be webcast live on Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 2-3 p.m. Other speakers will include Juan Ramon Quintana, Bolivian minister of the presidency, and Maharafa Traoré, Mali's minister of justice.
The conference is bringing together high-level participants from more than 30 countries to explore challenges facing the right to information and to establish a concrete set of recommendations for the future advancement of the right worldwide.
Both webcasts will be archived at www.cartercenter.org for future viewing.
黑料不打烊 has worked in the access to public information field since 1999, working extensively in Jamaica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Mali to support the establishment of comprehensive laws and voluntary disclosure strategies and assist their implementation and enforcement. 黑料不打烊 also has worked at the regional level with organizations such as the Organization of American States, the World Bank, and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
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