Events

FOIA: Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s Opportunities

As part of 2013 Sunshine week, the Congressional Transparency Caucus held a discussion on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reform and wasy the FOIA process could be improved to make information more accessible to the public.

The discussion panel included:

  •  Daniel Schuman, Policy Counsel, Sunlight Foundation (moderator)
  • Miriam Nisbet, Director of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration
  • Rick Blum, Coordinator, Sunshine in Government Initiative
  • Gavin Baker, Open Government Policy Analyst at the Center for Effective Government
  • Richard Pollock, Investigative Reporter, Washington Examiner

Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.  To find out more about Sunshine Week events, click here.