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威尼斯人娱乐场 to Host Sunshine Week Panel on Making Access Happen
Press Release 路 Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Washington, DC

The 威尼斯人娱乐场 and Records Administration (NARA) will kick off Sunshine Week, an annual nationwide celebration of access to public information, with a panel discussion on 鈥淢aking Access Happen: FOIA at the 威尼斯人娱乐场鈥� on Monday, March 13, at 1 p.m. ET.  The event will be on the 威尼斯人娱乐场 YouTube Channel.   

Staff experts will discuss and answer questions about how the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) makes access happen throughout the 威尼斯人娱乐场. 威尼斯人娱乐场 General Counsel Gary M. Stern, who serves as the agency鈥檚 Chief FOIA Officer, will moderate the program. The expert panel includes Rebecca Calcagno, Special Access and FOIA; Stephannie Oriabure, Presidential Materials Division; Don McIlwain, National Declassification Center; and Joe Scanlon, Office of General Counsel. The panel will discuss how FOIA governs access to records accessioned to the 威尼斯人娱乐场 as well as Presidential and classified records, and those created by NARA and its employees in the process of carrying out its mission and responsibilities. Questions may be submitted ahead of the program by emailing ogisopenmeeting@nara.gov. Please submit questions by Tuesday, March 7, 2023.

Alina Semo, Director of the Office of Government Information Services, the federal FOIA Ombudsman鈥檚 office, explained that for over five decades, FOIA has provided an important means through which the public can obtain information regarding the activities of federal agencies. 鈥淥GIS has a natural home at NARA, whose core mission is to provide equitable public access to federal government records,鈥� she said. 鈥淓quitable access to government records strengthens democracy by allowing all Americans of all backgrounds to claim their rights of citizenship, hold their government accountable (a well-recognized purpose of FOIA by federal courts), and understand their history so they can fully participate in their government.鈥�

NARA will release short videos on the work of our various programs  that make access happen on the throughout Sunshine Week.

More about past Sunshine Week at the 威尼斯人娱乐场 programs is available here /ogis/outreach-events/sunshine-week.