Where
Suffolk University Law School120 Tremont Street
Function Room (1st Floor)
Boston, MA 02108
Driving Directions
Access to Government Records in Massachusetts:
Issues and Trends
Co-sponsored with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
and the Massachusetts City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association
Register Now!
If registration has reached capacity, call (617) 573-8644 to be added to the waiting list.
September 28 is International Right to Know Day. This symposium will bring together a wide range of stakeholders to examine how well Massachusetts' public records law is working; how it compares to law in other states and countries; and how ideas about transparency must be adapted to fit a digital age.
Program
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Continental breakfast
8:00 - 8: 15 AM
Welcoming remarks
8:15 - 9:00 AM
8:15 - 9:00 AM
Open government around the world
Speaker:
Kevin Dunion
Information Commissioner of Scotland
9:00 - 10:15 AM
9:00 - 10:15 AM
Public records law in Massachusetts: Current challenges
Lead speakers:
Jon Albano
Partner, Bingham McCutchen, LLP
Judy Zeprun Kalman
Deputy General Counsel, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
James B. Lampke
Executive Director, City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association
Maggie Mulvihill
Associate Director, New England Center for Investigative Reporting
Staff Attorney
Public Records Division, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
10:15-10:30 AM
Break
10:30-11:45 AM
Achieving transparency in the digital age
Lead speakers:
Alex Abdo
ACLU National Security Project, New York
Linda Hamel
General Counsel, Information Technology Division
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
General Counsel, Information Technology Division
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sean Moulton
Director, Federal Information Policy, OBM Watch, Washington DC
John D. Warner, Jr.
Archivist, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
11:45 - NOON
Break and lunch served
12:00 - 1:15 PM
12:00 - 1:15 PM
Open government in other states
Lead speakers:
Lucy DalglishExecutive Director
Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, DC
Robert Freeman
Executive Director, New York Committee on Open Government, Albany NY
Register Now!
If registration has reached capacity, call (617) 573-8644 to be added to the waiting list.
NOTE: There is no registration fee for this roundtable.
