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ACCESS '16
James Madison's Montpelier
December 8, 2016
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (exact schedule to be determined)
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Earlybird Registration through Nov. 18: $30 members; $40 non-members
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After Nov. 18: $35 members; $45 non-members
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Students: $25
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Donations, sponsorships: Any amount is welcome!!
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Tentative line-up of panels
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Legislative privilege -- the Virginia Supreme Court recently ruled in a case that legislative privlege shields communication with third parties in certain circumstances. Find out more about the case and contrast it with FOIA's working papers exemption.
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Proactive disclosure -- Is government information moving from an ask-and-receive model to an on-demand one? How does government decide which data sets it will make available? Can government be simultaneously transparent and opaque?
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Government and social media -- Is social media a great way to engage citizens, a quagmire for records management purposes, or a potential legal minefield of deleted comments or blocked "friends," a combination of all three. Or something else entirely?
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The business of confidentiality -- Whether it's the chemicals used in fracking, who farms hemp or what type of development a utility is proposing, businesses often don't want government to release trade secret or proprietary information about them. How accommodating should government be?
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Information in the age of Madison -- James Madison is considered the patron saint of open government. But when he said the people must have access to information, just what did he mean?
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PANELISTS (read their bios) |
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Mark Barham City of Williamsburg |
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Kristin Davis Southern Environmental Law Center |
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Dr. Mike Dickens Center for the Constitution at Montpelier |
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The Hon. Wyatt Durrette Former member of the Virginia House of Delegates |
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Prof. Michael Gilbert University of Virginia School of Law |
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Eric Gregory Hefty, Wiley & Gore |
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The Hon. Edd Houck Former member of the Virginia Senate |
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Andria McClellan Norfolk City Council |
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David Ogburn Capital Results |
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Chad Owen Library of Virginia |
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Dale Peskin Loudoun Times-Mirror |
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Emily Shaw Sunlight Foundation |
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Dr. James Toscano Tidewater Community College |
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Josh Wheeler Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression |
And many thanks to our conference sponsors:
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AARP Virginia
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Dorothy Abernathy
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Bonnie Alexander
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Anonymous
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Paul Casalaspi
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Roger Christman
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Concerned Citizens of Giles County
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Amy Carter Day
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Joan Fenton
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Mark Grunewald
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Dick Hammerstrom
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Debra Hernandez
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Joshua Heslinga
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Waldo Jaquith
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Spencer Kimball
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Eileen McAfee
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Andria McClellan
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Anne McCray
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Ted Mellnik
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Carol Noggle
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Sonya Peretti-Hull
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Rebecca Quinn
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Elisabeth Rhyne
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Megan Rhyne
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Rebecca Rhyne
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Louise Seals
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Glenn Smith
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Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, P.C.
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Guy Tower
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Virginian-Pilot
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Washington & Lee Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Wason Center for Public Policy
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Timothy Watson
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Brian Wheeler
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