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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Open Government and
Privacy in the Obama Administration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Wednesday, April 1 , 3:00 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Central Library, U.S. Bank Room<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Multnomah County Library <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>801 S.W. 10th Avenue, Portland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Presentation description:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Key elements of our democracy -- the right of access to
government information and the right to privacy from government access to our
personal information -- were eroded during the Bush administration. Can
these rights be restored by the Obama administration? What measures are
necessary to restore open government and privacy?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Come to this presentation by Dr. Patrice McDermott and
Candace Morgan for an update on key issues about our government and access to
information. This presentation will address: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
The state of open government and privacy coming out of the Bush years <o:p></o:p></p>
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Access to federal government records and documents <o:p></o:p></p>
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PATRIOT Act and other surveillance issues <o:p></o:p></p>
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1st Amendment issues <o:p></o:p></p>
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Opportunities to improve openness and privacy in the Obama administration <o:p></o:p></p>
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The role of libraries, the media, and the public in restoring privacy and open
government <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Presenters:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Patrice McDermott is director of OpenTheGovernment.org
in Washington, D.C., and author of Who Needs to Know? The State of Public
Access to Federal Government Information. Dr. McDermott will also be
speaking on April 2nd at the Oregon Library Association conference is Salem, but
if you can't attend her presentation be then, be sure to take advantage of this
Portland talk.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Candace Morgan is a local and national leader on library
intellectual freedom and civil liberties issues. The retired Associate
Director of Fort Vancouver Regional Library, Candace currently teaches
intellectual freedom for the Emporia State University School of Library and
Information Management Oregon Cohort, edits the ALA Intellectual Freedom
Manual, and serves on the boards for ACLU-Oregon and the ALA Committee on
Professional Ethics. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The presentation is available at no cost, but registration
is required. Register at <a href="http://www.portals.org">http://www.portals.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to OpenTheGovernment.org, Multnomah County Library,
and Portland Community College Library for their support of this event.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Roberta Richards, Library CE Outreach<br>
SY LIB 202, Portland Community College<br>
PO Box 19000<br>
Portland, OR 97280-0990<br>
rrichard@pcc.edu<br>
phone: 503-977-4571<o:p></o:p></p>
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