FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Marlena Villers
214.977.6658
FOIFT
to Co-Sponsor Open Government Symposium in Amarillo
The
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, in collaboration
with the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, will sponsor
the third Open Government 2006 seminar on Friday, June 9,
in Amarillo. Amarillo College has donated space for
the meeting, which will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
in Room 111-A of the West Campus Lecture Hall at 6222 West
Ninth Avenue.
Open
Government 2006: A Symposium on Access to Public Information
and Open Meetings in Texas is a traveling colloquium
designed to develop and enhance understanding of the changing
landscape of open government. It is directed toward
the general
public, elected officials,
government employees, and representatives of the media.
Scheduled
presenters include William Hill, with the Opinion Committee
of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas; Joseph R.
Larsen, an attorney with the law office of Ogden,
Gibson, White, Broocks & Longoria, L.L.P.; Hadassah
Schloss, cost rules administrator for the Open Records Division
of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas; and Thornton
Wood, assistant attorney general and public education coordinator
for the Open Records Division of the Office of the Attorney
General of Texas.
The
seminar is divided into two sections: the Texas Public Information
Act in the morning and the Texas Open Meetings Act in the
afternoon. The fee is $50 for the whole day, or $30
for either the morning or afternoon only. Advance registration
is required due to limited space. The course materials
have been approved by the Office of the Attorney General as
meeting the requirements for open
government training for public officials. Copies
of the Attorney General's open government training DVD will
be available at the registration table free of charge.
To
register, contact the FOIFT office at 214.977.6658, or download
a registration form available on the FOIFT Web site at www.foift.org,
and fax or mail to FOIFT at 214.977.6666, 400 S. Record St.,
Suite 240, Dallas, TX 75202.
The
final Open Government 2006 seminar will be held in Tyler on
October 20.
The
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, a nonprofit 501(c)(3)
organization, works to encourage, sponsor and facilitate a
greater appreciation, knowledge and understanding of the First
Amendment. The FOIFT strives to preserve the freedoms necessary
in a democratic republic by educating media and legal professionals,
educators, students, public and government officials and individual
citizens about their rights and responsibilities as citizens.
For more information, call 214.977.6658, or
visit our Web site, www.foift.org.
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