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Over the past ten years, freedom of information laws have sprouted up around the world. Nearly
70 countries from Antigua to Uzbekistan have adopted laws. In addition, many have also adopted
laws on privacy, whistle-blowing, and journalists' sources. David Banisar, the author of the forthcoming
2006 Global FOI Survey will discuss the highlights of
statutes from around the world and what lessons can be
learned from them.
David Banisar is Director of the Freedom of Information Project of Privacy International in London and a
Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Law, University of Leeds, UK. Previously he was a Research
Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and co-founder and Policy Director
of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC. He has worked in the field of
information policy for fifteen years and is the author of numerous books; his most recent study of FOI
laws is available at
http://www.freedominfo.org/survey.htm.
This program jointly sponsored by DC/SLA and the
Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC (LLSDC) and its
Foreign & International Law Special Interest Section.
For more information email
sloo@crs.loc.gov or call 202-707-6785. |
| DATE: |
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 |
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6:00pm to 7:00pm with a reception following the lecture |
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Note change of location
Library of Congress
Madison Building LM 316
First and Independence Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20540 |
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