Government Information Policy Seminar Series - 2010

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2010 Provisional Programme

The programme will consist of eight seminars over the year, covering freedom of information, data protection and information policy. This 2010 series is set to contain the following:

• The Future of FOI
  Maurice Frankel (Campaign for Freedom of Information), Susan Healy (National Archives), Robert Hazell (Constitution Unit)
  Tuesday 16 February, 6.15pm

• FOI in the USA: Reflections on the Obama Administration’s openness successes and failures so far
  Dan Metcalfe (Executive Director of the Collaboration on Government Secrecy, Washington College of Law)
  Thursday 18 March, 6.15pm

• Does FOI work? The Impact of Freedom and Information on British Central Government
  Robert Hazell and Ben Worthy (Constitution Unit)
  Tuesday 13 April , 6.15pm

• FOI and the media
  Matthew Davis (journalist, media law lecturer and founder of DataNews Ltd)
  Tuesday 18 May, 6.15pm

• IPSA and MPs – a new expenses regime
  Andrew McDonald (Interim Chief Executive, Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority)
  Tuesday 15 June, 6.30pm

• Data Protection - Fit for Purpose?
  Dr David Erdos (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford)
  Tuesday 28 September, 6.15pm

• FOI and local government: research from the Constitution Unit
  Ben Worthy and Gabrielle Bourke (Constitution Unit)
  Tuesday 26 October

• Ministry of Justice Information Directorate Update
  Ministry of Justice (speakers tbc)
  November (date tbc)

• Information Commissioner’s Office
  December (date tbc)

This page last modified 1 September, 2010 by v.spence@ucl.ac.uk

2010 Series programme pdf.

2010 Series booking form

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