Hillary & History: Lessons to Improve Open Government Under the Records Laws From Secretary Clinton's Email Records Episode

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Mar 31, 2015, 11:11 ET

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A distinguished panel of open government advocates will discuss the greater policy implications raised by media coverage of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's choice to use a private server for communicating by email at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Thursday, April 9.

The panel will consider where are we headed under the records laws and the Freedom of Information Act in the digital age with respect to the activities of the U.S. Government at large.

The panel will be headed by Jason R. Baron, an internationally recognized expert in e-discovery and co-chair of a new Information Governance Initiative and former Director of Litigation for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Other panelists include Thomas S. Blanton, Director, National Security Archive, George Washington University; Liz Icenogle, Director of Government Affairs, ARMA International, and Patrice McDermott, Executive Director, OpenTheGovernment.org

This NPC Newsmakers news conference is scheduled for Thursday, April 9 at 10 a.m. in club's Bloomberg Room, on the 13^th floor of the National Press Building, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Like all Newsmakers events, this news conference is open to credentialed media and NPC club members, free of charge. No advance registration is required.

Contact:
Tejinder Singh, NPC Newsmakers Event Host
202-503-8052, [email protected]

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SOURCE National Press Club