National Leaders Address Issues of Government Transparency

Open Government in the Digital Age Summit in NYS

ALBANY, NY (03/16/2010)(readMedia)-- The Office of the New York State Chief Information Officer/New York State Office for Technology and the New York State Archives will host the 2010 Open Government in the Digital Age Summit on Friday, March 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Clark Auditorium in the Cultural Education Center (New York State Museum), in Albany. The day-long program is being held to consider questions essential to effective operation of state government and citizen participation. The Summit is held in recognition of Sunshine Week, a national initiative to open dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.

Featured speakers include:

• David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States

• Beth S. Noveck, U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government

• Paul Taylor, Chief Content Officer, e. Republic, Inc.

Issues being considered by the more than 250 attendees who represent local and state governments, industry and academia will include:

• The meaning of "open government" in the digital age

• Meeting citizens expectations for access

• What the future holds for openness

• Open government best practices

• Sunshine Law and archival implications of digital records

A full agenda can be viewed at: www.cio.ny.gov/Events/DAsummit.htm

The event is supported by the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, with support from IBM, Microsoft and Red Hat.

Members of the media interested in interviews with New York State Chief Information Officer Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, New York State Archivist Christine W. Ward or the event's presenters on the summit should contact Angela Liotta or Robert Bullock.

Media Contact NYS CIO/OFT

Angela R. Liotta

T: 518-402-3899

C: 518-817-5574

E: angela.liotta@cio.ny.gov

Media Contact NYS Archives

Robert Bullock

T: 518-473-7105

C: 518-248-2155

E: RBULLOCK@MAIL.NYSED.GOV

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