Subject: LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER - FOIA 101: Understanding the Freedom of Information Act CLE Webinar - 1/29!
From: ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division <[email-masked]>
To: John D Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:00:00 -0600

FOIA 101: Understanding the Freedom of Information Act CLE Webinar 
Thursday, January 29, 2015

1:00-2:30pm Eastern • 12:00-1:30pm Central • 11:00am-12:30pm Mountain • 10:00-11:30am Pacific
Sponsored by the ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division

REGISTER NOW: http://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/ABAEventsCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?productId=171411430

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a statute that governs which federal agency records are releasable to the public. This primer provides an overview of the FOIA, and will help those within and outside of the government understand the requirements involved in the disclosure of public records. Topics will include: 
•The types of records sought and which records are subject to FOIA,
•Who is subject to FOIA (and who is not),
•Who can make a FOIA request,
•The most common FOIA exemptions,
•FOIA fees, who is subject to them, and fee waivers,
•FOIA best practices

PROGRAM FACULTY
Synta Keeling, FOIA Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, DC
Patricia Weth, FOIA Attorney, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 

Registration fee is $85 for Division members. Financial scholarships available. Please contact Alison Hill for details. For all fee categories, visit http://www.americanbar.org/groups/government_public/events_cle.html.

$$ Tuition discounts for ABA members, government lawyers, and Division members $$

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Registration closes at 5pm Eastern on January 28, 2015. Online and mail/fax-in registration options available.

All participants must register for the program.  Meeting Code: GD12915.

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