Title

Transparency and the Public Trust: The Disclosure of Ethics Records under the FOIA (Summit 2020)

Description

Transparency and the Public Trust: The Disclosure of Ethics Records under the FOIA

Agency ethics officials are often called upon to assist their agency Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) staff in reviewing ethics records for release. To assist ethics officials in that role, this session will provide an overview of the FOIA and highlight special considerations for the disclosure of ethics records.

  • Jennifer Matis, Office of Government Ethics
  • Rachel McRae, Office of Government Ethics
  • Sara Nekou, Office of Government Ethics

Balcony A

Session 1 Date, Time

  
03/10/2020, 03:15 PM - 04:30 PM

Publication Date

02/19/2020

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