BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Eastern Standard Time
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20251102T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11
TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20250301T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3
TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Robert J. Freeman has been executive director of the Committee 
 on Open Government since 1976. Prior to his appointment\, he served as cou
 nsel. He received a B.S. in foreign service from Georgetown University and
  his J.D. from New York University. Freeman has spoken before numerous gov
 ernment-related organizations\, bar associations and media groups\, and at
  various colleges and universities. He has also discussed open government 
 laws and concepts in Canada\, the Far East\, Latin America and Eastern Eur
 ope. He is the recipient of numerous accolades\, including the Friend of t
 he Free Press Award from the New York State Society of Newspaper Editors\;
  the First Amendment Award from the New York Press Association\; the First
  Amendment Award from the New York City Chapter of the Society of Professi
 onal Journalists\; and the Governor Alfred E. Smith Award from the Empire 
 State Capital Area Chapter of the American Society for Public Administrati
 on for outstanding individual service and initiative exemplifying superior
  management and administration. He was made a fellow of the State Academy 
 for Public Administration\; was cited in Empire State Report as one of 25 
 Empire State residents whose public service\, determination\, idealism or 
 gut instincts resulted in sweeping improvements in the lives of fellow New
  Yorkers in the past 25 years\; was given the Distinguished Public Service
  Award by the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy a
 t the University at Albany\; and received the Award for Excellence in Publ
 ic Service from the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Attorney
 s in Public Service. He is currently an adjunct professor at the Albany La
 w School and teaches the only course in an American law school on public a
 ccess to government information.The Institute for the Study of the Judicia
 ry\, Politics and the Media (IJPM) at Syracuse University has announced it
 s Spring 2010 lecture series on “Law\, Politics and the Media.”Today’s Ame
 rican judicial system operates in a complex environment of legal principle
 \, political pressure and media coverage. The series provides an introduct
 ion to the court system and its environment as a single\, integrated subje
 ct of study and features speakers from a variety of legal\, political and 
 media backgrounds\, including practicing lawyers\, published authors\, lea
 ding scholars and court researchers. “Law\, Politics and the Media” lectur
 es are free and open to the public. They take place from 3:50–5:10 p.m. in
  Room 204 of the Syracuse University College of Law. Paid parking is avail
 able in SU pay lots.The lecture series is part of an interdisciplinary cou
 rse on law\, politics and the media cross-listed between the College of La
 w\, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Maxwell Scho
 ol of Citizenship and Public Affairs. The course is taught by SU professor
 s Keith Bybee (IJPM director) and Roy Gutterman (IJPM associate director)\
 , and funded through support from the John Ben Snow Foundation and the Car
 negie Corp. of New York.
DTEND:20100322T211500Z
DTSTAMP:20260418T200604Z
DTSTART:20100322T194500Z
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:“Freedom of Information: The Legacy and the Future”
UID:RFCALITEM639121251646108659
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Robert J. Freeman has been executive director 
 of the Committee on Open Government since 1976. Prior to his appointment\,
  he served as counsel. He received a B.S. in foreign service from Georgeto
 wn University and his J.D. from New York University. Freeman has spoken be
 fore numerous government-related organizations\, bar associations and medi
 a groups\, and at various colleges and universities. He has also discussed
  open government laws and concepts in Canada\, the Far East\, Latin Americ
 a and Eastern Europe. He is the recipient of numerous accolades\, includin
 g the Friend of the Free Press Award from the New York State Society of Ne
 wspaper Editors\; the First Amendment Award from the New York Press Associ
 ation\; the First Amendment Award from the New York City Chapter of the So
 ciety of Professional Journalists\; and the Governor Alfred E. Smith Award
  from the Empire State Capital Area Chapter of the American Society for Pu
 blic Administration for outstanding individual service and initiative exem
 plifying superior management and administration. He was made a fellow of t
 he State Academy for Public Administration\; was cited in Empire State Rep
 ort as one of 25 Empire State residents whose public service\, determinati
 on\, idealism or gut instincts resulted in sweeping improvements in the li
 ves of fellow New Yorkers in the past 25 years\; was given the Distinguish
 ed Public Service Award by the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Aff
 airs and Policy at the University at Albany\; and received the Award for E
 xcellence in Public Service from the New York State Bar Association’s Comm
 ittee on Attorneys in Public Service. He is currently an adjunct professor
  at the Albany Law School and teaches the only course in an American law s
 chool on public access to government information.The Institute for the Stu
 dy of the Judiciary\, Politics and the Media (IJPM) at Syracuse University
  has announced its Spring 2010 lecture series on “Law\, Politics and the M
 edia.”Today’s American judicial system operates in a complex environment o
 f legal principle\, political pressure and media coverage. The series prov
 ides an introduction to the court system and its environment as a single\,
  integrated subject of study and features speakers from a variety of legal
 \, political and media backgrounds\, including practicing lawyers\, publis
 hed authors\, leading scholars and court researchers. “Law\, Politics and 
 the Media” lectures are free and open to the public. They take place from 
 3:50–5:10 p.m. in Room 204 of the Syracuse University College of Law. Paid
  parking is available in SU pay lots.The lecture series is part of an inte
 rdisciplinary course on law\, politics and the media cross-listed between 
 the College of Law\, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and
  the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. The course is taugh
 t by SU professors Keith Bybee (IJPM director) and Roy Gutterman (IJPM ass
 ociate director)\, and funded through support from the John Ben Snow Found
 ation and the Carnegie Corp. of New York.
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR