2011 Events and Dates
February 1, 2011
Agency Annual Reports to be submitted
to the Department of Justice
February 22 - 23, 2011
March 7-10, 2011
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay and Chief
of Staff Carmen L. Mallon participates in the American Society
of Access Professionals (ASAP) National Training Conference
(Las Vegas, NV)
March 8, 2011
Agencies to post their Chief FOIA Officer
Reports on their websites
March 14-18, 2011
Sunshine Week
March 15, 2011
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay testifies
before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing titled "The
Freedom of Information Act: Ensuring Transparency and Accountability
in the Digital Age" (Washington, DC) (Testimony | Webcast)
March 21, 2011
OIP hosts
FOIA Requester/Agency Town Hall Meeting (Washington,
DC) (Open to the Public)
March 22, 2011
Training:
Introduction to the Freedom of Information Act (Washington,
DC)
March 23, 2011
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay meets
with a delegation of investigative journalists from Thailand
as a part of the International Visitor Leadership Program from
the Department of State, on the topic of the role of the media
in democracy and how the media can be used to encourage accountability
and transparency (Washington, DC)
March 24, 2011
OIP
hosts DOJ FOIA Training Conference (Washington, DC)
March 25, 2011
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay serves
as a guest speaker for the Brookings Executive Leadership
Program: Women’s Leadership Strategies for Success,
and speaks on the topic of Communicating Across the Gender
Divide (Washington, DC)
March 29, 2011
The Commissioner from the Office of the
German Federal Commission for Data Protection and Freedom of
Information meets with OIP Chief of Staff Carmen L. Mallon,
discussing current issues relating to the Freedom of Information
Act (Washington, DC)
March 29-April 1, 2011
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay participates
in a Chinese law and policy reform program, co-sponsored by
The China Law Center of Yale Law School and the Shanghai Office
of Legislative Affairs, taking part in workshops and academic
lectures at the Peking University Law School on the topic of
disclosure of information (Shanghai and Beijing, China)
April 4-5, 2011
The Forest Service of the Department of
Agriculture hosts Annual FOIA Conference, where OIP’s
Counsel for the Initial Request Staff provides a lecture titled Overview
of the FOIA (University of Montana, Missoula, MT)
April 5-6, 2011
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay provides
keynote address focusing on transparency principles outlined
in the President's FOIA
Memorandum and Attorney General Holder's FOIA
Guidelines, at the Department of the Navy's Annual FOIA
Conference. OIP personnel will also participate in lectures
involving various FOIA exemptions (Washington, DC)
April 6, 2011
Training:
Advanced Freedom of Information Act Seminar (Washington,
DC)
May 3-4, 2011
May 13, 2011
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay serves
as a guest speaker for the Brookings Executive Leadership
Program: Women’s Leadership Strategies for Success,
and speaks on the topic of Powerful Leadership: Influence
and Persuasion (Washington, DC)
May 17, 2011
OIP
hosts training session on the use of Exemption 2 after the
Supreme Court's decision in Milner v. Department of the
Navy (Washington, DC)
May 17, 2011
OIP hosts a FOIA
Fee Summit for department and agency FOIA personnel to
discuss issues related to the proper application of the FOIA's
fee and fee waiver provisions (Washington, DC)
May 19, 2011
OIP,
in conjunction with OGIS, hosts FOIA Requester Roundtable
on the topic of law enforcement records (Washington,
DC) (Open to the Public)
June 1, 2011
Department of Labor FOIA Conference, where
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay presents a lecture on the Supreme
Court decision in Milner, including a briefing on OIP’s
guidance on the use of Exemption 2 (Washington, DC)
June 8, 2011
Training:
Freedom of Information Act Administrative Forum (Washington,
DC)
June 9, 2011
OIP
hosts training session on the use of Exemption 2 after the
Supreme Court's decision in Milner v. Department of the
Navy (Washington, DC)
June 14, 2011
Department of Homeland Security FOIA training
program, where OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay presents a lecture
on the recent Supreme Court decision in Milner, including
a briefing on OIP’s
guidance on the use of Exemption 2 (Washington, DC)
June 21-23, 2011
The American Society of Access Professionals
(ASAP) holds its summer training series, where OIP staff provides
lectures on a variety of topics including proactive disclosures,
and FOIA fee and fee wavier provisions (Washington, DC)
June 28, 2011
U.S. Forest Service National FOIA Conference,
entitled Changing Forest Service Culture – Transition
into the Electronic Era, where OIP Director Melanie Ann
Pustay presents a lecture on transparency principles, the President’s FOIA
Memorandum, the Attorney General’s FOIA
Guidelines, and the use of Exemption 2 after the Supreme
Court decision in Milner
June 30, 2011
Department of Veterans Affairs FOIA Conference,
where OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay presents a lecture on
the President’s FOIA
Memorandum, the Attorney General’s FOIA
Guidelines, the recent Supreme
Court decision in Milner, the use of Exemption
4, and submitter notice procedures (Charlotte, NC)
July 11, 2011
The Director General of Judicial Coordination
at the Spanish Ministry of the President (an advisor to the
President of Spain on the drafting of a new FOIA law in Spain),
in connection with the National Security Archive meets with
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay, discussing the creation and
implementation of an access to public information law (Washington,
DC)
July 12-13, 2011
July 13, 2011
The Australian Information Commissioner
meets with OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay, discussing FOIA
developments in the United States and globally (Washington,
DC)
July 13, 2011
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay serves
as a guest speaker for the Brookings Executive Leadership
Program: Women’s Leadership Strategies for Success,
and speaks on the topic of Worklife Balance (Washington,
DC)
July 14, 2011
OIP, in conjunction with OGIS, hosts FOIA
Requester Roundtable on the topic of record referrals
and consultations (Washington, DC) Open to the Public)
July 21, 2011
A delegation from Bangladesh led by its
Information Commission Chair, and sponsored by Development Alternatives,
Inc., meets with officials from OIP to discuss the new 2009
Bangladesh law, Right to Information, and the government's
responsibilities required under this law (Washington, DC)
July 26, 2011
OIP hosts a training conference for DOJ
components to discuss current law enforcement matters, including
the Supreme Court
decision in Milner. The training incorporates a
plenary session with discussions on issues involving law enforcement
matters and exemption
applicability in light of Milner, with break-out
sessions for components with tailored discussions addressing
more particularized issues (Washington, DC)
July 28, 2011
Department of Energy FOIA Conference,
where OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay presents a lecture on
the President’s FOIA
Memorandum, the Attorney General’s FOIA
Guidelines, the Open Government Directive, and the recent
Supreme Court decision in Milner.
OIP subject matter experts also present lectures on the Overview
of the FOIA, lead discussions of the FOIA’s procedural
requirements and exemptions, in addition to leading discussions
to address particularized issues confronting the Department
of Energy (Washington, DC)
July 28, 2011
A delegation from the People's Republic
of China, sponsored by the Asian American Exchange,
meets with OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay, discussing OIP's
role in encouraging agency compliance with the FOIA, and the
role of counseling, training, distribution of reference materials,
and other resources that assist agencies in meeting FOIA requirements
(Washington, DC)
August 1-3, 2011
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) FOIA Conference,
where OIP subject matter experts present lectures on the Overview
of the FOIA and on particularized issues confronting BOP,
in addition to leading discussions on the FOIA’s procedural
requirements and exemptions (Kansas City, Kansas)
August 23, 2011
Officials from the newly created Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau, an Office within the Department
of the Treasury, meets with OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay,
discussing the creation of its new FOIA program (Washington,
DC)
August 24, 2011
A representative from the Dutch National
Government’s Ministry of the Interior, who is conducting research
on the topics of Open Government and the Freedom of Information
Act in the United States, meets with OIP Director Melanie Ann
Pustay on the topics of President Obama’s FOIA policies, the
history of the FOIA in the U.S., and lessons learned during
the forty-five years of U.S. transparency law (Washington, DC)
August 25, 2011
Department of Agriculture, Risk Management
Agency, FOIA Conference, where OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay
presents a session on transparency principles outlined in the
President’s FOIA
Memorandum and the Attorney General’s FOIA
Guidelines. OIP subject matter experts also present lectures
on the topics of the Overview of the FOIA, and the
FOIA’s procedural requirements and exemptions, in addition
to leading discussions to address particularized issues confronting
the Department of Agriculture (Washington, DC)
August 30, 2011
OIP, in conjunction with OGIS, hosts a
training session for FOIA Public Liaisons on dispute resolution
skills (Washington, DC)
September 7, 2011
The General Services Administration, Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Training Conference, where OIP
Director Melanie Ann Pustay serves as a panelist discussing
compliance of the FACA with the Freedom of Information Act,
the Federal Records Act, the Presidential Records Act, the Paperwork
Reduction Act, and the Privacy Act (Washington, DC)
September 8, 2011
A delegation of educators, journalists
and government officials from Tunisia, sponsored by the Department
of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
meets with OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay, to discuss the FOIA
and OIP’s role in its implementation within the Department
of Justice and the Executive Branch. (Washington, DC)
September 8, 2011
A group of twenty-five government officials,
NGO representatives, and journalists with a professional focus
involving strengthening accountability and transparency in their
respective governments, through a Department of State program
entitled “Accountability in Government,” meets with
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay to discuss the Department’s
implementation of the President’s FOIA
Memorandum and Attorney General Holder’s FOIA
Guidelines. This program is designed to explore best practices
underlying transparency and accountability and to examine the
impact of transparency on trade, investment and economic development
(Washington, DC)
September 15, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency, along
with Department of Commerce, Homeland Security and Interior,
host a joint FOIA Training Conference, where OIP Director Melanie
Ann Pustay presents a lecture on recent FOIA court decisions
(Washington, DC)
September 15, 2011
An eight-person, multinational delegation
from Europe, sponsored by the Department of State, meets with
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay to discuss data privacy and
protection, as well as the administration of the FOIA in the
United States (Washington, DC)
September 19-21, 2011
OIP Chief of Staff Carmen L. Mallon,
and an OIP subject matter expert, participates in the annual
FOIA and Privacy Act Workshop of the American Society of Access
Professionals (ASAP), and provide lectures on several topical
discussions at the conference (Chicago, IL)
September 22, 2011
Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli
and OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay host a meeting with the
Chief FOIA Officers of the cabinet agencies to discuss implementation
of the Attorney General’s FOIA
Guidelines and other open government initiatives. The meeting
is a part of a regular series of meetings that the Associate
Attorney General holds with key Chief FOIA Officers, as stated
in the Department’s Open
Government Plan (Washington, DC)
September 30, 2011
End of Fiscal Year 2011
October 1, 2011
Start of Fiscal Year 2012
October 3-5, 2011
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay participates
in the 7th International Conference of Information
Commissioners, hosted by the Office of the Information Commissioner
of Canada and the Canadian Bar Association, serving as a panelist
for a session titled, Oversight: Is there an optimal model
for protecting access to information rights? (Ottawa, Canada)
October 3-6, 2011
Department of Defense, U.S. Northern Command
training conference, where OIP Chief of Staff Carmen L. Mallon
presents a lecture on the recent Supreme Court decision in Milner
v. Department of the Navy, as well as an overview of
the FOIA, the FOIA’s procedural requirements, and participates
in a lecture on the scope of various FOIA exemptions (Colorado
Springs, Colorado)
October 13, 2011
OIP hosts Annual
FOIA Report and Chief FOIA Officer Report refresher training for
agencies. Chief FOIA Officers and Agency Principal FOIA Contacts
and any other Agency Personnel who prepare the Annual FOIA
Report or Chief FOIA Officer Report, including appropriate
IT staff are encouraged to attend the training (Washington,
DC)
October 19, 2011
OIP, in conjunction with OGIS, hosts FOIA
Requester Roundtable on the topic on the topic of contractor
and business-related records (Washington, DC) (Open
to the Public)
October 20, 2011
Office of Personal Management's Office
of General Counsel training retreat for attorneys and administrative
staff, where OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay presents a lecture
on the legal requirements of the FOIA (Washington, DC)
October 25, 2011
OIP, in conjunction with OGIS, hosts a
dispute resolution skills training for FOIA Public Liaisons
to assist the Liaisons in performing their duties (Washington,
DC)
October 26, 2011
Department of Agriculture, Risk Management
Agency’s FOIA Conference, where OIP Director Melanie Ann
Pustay and OIP subject matter experts present lectures on the
transparency principles outlined in President Obama’s FOIA
Memorandum and Attorney General Holder’s FOIA
Guidelines, an Overview of the FOIA, and the FOIA’s
procedural requirements and exemptions (Washington, DC)
October 26-27, 2011
Department of Health and Human Services
FOIA Conference, where OIP subject matter experts serve as panelists
for workshops on Proactive Disclosures and the use of FOIA Exemptions
(Washington, DC)
October 27, 2011
OIP hosts a planning meeting of the FOIA
Technology Working Group, to address OIP’s open
government technology initiatives. The Working Group serves
as a forum for agencies to exchange ideas and experiences
in utilizing technology to improve administration of the
FOIA (Washington, DC)
November 3, 2011
Training: FOIA
Litigation Seminar (Washington, DC)
November 15, 2011
The Agency for International Development
hosts its first FOIA Forum, where OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay
presents a lecture on the Overview of the FOIA, focusing
on the FOIA's procedural requirements and exemptions, and serves
as a panelist for a session focusing on notable trends affecting
FOIA in this climate of open government, focusing on the transparency
principles outlined in the President's FOIA
Memorandum and Attorney General Holder’s FOIA
Guidelines (Washington, DC)
November 16, 2011
OIP Director Melanie Ann Pustay serves
as a guest speaker for the Brookings Executive Leadership
Program: Women’s Leadership Strategies for Success,
and leads a discussion on the topic of Values in Action (Washington,
DC)
November 22, 2011
Department of Homeland Security’s FOIA
Conference, where OIP’s Counsel, Initial Request Staff, and
other OIP subject matter experts provide lectures on the application
of specific FOIA exemptions (Washington, DC)
December 5, 2011
Agency Fiscal Year 2011 Annual FOIA Reports
in both Word or PDF and in XML format due to OIP for review
December 5-6, 2011
December 7-8, 2011
The American Society of Access Professionals
(ASAP) hosts its annual symposium and training conference, where
OIP Chief of Staff Carmen L. Mallon serves as a panelist for
a session entitled “Hot Trends in FOIA” (Washington, DC)
Dec 12, 2011
OIP hosts FOIA
Training Conference for department and agency FOIA personnel
to discuss the newly issued guidance related to Referrals,
Consultations and Coordination (Washington, DC)
Dec 13, 2011
OIP hosts FOIA
Requester Roundtable on the topic of Referrals, Consultations
and Coordination (Washington, DC)
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