The National Press Club, as part of its participation in Sunshine Week, is hosting a panel discussion the evening of Wednesday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. on transparency in the District of Columbia.
The third annual D.C. Open Government Summit will be an opportunity to hear from innovators who have used open government data and information to create useful tools for our daily lives, such as mapping restaurant health code violations or tracking the District's emergency response times. Traci Hughes, the first Director of the D.C. Office of Open Government, will give featured remarks.
The event is co-sponsored by the Club's Freedom of the Press Committee, the D.C. Open Government Coalition (www.dcogc.org), the D.C. Professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the American University School of Communication. Continue>>>
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