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any sudo folk also going to the Getting Government Data workshop
today at 3 @ TechLiminal?<br>
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i was hoping to take advantage of the hands-on format of Susan's
class to also maybe brainstorm a collective project in Oakland, time
permitting. If anyone else is also interested in Getting Government
Data but can't make it today - let me know. <br>
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Getting government data: the Freedom of Information Act and Sunshine
Laws<br>
Instructor: Susan Mernit<br>
@ Tech Liminal<br>
268 14th St.<br>
Thursday, June 28, 2012 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PT)<br>
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Any U.S. citizen, foreign national, foreign government, state
government, partnership, corporation, or association may make a FOIA
request—but most don’t. How do reporters dig into government data
and find out information the public doesn’t know?<br>
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Find out how to make requests for government data at the federal,
state, county and city level.<br>
This is an intermediate class with presentation and hands on
components. If you have a laptop, bring it.<a title="goverment data
workshop" href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3654284062"
style="color: rgb(14, 156, 182); text-decoration: none; font-size:
24px; line-height: 30px; "></a><br>
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<strong>Instructor: Susan Mernit</strong>, Editor/Publisher,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://oaklandlocal.com/" style="color: rgb(14, 156, 182);
text-decoration: none; ">Oakland Local</a><br>
Susan is<a href="http://oaklandlocal.com/" style="color: rgb(14,
156, 182); text-decoration: none; "><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Oakland Local</a>’s
volunteer editor and publisher. She assigns stories, raises money,
writes blogs & articles, and works with nonprofits and community
organizations. A former arts activist, and then VP at Netscape and
Yahoo! Senior Director, she lives in North Oakland, and is
passionate about food access & permaculture issues. Her long
time personal blog is<a href="http://susanmernit.com/"
target="_self" style="color: rgb(14, 156, 182); text-decoration:
none; ">susanmernit.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and
susanmernit.tumblr.com Contact Susan at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:susan@oaklandlocal.com">susan@oaklandlocal.com</a>,
follow her on twitter at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://twitter.com/oaklandlocal" style="color: rgb(14, 156,
182); text-decoration: none; ">oaklandlocal</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://twitter.com/susanmernit" target="_self" style="color:
rgb(14, 156, 182); text-decoration: none; ">susanmernit</a>.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://techliminal.com/event/getting-government-data-how-to-file-a-freedom-of-information-act-request-andor-use-the-sunshine-laws-to-get-information/">http://techliminal.com/event/getting-government-data-how-to-file-a-freedom-of-information-act-request-andor-use-the-sunshine-laws-to-get-information/</a><br>
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