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GOVERNMENT SECRECY IN THE ERA OF OPENNESS An ACARM Symposium 19 June 2015 Room G22/26, Senate House, South Block Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU UK In 2011, the Open Government Partnership was established as a vehicle to support and promote transparent and accountable government internationally. The movement towards government openness has spurred new approaches to promoting government transparency and called into question the effectiveness of existing approaches, such as Freedom of Information. However, the persistence of the use of pre-existing secrecy and security measures has not been examined in this context. Despite the high profile of the openness movement, very little attention has been given to the laws, policies and practices that continue to be used to restrict access to information. The Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM), with the generous support of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, will hold a one day symposium to consider the tension between secrecy and openness in government information management. The symposium will include keynotes by Maurice Frankel of the Campaign for Freedom of Information and David Banisar of Article 19, plus papers from leading experts in government information management and use. Programme: http://events.sas.ac.uk/icws/events/view/17566/Government+Secrecy+in+the+Era+of+Openness%3A+An+ACARM+Symposium <http://events.sas.ac.uk/icws/events/view/17566/Government+Secrecy+in+the+Era+of+Openness:+An+ACARM+Symposium> Registration fees: £20 / £15 students / free for ACARM members Registration enquiries: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Places are limited. For more information about ACARM: http://www.acarm.org <http://www.acarm.org/> James Lowry Deputy Director, International Records Management Trust Phone: +44 (0)7969 269 330 Twitter: @JamesLowryRAI Web: www.irmt.org <http://www.irmt.org/> _________________________________ Integrity in Government through Records Management: Essays in Honour of Anne Thurston (eds. James Lowry and Justus Wamukoya). Available from Ashgate Publishing: http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472428455 <http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472428455> _________________________________ To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]