Date 05/13/02
Contact: FOIFT office, (214) 977-6658
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas to Hold Responsible Rights: Government in the Sunshine Seminar in Lubbock

The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas will host a Responsible Rights seminar Thursday, June 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in Lubbock, at the International Cultural Center auditorium.

Responsible Rights: Government in the Sunshine will include in-depth discussions of the Texas Public Information Act and the Texas Open Meetings Act.

Responsible Rights seminars are important educational tools for local governments who must comply with the open meetings and public information requirements as well as for news organizations and citizens seeking access to pubic information.

Presenters will include Houston-based attorney Joseph Larsen of Ogden, Gibson, White & Broocks, L. L. P.; Don Richards of the Lubbock law firm McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson; and Hadassah Schloss, Open Records Administrator for the Texas Building and Procurement Commission in Austin.

Early registration for the seminar is $15 per person, or $25 at the door. No meals will be arranged or provided as a part of the seminar, but a two-hour lunch break will be included in the schedule. To register, call the FOIFT office at (214) 977-6658 or complete a registration form available on the FOIFT web site at www.foift.org.

The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas works to encourage, sponsor and facilitate a greater appreciation, knowledge and understanding of the First Amendment. By educating media and legal professionals, educators, students, public and government officials and individual citizens about their rights and responsibilities as citizens, the FOIFT strives to preserve the freedoms necessary in a democratic republic.

The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization supported through grants from private citizens, corporations, foundations and tax deductible donations. For more information, call (214) 977-6658, or visit our web page, www.foift.org.

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