FOIA Update: FOIA Training Opportunities

Office of Legal Education: "Introduction to the Freedom of Information Act for Non-Specialists," September 9, 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W, Washington, D.C. Contact: Raymond Rivera, (FTS) or (202) 673-6372. No charge.

Office of Information and Privacy: "Annual Update Seminar on the FOIA," October 2, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Contact: Drema A. Hanshaw, (FTS) or (202) 633-4921. No charge.

Office of Legal Education: "The FOIA for Attorneys and Access Professionals," October 13-14, 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Contact: Raymond Rivera, (FTS) or (202) 673-6372. No charge.

Office of Legal Education: "The FOIA for Attorneys and Access Professionals," November 12-13, The Sheraton St. Louis Hotel at Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO. Contact: Raymond Rivera, (FTS) or (202) 673-6372. No charge.

Government Executive Institute: "Ninth Annual Symposium on the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts," August 11-12, Washington, D.C. Contact: Howard Stevens, (FTS) or (202) 632-5662. Cost: $285.

New York Region Training Center: "FOIA and Privacy Act Workshop for Administrative and Secretarial Personnel," September 10-11, Federal Building, San Juan, PR. Contact: Daniel Parker, (FTS) 264-8431 or (212) 264-0460. Cost: $200.

Chicago Regional Training Center: "Freedom of Information/ Privacy Act," October 21-22, Chicago, IL. Contact: Charles W. Cranford, (FTS) or (312) 353-2919. Cost: $160.

Dallas Region Training Center: "Freedom of Information and Personal Privacy," October 14-15, Phoenix, AZ; November 9-10, Fort Worth, TX. Contact: Yvonne Lindholm, (FTS) 729-8241 or (214) 767-8241. Cost: $180.

Center for Communications and Administrative Management, Administrative Management Training Institute: "Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Workshop for Administrative and Secretarial Personnel," November 19-20, Thomas Circle Training Center, 1121 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Contact: John W. Olsen, (FTS) or (202) 632-5413. Cost: $250.

"Information Access Laws," September 9-10, October 15-16, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. Contact: Clinton W. Anderson, (FTS) or (202) 447-3247. Cost: $200.

"Implementation of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts," October 6-7, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. Contact: Clinton W. Anderson, (FTS) or (202) 447-3247. Cost: $200.

"The FOIA and the Privacy Act," a correspondence course available to begin at any time. Contact: Correspondence Study Program Division, (FTS) or (202) 447-7123. Cost: $140.

The Office of Information and Privacy moved to the Main Justice Department Building, Room 7238, earlier this year; the FOIA Counselor number now is (FTS) 633-3642 (633-FOIA).

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