[MNASIS-L] Program October 18: Management of Information ­ Minnesota’s Renewable Asset

[Janet Arth]

Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Secretary of State 
(http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp) will speak on:

      Management of Information ­ Minnesota’s Renewable Asset

Thursday, October 18, 2007
5:00 ­ 7:00 p.m.
Board Room, Retirement Systems of Minnesota Building
60 Empire Drive, St Paul, MN
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=60+Empire+Dr,+St+Paul,+MN+55103,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

Recent events underscore that state and local 
government transparency is both essential and 
threatened.  Government views information as a 
powerful resource to assure an informed democracy 
­ or as a commodity to be shielded, sold, 
available only to the privileged.  Ubiquitous 
dependence on the Internet, coupled with 
telecommunications options, presents 
unprecedented challenges for thoughtful policy 
development, integrated planning and citizen 
participation in the process.  As Minnesota’s 
Secretary of State, Mark Ritchie is in the middle of it all.

  Sponsored by the
Minnesota Coalition on Government Information (MnCOGI)
   http://www.mncogi.org/
Telecommunications and Information Policy Roundtable (TIPR)
   http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/mn-tipr
Minnesota Chapter, American Society of Information Science & Technology (ASIST)
   http://www.asis.org/Chapters/mnasis/index.html
Minnesota Independent Scholars’ Forum
   http://www.mnindependentscholars.org/

This program is free and open, please join 
us!  Light refreshments will be provide.