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Experts


Freedom of Information, General

Andy Alexander, Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau, former FOI Chair, ASNE

202-331-0900, andya@coxnews.com

Gary Bass, OMB Watch

202-234-8494, bassg@ombwatch.org

Rick Blum, Sunshine in Government Initiative

703-807-2100, rblum@sunshineingovernment.org

David Burnham, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

202-518-9020

Sandra Chance, Brechner Center on Freedom of Information

(352) 392-2273, SChance@jou.ufl.edu

Barbara Cochran, president, Radio Television News Directors

202-467-5205, Barbarac@rtnda.org

Lucy Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

703-807-2100, ldalglish@rcfp.org

Robert Gellman, privacy and information consultant

202-543-7923; rgellman@cais.com

Patrice McDermott, OpenTheGovernment.org

202-234-8494, pmcdermott@openthegovernment.org.

Daniel J. Metcalfe, former director, Office of Information and Privacy, Department of Justice, now director of the Collaboration on Secrecy in Government

(202) 274-4134; metcalfe@wcl.american.edu

Pete Weitzel, Coalition of Journalists for Open Government

703-807-2100 pweitzel@rcfp.org

David Westphal, Washington Bureau, McClatchy Newspapers, ASNE FOI Co-Chair

(202) 383-0002, dwestphal@mcclatchydc.com

FOIA litigation

Cori Zarek, FOI Service Center, Reporters Committee

703-807-2100, lcochran@reporterscommittee.org

Meredith Fuchs, National Security Archive

202-994-7000
mfuchs@gwu.edu

Harry Hammitt, Access Reports

434-384-5334 hhammitt@accessreports.com

David Sobel, Electronic Privacy Information Center

202-483-1140 sobel@epic.org

Government Secrecy

Scott Amey, Project on Government Oversight

202-347-1122
scott@pogo.org

Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy

202-454-4691 saftergood@fas.org

Tom Blanton, National Security Archive

202-994-7000 tblanton@gwu.edu

Kate Martin, Center for National Security Studies

(202) 721-5650 cnss@gwu.org

Harold Relyea, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress

202-707-8679

Open Government Legislation

Kathleen Kirby, RTNDA counsel, Wiley, Rein & Fielding

202-719-3360, kkirby@wrf.com

Kevin Goldberg, ASNE counsel

703-812-0462 goldberg@fhhlaw.com

Tonda Rush, National Newspaper Association

703-534-5750, tonda@nna.org

Homeland Security, CII, SBU and Non-Disclosure Agreements

Scott Armstrong, Information Trust

202-364-1100; scott@informationtrust.org

Jeffrey Smith, Arnold & Porter, former general counsel to CIA.

202-942-5115, Jeffrey_Smith@aporter.com

John Gannon, majority staff director, House Select Committee on Homeland Security

202-226-8417 John.Gannon@mail.house.gov