OMB Watch to Host Series of Panel Discussions to Assess First Year of Obama Administration

MEDIA ADVISORY
-For Immediate Release-
January 21, 2010

Contact: Brian Gumm, (202) 683-4812, bgumm@ombwatch.org [1]

OMB Watch to Host Series of Panel Discussions
to Assess First Year of Obama Administration

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2010—On Jan. 28, OMB Watch will launch a series of panel discussions designed to explore and assess the first year of the Obama administration.

What: "Obama at One Year" Webcast Series

OMB Watch will host four webcasts to evaluate President Obama’s first year in office. The discussions will feature distinguished policy experts who will bring their unique and specialized insights to the conversations. We invite the public and the media to join us for these panel discussions, either in person or at our online webcast headquarters. At the end of each discussion, panelists will take questions from both the in-person and online audiences.

Discussion topics in this "Obama at One Year" series will include government openness and accountability; crucial public protections and the administration's regulatory approach; implementation of the Recovery Act's transparency provisions; and lobbying and ethics reform. More details about the webcasts and the participating panelists can be found at http://www.ombwatch.org/webcasts [2].

When:

Thursday, Jan. 28 at 3 p.m. Eastern time (Government openness)
Thursday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. Eastern time (Public protections and regulatory approach)
Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. Eastern time (Recovery Act transparency)
Thursday, Feb. 18 at 3 p.m. Eastern time (Lobbying and ethics reform)

Where:

2040 S St., NW, Washington, DC 20009 and live on the web at http://www.ombwatch.org/webcasts [2].

Event Details:

We ask that the public and the media please RSVP in order to attend (whether online or in-person) and to please note that space for the in-person audience is limited. Attendees can RSVP online at http://www.ombwatch.org/webcastsrsvp [3] up to three days before each event.

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OMB Watch is a nonprofit government watchdog organization dedicated to promoting government accountability, citizen participation in public policy decisions, and the use of fiscal and regulatory policy to serve the public interest.