{"id":32268,"date":"2017-03-16T07:08:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T11:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=32268"},"modified":"2017-03-10T14:19:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T18:19:14","slug":"freedom-of-information-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2017\/03\/freedom-of-information-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom of Information Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that March 16<sup>th<\/sup>, Freedom of Information Day, is also the birthday of U.S. President James Madison?\u00a0 That\u2019s no accident, as Madison was famously known for his advocacy of transparency in government.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Federal Library Depository Program, various internet-based portals exist to promote access to government information.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Digital System (FDSys)<\/a> provides access to official publications from all three branches of the federal government. The site will migrate soon to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">GovInfo<\/a>, now in beta release. Great reading here \u2013 from congressional reports to presidential papers to recent bills.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32271\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/freedom-285x190.jpg\" alt=\"Freedom of Information Day\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/freedom-285x190.jpg 285w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/freedom-155x103.jpg 155w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/freedom-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/freedom-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/freedom-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>Freedom of Information Day represents an idea that has always been integral to libraries \u2013 open access for all.\u00a0 What are you doing with your freedom?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Katie Foran-Mulcahy<br \/>\nDirector, UC Clemront College Library<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that March 16th, Freedom of Information Day, is also the birthday of U.S. President James Madison?\u00a0 That\u2019s no accident, as Madison was famously known for his advocacy of transparency in government. In addition to the Federal Library &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2017\/03\/freedom-of-information-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":418,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[791],"tags":[838,1333,1334,1335],"class_list":["post-32268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clermont-news-home","tag-clermont","tag-freedom","tag-freedom-of-information","tag-james-madison"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}