Texas Financial Transparency: Open and Online
FRI APRIL 23, 2010 AT BASS LECTURE HALL
FREE and Open to the Public
THE FORUM
“Texas Financial Transparency: Open and Online” brings together community members, government officials, students, interest groups and the media to discuss state finance and online transparency. The forum highlights best practices and makes recommendations to enhance the financial transparency of Texas State and Local Government. Sponsors are the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the LBJ School Center for Politics and Governance, and the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas.
POLICY RESEARCH PROJECT
The forum represents the culmination of a year of work in the State Finance and Online Transparency collaborative Policy Research Project (PRP). This class of graduate students from the LBJ School of Public Affairs encourages Texas government to shift from proprietary data formats and scattered information to open data standards and the “one-stop-shop” model of integrated financial information.
AGENDA
8:00 AM: Arrival and reception- coffee and light refreshments
8:30 AM: Welcome by LBJ Dean Robert L. Hutchings
8:45 AM: Featured Speaker: Dustin Haisler
9:15 AM: LBJ Student Presentations:
—State Financial Transparency, Local Financial Transparency, and Legislative Budgetary Transparency
9:45 AM: Featured Speaker: Victor Gonzalez
10:05 AM: BREAK - soda and cookies provided
10:25 AM: Community Panel: "Financial Transparency in Action"
— Eva DeLuna Castro, James Quintero, Matt Stiles, Dustin Lanier, and Brenda Bell
11:10 AM: Presentation by the Sunlight Foundation
11:20 AM: Featured Speaker: Ethan Zuckerman
11:50 AM: Closing remarks by LBJ Students
SPEAKERS
Robert Hutchings: Dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs
Dustin Haisler: Assistant City Manager of Manor, Texas
Victor Gonzalez: Director of Innovation and Chief Technology Officer, Office of the Texas Comptroller
James Quintero: Fiscal Policy Analyst, Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Fiscal Policy
Eva DeLuna Castro: Senior Budget Analyst, Center for Public Policy Priorities
Matt Stiles: Reporter, Texas Tribune
Brenda Bell: Projects Editor, Austin American-Statesman
Dustin Lanier: Director, Council of Competitive Governments, Office of the Texas Comptroller
Ethan Zuckerman: Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
Sunlight Foundation: Nonprofit organization, promotes the digitization of government data
FREE Parking will be available in the LBJ Library Visitors’ Parking Lot
For more information, please visit the Center for Politics and Governance event page at:
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/cpg/event_detail.php?id=53
