ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 14, Number 124 December 15, 2005 In This Issue: 2006 Madison and Cooke Award Nominations Sought 1) Nominations sought for James Madison Award 2) Nominations Sought for the 2006 Eileen Cooke State & Local Madison Award (1) Nominations Sought for the 2006 Eileen Cooke State & Local Madison Award Each year, the James Madison Award is presented on Freedom of Information Day to recognize those individuals or groups that have championed access to government information and the public's right to know. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act and the 17th year that ALA will make this award in honor of James Madison. The American Library Association (ALA) seeks nominations to be considered for the award to be given on March 16, 2006 at the Freedom Forum National Freedom of Information Day program. FOIA Day is an annual event on or near March 16, the birthday of James Madison, regarded as the Father of the Constitution, as well as the foremost advocate for openness in government. TO NOMINATE: Nominations can be made in letter, email or fax to the American Library Association, Washington Office no later than December 22, 2005. Submissions should include a statement (maximum one page) about nominee's contribution to public access to government information and why it merits the award, and one or more seconding letters. Please include a brief biography and contact information for the nominee. Send nominations by January 3, 2006 to: JAMES MADISON AWARD American Library Association Washington Office 1651 New Hampshire Ave., NW First floor Washington, D.C. 20009-2520 Or by e-mail to pmcdermott@alawash.org For further information or questions, please contact Patrice McDermott at 800-941-8478; pmcdermott@alawash.org. Previous recipients of the Madison Award can be seen at http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/woawards.htm ************************************* 2) Nominations Sought for the 2006 Eileen Cooke State & Local Madison Award Each year, the Eileen Cooke State & Local Madison Award is presented on Freedom of Information Day to recognize state or local individuals, groups, or other entities that have championed access to government information and the public's right to know. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act and the 2nd year that ALA will make this award in honor of James Madison and Eileen Cooke, for whom the award is named. Eileen Cooke - former director of the ALA Washington Office and an extraordinary leader in building grassroots awareness of core library issues including access to information - was a tireless advocate for the public's right to know and a mentor to many librarians and trustees. The American Library Association (ALA) seeks nominations to be considered for the award to be given on March 16, 2006 at the Freedom Forum National Freedom of Information Day program. FOIA Day is an annual event on or near March 16, the birthday of James Madison, regarded as the Father of the Constitution, as well as the foremost advocate for openness in government. TO NOMINATE: Nominations can be made in letter, email or fax to the American Library Association, Washington Office no later than December 22nd, 2006. Submissions should include a statement (maximum one page) about nominee's contribution to public access to government information and why it merits the award, and one or seconding letters. Please include a brief biography and contact information for the nominee. Send nominations by January 3, 2006 to: EILEEN COOKE AWARD American Library Association Washington Office 1651 New Hampshire Ave., NW First Floor Washington, D.C. 2000-2520 Or by e-mail to pmcdermott@alawash.org For further information or questions, please contact Patrice McDermott at 800-941-8478; pmcdermott@alawash.org. ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Don Essex, Joshua Farrelman, Erin Haggerty, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Carrie Lowe, Kathy Mitchell, Carrie Russell. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.