Who needs to know? : the state of public access to federal government information /
McDermott, Patrice.
Who needs to know? : the state of public access to federal government information / Patrice McDermott. - Lanham, Md. : Bernan Press, c2007. - xii, 292 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
There ought to be a law : the need for findable and usable information -- Tracking the wild government : the Federal Records Act and government publications -- Government-wide information policy -- The regulatory system for accountability : the Freedom of Information Act -- The Critical Infrastructure Information Act : the story of a FOIA exemption -- Access restricted : the black hole of "sensitive but unclassified" information -- Classified information : reclassified, overclassified, and misused -- The executive's power over information access -- Manipulating information : the dangerous capacities of the executive branch -- Political science -- A republic : how to keep it.
9781598880502 1598880500
Government information--Access control--United States.
Freedom of information--United States.
Disclosure of information--Government policy--United States.
KF5753 / .M33 2007
Who needs to know? : the state of public access to federal government information / Patrice McDermott. - Lanham, Md. : Bernan Press, c2007. - xii, 292 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
There ought to be a law : the need for findable and usable information -- Tracking the wild government : the Federal Records Act and government publications -- Government-wide information policy -- The regulatory system for accountability : the Freedom of Information Act -- The Critical Infrastructure Information Act : the story of a FOIA exemption -- Access restricted : the black hole of "sensitive but unclassified" information -- Classified information : reclassified, overclassified, and misused -- The executive's power over information access -- Manipulating information : the dangerous capacities of the executive branch -- Political science -- A republic : how to keep it.
9781598880502 1598880500
Government information--Access control--United States.
Freedom of information--United States.
Disclosure of information--Government policy--United States.
KF5753 / .M33 2007