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Who needs to know? : the state of public access to federal government information / Patrice McDermott.

By: Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Bernan Press, c2007.Description: xii, 292 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781598880502
  • 1598880500
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF5753 .M33 2007
Contents:
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.

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.

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