Freedom of information and the right to know : the origins and applications of the freedom of information

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Autor principal: Foerstel, Herbert N.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Westport : Greenwood Press, 1999
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100 |a Foerstel, Herbert N. 
245 |a Freedom of information and the right to know :   |b the origins and applications of the freedom of information 
260 |a Westport :   |b Greenwood Press,   |c 1999 
300 |a 219 p. 
505 |a 1. The right to know. Colonial and constitutional history -- Seditious speech -- The case for a constitutional right to know -- The press as agent for the people's right to know -- Government management of the news -- The Moss subcommittee -- Removing the paper curtain. 2. A legislative remedy. The housekeeping statute -- The Administrative Procedure Act -- The Kennedy administration -- The Freedom of Information Act -- Strengthening the FOIA -- Reverse FOIA -- Weakening the FOIA -- The electronic FOIA amendments of 1996 -- The FOIA exemptions and their legal interpretations -- The Privacy Act -- Statutory limits to the right to know. 3. Government compliance with the FOIA. Executive resistance -- The American Society of Access Professionals -- Agency responsiveness to FOIA requests -- The Department of Health and Human Services -- The Food and Drug Administration -- The FDA History Office -- The Department of Defense The Department of Justice -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation -- The Central Intelligence Agency -- The National Security Agency. 4. The effective use of the FOIA. Submitting a request -- Requests by private citizens -- Authors and reporters -- Congress -- Corporations -- The National Security Archive -- The Center for National Security Studies -- Public citizen -- The American Civil Liberties Union -- The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press -- People for the American Way. 5. Freedom of information in the new millennium. Impediments to the right to know -- A cautious Clinton administration -- Hostile courts -- A conservative Congress. Appendices: text of the FOIA; selected FOIA case list 
650 |a LEGISLACIÓN 
650 |a ESTADOS UNIDOS 
653 |a ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN 
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