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Warden, Michael L. – 1989
Two recent judicial and governmental developments appear to tip the scales in favor of the confidentiality of intelligence sources and methods at the expense of any "right of access" to government information. The implementation of the Reagan Administration's Executive Order governing the classification of national security information…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Court Litigation, Disclosure, Federal Government
Peer reviewedFeinberg, Lotte E. – Government Information Quarterly, 2002
Discusses information policy in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Topics include access to government records, including Freedom of Information Act issues; removing or expanding information on government Web sites; state actions; coordination versus secrecy in homeland security; and patterns and trends in federal and state…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Federal Government, Government Publications, Information Policy
Peer reviewedRelyea, Harold C.; Gould, Stephen B. – Library Trends, 1986
The first of two articles is an overview of the contexts in which secrecy is applied to business information as a matter of public policy. The second covers restrictions on dissemination of scientific and technical information including statutory and administrative mechanisms for its control, and implications of the current system. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Business, Confidentiality, Disclosure, Federal Regulation
Download full textDinkins, Carol E. – 1984
In considering the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), it is essential to keep in mind that the Act is not, and never could be, a statute with the singleminded purpose of disclosing government information. Many kinds of information that the government has in its possession must be kept confidential to protect important public…
Descriptors: Disclosure, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Freedom of Speech
Drake, Miriam A. – Searcher, 2003
Discusses regulations and actions related to government withholding, suppressing, and altering information since September 11, 2001. Topics include conflicting goals of an informed citizenry versus national security, science and technology progress versus protection of sensitive information, and public health versus ideology; political pressure;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Federal Government, Government Publications, Government Role
Peer reviewedRelyea, Harold C., Ed. – Government Information Quarterly, 1989
Five articles critique various aspects of the information policies and practices of the Reagan administration. Areas discussed include management of the Freedom of Information Act, the use of national security arguments to restrict access to information, Congressional access to Executive Branch information in the Iran-Contra affair, and policies…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Government Publications
PDF pending restorationAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1997
The Law section of the Proceedings contains the following 10 papers: "Protection without a Shield: Revisiting the Journalist's Common Law Privilege" (Laurence B. Alexander); "Burning the Global Village: The Constitutionality of State Laws Regulating Indecency in Cyberspace" (Dolores L. Flamiano); "Of Jellyfish and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Internet
