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Peer reviewedGellman, Robert – Government Information Quarterly, 1997
The intention of S.1090 is to improve the existing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but in its current form, it is technologically out of date, will burden the administrative process, and will delay disclosure. Examines general considerations for amendments, technology and information law, and technological and administrative problems with the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrative Problems, Disclosure, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedGoldman, Patti A. – Government Information Quarterly, 1990
Discussion of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) focuses on its applicability to computer records. Agency practices to ensure access to information are considered; requests, litigation, and administrative appeals that have helped clarify the FOIA are described; and computer software, electronic mail, computer programing, and requested formats…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Court Litigation, Databases
Unsworth, Michael E. – American Libraries, 1999
Discusses the history of the concept of freedom of information, development of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and its fluctuations. Explains how to file a FOIA request, what happens when records are released, and what can be done to improve FOIA. Sidebars list FOIA Web sites and material exempted from FOIA. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Freedom of Information, Government Publications, Information Dissemination
Hoduski, Bernadine Abbott – Library Journal, 1987
Discusses the final report of the American Library Association's Commission on Freedom and Equality of Access to Information, which addresses such issues as telecommunications, access to electronic and government information, preservation, illiteracy, censorship, copyright, libel, postal rates, and the future role of libraries in providing access…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing
Peer reviewedFeintuck, Mike – Government Information Quarterly, 1996
Despite the 1993 White Paper on Open Government and the resulting Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, Britain has a reputation for secrecy and no Freedom of Information Act. Examines the use by government ministers of Public Interest Immunity Certificates to deny litigants access to government documents in the course of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Court Litigation, Foreign Countries
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1988
This report addresses the opportunities offered by technological advances to improve the dissemination of federal information and highlights two major problems: maintaining equity in public access to federal information in electronic formats, and defining the respective roles of federal agencies and the private sector in the electronic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advisory Committees, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing
