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1019564
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b773934
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| Main Entry
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McDermott, Patrice.
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| Title & Author
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Who needs to know? : : the state of public access to federal government information /\ Patrice McDermott.
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| Edition Statement
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1st paperback ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: Bernan Press,, 2008
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xii, 292 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1598880500
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: 1598883070
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: 9781598880502
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: 9781598883077
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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In recent years, there has been a lot of debate about the suppression of federal government information on the basis of national or homeland security. McDermott looks at those concerns and presents some of the recent history of withdrawn access; she also draw a wider picture and looks at the controls that have been imposed on public access in a variety of arenas. McDermott also explores the tension between the efforts of government officials to provide meaningful public access in non-security related areas and the concerns of the private sector about the impact of such efforts. [from publisher description].
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Disclosure of information-- Government policy-- United States.
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Freedom of information-- United States.
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Government information-- Access control-- United States.
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Information sur l'État-- Droit-- États-Unis.
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Disclosure of information-- Government policy.
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Freedom of information.
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Government information-- Access control.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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323.44/5
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KF5753.M33 2007
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| Parallel Title
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State of public access to federal government information
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