Who needs to know? : the state of public access to federal government information
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 McDermott looks at those concerns and presents some of the recent history of withdrawn access; she also draw a wider picture and looks at the controls that have been imposed on public access in a variety of arenas.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]
xii, 292 p. ; 24 cm
9781598880502, 9781598883077, 1598880500, 1598883070
938839732
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