Freedom of Information and the Right to Know: The Origins and Applications of the Freedom of Information Act - Hardcover
This examination of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) traces the American origins of the belief that the citizens of a democracy have a natural right to know about the workings of their government. The issue began in the colonies and came to a head in the 1950s when escalating government secrecy led the press to demand open government. Declaring that the public business is the public's business, a series of crusading newspaper editors aroused public support for the Freedom of Information Act which was passed in 1966.
The book features in-depth interviews with the architects of the FOIA, the FOIA staff in the major federal agencies, and the most prominent FOIA users throughout the country. The concluding chapter examines current impediments to the full realization of the people's right to know.
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HERBERT N. FOERSTEL is the retired former head of Branch Libraries at the University of Maryland in College Park and is a current member of the board of directors of the National Security Archive at George Washington University. He is the author of Surveillance in the Stacks (Greenwood, 1991), Secret Science (Praeger, 1993), Banned in the USA (Greenwood, 1994), Climbing the Hill with his daughter Karen Foerstel (Praeger, 1996), Free Expression and Censorship in America (Greenwood, 1997), and Banned in the Media (Greenwood, 1998)
..."a good summary account of developments concerning the FOIA and various related information policy matters."-Journal of Academic Librarianship
"Libraries in need of an up-to-date resource on this important and ever-relevant topic should consider the investment."-Today's librarian
?Libraries in need of an up-to-date resource on this important and ever-relevant topic should consider the investment.?-Today's librarian
?...a good summary account of developments concerning the FOIA and various related information policy matters.?-Journal of Academic Librarianship
.,."a good summary account of developments concerning the FOIA and various related information policy matters."-Journal of Academic Librarianship
"Libraries in need of an up-to-date resource on this important and ever-relevant topic should consider the investment."-Today's librarian
?Libraries in need of an up-to-date resource on this important and ever-relevant topic should consider the investment.?-Today's librarian
?...a good summary account of developments concerning the FOIA and various related information policy matters.?-Journal of Academic Librarianship
.,."a good summary account of developments concerning the FOIA and various related information policy matters."-Journal of Academic Librarianship
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- PublisherGreenwood
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0313285462
- ISBN 13 9780313285462
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- Number of pages232
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