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Freedom of Information and the Right to Know The Origins and Applications of the Freedom of Information Act
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Herbert N. Foerstel
ISBN: 0-313-28546-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28546-2
232 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/1999
List Price: $87.95 (UK Sterling Price: £60.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • The Right to Know
    A Legislative Remedy
    Government Compliance with the FOIA
    The Effective Use of the FIOA
    Freedom of Information in the New Millennium
    Appendixes
    Selected Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: 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)
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