Freedom of Information Reform Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session on S. 774, a Bill Entitled "The Freedom of Information Reform Act", April 18 and 21, 1983 |
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... developed for one of its most successful herbicides , Roundup . Though an error of judgment , employees of the EPA disclosed the formula to another company under the FOIA , without even notifying Monsanto . It appears that the FOIA did ...
... developed for one of its most successful herbicides , Roundup . Though an error of judgment , employees of the EPA disclosed the formula to another company under the FOIA , without even notifying Monsanto . It appears that the FOIA did ...
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... develop , and which he obtained at fees reflecting little more than the cost of duplication . Partial retention of fees . Finally , section 2 permits each agency to retain one - half of the fees collected under the FOIA to defray in ...
... develop , and which he obtained at fees reflecting little more than the cost of duplication . Partial retention of fees . Finally , section 2 permits each agency to retain one - half of the fees collected under the FOIA to defray in ...
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... develop valuable information con- cerning a terrorist group . Initially , the prospective informant refused to cooperate for fear that through a Freedom of Informa- tion Act ( " FOIA " ) disclosure his identity could eventually be ...
... develop valuable information con- cerning a terrorist group . Initially , the prospective informant refused to cooperate for fear that through a Freedom of Informa- tion Act ( " FOIA " ) disclosure his identity could eventually be ...
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... develop background information on a former employee who was as associate of the fugitive . This former employee allegedly ... developed an informant close to the fugitive . The informant initially provided valuable information , but upon ...
... develop background information on a former employee who was as associate of the fugitive . This former employee allegedly ... developed an informant close to the fugitive . The informant initially provided valuable information , but upon ...
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... developed on a subject was provided to an IRA agent . The IRS agent advised that due to the PA the IRS could accept information valuable to them but could not provide any informa- tion that would aid an FBI - related case . GAO 11 . 100 ...
... developed on a subject was provided to an IRA agent . The IRS agent advised that due to the PA the IRS could accept information valuable to them but could not provide any informa- tion that would aid an FBI - related case . GAO 11 . 100 ...
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Page 551 - Investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes but only to the extent that the production of such records would (A) interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) disclose the identity of a confidential source and, in the case of a record compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation, or by an agency conducting...
Page 551 - ... investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such records would (A) interfere with enforcement proceedings...
Page 551 - Executive order; (2) relate solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency ; (3) disclose matters specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than section 552 of this title), provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld...
Page 610 - The congress of the United States shall have power to adjourn to any time within the year, and to any place within the United States, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six months, and shall publish the journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy...
Page 610 - ... or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request shall be furnished with a transcript of the said Journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the several states.
Page 547 - ... to a recipient who has provided the agency with advance adequate written assurance that the record will be used solely as a statistical research or reporting record, and the record is to be transferred in a form that is not individually identifiable; 6.
Page 547 - ... to those officers and employees of the agency which maintains the record who have a need for the record in the performance of their duties...
Page 317 - A trade secret may consist of any formula, pattern, device or compilation of information which is used in one's business, and which gives him an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.
Page 611 - That the people have a right to freedom of speech, and of writing and publishing their Sentiments ; that the freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty and ought not to be violated.
Page 615 - The law is perfectly well settled that the first ten amendments to the Constitution, commonly known as the Bill of Rights, were not intended to lay down any novel principles of government, but simply to embody certain guaranties and immunities which we had inherited from our English ancestors, and which had from time immemorial been subject to certain well-recognized exceptions arising from the necessities of the case.