Freedom of Information Act: AppendixU.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - Freedom of information |
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... public interest in encour- aging its utilization , and other factors comparable to those set forth in the Federal user charge statute , sec- 7 8 9 tion 483a of title 31 , United States Code . 10 Nothing in this subparagraph shall ...
... public interest in encour- aging its utilization , and other factors comparable to those set forth in the Federal user charge statute , sec- 7 8 9 tion 483a of title 31 , United States Code . 10 Nothing in this subparagraph shall ...
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... public's right to know and the safeguarding of these other major values , which I call " protectable interests . ' While in legal terms , FOIA has nine exemptions that permit withholding , these nine exemptions represent five great ...
... public's right to know and the safeguarding of these other major values , which I call " protectable interests . ' While in legal terms , FOIA has nine exemptions that permit withholding , these nine exemptions represent five great ...
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... public's interest in sig- nificant investigations like those of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg . Suffice it for today that there is a real need for careful legislative attention and appropriate action on FOIA's ef- fects upon ...
... public's interest in sig- nificant investigations like those of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg . Suffice it for today that there is a real need for careful legislative attention and appropriate action on FOIA's ef- fects upon ...
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... public interest in disclosure must be balanced against the injury to the individual . No one today is suggesting that this balancing require- ment be changed where individuals are concerned . PERSONAL PRIVACY INFORMATION Four : The ...
... public interest in disclosure must be balanced against the injury to the individual . No one today is suggesting that this balancing require- ment be changed where individuals are concerned . PERSONAL PRIVACY INFORMATION Four : The ...
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... public interest in disclosure , or if the public interest in disclosure is definitely less than the possible risk to the individual . That is the way it should go . The change that I would make would be simply to restore the law to what ...
... public interest in disclosure , or if the public interest in disclosure is definitely less than the possible risk to the individual . That is the way it should go . The change that I would make would be simply to restore the law to what ...
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Popular passages
Page 134 - A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Page 644 - Columbia, has jurisdiction to enjoin the agency from withholding agency records and to order the production of any agency records improperly withheld from the complainant.
Page vi - The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Page 179 - ... (ii) make a determination with respect to any appeal within twenty days (excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) after the receipt of such appeal. If on appeal the denial of the request for records...
Page 92 - ... record" means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by an agency, including, but not limited to, his education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history and that contains his name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or a photograph ; (5) the term "system of records...
Page 180 - Any person making a request to any agency for records under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection shall be deemed to have exhausted his administrative remedies with respect to such request if the agency fails to comply with the applicable time limit provisions of this paragraph. If the Government can show exceptional circumstances exist and that the agency is exercising due diligence in responding to the request, the court may retain jurisdiction and allow the agency additional time to complete...
Page 909 - In such a case the court shall determine the matter de novo and the burden is on the agency to sustain its action.
Page 516 - A popular Government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Page 178 - ... (6) (A) Each agency, upon any request for records made under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, shall — (i) determine within ten days (excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) after the receipt of any such request whether to comply with such request and shall immediately notify the person making such request of such determination and the reasons therefor...
Page 469 - ... trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work, or apparatus, or to the identity, confidential statistical data, amount or source of any income, profits, losses, or expenditures of any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association...