FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

OVERSIGHT OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

SEPTEMBER 15, 16, OCTOBER 6, AND NOVEMBER 10, 1977

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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
BIRCH BAYH, Indiana

ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
JAMES ABOUREZK, South Dakota
JAMES B. ALLEN, Alabama
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware
JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa

HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio
DENNIS DECONCINI, Arizona

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland
WILLIAM L. SCOTT, Virginia
PAUL LAXALT, Nevada
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
MALCOLM WALLOP, Wyoming

FRANCIS C. ROSENBERGER, Chief Counsel and Staff Director

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
JAMES ABOUREZK, South Dakota, Chairman

JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware

PAUL LAXALT, Nevada

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina

IRENE R. EMSELLEM, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
DIANA HUFFMAN, Counsel
DICK MOORE, Minority Counsel

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