The Freedom of Information Act: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5425 ... |
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... Present : Representatives William S. Moorhead , Bill Alexander , Bella S. Abzug , James V. Stanton , John N. Erlenborn , Paul N. Mc- Closkey , Jr. , Gilbert Gude , Charles Thone , and Ralph S. Regula . Also present : William G. Phillips ...
... Present : Representatives William S. Moorhead , Bill Alexander , Bella S. Abzug , James V. Stanton , John N. Erlenborn , Paul N. Mc- Closkey , Jr. , Gilbert Gude , Charles Thone , and Ralph S. Regula . Also present : William G. Phillips ...
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... present its case or defense by oral or doc- 11 umentary evidence , and to conduct cross examination as may 12 be required for a full disclosure of the facts . Such hearing 13 shall be public unless , because of the sensitive nature of ...
... present its case or defense by oral or doc- 11 umentary evidence , and to conduct cross examination as may 12 be required for a full disclosure of the facts . Such hearing 13 shall be public unless , because of the sensitive nature of ...
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... present - com- mitment to the people's right to know . They are : J. R. Wiggins , former editor of the Washington Post ; former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors ; a participant in this subcommittee's very first ...
... present - com- mitment to the people's right to know . They are : J. R. Wiggins , former editor of the Washington Post ; former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors ; a participant in this subcommittee's very first ...
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... present law . The measure is based upon weeks of hearings last year by the Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee and on the unanimous report adopted last September by the House Government Op- erations Committee ...
... present law . The measure is based upon weeks of hearings last year by the Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee and on the unanimous report adopted last September by the House Government Op- erations Committee ...
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... present law revealed during our hearings - the high costs to the average citizen when attempts to obtain records under provisions of the act are frustrated by arbitrary or capricious acts of the bureaucracy or by foot - dragging tactics ...
... present law revealed during our hearings - the high costs to the average citizen when attempts to obtain records under provisions of the act are frustrated by arbitrary or capricious acts of the bureaucracy or by foot - dragging tactics ...
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ABZUG Administrative Law appeal Attorney authority believe bill BUZHARDT camera inspection Chairman Civil classified classified information concerning confidential congressional Consumers Union COPENHAVER CORNISH defense or foreign Department of Defense determine disclosed disclosure district court DIXON documents effect enacted ERLENBORN executive branch Executive order executive privilege exemption fees foreign policy Freedom of Information Government Information Government Operations hearings Information Act investigation investigatory files investigatory records judicial KRONFELD LAMPSON language law enforcement purpose legislation limit litigation matter MCCLOSKEY memorandum ment Mink decision MOLLENHOFF MOORHEAD national defense newspapers Pentagon Papers person Plaintiff seeks PLESSER President problem procedures protection public interest question reason recommendations release requests for records require response right to know SCALIA secrecy secret section 552 Senate specific statement statute subcommittee subsection Supreme Court testimony Thank tion trade secrets United States Code Washington withholding
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Page 28 - In litigation with the agency ; "(6) personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted Invasion of personal privacy ; "(7) investigatory files compiled for law enforcement purposes except to the extent available by law to a party other than an agency...
Page 27 - ... is made in accordance with published rules stating the time, place, fees (if any), and procedures to be followed, shall make the records promptly available to any person.
Page 253 - This section does not authorize withholding of information or limit the availability of records to the public, except as specifically stated in this section. This section is not authority to withhold information from Congress.
Page 265 - 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 161 - Stat. 717, such inspection to be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in the Treasury Decision relating to the inspection of returns by the Federal Trade Commission, approved by me this date.
Page 311 - 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...
Page 27 - A final order, opinion, statement of policy, interpretation, or staff manual or instruction that affects a member of the public may be relied on, used, or cited as precedent by an agency against a party other than an agency only if— (i) it has been indexed and either made available or published as provided by this paragraph; or (ii) the party has actual and timely notice of the terms thereof.
Page 373 - exceptionally grave damage" include armed hostilities against the United States or its allies; disruption of foreign relations vitally affecting the national security; the compromise of vital national defense plans or complex...
Page 39 - To me it is hardly believable that a newspaper long regarded as a great institution in American life would fail to perform one of the basic and simple duties of every citizen with respect to the discovery or possession of stolen property or secret Government documents. That duty, I had thought — perhaps naively — was to report forthwith, to responsible public officers. This duty rests on taxi drivers, justices and The New York Times.
Page 179 - It is quite apparent that if, in the maintenance of our international relations, embarrassment— perhaps serious embarrassment — is to be avoided and success for our aims achieved, congressional legislation which is to be made effective through negotiation and inquiry within the international field must often accord to the President a degree of discretion and. freedom from statutory restriction which would not be admissible were domestic affairs alone involved.