Federal Information Policy Oversight: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, June 13, 1996 |
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administration Advisory Committee Act Advisory Committee STAT Advisory Council AGEN AGEN NSPA AGEN STPA agency members agency's Attorney General's AUTH GR AUTH NSPA AUTH STPA Chairman Commission Committee STAT NSPA CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Council STAT decision Department of Justice Department's Director discretionary disclosures District Advisory Council documents electronic FACA Federal Advisory Committee Federal agencies FOIA backlogs FOIA Officer FOIA processing FOIA requests FOIA Update FOIPA FOLA foreseeable harm Freedom of Information HHS HHS HORN improve Information Act Information Act FOIA Information and Privacy Initial Review Group issues Janet Reno Judicial Watch Justice Department Kamenar litigation meetings memorandum National NSPA C DOI NSPA C STAT Office of Information PASSARELLA Privacy Act records release Resource Advisory Council response Service Special Emphasis Panel staff standard STAT NPI STAT STPA Sunshine Act U.S. Department USDA Washington Washington Legal Foundation withheld
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Page 161 - 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 147 - States that the public is entitled to the fullest practicable information regarding the decisionmaking processes of the Federal Government. It is the purpose of this Act to provide the public with such information while protecting the rights of individuals and the ability of the Government to carry out its responsibilities.
Page 25 - The term individual means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; (b) The term maintain includes maintain, collect, use, or disseminate; (c) The term 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...
Page 150 - ... (10) specifically concern the agency's issuance of a subpena, or the agency's participation in a civil action or proceeding, an action in a foreign court or international tribunal, or an arbitration, or the initiation, conduct, or disposition by the agency of a particular case of formal agency adjudication pursuant to the procedures in section 554 of this title or otherwise involving a determination on the record after opportunity for a hearing.
Page 9 - This legislation springs from one of our most essential principles : a democracy works best when the people have all the Information that the security of the Nation permits. No one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around decisions which can be revealed without Injury to the public Interest.
Page 139 - Senate, and any subdivision thereof authorized to act on behalf of the agency; (2) the term "meeting" means the deliberations of at least the number of individual agency members required to take action on behalf of the agency where such deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official agency business, but does not include deliberations required or permitted by subsection (d) or (e); and (3) the term "member" means an individual who belongs to a collegial body heading...
Page 179 - Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to any local civic group whose primary function is that of rendering a public service with respect to a Federal program, or any State or local committee, council, board, commission, or similar group established to advise or make recommendations to State or local officials or agencies.
Page 292 - The report shall contain the name of every advisory committee, the date of and authority for its creation, its termination date or the date it is to make a report, its functions, a reference to the reports it has submitted...
Page 161 - [i]t is clear that the courts of this country recognize a general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records and documents.