Government transparency and secrecy : measures, access, and policies / / Grant Faulconer and Aiden Dashaw, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Nova Publishers, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 352.3'8'0973
• Soggetto topico: Transparency in government - United States; Security classification (Government documents) - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Persona (resp. second.): FaulconerGrant; DashawAiden
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Government transparency and secrecy : an examination of meaning and its use in the executive branch / Wendy Ginsberg, Maeve P. Carey, L. Elaine Halchin, and Natalie Keegan --Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) : background and policy options for the 112th Congress / Wendy Ginsberg -- The Obama administration's Open Government Initiative : issues for Congress / Wendy R. Ginsberg -- The Freedom of Information Act and nondisclosure provisions in other federal laws / Gina Stevens.
• Sommario/riassunto: From the beginning of the American federal government, Congress has required executive branch agencies to release or otherwise make available government information and records. This book first assesses the meaning of transparency and subsequently examines the statutes, initiatives, requirements, and other actions that make information more available to the public or protect if from public release.
• Titolo autorizzato: Government transparency and secrecy
• ISBN: 1-62417-774-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150316403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Government procedures and operations.; American political, economic, and security issues series.