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Government transparency and secrecy : measures, access, and policies / Grant Faulconer and Aiden Dashaw, editors. - N.Y. : "NOVA", 2013. - xii, 159 pages ; 24 cm. - ( Government procedures and operations )( American political, economic, and security issues ). - Government procedures and operations. American political, economic, and security issues series. .

Price.15. L.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9781624177736 (hbk.) 1624177735 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2012532891

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Congress.
United States. Congress.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Transparency in government--United States.
Security classification (Government documents)--United States.
Security classification (Government documents)
Transparency in government.
Politics and Government.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Subjects--Index Terms: High level, top level of administration. Central, national government

LC Class. No.: JK468.S4 / G69 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 352.3'8'0973

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 354 / 4