Thursday, July 12, 2007

40 Years of FOIA, 20 Years of Delay

A new publication from the National Security Archive at George Washington University ...

40 Years of FOIA, 20 Years of Delay: Oldest Pending Freedom of Information Requests Date Back to the 1980s. Nielsen, Catherine. Published: July 2007.
Presents findings from the Knight Open Government Survey, which surveys government offices and agencies on the status of their public information requests, and finds that extensive backlogs persist. Funder(s): John S. and James L. Knight

Other interesting and recent titles/reports from the NSA: (1) File Not Found: 10 Years After E-FOIA, Most Federal Agencies Are Delinquent (2) Pseudo-Secrets: A Freedom of Information Audit of the U.S. Government's Policies on Sensitive Unclassified Information

About the NSA: An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. (more)

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