The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is the implementation of freedom of information freedom of information legislation in the United States. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 4, 1966, (amended in 2002), and went into effect the following year. This act allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the U.S. Government.
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| - The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is the implementation of freedom of information freedom of information legislation in the United States. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 4, 1966, (amended in 2002), and went into effect the following year. This act allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the U.S. Government.
- George W. Bush's first Attorney General, John Ashcroft, announced to all Federal agencies that they were to refuse to comply with any Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, and that the Department of Justice would back them up. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
- A 20th-century legislation on Earth, which was current even in the Terran Confederation of the 25th century. Maverick did not fly the missions in the Gateway system, but he employed this right, and obtained transcripts of the debriefing sessions as recorded automatically on the TCS Tiger's Claw.
- The Freedom of Information Act went as follows:
- Passage of The Freedom of Information Act by the Central Committtee of the People's Democratic World Council in 2004 is widely considered to be one of the most important milestones in the March of Civilization, although by the middle of the April of Civilization, the Act had become firmly lodged in the databases of SPAM filters and largely forgotten. The goal of the Act was to remove or greatly reduce barriers to individuals' access to information. Information was not made truly "free" - information dealers were still permitted to charge a fee for the creation of information. However, once information had been created, the Act required that copies of that information be provided to the entire world community without prejudice to the need or desire for that information.
- The Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) is a liberal's weapon against Traditional American Values™. Hippies and other sorts of Limousine Liberals created it to flaunt their power over Regular Americans by making so many FOIA requests, no normal person could do their jobs because they were always mired in paperwork. Although they vehemently deny it, George Soros funds every FOIA request.
- A number of alarming reductions to government access and accountability have been building. Small and systematic changes have been made to existing laws and with executive orders to lock citizens out of our government. Quite commonly, the Bush Administration simply fails to respond to FOIA requests at all. Whether this is simply an inordinate delay or an unstated final refusal to respond to the request, the requesting party is never told. But the effect is the same: the public is denied access to the information.
- The Freedom of Information Act was the name of several laws enacted by several governments through history, which allowed for the release of certain government data to the public. One of the first such laws was enacted in the United States of America in 1966. The United Earth government had a Freedom of Information Act which covered the rights of the press to cover the military. (TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky)
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| - The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is the implementation of freedom of information freedom of information legislation in the United States. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 4, 1966, (amended in 2002), and went into effect the following year. This act allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the U.S. Government.
- George W. Bush's first Attorney General, John Ashcroft, announced to all Federal agencies that they were to refuse to comply with any Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, and that the Department of Justice would back them up. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
- A 20th-century legislation on Earth, which was current even in the Terran Confederation of the 25th century. Maverick did not fly the missions in the Gateway system, but he employed this right, and obtained transcripts of the debriefing sessions as recorded automatically on the TCS Tiger's Claw.
- The Freedom of Information Act went as follows:
- Passage of The Freedom of Information Act by the Central Committtee of the People's Democratic World Council in 2004 is widely considered to be one of the most important milestones in the March of Civilization, although by the middle of the April of Civilization, the Act had become firmly lodged in the databases of SPAM filters and largely forgotten. The goal of the Act was to remove or greatly reduce barriers to individuals' access to information. Information was not made truly "free" - information dealers were still permitted to charge a fee for the creation of information. However, once information had been created, the Act required that copies of that information be provided to the entire world community without prejudice to the need or desire for that information.
- The Freedom of Information Act was the name of several laws enacted by several governments through history, which allowed for the release of certain government data to the public. One of the first such laws was enacted in the United States of America in 1966. The United Earth government had a Freedom of Information Act which covered the rights of the press to cover the military. (TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky) Later, a similar law was enacted by the United Federation of Planets. It was under this legislation that all of James T. Kirk's Enterprise log entries were declassified in 2371. (TOS short story: "An Enigma Wrapped in a Puzzle", in New Worlds, New Civilizations)
- The Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) is a liberal's weapon against Traditional American Values™. Hippies and other sorts of Limousine Liberals created it to flaunt their power over Regular Americans by making so many FOIA requests, no normal person could do their jobs because they were always mired in paperwork. Although they vehemently deny it, George Soros funds every FOIA request.
- A number of alarming reductions to government access and accountability have been building. Small and systematic changes have been made to existing laws and with executive orders to lock citizens out of our government.
* The Bush Administration has an obsession with secrecy. Changes in practices and laws reduce public and congressional scrutiny of its activities. The cumulative effect is an unprecedented assault on the laws that make our government open and accountable.
* The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) gives citizens the ability to file a request for specific information from a government agency and provides recourse in federal court if that agency fails to comply with FOIA requirements. Over the last two decades, beginning with Reagan, this law has become increasingly diluted and circumvented by each succeeding administration. Under the Bush Administration, agencies make extensive and arbitrary use of FOIA exemptions (such as those for classified information, privileged attorney-client documents and certain information compiled for law enforcement purposes) often inappropriately or with inadequate justification. Recent evidence shows agencies making frivolous (and sometimes ludicrous) exemption claims, abusing the deliberative process privilege, abusing the law enforcement exemption, and withholding data on telephone service outages. Quite commonly, the Bush Administration simply fails to respond to FOIA requests at all. Whether this is simply an inordinate delay or an unstated final refusal to respond to the request, the requesting party is never told. But the effect is the same: the public is denied access to the information. The Bush Administration also engages in an aggressive policy of questioning, challenging and denying FOIA requesters’ eligibility for fee waivers, using a variety of tactics. Measures include narrowing the definition of “representative of news media,” claiming information would not contribute to public understanding. Ten years ago, federal agencies were required to release documents through FOIA––even if technical grounds for refusal existed––unless “foreseeable harm” would result from doing so. But, according to the Waxman report, an October 2001 memo by Attorney General John Ashcroft instructs and encourages agencies to withhold information if there are any technical grounds for withholding it under FOIA. In 2003, the Bush Administration won a new legislative exemption from FOIA for all National Security Agency “operational files.” The Administration’s main rationale for this new exemption is that conducting FOIA searches diverts resources from the agency’s mission. Of course, this rationale could apply to every agency. As NSA has operated subject to FOIA for decades, it is not clear why the agency now needs this exemption. The Presidential Records Act ensures that after a president leaves office, the public will have full access to White House documents used to develop public policy. Under the law and an executive order by Ronald Reagan, the presumption has been that most documents would be released. However, President Bush issued an executive order that establishes a process that generally blocks the release of presidential papers.
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