Secrecy in the Sunshine Era : The Promise and Failures of U.S. Open Government Laws /

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"Despite laws such as the Freedom of Information Act and Government in the Sunshine Act among others that promise an open and transparent government, maintaining the secrecy of government actions and proceedings remains too often the default reaction of federal government officials. In this boo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Arnold, Jason Ross (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government
Freedom of information.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > International Security.
Liberte d'information > États-Unis.
Freedom of information > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Excessive secrecy and institutional change
  • Keeping secrets, during settled and unsettled times
  • Violating FACA from the start : a history of presidential defiance
  • Secret law : the "sinister trend that has gone relatively unnoticed"
  • Presidential secrecy in the courts
  • Secret science : from Bush-Cheney to Bush-Quayle
  • Secret science : the Reagan-Bush administration
  • When all else fails : shredding, burning, deleting, or whatever it takes
  • "The most open and transparent administration in history?"
  • Conclusions.

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