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Author Roberts, Alasdair (Alasdair Scott)

Title Blacked out : government secrecy in the information age / Alasdair Roberts
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations
Contents COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 THE GLASS CASE; I CONTEXT; II STRUCTURE; III TECHNOLOGY; IV CONCLUSION; NOTES; INDEX
Summary Nearly forty years ago the U.S. Congress passed the landmark Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) giving the public the right to government documents. This book examines the evolution of the move toward openness in government. It looks at how technology has aided the disclosure and dissemination of information
Analysis United States
Government information
Freedom of information
Open government
Information and communications technology
Accountability
Overseas item
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-301) and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT USA Government gnd
Subject Official secrets.
Government information.
Freedom of information.
Secrecy.
Secret (Philosophy)
Access to Information
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Secret (Philosophy)
Official secrets
Freedom of information
Government information
Secrecy
Informationsgesellschaft
Geheimnisschutz
Informationsfreiheit
Form Electronic book
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