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A DoD video produced as a teaching tool for citizens to learn about access to government documents was edited due to concerns that footage included was subject to copyright restrictions. This report from AP also states that a FOIA request to obtain a copy of the video (clips of which are available at this url: …
From the Washington Post (reg. req’d), Secret Court Poses Challenges – Non-Government Litigants Lack Access, Ways to Influence Cases and Too Much Secrecy, as well as this report, Secrecy and National Security by Bruce Berkowitz, Hoover Digest, Summer 2004. [links via Secrecy News] Related references: Statement of Ms. Carol A. Haave (Deputy Undersecretary of Defense) …
As referenced in Secrecy News: Secrecy Versus Openness: New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs, updated August 26, 2004. The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework, updated August 5, 2004. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Term Limits and Assignment Limitations, August 12, 2004. Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies, August 6, …
Press release: ‘Report Card’ Finds 60% Rise in Secrecy at a Rising Cost of $6.5 Billion Last Year, August 26, 2004. “Government data confirm what many have suspected: secrecy has increased dramatically in recent years under policies of the current administration. For every $1 the federal government spent last year releasing old secrets, it spent …
AALL Joins the Alliance for Taxpayer Access to Support Citizen Access to NIH Research, August 24, 2004. Joint Library Letter to Public Printer Bruce James in Support of GPO’s Proposed Collection of Last Resort, August 25, 2004.
August 24, 2004: Text of Letter from Congressman Conyers and Senator Leahy to AG Ashcroft Concerning Efforts to Destroy Public Documents. For reference, see Justice Department asks depository libraries to destroy forfeiture documents and related postings from beSpacific.
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From the Washington Post (re’g req’d), U.S. Uses Secret Evidence In Secrecy Fight With ACLU, and the related ACLU press release. See also Record Number of FOIA Requests Received by Federal Gov’t in 2003.
The devil you dont know: The unexpected future of Open Access publishing by Joseph J. Esposito: “With the advent of the Internet and online publishing, the notion has arisen that access to the worlds research publications could be made available to one and all for free, presumably by shifting the costs to other places in …
From UPI: “Congress is moving to force a shift to “open access,” a form of free-to-consumer publishing, for scientific papers. The move angers commercial publishers, who see their livelihoods threatened, and scares scientific societies, who are afraid they will face revenue losses or new costs they cannot afford. Even librarians, who pushed for the move, …
Federal Judiciary: Assessing and Formally Documenting Financial Disclosure Procedures Could Help Ensure Balance between Judges’ Safety and Timely Public Access GAO-04-696NI, June 30, 2004 (Please note, the full text of this GAO report is not available in electronic form at this time.) Abstract: “During calendar years 1999 through 2002, the most recent years for which …
“The total number of Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act access requests received by all federal departments and agencies during Fiscal Year 2003 was 3,266,394. This is 863,456 more than the number of requests received during Fiscal Year 2002, an increase of nearly 36%, and it marks the first year in which the three-million-request level has …
