Saving the Freedom of Information Act [electronic resource] / Margaret B. Kwoka.
Enacted in 1966, The Freedom of Information Act (or FOIA) was designed to promote oversight of governmental activities, under the notion that most users would be journalists. Today, however, FOIA is largely used for purposes other than fostering democratic accountability. Instead, most requesters ar...
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2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Why free information?
- FOIA as oversight
- It is not the news media - immigration
- Other first-person requesting
- FOIA, Incorporated
- Information resellers
- Idiosyncratic requesters
- The problem with repurposing FOIA
- Affirmative disclosure
- Redesigning agency adjudications
- Customizing information delivery
- Conclusion.