scholarly journals Let the People Know the Facts: Can Government Information Removed from the Internet Be Reclaimed?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Nevelow Mart
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Freedom Of Information Act ◽  
The People ◽  
Public Interest Groups ◽  
Types Of Information

Ms. Mart examines the legal bases of the public’s right to access government information, reviews the types of information that have recently been removed from the Internet, and analyzes the rationales given for the removals. She suggests that the concerted use of the Freedom of Information Act by public interest groups and their constituents is a possible method of returning the information to the Internet.

scholarly journals Legislation Committee Update

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
John Shuler
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Information Policy ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Public Interest Groups

As the new Chair, it is my hope that GODORT’s Legislation Committee can, in a structured and deliberative fashion, help our membership become more engaged advocates for the broad access to civic/government information resources and services. The Legislation Committee can help librarians—whether GODORT members or not—recognize how the seemingly multifaceted initiatives other private and public interest groups attempt to shape government information policy—and why our members now to become more directly involved in these conversations and efforts.

Seeds of Cynicism: The Struggle Over Campaign Finance, 1956–1974

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian E. Zelizer
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Campaign Finance ◽  
Finance Reform ◽  
Campaign Finance Reform ◽  
Richard Nixon ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Public Interest Groups ◽  
The 1960S

This chapter examines how antecedent political events created a window of opportunity for campaign finance reformers during the period 1956–1974, including a series of scandals such as Watergate. In the 1960s, campaign finance reform emerged from a reform coalition composed of legislators, experts, philanthropists, foundations, and public interest groups. The coalition succeeded in placing campaign finance reform on the national agenda even without widespread public interest or support. It left intact most of the underlying pressures on campaign finance. For example, they did not tackle the declining importance of political parties, leaving high-cost television as the principal medium of political communication. The chapter highlights the tensions that arose over campaign finance that reached a boiling point when President Richard Nixon began his second term in office.

Eisenhower’s executive privilege and the public interest

2019 ◽  
pp. 54-84
Author(s):  
Kevin M. Baron
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Executive Orders ◽  
White House ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Creation

This chapter delves into the depths of one of the most important developments within modern American politics, the creation and institutionalization of executive privilege. In facing a fervent Congress in the grips of McCarthyism, Eisenhower issued a letter denying testimony to the Senate for the Army-McCarthy hearings. His letter included a memo from Attorney General Brownell that claimed the president had an inherent constitutional privilege to deny information to Congress or the public if it was in the public interest and for national security. This action institutionalized the Cold War Paradigm in the executive branch and created an extra-constitutional power for the president. Eisenhower issued several executive orders concerning classification and public dissemination of government information, along with the creation of the Office of Strategic Information (OSI) within the Commerce Department to oversee these policies. Eisenhower claimed historic precedent to justify his inherent constitutional power, regardless, it showed a learned response that changed executive power. Congress would respond in 1955 by creating the Special Subcommittee on Government Information chaired by Rep. John Moss, given jurisdiction for oversight on all executive branch information policies and practices. With the issue of freedom of information institutionalized in Congress, a 12-year legislative power struggle would unfold between Congress and the White House ending with the passage of the Freedom of Information Act in 1966.

The Internet

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Freedom Of Information Act ◽  
Technical Description ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
The World ◽  
Use Of The Internet

The internet is now the main way in which information is obtained. Chapter 13 considers the internet from a legal perspective, focusing on information and its disclosure. It seeks to provide a non-technical description of the operation of the internet as exemplified by the world wide web. It discusses the use of the internet by bodies subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and other statutes and outlines some of the pitfalls of such use. For instance, a publication of information on a website operated from England may expose the publisher to civil or criminal liability in any country of the world on the basis of the law of those countries. The chapter explains the meaning of cookies, cloud computing, hackers, crackers and viruses. and discusses the problems of determining jurisdiction and seeking enforcement.

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