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Title: |
Secrecy in the Bush Administration |
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| Edited by: |
Siegfried D Barone |
| ISBN10-13: |
1600211607 : 9781600211607 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
140x215mm |
| Pages: |
117 |
| Weight: |
.208 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - February 2007 |
| List Price: |
59.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Politics & government : USA |
| Open and accountable government is one of the bedrock principles of our democracy. Yet, virtually since inauguration day, questions have been raised about the Bush Administration's commitment to this principle. News articles and reports by independent groups over the last four years have identified a growing series of instances where the Administration has sought to operate without public or congressional scrutiny. At the request of Rep. Henry A Waxman, this report is a comprehensive examination of secrecy in the Bush Administration. It analyses how the Administration has implemented each of our nation's major open government laws. The report finds that there has been a consistent pattern in the Administration's actions: laws that are designed to promote public access to information have been undermined, while laws that authorise the government to withhold information or to operate in secret have repeatedly been expanded. The cumulative result is an unprecedented assault on the principle of open government. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Freedom of Information Act; Presidential Records Act; Federal Advisory Committee Act; National Security Classification of Government Records; Expanded Protection of "Sensitive Security Information"; Weakened DHS Disclosure Under the National Environmental Policy Act; Laws That Expand Secret Government Operations; GAO Authority to Investigate; Seven Member Rule; Information Requests from Ranking Members of Congressional Committees; Investigative Commissions; Index. |
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