Justice Department Guide To The Freedom Of Information Act With Index Sept 1993 Ed

Prepared by several members of the Office of Information and Privacy's attorney and paralegal staff. Explains each provision of the 1966 act designed to allow any person access to records of any agency of the US national government unless such information falls under one of the nine exemptions or three special exclusions. The bulk of the treatment is concerned with those exemptions and exclusions, and includes references to legal decisions affecting them from the time the law went effect until 1993. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Overview discussion, prepared by the legal staff of the Office of Information and Privacy, of the FOIA's exemptions, its law enforcement record exclusions, and its most important procedural aspects.

An edited reprint of the Guide, issued by the U.S. Department of Justice. The Guide covers procedural requirements for filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Indexed by Igor I. Kavass. The Case List is an exact reprint of the original. Printed on acid-free paper. William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 1997

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