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100 1 _aHOGENBOOM, Karen
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245 1 0 _aLessons learned about access to government information after World War II can be applied after September 11
260 _aNew York :
_bElsevier,
_cJanuary 2008
520 3 _aThe cost of unrestricted dissemination of government information to Americans' safety and security has been a topic of heated debate since September 11, 2001. The risks of dissemination seem to have skyrocketed in this age of terrorist attacks. However, the United States faced similar risks after World War II, when the secret of the atom bomb required close protection. Congress can learn from the process that the U.S. government went through to pass the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 [Atomic Energy Act of 1946. Pub. L. No. 79-585, 60 Stat. 755] during a similar time of national stress and fear and work to pass laws regulating the dissemination of information to the public. In the absence of legislative guidance, agencies have been left to restrict information as they think is best, with inconsistent and disastrous results
773 0 8 _tGovernment Information Quarterly
_g25, 1, p. 90-103
_dNew York : Elsevier, January 2008
_xISSN 0740624X
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