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ERIC Number: EJ418688
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0740-624X
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The Freedom of Information Act Needs No Amendment to Ensure Access to Electronic Records.
Goldman, Patti A.
Government Information Quarterly, v7 n4 p389-402 1990
Discussion of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) focuses on its applicability to computer records. Agency practices to ensure access to information are considered; requests, litigation, and administrative appeals that have helped clarify the FOIA are described; and computer software, electronic mail, computer programing, and requested formats are discussed. (64 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Court Litigation, Databases, Electronic Mail, Information Needs, Programing, Public Agencies, User Needs (Information)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Freedom of Information Act
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