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ERIC Number: EJ327756
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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An Analysis of Government Cost Estimates of Freedom of Information Act Compliance.
Ullmann, John; List, Karen
Journalism Quarterly, v62 n3 p465-73 Aut 1985
Examines the Reagan administration's use of cost as an argument for amending the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Finds two general problems with the argument: (1) incomplete, inconsistent, and inaccurate reporting of FOIA costs and (2) agency attitudes that affected the cost estimates they presented. (FL)
Descriptors: Costs, Federal Regulation, Freedom of Speech, Government Role, Information Sources, Intellectual Freedom, Journalism, Media Research, Public Agencies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Freedom of Information Act
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