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ERIC Number: EJ532883
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0740-624X
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Government Control of Information: Some British Developments.
Feintuck, Mike
Government Information Quarterly, v13 n4 p345-59 1996
Despite the 1993 White Paper on Open Government and the resulting Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, Britain has a reputation for secrecy and no Freedom of Information Act. Examines the use by government ministers of Public Interest Immunity Certificates to deny litigants access to government documents in the course of proceedings. (PEN)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Court Litigation, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Information, Government Publications, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Policy, Information Sources, User Needs (Information)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Freedom of Information Act
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