Access Denied : Freedom of Information in the Information Age

by Davis, Charles N.; Splichal, Sigman L.

• ISBN13: 9780813825670
• ISBN10: 0813825679
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-30
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub Professional

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Contributors	xiii
Introduction: The Right to Know	3	(20)
Sigman L. Splichal
Public Support for Access to Government Records: A National Survey	23	(14)
Paul D. Driscoll
Sigman L. Splichal
Michael B. Salwen
Bruce Garrison
Access to Electronic Records in the States: How Many Are Computer-Friendly?	37	(28)
Michele Bush
Bill F. Chamberlin
Access and New Media Technology: Teleconferencing, Telecommuting and Public Access	65	(20)
Susan Dente Ross
When Government ``Contracts Out'': Privatization, Accountability and Constitutional Doctrine	85	(18)
Matthew D. Bunker
Charles N. Davis
Privacy and Access: The Inevitable Collision of Competing Values	103	(18)
Paul H. Gates, Jr.
Blurred Vision: The Supreme Court's FOIA Opinions on Invasion of Privacy	121	(34)
Martin E. Halstuk
Closing the Courtroom: Judicial Access and Constitutional Scrutiny After Richmond Newspapers	155	(20)
Matthew D. Bunker
Anonymous Juries: Justice in the Dark	175	(20)
Sandra F. Chance
The Threat From Within: Balancing Access and National Security	195	(28)
Wallace Eberhard
We the People: State and Federal FOI Resources and Activities	223	(16)
Herb Strentz
Kathleen Richardson
Some Resources: Freedom of Information as a Self-Evident Truth	239	(18)
Index	257