Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who
mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge
gives. A popular government without popular information or the means of
acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both.
-James Madison
Freedom of
Information Act
Citizens
Guide to the Freedom of Information Act from the U.S. Congress (1997)
(excellent resource).
Your Right to Federal
Records: Questions and Answers on the Freedom of Information Act and the
Privacy Act from the Federal Information Center (1994).
The FBI's Freedom
of Information and Privacy Acts Page
Ralph Nader's speech
on Freedom of Information (September 21, 1996)
FOI Center
- The Freedom of Information Center is a reference and research library in
the University of Missouri School of Journalism on the Campus of the
University of Missouri-Columbia. Information at this site is detailed and
includes- Guides to FOI Center Resources, Federal and state FOI
information, resources on controls of information other than FOI laws and
links to government information that is now available online.
The Federation of American Scientists' Project
on Government Secrecy