Government Transparency and Secrecy : An Examination of Meaning and Its Use in the Executive Branch.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies.

Government productivity.

Financial disclosure.

Government information.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (39 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Assesses meaning of "transparency," discusses its scholarly and practical definitions, and analyzes concept of transparency, focusing on Federal Government transparency in the executive branch. Summarizes statutes, initiatives, requirements, and other actions that make information more available to the public or protect it from public release. Examines transparency and secrecy from the perspective of how the public accesses Government information, and whether release of Government data and information may make operation of the Federal Government more or less transparent. Analyzes whether existing transparency initiatives are effective in reaching their stated goals.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Government Division. Government Transparency and Secrecy

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