Congressional Access to Information from the Executive : A Legal Analysis.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States).

United States.

Executive privilege (Government information).

Executive-legislative relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (111 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1986.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

PDF

Summary:

Analyzes Congressional and executive prerogatives with respect to information access, and discusses executive privilege, the applicability of confidentiality statutes to Congress, Congressional access to information relating to civil and criminal cases, the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act, legislative information access enforcement mechanisms, and the protection of sensitive information obtained by Congress. Surveys recent disputes between Congress and the President over information access and executive privilege, and analyzes legal principles that have emerged from such conflicts.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Congressional Access to Information from the Executive

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.