FOIA and the Emergence of Federal Information Policy in the 1980s and 1990s
Published as chapter 4 of
G. David Garson (ed), Handbook of Public Information Systems
(NY: Marcel Dekker, 2000).

Draft as submitted by Jeremy R. T. Lewis
Huntingdon College, Montgomery Alabama

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ABSTRACT:

Utilizing a public policy process approach, this chapter explores the similarities of policy cycles involving the repeated reform of federal information laws from the 1946 Administrative Procedures Act to the present. A variety of information laws and leading case decisions are considered as part of an emergent 1990s federal information policy.

CONTENTS:

I. INTRODUCTION
II. PREVIOUS POLICY CYCLES.
III. SUPREME COURT OPINIONS
A. Prior Opinions of the 1970s
B. Opinions of the 1980s.
C. Opinions of the 1990s.
IV. LEGISLATION OF THE 1980S.
A. User Fee Act 1982
B. Protection of Operational Files of the CIA Act (1984)
C. Investigation and Evaluation: Staff Reports of the 1980s
D. Paperwork Reduction Act, 1986
E. FOIA reform act, 1986
V. FORMULATING CONCEPTS FOR THE 1990S LEGISLATION
A. Perritt Report; ACUS and ABA Recommendations, 1988-1990
VI. NON-FOIA ISSUES IN THE 1990S
A. JFK Assassination Records Act (1992)
B. The FBI Counter-intelligence Telephone Subscriber Information Bill (1993)
C. Issues of Archiving Electronic Data, 1990-93
D. NPR FOIA Reinvention Team (1995)
E. Nazi War Crimes Records Act (1996)
F. Human Rights Information Bill, (1998)
G. Federal Advisory Committee Act Court Action
H. Government Copyright and Equivalent Issues
I. GATT Uruguay Round (Intellectual Property) Agreement (TRIPS) (1994)
VII. THE 1990S EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
A. The Classification System in the 1980s and 1990s
B. Moynihan Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy (1995-1997)
C. Personnel Clearance
D. Cost-Effectiveness of Automating Review, Redaction, and Release of Records
VIII. CONCLUSION: THE FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY CYCLES OF THE 1980S AND 1990S