By Jeremy R. T. Lewis
Huntingdon College, Montgomery Alabama
ABSTRACT:
I. INTRODUCTION TO FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY BEFORE 1996.
II. THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE 1990S
III. PREPARING THE GROUND FOR EFOIA
IV. TRANSITION IN THE WHITE HOUSE, 1992-1994
V. LEGISLATIVE VERSUS ADMINISTRATIVE STRATEGY
VI. JUNE 1996 HOUSE HEARINGS ON THE SENATE EFOIA BILL (S.1090)
VIII. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
VIII. PROVISIONS OF THE 1996 EFOIA
IX. PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE
X. CRITICISM OF THE EFOIA PROVISIONS
XI. BUDGET AND STAFF REQUESTS FOR EFOIA IMPLEMENTATION (1997)
XII. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1996 EFOIA: HEARINGS (1998)
XIII. REDACTION SOFTWARE FOR EFOIA PROCESSING
XIV. EFOIA INITIAL COMPLIANCE
XVI. AGENCIES' BUDGET REQUESTS FOR AUGMENTED RESOURCES FOR THE EFOIA, POST 1996
XVII. CONCLUSION