Date: August 31, 2009 Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy R. Description:
The U.S. Constitution makes no specific allowance for any one of
the three branches of the federal government to have access to
information held by the others. No provision in the U.S.
Constitution expressly establishes a procedure for public access
to government information. Congress has legislated various
public access laws. Among these laws are two records access
statutes, The Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, and
two meetings access statutes, the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, and the Government in the Sunshine Act. This report offers
an overview of the four information access laws noted above, and
provides citations to additional resources related to these
tools. Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents
Department