The right to know
Subtitle: your guide to using and defending freedom of information law in the United States
By: Jacqueline Klosek.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780313359279; 9780313359286
Subjects: United States; Freedom of information -- United States; Government information -- United States
Description: Overview: The Right to Know: Your Guide to Using and Defending Freedom of Information Law in the United States sets out in plain language freedom-of-information best practices for ordinary citizens, activist organizations, journalists, bloggers, and lawyers. Jacqueline Klosek, an expert in U.S. information law, educes practical lessons from dozens of case studies to show how readers can use freedom of information laws to protect themselves, but also to protect the environment, and public health and safety, as well as to expose governmental and corporate crime, waste, and corruption. Finally, the book shows American readers how, in contrast to what is going on in most democracies, their right to know is being progressively curtailed, why this is so dangerous to democracy, and what they can do to help reverse the alarming trend.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The genesis of freedom of information law; title: Freedom of information laws in the United States; title: Protecting the environment with freedom of information; title: Protecting human health with freedom of information; title: Protecting safety with freedom of information; title: Fighting corruption and government waste with freedom of information; title: Protecting human rights and civil liberties with freedom of information; title: The Freedom of Information Act under siege; title: Best practices.