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

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...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1986.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States) Executive-legislative relations. Executive privilege (Government information) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	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. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.