LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996,
Public Law 104-231, U.S. Statutes at Large 110 (1996):3048.
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee
on Government Management, Information, and Technology, Agency
Response to the Electronic Freedom of Information Act,
106th Cong., 2nd sess., June 14, 2000.
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight,
Subcommittee on government Management, Information, and Technology.
Implementation of the Electronic Freedom of Information
Improvement Act (E-FOIA): Is Access to Government Information
Improving? 105th Cong., 2nd sess., June 9, 1998.
U.S. Congress. House. Electronic Freedom of Information
Act Amendments of 1996. HR 3802. 104th Cong., 2nd sess.
U.S. Congress. House. Electronic Freedom of Information
Amendments of 1996. 104th Cong., 2nd sess., 1996. Report
104-795.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Electronic Freedom of Information
Improvement Act of 1995. 104th Cong., 2nd sess., 1996.
Report 104-272.
EXECUTIVE
BRANCH MATERIALS
Agency FOIA Improvement Plans under E.O. 13,392. Can be accessed
at www.usdoj.gov/oip/agency_improvement.html
Clinton, William J. and Albert Gore, Jr.. Technology for
America's Strength: A New Direction to Build Economic Strength.
Government Printing Office (Washington, DC: February 1993).
General Accounting Office. Information Management: Progress
in Implementing the 1996 Electronic Freedom of Information Act
Amendments, GAO-01-378. March 2001.
General Accounting Office. Information Management: Update
on Implementation of the 1996 Electronic Freedom of Information
Act Amendments, GAO-02-493. Aug. 2002.
Interagency Committee on Government Information. Final
Report: Recommended Policies and Guidelines for Federal Public
Websites. June 9, 2004. http://www.firstgov.gov/webcontent/about/documents/icgi_report.htm.
Office of Management and Budget. Memorandum: Updated Guidance
on Developing a Handbook for Individuals Seeking Access to Public
Information. Franklin D. Raines, M-98-09. April 23, 1998.
Office of Management and Budget. Memorandum: Improving
Public Access to and Dissemination of Government Information
and Using the Federal Enterprise Architecture Data Reference
Model. Clay Johnson, III, Deputy Director for Management,
M-06-02. Dec. 26, 2005.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Agencies Continue E-FOIA Implementation. FOIA Post.
2003. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/2001foiapost2.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Agencies Develop Web Sites for FOIA. FOIA Update, Vol.
XVIII, No. 3. 1997. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XVIII_3/page1.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Amendment Implementation Questions. FOIA Update, Vol.
XVIII, No. 1. 1997. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XVIII_1/page3.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Attorney General Reiterates FOIA Policy. FOIA Update,
Vol. XVIII, No. 2. 1997. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XVIII_2/page1.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Congress Enacts FOIA Amendments. FOIA Update, Vol.
XVII, No. 4. 1996. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XVII_4/page1.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Electronic Compilation of E-FOIA Implementation Guidance.
FOIA Post. 2003. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/2003foiapost9.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Electronic FOIA Amendments Implementation Guidance Outline.
FOIA Update, Vol. XIX, No. 1. 1998. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XIX_1/xixpage3.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Executive Order 13,392 Implementation Guidance. FOIA
Post, 2006. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/2006foiapost6.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
FOIA Counsel Q&A: Frequently Requested Records.
FOIA Post. 2003. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/2003foiapost28.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Follow up Reporter on E-FOIA Implementation Issued.
FOIA Post. 2002. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/2002foiapost23.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers. FOIA Update,
Vol. XIX, No. 1. 1998. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XIX_1/xixpage4.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers. FOIA Update,
Vol. XVIII, No. 2. 1997. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XVIII_2/page2.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Freedom of Information Act Guide, FOIA Reading Rooms.
May 2004. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/readingroom.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
GAO E-FOIA Implementation Report Issued. FOIA Post.
2001. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/2001foiapost3.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Justice Department EFOIA Testimony. FOIA Update, Vol.
XIX, No. 3. 1998. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XIX_3/xix3page4.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Memorandum: Freedom of Information Act Executive Order.
Daniel J. Metcalfe, Director. Jan. 11, 2006.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Memorandum for Head of Departments and Agencies from the
Attorney General, Subject: The Freedom of Information Act.
FOIA Update, Vol. XIX, No. 4. 1999. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XIX_4/page3.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
NOAA Develops User-Friendly Web Site for FOIA. FOIA
Update, Vol. XIX, No. 1. 1998. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XIX_1/xixpage2.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Recommendations for FOIA Web Sites. FOIA Update, Vol.
XIX, No. 3. 1998. http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XIX_3/xix3page3.htm.
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Information and Privacy.
Web Site Watch: Locating and Maintaining Accurate Information
on FOIA Home Pages. FOIA Update, Vol. XIX, No. 2. 1998.
http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XIX_2/xix2page2.htm.
U.S. Office of Management and Budget. FY 2005 Report to
Congress on Implementation of The E-Government Act of 2002.
March 1, 2006.
U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Management of Federal
Information Resources. Circular No. A-130, Revised, Transmittal
Memo. No. 4. http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a130/a130trans4.html
(accessed Feb. 28, 2007).
U.S. Government Printing Office. "What Is GILS?"
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/whatgils.html
(accessed March 6, 2007).
White House Press Release, Statement by the President upon
Signing S. 1160, July 4, 1966, from Lyndon B. Johnson Library,
Records of White House Offices, 1963-1969, White House Press
Office Files, Box 49, "6/30/66-7/15/66 PR 210a - PR 2134a."
LAW
REVIEWS, NEWS ARTICLES AND MISCELLANEOUS
"'A People Armed?' Agency E-FOIA Implementation."
Edited by Patrice McDermott. OMB Watch, July 15, 2002.
http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/940/1/71.
Date, Shruti. "Justice expects an E-FOIA avalanche."
Government Computer News, Sept. 13, 1999.
Date, Shruti. "Hill demands E-FOIA review." Government
Computer News, May 22, 2000.
Halstuk, Martin E. "Speed Bumps on the Information Superhighway:
A Study of Federal Agency Compliance with the Electronic Freedom
of Information Act of 1996." Communication Law and
Policy 5(2000): 423.
Hudson, Roger. "Navigation Accessibility 1: Menus and
Links." Web Usability (Aug. 2004). http://www.usability.com.au/resources/menus-links.cfm.
"Judging Criteria." The Webby Awards, 2006. http://www.webbyawards.com/entrie/criteria.php.
LaFleur, Jennifer. "EFOIA Pluses: getting electronic data
still tough, but some Internet sites are good resources."
Quill, Sept. 1998.
Leahy, Patrick. "Reformatting the FOIA for On-line Access."
Administrative Law Review 50 (1998): 339.
Marquand, Ian. "E-FOIA: Will the dream ever become a reality?"
Quill, Sept. 2000.
Perritt, Henry H., Jr. "Electronic Freedom of Information."
Administrative Law Review 50 (1998): 391.
Pew Internet & American Life Project. "Internet Penetration
and Impact." 2006. http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Internet_Impact.pdf.
Tankersley, Michael. "How the Electronic Freedom of Information
Act Amendment of 1996 Update Public Access for the Information
Age." Administrative Law Review 50 (1998): 421.
Tankersley, Michael. "Introducing Old Duties to New Technologies."
Federal Lawyer 45 (1998): 24.
"Summary of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act
Amendments of 1996." Compiled by Public Citizen. http://www.citizen.org/print_article.cfm?ID=6282.
Schoenhard, Paul M. "Disclosure of Government Information
Online: A New Approach from an Existing Framework." Harvard
Journal of Law & Technology 15(2002): 497.
Sternstein, Aliya. "Lawmakers downplay IT's role in FOIA."
Federal Computer Weekly, Aug. 7, 2006.
Sternstein, Aliya. "Lawmakers largely ignore Web at FOIA
hearing." Federal Computer Weekly, July 28, 2006.
Wichmann, Charles J., III. "Note: Ridding FOIA of those
'Unanticipated Consequences.'" Duke Law Journal
47(1998): 1213.
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