Freedom of Information Act

Thesis Statement4

Literature Review4

Introduction10

Organization10

Workforce12

Budget13

Requirements14

Acquisition15

Background16

Freedom of Information act (FOI)16

FOI in Government Contracting17

Importance of FOI in Government Contracting18

International research on the Freedom of Information Act19

Comparison of the FOI in other country's government21

Consumer Privacy21

Protection of Privacy22

Privacy Issues and Consumer Research23

Consumer Privacy24

Benefit of the Freedom of Information Act for Contractors26

Contractors approach to the Freedom of Information Act29

Pros and Cons30

Conclusion31

References32

Freedom of Information Act

Thesis Statement

This research paper is about on government contractors' privacy and non-disclosure agreements on consumer taking the facilities of contractor's in the light of Freedom of Information Act United States.

Literature Review

Most FOI laws have common principles and characteristics. Because many recent laws such a model has served U.S. Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), it will be considered as an example. President Lyndon Johnson signed the FOIA July 4, 1966. Contrary to its name, this law does not formally created a right of access to information, but only claimed the benefit of the right of access to existing materials in printed or digital form, are in their own executive bodies as ministries, agencies and commissions of regulation and government-controlled corporations. These included, for example, the State Department, Defense Department and Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, and many other institutions. Unlike the laws of countries such as Ireland, the U.S. FOIA does not contain a list of roll under its action agencies, but at the same time does not make a categorical exclusion for the intelligence and security, as in the UK. However, the effect FOIA does not apply to the legislative and judicial branches of government. Access to documents owned by executive authorities state and local levels are subject to state laws on open government.

In the United States, as in most of the countries within the FOIA request may be submitted by any interested person. This does not require any citizenship or permanent residence status, and access is open to all, not just for journalists. Persons applying to a request under FOIA are invited to enjoy both physical and virtual government reading rooms for easy access to materials already declassified under the so-called E-FOIA initiatives or transferred in the open access to previously submitted requests. They are also invited to a formal request by filing FOIA contact this agency authorized on FOIA to discuss informally what kinds of archival materials are available on request. In the United States to make a request under the FOIA does not require any special form - just a simple letter addressed to the appropriate authorized on FOIA with a clear description of the requested material. Most agencies receive requests both in writing and through the Internet.

However, despite the presumption of openness, almost any Freedom of Information Act provides for exceptions - categories of documents to which access may be refused on legal grounds. U.S. law provides for nine FOIA exemptions, which, according to the provisions of the law and clarification of the Ministry of Justice, should be interpreted in a narrow sense:

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