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Freedom of Information Act5 U.S.C. s/s 552 (1966)The Freedom of Information Act provides specifically that any person can make requests for government information. Citizens who make requests are not required to identify themselves or explain why they want the information they have requested. The position of Congress in passing FOIA was that the workings of government are for and by the people and that the benefits of government information should be made available to everyone. All branches of the Federal government must adhere to the provisions of FOIA with certain restrictions for work in progress (early drafts), enforcement confidential information, classified documents, and national security information. Full text of
the Freedom of Information Act The full text version of this law is hosted by
Cornell
University. The U.S. Code is the official record of all federal
laws and contains the general and permanent laws of the United States. The most
recent version of the U.S. Code released in electronic form contains the laws
in effect as of January 16, 1996. For more recent laws, please see the uncompiled
Public Laws as passed by Congress available through the Thomas
Legislative Information Web site.
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