14. J892: IN38 90th Congress 90-2 COMMITTEE PRINT THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 92-089 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1968 DIVISION SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE EDWARD V. LONG, Missouri, Chairman PHILIP A. HART, Michigan BIRCH BAYH, Indiana QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois STROM THURMOND, South Carolina BERNARD FENSTERWALD, Jr., Chief Counsel (II) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE, Hon. JAMES O. EASTLAND, Washington, D.C., April 25, 1968. Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Freedom of Information Act, Public Law 89-487, is now 10 months old. To determine the effectiveness of the act, the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure conducted a survey of selected Government agencies. Because I think the results of this survey will be of great interest to my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee and to the public at large, I request that the attached document be printed as a committee print. Best regards. Sincerely, (III) EDWARD V. LONG, Chairman. CONTENTS The Freedom of Information Act_ Statement by President Johnson upon signing the act_ New York Times article entitled "New Freedom of Information Law: Fact-Seekers Testing Its Effectiveness," by Joseph A. Loftus, Reprint from volume 20, number 2, Administrative Law Review Reprint from volume 56, Georgetown Law Journal (1967), article entitled "Freedom of Information: The Statute and the Regula- Report concerning compliance by the National Labor Relations Board with the Public Information Act, prepared by the Laborer's Inter- Reprint from the Journal of Accountancy, April 1968, article entitled Reprint from the Journal of Taxation, September 1967, article en- titled "The New Freedom of Information Act: What It Means to (V) |