Open government

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-406

  Perritt Jr , Henry H ^a  

^a CHICAGO KENT COLLEGE OF LAW   (United States)

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EID: 0031536942     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-624X(97)90035-6     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Determining the Content and Identifying Suppliers of Public Information in Electronic Form. Government Publications Review. 17:1990;325.
2. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Introduction, the Congress, the Courts and Computer Based Communications Networks: Answering Questions about Access and Content Control, Symposium. Villanova Law Review. 38:1993;319.
3. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Access to National information Infrastructure. Wake Forest Law Review. 30:1995;51.
4. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Sources of Rights to Access Public Information. William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal. 4:1995;179.
5. 5 USC 552 (Supp. VI 1994).
6. Mathews Jessica T. Power Shift. Foreign Affairs. 76:1997;50. (noting information technology will favor non-state entities).
7. Mathews Jessica T. Power Shift. Foreign Affairs. 76:1997;66. (noting information technology will favor non-state entities).
8. Elliot Dorinda, Elliott Michael. Why the World Watches. Newsweek. May 19, 1997;30. (discussing the global concern about the transfer of Hong Kong to China).
9. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Law and the Information Superhighway. 1996;470 Wiley, New York. (noting that government monopolies and restrictions on redissemination restrict access to the raw material of government).
10. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Commercialization of Government Information: Comparisons between the European Community and the United States. Internet Research. 4:Summer 1994;7.
11. The March trip was affiliated with Project Bosnia, an initiative spearheaded by Villanova University, School of Law, devoted to the rebuilding of legal infrastructures in underdeveloped nations via the Internet. Project Bosnia now is jointly sponsored by Villanova University and ITT Chicago-Kent.
12. Macedonia Constitution, article 16(2): "The freedom of speech, public address, public information and the establishment of institutions for public information is guaranteed;" and (3): "Free access to information and the freedom of reception and transmission of information are guaranteed."
13. Perritt Henry H. Jr. The Internet and the New World Order: The World Wide Web. Project Bosnia and the Rule of Law. 12:1997;. (noting the increase of fragmentation and internal disputes in former communist countries after the Cold War). http://www.vcilp.org/~perritt/facc60.htm.
14. The Constitutional courts of Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia, and Macedonia, along with human rights institutions such as the Ombudsmen, press, and other civic institutions have already published or are in the process of making available legal materials via the Internet. See http;//www.vclip.org/ceecil/.
15. The Daily Balkan Gazette (http://www.macedonian.se.org).
16. Perritt Henry H. Jr. How to Practice Law with Computers. 1992;Practicing Law Institute, New York.
17. Internet Basics for Lawyers. rev. 2nd ed. Supp. 1996; (noting that use of the World Wide Web "almost certainly" is superior to present and anticipated versions of Lotus Notes because the nonproprietary character of the Internet opens up publications to a much broader audience and market than the proprietary and relatively expensive character of Lotus Notes).
18. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 672 (noting how many foreign markets have historically been monopolized by state PTTs).
19. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 22 (noting how many foreign markets have historically been monopolized by state PTTs).(stating that new institutional mechanisms for Rule of Law make mass participation easier, facilitate the election process and election monitoring, and make parliamentary functions more efficient and responsive).
20. See generally Dworkin Ronald. Objectivity and Truth: You'd Better Believe It. Philosophy & Public Affairs. 2:1996;25. (defending a global claim of indeterminancy concerning legal judgments).
21. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 472 (noting that public agencies are charged for the responsibility of keeping these types of records).
22. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 470 (noting that public agencies are charged for the responsibility of keeping these types of records).
23. Perritt Henry H. Jr. The Information Highway: On Ramps, Checkpoints, and Tollbooths. Government Information Quarterly. 13:1996;143. (articulating that library staff members with basic PC literacy can be trained to configure a WWW browser, resulting in a point of access to the public).
24. Perritt Henry H. Jr. The Information Highway: On Ramps, Checkpoints, and Tollbooths. Government Information Quarterly. 13:1996;148. (articulating that library staff members with basic PC literacy can be trained to configure a WWW browser, resulting in a point of access to the public).
25. Perritt Henry H. Jr. The Information Highway: On Ramps, Checkpoints, and Tollbooths. Government Information Quarterly. 13:1996;14. (articulating that library staff members with basic PC literacy can be trained to configure a WWW browser, resulting in a point of access to the public).
26. This has already been particularly effective in publishing Constitutional Court materials of various countries. See generally http://www.vill.edu/vcilp/bosnia.
27. See generally Perritt, "Sources of Rights to Access Public Information," pp. 179, 183.
28. The World Wide Web, as a hypertext system, is a method of organizing information across the Internet. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 9 (stating that the Web is like "broadcasting; an originator does not know who is listening or watching").
29. The World Wide Web, as a hypertext system, is a method of organizing information across the Internet. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 473 (stating that the Web is like "broadcasting; an originator does not know who is listening or watching").(noting the need to make electronic formats available to be consistent with a policy statement by the American Bar Association); ABA Recommendation No. 102, adopted by the ABA House of Delegates, August 1990 (guidelines for applying Freedom of Information Act to electronic formats); and ABA Recommendation No. 109C, adopted by ABA House of Delegates, August 1991 (guidelines for federal and state agency dissemination of public information in electronic form). Both ABA recommendations are available in full text for viewing or downloading at http://.law.vill.edu/Aba/adminlaw.html.
30. The World Wide Web, as a hypertext system, is a method of organizing information across the Internet. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 22 (stating that the Web is like "broadcasting; an originator does not know who is listening or watching").(noting the need to make electronic formats available to be consistent with a policy statement by the American Bar Association); ABA Recommendation No. 102, adopted by the ABA House of Delegates, August 1990 (guidelines for applying Freedom of Information Act to electronic formats); and ABA Recommendation No. 109C, adopted by ABA House of Delegates, August 1991 (guidelines for federal and state agency dissemination of public information in electronic form). Both ABA recommendations are available in full text for viewing or downloading at http://.law.vill.edu/Aba/adminlaw.html.
31. SQL (Structured Query Language) permits a query to be formulated interactively in a few minutes. See Perritt, How to Practice Law with Computers, pp. 650, 651.
32. DBMS (Data Base Management Systems) permits users to define views of data. See Perritt, How to Practice Law with Computers, p. 652.
33. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 4.
34. See Perritt, "Sources of Rights to Access Public Information," p. 179 (discussing how the prospects of selling or limiting access to public information is present at federal, state, and municipal levels).
35. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Electronic Acquisition and Release of Federal Agency Information: An Analysis of ACUS Recommendations. Administrative Law Review. 42:1989;253. (explaining why government suppliers are inadequate as sole or primary sources for public information).
36. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Electronic Acquisition and Release of Federal Agency Information: An Analysis of ACUS Recommendations. Administrative Law Review. 42:1989;240. (explaining why government suppliers are inadequate as sole or primary sources for public information).
37. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Electronic Acquisition and Release of Federal Agency Information: An Analysis of ACUS Recommendations. Administrative Law Review. 42:1989;240. (explaining why government suppliers are inadequate as sole or primary sources for public information).
38. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway (supra note 22), p. 473.
39. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway (supra note 22), p. 473.
40. See generally Perritt Henry H. Public Information in the National Information Infrastructure. Report to the Regulatory Information Service Center, General Services Administration, and to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulat. May 20, 1994;Office of Management and Budget. (commissioned, but not necessarily endorsed by the recipients). See also the dissemination provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: "Each agency shall z.sfnc; encourage a diversity of public and private sources for information based on government public information." 44 USC 3506(d)(1)(A)(Supp. 1995).
41. Perritt, "The Information Highway," p. 143 (noting that WESTLAW and LEXIS provide electronic access to all federal and state judicial opinions, along with a rich variety of other primary and secondary legal materials).
42. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 499 (displaying guidelines synthesized from ABA recommendations and from the author's experience in advising federal and state governments and European Union institutions on public information policy).
43. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 495 (displaying guidelines synthesized from ABA recommendations and from the author's experience in advising federal and state governments and European Union institutions on public information policy).
44. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 497 (displaying guidelines synthesized from ABA recommendations and from the author's experience in advising federal and state governments and European Union institutions on public information policy).
45. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 497 (displaying guidelines synthesized from ABA recommendations and from the author's experience in advising federal and state governments and European Union institutions on public information policy). (showing that private sector publishers are entitled to copyright protection, trademark prot and contractual protection).
46. 5 USC 552 (Supp. VI 1994).
47. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 479 (asserting that state freedom of information laws are not identical to the FOIA. "Nevertheless, there is broad agreement on the basic propositions. There is virtually unanimous agreement among state courts that electronic formats are covered by state FOIA acts").
48. See Perritt, "Sources of Rights to Access Public Information," p. 186 (stating that "FOIA is interpreted broadly and its exemptions narrowly"). See also 5 USC 552 (a) (1)(2)(3)(4) (5)(6)(A)(B)(C)(a) (citing agency obligations) and (6)(C)(b) (citing exceptions to include "trade secrets"). See http:// VLS.LAW.VILL.EDU/strudent/21/belias/foia/use.htm.
49. For example, both Hungary and the Ukraine have adopted laws on privacy and access to public information into their constitutions. See http://VLS.LAW.VILL.EDU/student/2L/belias/foia/hung.htm; and http://VLS.LAW.VILL.EDU/student/2Ubelias/foia/uk.htm.
50. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 494 (illustrating how the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects against the monopolization of electronic publishing of public information if the monopolization is seen as adversely affecting First Amendment interests with "similar scrutiny under substantive due process doctrine").
51. Van Dijk P., Van Hoof G.J.H. See also Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights. 1984;10-18 See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 650 (illustrating how the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects against the monopolization of electronic publishing of public information if the monopolization is seen as adversely affecting First Amendment interests with "similar scrutiny under substantive due process doctrine").(noting that the European Convention on Human Rights, as part of European Union law, "has been used in the information infrastructure context to invalidate national measures that infringe rights of free expression and the press").
52. Van Dijk P., Van Hoof G.J.H. See also Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights. 1984;10-18 See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 650 (illustrating how the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects against the monopolization of electronic publishing of public information if the monopolization is seen as adversely affecting First Amendment interests with "similar scrutiny under substantive due process doctrine").(noting that the European Convention on Human Rights, as part of European Union law, "has been used in the information infrastructure context to invalidate national measures that infringe rights of free expression and the press").
53. See Perritt Henry H. Jr. Rejecting the WIPO Treaties. Government Information Quarterly. 14:1997;201-205.
54. The Copyright Act disables federal agencies from obtaining a copyright in public information. See 17 USC 105(1991).
55. See Perritt, Law and the Information Superhighway, p. 471.
56. See supra note 46.
57. See Perritt, "Sources of Rights to Access Public Information," p. 197.
58. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is aimed at strengthening the rulemaking and adjudicatory functions of the international trade regime. See Perritt, "The Internet and the New World Order," p. 8.
59. See Perritt, "Rejecting the WIPO Treaties."
60. See Perritt, "Rejecting the WIPO Treaties."