Lessons learned about access to government information after World War II can be applied after September 11

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-103

  Hogenboom, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic Energy Act; Cold War; Government secrecy; Information policy; National security; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Sensitive but unclassified information

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049022844     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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