A post-September 11th balancing act: Public access to U.S. government information versus protection of sensitive data

Journal of Government Information

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-65

  Herman, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Government information; Public access; Sensitive data

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444235885     PISSN: 13520237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgi.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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