Assessing the performance of freedom of information

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-359

  Hazell, Robert ^a   Worthy, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FOI; Freedom of Information; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956177497     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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