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This report discusses the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which was designed to enable any person — individual or corporate, regardless of citizenship — to request, without explanation or justification, presumptive access to existing, identifiable, unpublished, executive branch agency records on any topic.
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Relyea, Harold C.Freedom of Information Act Amendments: 109th Congress,
report,
February 25, 2005;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs6139/:
accessed May 5, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.