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Where to Get Publications from The Executive and Independent Agencies: A Directory of Sources for Official Documents

This is a directory of sources that congressional offices may use to obtain publications from the Executive Office of the President, the executive departments, and the independent agencies and commissions of the federal government. Also included is information on the Superintendent of Documents, the U.S. Government Printing Office, and the federal government’s printing policies; suggestions on what to do when a publication is out of print; and information on where copies of government publicati… more

Date: January 21, 1997

Creator: Hays, Janet & Brudno, Deborah C.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege: History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments

Presidential claims of a right to preserve the confidentiality of information and documents in the face of legislative demands have figured prominently, though intermittently, in executive-congressional relations since at least 1792, when the president Washington discussed with his cabinet how to respond to a congressional inquiry into the military debacle that befell General St. Clair's expedition. Few such interbranch disputes over access to information have reached the courts for substantive… more

Date: September 21, 1999

Creator: Rosenberg, Morton