Publishing means any distribution or making widely available for public use of information held by the government. Means of publishing includes the fcderal depository program, direct issue by an agency of a printed item, or posting on the Internet.
2.
See OMB Watch at http://ombwatch. org for further details of this organization and its reports on access to government information post September 11th.
3.
Office of Pipeline Safety, Department of Transportation at http://www.npms. rspa.dot.gov/data/npms_data_down. htm.
4.
OMB Watch. Access to Government Information Post September 11th, at http://www.ombwatch.org/article/ articleview/213/1/104/ and Environmental Protection Agency, Envirofacts, at http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/lef_ access.htm.
5.
David P. Boergers. Statement of policy of previously published documents, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 97 FERC 61,030 (Oct. 11, 2001) at http://cips.ferc.fed.us/Q/CIPS/MISC/ PL/PL02-1.000.TXT.
6.
Ariana Eunjung Cha.'Risk prompt U.S. to limit access to data: security, rights advocates clash over need to know'. Washington Post, Fcb. 24, 2002 at A01.
7.
National Archives and Records Administration , Access to archival materials in the context of concern about terrorism, at http://wvw.nara.gov/research/access_factsheet.html.
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Federal Depository Library Program Government Printing Office Administrative Notes, Nov. 15, 2001. Available at http.//www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/ fdlp/pubs/adnotes/ad111501.html.
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Francis J. Buckley , Jr. 'Developments in the FDLP: remarks by Francis J. Buckley, Jr., Superintendent of Documents'. Administrative Notes, Nov. 15, 2001, at 6.
10.
Ibid. Section 1902 of Title 44 of the United States Code reads: 'Government publications, except those determined by their issuing components to be required for official use only or for strictly administrative or operational purposes which have no public interest or educational value and publications classified for reasons of national security, shall be made available to depository libraries through the facilities of the Superintendent of Documents for public information.'
11.
Id.
12.
Id. Buckley lays out the procedure for removing a publication in his statements to Depository Library Council.
13.
Memorandum from John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General, to Heads of all Federal Departments and Agencies (Oct. 12, 2001), at http:// www.usdoj.gov/foiapost/2001foiapost 19. htm.
14.
Id.
15.
Id.
16.
Jane Kirktley, Remarks on Secret Government. Now with Bill Moyers, (April 5, 2002) (transcript at http:// www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript secretgov.html.).
17.
Anti-Terrorism Act, S.C. ch. 41 (2001) (Can.). Available at http://www.parl. gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/chambus/house/ bills/govemment/C-36/C-36_4/C-36_ cover-E.html.
18.
Department of Justice. Amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act, at http:// canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/nr/2001/ doc_27904.html.
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Department of Justice. Anti-Terrorism Act Receives Royal Assent, at http:// canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/nr/2001/ doc_28215.html.
20.
Id.
21.
'Canada's Privacy Commissioner says Act would deny access to information'. Canadian Press, Oct. 19, 2001 at 2001 WL 29536639.
22.
Id.
23.
Val Werier. Focus: 'Open Government shuts down'. WinnipegFree Press, Jan. 10, 2002, at A12.
24.
Erik Denison. 'Anti-terrorism legislation too restrictive: CAJ'. CBC NEWS, Oct 29, 2001. Available at http://vancouver.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?zone=Vancouver&filename=bc_caj011029.
25.
Id.
26.
BBC News. 'MSPs vote in favour of information bill'. Jan. 17, 2002 at http:// news.bbc.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/ newsvid-17650000/1765101.stm.
27.
Id.
28.
The Campaign for Freedom of Information. The ministerial veto overseas: Further evidence to the Justice 1 Committee on the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Bill, available at http:// www.cfoi.org.uk/vetopaper.pdf.
29.
Id. at 1.
30.
Id. at 7.
31.
Id. at 7-8.
32.
BBC News. 'MSPs vote in favour of information bill.' Jan. 17, 2002 at http:// news.bbc.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/ newsvid-17650000/1765101.stm.
33.
Bill White. 'Canadian Feds shut down Overthrow.com'. Independent Media Center-Webcast News, Nov. 9, 2001 at http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3 ? article_id=86499&group=webcast
Johnson Hor. 'Chilling effects of anti-terrorism: "national security" toll on freedom of expression'. Electronic Frontier Foundation at http://wwv.eff.org/ Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism _militias/antiterrorism_chill.html# websiteshutdownothergov.
36.
Id.
37.
Duncan Campbell.'US buys up all satellite war images'. Guardian, Oct. 17, 2001 at http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/stoy/0,1361,575594,00.html.
38.
Jeremiah D. Baumann.'Right to know details of chemical supplies' . Congressional testimony by Federal Document Clearing House, Nov. 8, 2001, 2001 WL 26187661.
39.
Id.
40.
Ariana Eunjung Cha.'Risk prompt U.S. to limit access to data: security, rights advocates clash over need to know'. Washington Post, Feb. 24, 2002 , at A01.
41.
Id.
42.
Scott Carlson and Andrea L. Foster.'Colleges Fear Anti-Terrorism Law Could Turn Them into Big Brother: Provisions about networks and library records raise privacy and academic-freedom issues'. Chronicle of Higher Education, March 1, 2001, at A32.
43.
Id.
44.
Id.
45.
Letter from Mary Alice Baish, Associate Washington Affairs Representative, American Association of Law Libraries; Lynne Bradley, Director, Office of Government Relations. American Library Association; and Prudence S. Adler, Associate Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries, to Members of the United States Congress 1 (Oct. 2, 2001) (available at http://www.ala. org/washoff/terrorismletter.pdf).
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Statement from the American Association of Law Libraries. American Library Association, and Association of Research Libraries, to the United States Congress (Oct. 2, 2001) (available at http://www.ala.org/washoff/ terrorism.pdf).
47.
Id.
48.
Scottish Library and Information Council and Scottish Library Association. 'An open Scotland: freedom of information: a consultation: response by Scottish Library and Information Council and Scottish Library Association' at http://www.slainte.org.uk/Slicpubs/ Freedomlnfo.pdf.
49.
Id.
50.
American Library Association. ' GPO turns tables, calls on librarians not to restrict access'. American Libraries: News, March 4, 2002 at http://www.ala.org/alonline/news/2002/020304.html.
