The "Public Documents Act": Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Printing of the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 16902 and Related Legislation ... September 30 and October 4, 1974, Volume 1 |
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... requiring im- 7 mediate consideration and resolution . 8 ( b ) If , under the procedures delineated in subsection 9 ( a ) above , a judicial decision is rendered that a particular 10 provision of this Act , or a particular regulation ...
... requiring im- 7 mediate consideration and resolution . 8 ( b ) If , under the procedures delineated in subsection 9 ( a ) above , a judicial decision is rendered that a particular 10 provision of this Act , or a particular regulation ...
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... require that all public papers , documents , and other related material of elected officials be turned over to the National Archives for preservation . The important question of the disposition of official papers has , of course , taken ...
... require that all public papers , documents , and other related material of elected officials be turned over to the National Archives for preservation . The important question of the disposition of official papers has , of course , taken ...
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... requires evidence . Keeping these principles in mind , we think that the commission should examine the nature of public records as an adequate documen- tation of the affairs of Government , test our traditional definitions and practices ...
... requires evidence . Keeping these principles in mind , we think that the commission should examine the nature of public records as an adequate documen- tation of the affairs of Government , test our traditional definitions and practices ...
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... the Congress stipulate that a provision in existing legislation which requires the Administrator of General Services to respect the restrictions imposed in writing by the depositor of the materials would be applied in the event such 36.
... the Congress stipulate that a provision in existing legislation which requires the Administrator of General Services to respect the restrictions imposed in writing by the depositor of the materials would be applied in the event such 36.
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... requires the destruction of magnetic tapes or other materials of value for historical research , and calls for remedial action with respect to the afore- mentioned agreement . Mr. BRADEMAS . Thank you very much , Dr. Rhoads . Let me ask ...
... requires the destruction of magnetic tapes or other materials of value for historical research , and calls for remedial action with respect to the afore- mentioned agreement . Mr. BRADEMAS . Thank you very much , Dr. Rhoads . Let me ask ...
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Page 112 - States (here describe the treaty)],2 as hereinafter more fully appears. The matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum of ten thousand dollars.
Page 159 - A President and those who assist him must be free to explore alternatives in the process of shaping policies and making decisions and to do so in a way many would be unwilling to express except privately.
Page 220 - To keep the President informed of the progress of activities by agencies of the Government with respect to work proposed, work actually initiated, and work completed, together with the relative timing of work between the several agencies of the Government all to the end that the work programs of the several agencies of the executive branch of the Government may be coordinated and that the moneys appropriated by the Congress may be expended in the most economical manner with the least possible overlapping...
Page 110 - The matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum of ten thousand dollars. (b) Jurisdiction founded on the existence of a Federal question and amount in controversy. The action arises under [the Constitution of the United States, Article , Section ]; [the Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Section ]; [the Act of , Stat.
Page 67 - I regard the papers and documents withheld and addressed to me, or intended for my use and action, purely unofficial and private, not infrequently confidential, and having reference to the performance of a duty exclusively mine. I consider them in no proper sense as upon the files of the Department, but as deposited there for my convenience, remaining still completely under my control. I suppose if I desired to take them into my custody I might do so with entire propriety, and if I saw fit to destroy...
Page 158 - Human experience teaches that those who expect public dissemination of their remarks may well temper candor with a concern for appearances and for their own interests to the detriment of the decisionmaking process.
Page 137 - This court has repeatedly laid down the principle that a contemporaneous legislative exposition of the Constitution when the founders of our Government and framers of our Constitution were actively participating in public affairs long acquiesced in fixes the construction to be given its provisions.
Page 198 - Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation...
Page 189 - On the other hand, from the nature of the public service, or the character of the documents, embracing historical, military, or diplomatic information, it may be the right, and even the duty of the government, to give them publicity, even against the will of the writers.
Page 205 - National Archives of the United States the records of any Federal agency or of the Congress of the United States that are determined by the Archivist to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant their continued preservation by the United States Government...