When The Goalposts Move: Government Information, Classification, and Censorship

This article reviews forty years of executive orders on classified information to compare what has changed over time. Over time, scholars note a negative impact on their work and what the public knows. This begs the question of what librarians can do in response to the limitations placed on access t...

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Published in:Legal reference services quarterly 2022-10, Vol.41 (3-4), p.117-155
Main Author: Chapman, Rebecca Elaine Tavares
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
censorship
classification
Classified information
claw backs
Executive orders
government information
information
Librarians
national security
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Summary:This article reviews forty years of executive orders on classified information to compare what has changed over time. Over time, scholars note a negative impact on their work and what the public knows. This begs the question of what librarians can do in response to the limitations placed on access to information via executive orders. How librarians address these issues and how we can frame the issues in our approaches rounds out the discussion.
ISSN:0270-319X
1540-949X
DOI:10.1080/0270319X.2022.2146922