CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION | 7 |
| 1. UNDERSTANDING FOIA | 9 |
| 1.1. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT | 9 |
| 1.2. THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. | 10 |
| 1.2.1. Structure | 10 |
| 1.2.2. Procedural Requirements | 11 |
| 1.2.3. Exemptions and exclusions | 15 |
| 1.2.4. Discretionary Disclosure and Waiver | 17 |
| 1.2.5. Fees and Fee Waivers. | 17 |
| 1.2.6. “Reverse” FOIA. | 18 |
| 1.3. RELATED REGULATIONS | 19 |
| 1.3.1. Copyright | 19 |
| 1.3.2. Other Openness Acts | 20 |
| 1.3.3. Administrative Acts and Regulations | 21 |
| 1.3.4. Privacy Protection | 22 |
| 2. COMPARISON US VS DUTCH SITUATION. | 23 |
| 2.1. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IN THE NETHERLANDS | 23 |
| 2.2. THE ACT TO PROMOTE OPEN GOVERNMENT | 23 |
| 2.2.1. Structure | 23 |
| 2.2.2. Procedural Requirements | 24 |
| 2.2.3. Exemptions and exclusions | 25 |
| 2.2.4. Fees | 26 |
| 2.3. RELATED REGULATIONS | 27 |
| 2.3.1. Other (public access) legislation | 27 |
| 2.3.2. Copyright | 27 |
| 2.3.3. Database rights | 27 |
| 2.3.4. The Dutch Privacy legislation | 28 |
| 2.4. THE COMPARISON BETWEEN FOIA AND THE WOB | 28 |
| 3. IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF FOIA | 31 |
| 3.1. TRADITIONAL FOIA ACTIVITY | 31 |
| 3.1.1. Information sharing arrangements among federal agencies | 32 |
| 3.1.2. Information sharing relationships with states | 32 |
| 3.1.3. Information sharing relationships with other data owners | 33 |
| 3.2. IMPLEMENTATION OF E-FOIA | 33 |
| 3.2.1. FOIA home pages | 34 |
| 3.2.2. Electronic reading rooms | 35 |
| 3.2.3. Special issues: Documents | 36 |
| 3.2.4. Special issues: databases | 37 |
| 3.2.5. Special issues: registry-like information | 37 |
| 3.2.6. Special issues: confidentiality and privacy. | 38 |
| 3.3. IMPACT OF E-FOIA TO DATE | 38 |
| 3.3.2. Impact on the organisation of agencies | 39 |
| 3.3.3. Impact on Citizen — Government interaction. | 41 |
| 3.3.4. Implications for the private sector economy | 42 |
| 3.3.5. Implications for database quality. | 43 |
| 4. CONCLUDING REMARKS | 47 |
| 4.1. RELEVANCE FOR THE DUTCH CONTEXT | 47 |
| 4.1.1. The Electronic Reading Room | 48 |
| 4.1.2. Sources for funding of activities | 48 |
| 4.2. RELEVANT IMPACT EXPERIENCES | 48 |
| 4.2.1. Impact of the FOIA on agency organisation | 48 |
| 4.2.2. Government Citizen Interaction | 49 |
| 4.2.3. Implications for the private sector economy | 49 |
| 4.2.4. Implications for database quality. | 49 |
| 4.2.5. Final observation | 50 |
| ANNEXES | 52 |
| ANNEX 1: FOIA LEGAL TEXT | 54 |
| ANNEX 2 WOB LEGAL TEXT(TRANSLATED FROM DUTCH) | 64 |
| ANNEX 3: COMPARATIVE TABLES BETWEEN FOIA AND THE WOB | 69 |
| ANNEX 4 ORGANISATION OF INTERVIEWS | 74 |
| ANNEX5 — LITERATURE AND WEB SITE REFERENCES | 76 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Public Information Provision in the Digital Age: Implementation and Effects of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.
Contributors: Maarten Botterman - Author, Tora Bikson - Author, Sandy Bosman - Author, Jonathan Cave - Author, Erik Frinking - Author, Victor De Pous - Author.
Publisher: Rand.
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA.
Publication year: 2001.
Page number: Not available.
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