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Electronic Freedom of Information: Challenges Facing the Regulators and the Regulated

Lab Animal volume 32, pages 43–45 (2003)Cite this article

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FOIA and, more recently, E-FOIA have provided the American public with the means to obtain valuable information from the federal government. The E-FOIA-mandated posting of USDA animal facility inspection reports on the internet, however, has met with opposition from the research community. The authors outline E-FOIA's shortcomings regarding this policy and present potential solutions to the problem.

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  1. Freedom of Information Act. Title 5, United States Code, § 552 (1966).

  2. PL 104-231. Electronic-FOIA Amendment: E-FOIA. (2 October 1996).

  3. USDA. Proposed rule. USDA Freedom of Information Act Regulations. Federal Register 63, 24467–24473 (4 May 1998).

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  1. Department of Veterinary Sciences, Field is Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb, PO Box 4000, G1.3701, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000.,

    Karl Field DVM, MS

  2. Mackta is Executive Director, New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research, 1477 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083.,

    Jayne Mackta BA

  3. Department of Laboratory Animal Resources, Klein is Senior Director, Merck and Company, Inc., PO Box 4, W44-201, West Point, PA 19486.,

    Hilton J. Klein VMD, MS

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Field, K., Mackta, J. & Klein, H. Electronic Freedom of Information: Challenges Facing the Regulators and the Regulated. Lab Anim 32, 43–45 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0603-43

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