Government secrecy : hearings before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, second session, on on S. 1520, S. 1726, S. 2451,S. 2738, S. 3393, and S. 3399 ..

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations

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S. 1520, a bill to estaboish a commission to study all laws, and executive branch rules, regulations, orders, and procedures, relating to the classification and protection of information for the pu...

S. 1520, a bill to estaboish a commission to study all laws, and executive branch rules, regulations, orders, and procedures, relating to the classification and protection of information for the purpose of determining the consistency with the efficient operation of the government, including the proper performance of its duties by the Congress, and for other purposes. S. 1726, a bill to provide guidelines and limitations for the classification of information and material, to insure the integrity of the Congress a a separate branch of the Government by preventing the unwarranted interference in congressional functions by the executive and judicial branches, to establish and Office of the General Counsel to the Congress, to require the disclosure of information to Congress by the executive branch, to protect the confidentiality of information and sources of information of the news media, and for other purposes. S. 2451, a bill to amend section 552 of title 4 of the United States Code to clarify certain exemptions from its disclosure requirements, to provide for guidelines and limitations for the classification of information, and for other purposes. S. 2738, a bill relating to the necessity of reorganizing certain departments and agencies of the executive branch, and for other purposes. S. 3393, a bill to provide for the establishment of a new office in the Executive Office of the President and of a joint committee in the Congress in order to supervise policies and procedures with respect to development and review of national defense and foreign policies of the Untied States and the protection and disclosure of information relating to such policies, and for other purposes. S. 3399, a bill to amend section 552 of title 5 of the United States Code (known as the Freedom of Information Act) to provide for the classification and declassification of official information in the interest of national defense.

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