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Full disclosure Full disclosure Archon Fung Which SUVs are most likely to rollover? What cities have the unhealthiest drinking water? Which factories are the most dangerous polluters? What cereals are the most nutritious? In recent decades, go… OL12227131W
WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency Micah L. Sifry,Micah Sifry Looks at the rise in prominence of Wikileaks, and the broader ongoing trend away from closed systems and toward transparency and openness in government and corporations. OL15673999W
Area 51 Area 51 David Darlington Discusses the history, legends, and people involved with Area 51, the top-secret research installation located a hundred miles north of Las Vegas which has served as the test site for spy planes and … OL15861234W
Social and political implications of data mining Social and political implications of data mining Hakikur Rahman "This book focuses on the data mining and knowledge management implications that lie within online government"--Provided by publisher. OL16948701W
Wikileaks Wikileaks David Leigh,Luke Harding,Guardian Books Staff Traces the history of the online organization WikiLeaks, which released thousands of previously secret or classified documents from numerous government agencies, and examines its impact on world poli… OL16955797W
The madness of July The madness of July James Naughtie "Will Flemyng was trained as a spy for a life behind enemy lines, but now he is in politics--and rising to the top. But when a bizarre death starts to unravel some of the most sensitive secrets of hi… OL17824333W
Agent undercover Agent undercover Lisa Childs "A man like FBI special agent Ash Stryker would never be caught dead at a speed-dating event. But that's where he tracks down Claire Molenski, a computer programmer suspected of selling government in… OL17868582W
Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes peer reviews Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes peer reviews Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes is the multilateral framework within which work in the area of tax transparency and exchange of information is carried ou… OL17925593W
Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes peer reviews Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes peer reviews Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes is the multilateral framework within which work in the area of tax transparency and exchange of information is carried ou… OL17925830W
Habeas data Habeas data Cyrus Farivar "Until the 21st century, most of our activities were private by default, public only through effort; today anything that touches digital space has the potential (and likelihood) to remain somewhere o… OL19745070W
Julian Assange-- Wikileaks Julian Assange-- Wikileaks Valérie Guichaoua The authors present a complete portrait of Assange and WikiLeaks: how it works, the controversy surround it, and his trouble with the law. OL19948490W
Deep state Deep state Marc Ambinder There is a hidden country within the United States. It was formed from the astonishing number of secrets held by the government and the growing ranks of secret-keepers given charge over them. The gov… OL19992243W
The war on leakers The war on leakers Lloyd C. Gardner "Four days before Pearl Harbor, in December 1941, someone leaked American contingency war plans to the Chicago Tribune. The small splash the story made was overwhelmed by the shock waves caused by th… OL20023203W
Communicating politics Communicating politics Graham Murdock,Peter Golding,Philip Schlesinger British and American experts in political communication discourse on a variety of topics involving governments, the mass media and the public: journalists and public institutions, the uses of televis… OL20633460W
Freedom of information guide Freedom of information guide Want Publishing Company Citizen's guide to the use of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts. OL20915824W
Project disclosure Project disclosure Richard M. Dolan "Not a day goes by that someone, somewhere in the world does not get a reasonably clear picture of something unusual in the air. The possibility of UFO visitation becomes even more obvious when these… OL23201394W
Guide de l'accès aux documents administratifs Guide de l'accès aux documents administratifs France. Commission d'accès aux documents administratifs Destiné à guider l'usager dans son parcours d'accès aux documents et aux dossiers des collectivités publiques. OL24828892W
Secrecy Wars Secrecy Wars Philip H. Melanson "Secrecy Wars presents a startling array of information from formerly classified files on the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, the U.S. nuclear testing program, CIA covert ope… OL3919289W
None of your business None of your business Conference on Government Secrecy (1973 New York,N.Y.),N. Dorsen,S. Gillers,Conference on Government Secrecy (1973 New York) Such individuals as Jeremy Stone, Daniel Ellsberg, and Anthony Lewis offer diverse viewpoints on the power and political dangers of government secrecy. OL7204077W
Blacked Out Blacked Out Alasdair Roberts,Alasdair Roberts Nearly forty years ago the U.S. Congress passed the landmark Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) giving the public the right to government documents. This 'right to know' has been used over the past de… OL8332450W
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