legislation: 104-hr-3885

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104-hr-3885 104 hr 3885 To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act, to provide for greater efficiency in providing public access to information and to provide for public access to information in an electronic format. Government Operations and Politics 1996-07-24 1996-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. House Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] NY D M000087 2 Amends the Freedom of Information Act to require each Federal agency to make available for public inspection and copying: (1) copies of all records, regardless of form or format, which have become or are likely to become the subject of subsequent requests; (2) a general index of such records, which shall be made available electronically by December 31, 1999; and (3) within one year after November 1, 1996, by computer telecommunications or other electronic means, those records created on or after November 1, 1996. Revises reporting requirements concerning such provisions. 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z  

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