Privatized Government Functions and Freedom of Information: Public Accountability in an Age of Priva...

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Beteiligte: Bunker, Matthew D., Davis, Charles N.
In: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 75, 1998, 3, S. 464-477
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Umfang: 464-477
ISSN: 1077-6990
2161-430X
DOI: 10.1177/107769909807500303
veröffentlicht in: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> In recent years, privatization has touched nearly every area of public life. Increased privatization efforts have posed increasing problems for public access to governmental records when a governmental function has been privatized. Records long open to public inspection now are being created, maintained, and controlled by private businesses often at odds with the very purpose of public records laws. The authors examine this problem and offer possible solutions to the problems caused by this increasing trend. </jats:p>