This publication is intended to serve as a strategic guide for the U.S. Government Printing Office in the development of its tactical plans for entry into the next millennium; to provide a glimpse of the future of Government information; and to delineate the changes that lie ahead in how information will be created, replicated, and disseminated. After presenting the GPO mission statement, goals, and key concepts, eight modules are used to define the...

Discusses the importance of opening government deliberations and rule-making processes to the public and of making government documents available to concerned citizens. While using, for the most part, American examples, the pamphlet suggests the universal advantages of an open society with a vibrant civic infrastructure.

Explores the history and impact of the Watergate scandal and the Supreme Court case of the United States v. Nixon.

Traces the history of the Freedom of Information Act, describing the events that led to the legislation, and discussing how its passage affected life in the United States.