MMC 3200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Regulatory Agency, Sixth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Gag Order
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The freedom of information act makes public all records including electronic records and email held within the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government, including independent regulatory agencies. Incident reports, arrest reports, parking tickets and other documents made by campus or university policy are not education records covered by ferpa. Cleary act: mandates colleges and universities that receive public funding must make records of crime data and public facts open; report crimes and safety text alerts. Under the federal foia, an agency record is one that : has been created by the agency, has been created and is possessed by the agency, has been paid for by the agency, is possessed by the agency. Which foia exemption is the most frequently used by government officials: national security, lawyer-client privileged materials, personal privacy files, law enforcement records protection, minors involved, victims of sexual assault.
