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The Personal Accountability Of Public Employees, Robert Vaughn
The Personal Accountability Of Public Employees, Robert Vaughn
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INTRODUCTION: The most important developments in the nature of the public employment relationships have been those which increased the personal accountability of public employees. Civil service systems, particularly in regulatory areas, have been criticized as insulating public employees and removing incentives to perform their public duties.' Recent judicial decisions developing tort liability of public employees and the recent action of the United States Congress in passing the Freedom of Information Act [FOIA) sanctions provision portend future use of the concept of personal accountability as a means of controlling administrative abuse. Throughout deliberation on the FOIA sanctions provision, opposition to the …
The Sanctions Provisions Of The Freedom Of Information Act, Robert Vaughn
The Sanctions Provisions Of The Freedom Of Information Act, Robert Vaughn
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INTRODUCTION: The sanctions provision of the Freedom of Information Act amendments (Amendments)' provides a procedure whereby agency personnel who have withheld requested information may be subject to disciplinary action if a court, in ordering production of the documents and assessing against the United States reasonable attorneys' fees and other litigation costs, also issues a finding that a question of fact exists as to whether agency personnel acted arbitrarily or capriciously. Although the provision is relatively brief, it is potentially the most important amendment to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and one of the most important congressional enactments in recent …