[9526] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Advisory Committee resources
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brock N. Meeks)
Fri Jan 7 16:51:44 1994
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 13:29:54 -0800 (PST)
From: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock@well.sf.ca.us>
To: James Love <love@essential.org>
Cc: Stephen Wolff <steve@nsf.gov>,
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.85.9401071447.B10959-0100000@essential>
In the discussion of whether the NII advisory council related
correspondence would be available via FOIA, I think we can look at what
happened when Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to keep the deliberations of
her health care advisory committee secret. Bottom line was, she wasn't
able to.
I think Steve and Jamie both have valid points. Steve is certainly right
on when he outlined how the FNC is set up and the guidelines it uses,
even when there is a closed meeting. As he said, if one wants to find
out what happened, they can get ahold of the minutes.
However, Jamie also has a point when he's talking about the difference
between private email between members of the AC *not* related to the NII.
That correspondence can certainly go through other channels, not simply
out to some NII-AC-LIST.
I also wouldn't be worried about anyone involved trying to "get around"
FOIA requirements. If the AC follows the lead of Steve Wolff, there's
certainly nothing to worry about. Steve has set an outstanding example
of a government official complying with FOIA requests, especially as they
relate to electronic mail. He should get an award for that effort.
Brock Meeks
reporter
Communications Daily
