Freedom of Information

Freedom of Information

• As a public administrator over a particular entity, describe when public officials should be allowed to conduct their activities in secret. Provide an example.
• Evaluating New York Times v. United States, provide an example in which it may be warranted to violate the morality of the freedom of information by publicizing a secret identity to prove a point. Explain how this example warrants the morality violation.

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For any democratic government, transparency is a key concept to the country’s citizens in order to promote trust of the government / public officials. As a public administrator, I think there are some situations when public officials should be allowed to conduct their activities in secret. For …