Comments on: Army Blocks Public Access to Digital Library http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/02/army_blocks_public_access_to_d.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:50:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Bob G http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/02/army_blocks_public_access_to_d.html/comment-page-1#comment-995 Bob G Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:43:13 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/02/army_blocks_public_access_to_d.html#comment-995 The lesson here is that no one should assume that any document made available by a federal agency will continue to be available in the future. Any document -- no matter what its status is with respect to public availability -- can disappear at any time. We should have learned that lesson after 9/11. Anyone with an interest in agency document online should make and maintain a copy somewhere that the agency cannot reach. The only exception that occurs to me would be for documents required to be made public by law. If the RDL is put back online, FAS should nevertheless make a copy and keep it on its own servers in the future. The lesson here is that no one should assume that any document made available by a federal agency will continue to be available in the future. Any document — no matter what its status is with respect to public availability — can disappear at any time. We should have learned that lesson after 9/11. Anyone with an interest in agency document online should make and maintain a copy somewhere that the agency cannot reach. The only exception that occurs to me would be for documents required to be made public by law. If the RDL is put back online, FAS should nevertheless make a copy and keep it on its own servers in the future.

]]> By: N http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/02/army_blocks_public_access_to_d.html/comment-page-1#comment-994 N Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:11:59 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/02/army_blocks_public_access_to_d.html#comment-994 Hi, I just want you to know that by moving the RDL behind AKO, Army has not only restricted access to the public but to everyone else in DoD as well. So... Those working for the AF, Navy, Marines, etc will not be able to access these documents -- unless they are able to get an AKO account -- which isn't a given. Hi,

I just want you to know that by moving the RDL behind AKO, Army has not only restricted access to the public but to everyone else in DoD as well. So… Those working for the AF, Navy, Marines, etc will not be able to access these documents — unless they are able to get an AKO account — which isn’t a given.

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