EditorialThe fourth branch of government and the historical legacy of the Bush administration's information policies
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Paul T. Jaeger, Ph.D, J.D., is an Assistant Professor in the College of Information Studies and the Director of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on the ways in which law and public policy shape access to information. Dr. Jaeger is the author of more than forty journal articles and book chapters, along with three books. His research has appeared in such journals as Telecommunications Policy, Library Quarterly,
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Paul T. Jaeger, Ph.D, J.D., is an Assistant Professor in the College of Information Studies and the Director of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on the ways in which law and public policy shape access to information. Dr. Jaeger is the author of more than forty journal articles and book chapters, along with three books. His research has appeared in such journals as Telecommunications Policy, Library Quarterly, Government Information Quarterly, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Journal of Government Information, Library & Information Science Research, Journal of Disability Policy Studies, and Information Technology and Libraries, among others.