The National Security Agency(NSA) has passed an act whose goal is to release as much information to the nation by the United States Government, with the exceptions of case sensitive information.The Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) generally provides that any person (with the exception of another federal agency, a fugitive from the law, or a representative of a foreign government) has a right, enforceable in court, to request access to federal agency records,except to some degree of disclosure. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 6, 1966 and went into effect the following year. With the tensions rising between the US government and its American constituents during the age of War and terrorism, many citizens thought it was necessary to be informed of all the actions of their country, even to the point of close meticulousness.
Further elaborating the FOIA was the Privacy Act of 1974 , which protects an individual's privacy by putting controls on federal agencies in the collection, use, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information. This was created so that all persons in the nation will not have the privilege to attain the individuals private information. The Privacy Act also requires that agency records be accurate, relevant, timely, and complete, and amendments are limited to these criteria.
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