Reading Room Document

Letter of January 25, 1974, regarding the applicability of the Freedom of Information Act to the Government Printing Office.

In this memo, the OLC responded to the general counsel of the Government Printing Office’s question regarding whether the Government Printing Office was subject to the Freedom of Information Act and stated that the Department of Justice would defend the printing office’s position that it was not subject to the Freedom of Information Act because it was a component of the legislative branch. The opinion outlined the criteria that the Department of Justice applied when deciding to represent members of Congress or legislative branch employees and relayed the civil division’s application of those criteria to such a suit against the Government Printing Office.

April 5, 1974