Legal Opinion
Weaver v. United States Information Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 9, 1996No. 94-5406PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Employees of the State Department, the United States Information Agency (“USIA”), and the Agency for International Development (“AID”) are. required to submit all speaking, writing, and teaching material on matters of “official concern” to their employers for review prior to publication. 3 Foreign Affairs Manual (“FAM”) § 628.2. Material of “official concern” is broadly defined to include any material related to the employee’s agency or U.S. foreign policy,…
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