This document focuses on freedom of information during 1975. The first section focuses on possible threats to First Amendment freedoms during 1976. The second section focuses on the problems and threats to journalists of S.1, the Senate legislation introduced at the start of the new Congress which aims to revise American criminal law. The third section examines White House press operations under President Ford. The fourth section examines the amendments to the Freedom of Information Law which could curb government secrecy. The fifth section examines three court cases which will have a profound effect on electronic journalism. The final section examines individual confrontation in the states. (TS)