[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR111.21]

[Page 150-151]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 111--COMPLIANCE PROCEDURE (2 U.S.C. 437g, 437d(a))--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Enforcement
 
Sec. 111.21  Confidentiality (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(12)).

    (a) Except as provided in 11 CFR 111.20, no complaint filed with the 
Commission, nor any notification sent

[[Page 151]]

by the Commission, nor any investigation conducted by the Commission, 
nor any findings made by the Commission shall be made public by the 
Commission or by any person or entity without the written consent of the 
respondent with respect to whom the complaint was filed, the 
notification sent, the investigation conducted, or the finding made.
    (b) Except as provided in 11 CFR 111.20(b), no action by the 
Commission or by any person, and no information derived in connection 
with conciliation efforts pursuant to 11 CFR 111.18, may be made public 
by the Commission except upon a written request by respondent and 
approval thereof by the Commission.
    (c) Nothing in these regulations shall be construed to prevent the 
introduction of evidence in the courts of the United States which could 
properly be introduced pursuant to the Federal Rules of Evidence or 
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.