[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR0.735-29]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 0--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart E--Statements of Employment and Financial Interests
 
Sec. 0.735-29  Confidentiality of employees' statements.

    (a) No employee may have access to a statement of employment and 
financial interests, or a supplementary statement, unless his official 
duties make access necessary. Each employee who has access to such a 
statement is responsible for maintaining it in confidence and shall not 
allow access to, or allow information to be disclosed from, a statement 
except to an employee of the Department of Commerce or the Office of 
Personnel Management to carry out the purpose of this part or to other 
persons as the Office of Personnel Management or the Assistant Secretary 
for Administration may determine for good cause shown. (The foregoing 
limitations do not apply to release of information by an employee with 
respect to a statement he has submitted under this section.)
    (b) The employees designated in paragraph (b) of Sec. 0.735-24 to 
receive statements are authorized to review and retain the statements 
and are responsible for maintaining the statements in confidence, as 
provided in this section.

[32 FR 15222, Nov. 2, 1967, as amended at 55 FR 53489, Dec. 31, 1990]

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