[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1209.05]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                                  BOARD
 
PART 1209--PUBLIC OBSERVATION OF NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD MEETINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1209.05  Closing of meetings; reasons therefor.

    (a) Except where the Board determines that the public interest 
requires otherwise, meetings, or portions thereof, shall not be open to 
public observation where the deliberations concern the issuance of a 
subponea, the Board's

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participation in a civil action or proceeding or an arbitration, or the 
initiation, conduct or disposition by the Board of any matter involving 
a determination on the record after opportunity for a hearing, or any 
court proceeding collateral or ancillary thereto.
    (b) Except where the Board determines that the public interest 
requires otherwise, the Board also may close meetings, or portions 
thereof, when the deliberations concern matters or information falling 
within the scope of 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(1) (secret matters concerning 
national defense or foreign policy); (c)(2) (internal personnel rules 
and practices); (c)(3) (matters specifically exempted from disclosure by 
statute); (c)(4) (trade secrets and commercial or financial information 
obtained from a person and privileged or confidential); (c)(5) (matters 
of alleged criminal conduct or formal censure); (c)(6) (personal 
information where disclosure would cause a clearly unwarranted invasion 
of personal privacy); (c)(7) (certain materials or information from 
investigatory files compiled for law enforcement purposes); or (c)(9)(B) 
(disclosure would significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed 
agency action).