[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR5.61]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 5--FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart F--Reasons for Withholding Some Records
 
Sec. 5.61  General.


    Section 552(b) of the Freedom of Information Act contains nine 
exemptions to the mandatory disclosure of records. We describe these 
exemptions below and explain how this Department

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applies them to disclosure determinations. (In some cases more than one 
exemption may apply to the same document.) Information obtained by the 
Department from any individual or organization, furnished in reliance on 
a provision for confidentiality authorized by applicable statute or 
regulation, will not be disclosed, to the extent it can be withheld 
under one of these exemptions. This section does not itself authorize 
the giving of any pledge of confidentiality by any officer or employee 
of the Department.