[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR24.203]

[Page 463]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 24_PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 24.2_Freedom of Information Act
 
Sec.  24.203  Policy.

    (a) The Act specifies, among other things, how agencies shall make 
their records available upon public request, imposes strict time 
standards for agency responses, and exempts certain records from public 
disclosure. Each agency's implementation of these requirements is 
located in its respective title of the Code of Federal Regulations and 
referenced in subpart 24.2 of its implementing acquisition regulations.
    (b) Contracting officers may receive requests for records that may 
be exempted from mandatory public disclosure. The exemptions most often 
applicable are those relating to classified information, to trade 
secrets and confidential commercial or financial information, to 
interagency or intra-agency memoranda, or to personal and medical 
information pertaining to an individual. Since these requests often 
involve complex issues requiring an in-depth knowledge of a large and 
increasing body of court rulings and policy guidance, contracting 
officers are cautioned to comply with the implementing regulations of 
their agency and to obtain necessary guidance from the agency officials 
having Freedom of Information Act responsibility. If additional 
assistance is needed, authorized agency officials may contact the 
Department of Justice, Office of Information and Privacy.

[48 FR 42277, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 31426, Sept. 3, 1986. 
Redesignated at 62 FR 257, Jan. 2, 1997]