[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: 48CFR6.305]

[Page 102]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 6_COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart 6.3_Other Than Full and Open Competition
 
Sec.  6.305  Availability of the justification.

    (a) The justification required by 6.303-1 and any related 
information shall be made available for public inspection as required by 
10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(4) and 41 U.S.C. 253(f)(4). Contracting officers shall 
carefully screen all justifications for contractor proprietary data and 
remove all such data, and such references and citations as are necessary 
to protect the proprietary data, before making the justifications 
available for public inspection. Contracting officers shall also be 
guided by the exemptions to disclosure of information contained in the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the prohibitions against 
disclosure in 24.202 in determining whether other data should be 
removed.
    (b) If a Freedom of Information request is received, contracting 
officers shall comply with subpart 24.2.

[50 FR 1729, Jan. 11, 1985 and 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985, as amended at 
62 FR 257, Jan. 2, 1997; 65 FR 16286, Mar. 27, 2000]