[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR402.70]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 402_AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 402.70  Reasons for withholding some records.

    Section 552(b) of the Freedom of Information Act contains nine 
exemptions to the mandatory disclosure of records. We describe these 
exemptions in Sec. Sec. 402.75 through 402.110 of this part and explain 
how we apply them to disclosure determinations. (In some cases more than 
one exemption may apply to the same document.) Information obtained by 
the agency 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 agency.