[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR705.22]

[Page 151-152]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 705_PUBLIC AFFAIRS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 705.22  Relations with community groups.

    (a) Naval commands will cooperate with and assist community groups 
within their capabilities, to the event authorized by current 
instructions, and will participate in their activitis to the extent 
feasible.
    (b) Navy commands will encourage membership of personnel in 
community organizations.
    (c) Officers in command will withhold approval of requests from 
community groups, organizations or individuals whose purposes are 
unclear, pending advice from the Chief of Information.
    (d) Commands may make facilities, less housing and messing, 
available to community groups, at no expense to the government, when it 
is in the best interest of the Navy to do so. Mess facilities may not be 
used for meetings of civic groups or other asociations unless all the 
members of the group concerned are authorized participants of the mess 
as prescribed in NAVPERS 15951, except as provided below:
    (1) Requests to make open mess facilities available to professional 
or technical seminars or civic groups meeting in connection with an 
official visit to the activity may be submitted to the officer in charge 
of the mess, or other appropriate authority. Such requests may be 
approved when it is shown that the inspection of the activity or the 
holding of a professional seminar is of principal importance and the use 
of mess facilities is incidental thereto.
    (2) Because of the exceptional nature of the Navy League, as 
recognized by the Secretary of the Navy, open mess facilities may be 
used for luncheon or dinner meetings of Navy League Councils, but not 
more often than once per quarter per group.
    (e) Relations with Industry and Labor in the Community (refer to 
SECNAVINST 5370.2F and DOD Directive 5500.7):
    (1) Relations with Navy contractors and with industry and business 
in general are the responsibility of the officer in command, with the 
assistance of his public affairs officer.
    (2) Navy commands will cooperate with industry and its 
representatives in planning and executing community relations projects 
of mutual interest.
    (i) Visits to commands will be scheduled for industrial and employee 
groups under the same conditions as for other civilian groups.
    (ii) A contractor may be identified in a news release, exhibit, or 
the like whenever the major responsibility for the product can be 
clearly and fairly credited to him. In such cases, both the 
manufacturer's name for the product and the Navy designation of it will 
be used.
    (iii) Commands will not solicit, nor authorize others to solicit, 
contractors to provide advertising, contributions, donations, 
subscriptions, etc. Where there is a legitimate need for industrial 
promotion items, such as scale models, the command will contact the 
Chief of Information for advice as to the procedure for requesting 
procurement.
    (iv) Similarly, if Defense contractors wish to distribute 
information material through official Navy channels, the Office of 
Information will be queried as to the desirability and feasibility of 
undertaking the desired distribution.
    (v) Visits to contractor facilities are governed by the provisions 
of DOD

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Manual 5520.22-M (Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified 
Information). If nationally known press representatives will be 
involved, prior approval must be obtained both from the contractor (via 
the Chief of Information) and from the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
(Public Affairs).
    (3) Commands will maintain the same relationship with labor unions 
as with other community groups and will not take action in connection 
with labor disputes. Personnel inadvertently or incidentally involved in 
labor disputes will consult officers in command for guidance.
    (f) Emergency Assistance to the Community:
    (1) Navy commands will offer and provide assistance to adjacent 
communities in the event of disaster or other emergency.
    (2) The Chief of Information will be advised immediately of action 
when taken, and copies of subsequent reports to the Chief of Naval 
Operations will be forwarded to the Chief of Information.
    (3) Navy commands will participate in planning by local Civil 
Defense officials.

[41 FR 29101, July 15, 1976, as amended at 44 FR 6391, Feb. 1, 1979]