[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR24.203]



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            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]