[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: 48CFR6.305] [Page 105-106] 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. [[Page 106]] 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]