[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 45CFR17.1]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 17_RELEASE OF ADVERSE INFORMATION TO NEWS MEDIA--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  17.1  Definition.



    Adverse information released by an agency means any statement or 

release by the Department or any principal operating component made to 

the news media inviting public attention to an action or a finding by 

the Department or principal operating component of the Department which 

may adversely affect persons or organizations identified therein. This 

part does not apply to nor is it affected by any disclosure of records 

to the public in response to requests made under the Freedom of 

Information Act (Pub. L. 90-23). The criteria for such disclosures are 

set forth in the Department's Public Information Regulation (45 CFR Part 

5).