[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: 45CFR5.63]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 5_FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart F_Reasons for Withholding Some Records

 

Sec.  5.63  Exemption two: Internal personnel rules and practices.



    We are not required to release records that are ``related solely to 

the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency.'' Under this 

exemption, we may withhold routine internal agency practices and 

procedures. For example, we may withhold guard schedules and rules 

governing parking facilities or lunch periods. Also under this 

exemption, we may withhold internal records whose release would help 

some persons circumvent the law or agency regulations. For example, we 

ordinarily do not disclose manuals that instruct our investigators or 

auditors how to investigate possible violations of law, to the extent 

that this release would help some persons circumvent the law.



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