Can a bureau release information protected by Exemption 4?

  1. Law
  2. CFR 43
  3. Public Lands: Interior
  4. Office of the Secretary of the Interior
  5. Freedom of Information Act; Records and Testimony
  6. Handling Confidential Information
  7. Can a bureau release information protected by Exemption 4?

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§ 2.36 Can a bureau release information protected by Exemption 4?

If a bureau determines that the requested information is protected from release by Exemption 4 of the FOIA, the bureau has no discretion to release the information. Release of information protected from release by Exemption 4 is prohibited by the Trade Secrets Act, a criminal provision found at 18 U.S.C. 1905.


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