[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 199]
[Revised as of October 1, 2000]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR17.1]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           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).