[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: 45CFR5.61]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 5--FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart F--Reasons for Withholding Some Records
 
Sec. 5.61  General.


    Section 552(b) of the Freedom of Information Act contains nine 
exemptions to the mandatory disclosure of records. We describe these 
exemptions below and explain how this Department applies them to 
disclosure determinations. (In some cases more than one exemption may 
apply to the same document.) Information obtained by the Department from 
any individual or organization, furnished in reliance on a provision for 
confidentiality authorized by applicable statute or regulation, will not 
be disclosed, to the extent it can be withheld under one of these 
exemptions. This section does not itself authorize the giving of any 
pledge of confidentiality by any officer or employee of the Department.