15 USC 7306(c): Public Safety Information
About This Project
This project uses data compiled by the Sunshine in Government initiative, a coalition of journalism and transparency groups. SGI compiled data from federal agency annual FOIA reports to track how often b(3) exemptions were used. SGI also standardized the exemptions since some agencies used slightly different citations of the same laws. In some cases, agencies listed general laws without specifying a section under which information was withheld. This project does not include information from agencies that use no b(3) exemptions in 2008 or 2009. ProPublica compiled information about FOIA denials.
| Department | Claims |
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| Dept. of Commerce | 5.0 |
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 99--NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM
Sec. 7306. Disclosure of information
(a) General rule
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a copy of a record,
information, or investigation submitted or received by a Team shall be
made available to the public on request and at reasonable cost.
(b) Exceptions
Subsection (a) of this section does not require the release of--
(1) information described by section 552(b) of title 5 or
protected from disclosure by any other law of the United States; or
(2) information described in subsection (a) of this section by
the National Institute of Standards and Technology or by a Team
until the report required by section 7307 of this title is issued.
(c) Protection of voluntary submission of information
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Team, the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, and any agency receiving
information from a Team or the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, shall not disclose voluntarily provided safety-related
information if that information is not directly related to the building
failure being investigated and the Director finds that the disclosure of
the information would inhibit the voluntary provision of that type of
information.
(d) Public safety information
A Team and the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall
not publicly release any information it receives in the course of an
investigation under this chapter if the Director finds that the
disclosure of that information might jeopardize public safety.
(Pub. L. 107-231, Sec. 7, Oct. 1, 2002, 116 Stat. 1475.)