12 C.F.R. § 271.7 Exemptions from disclosure.
Title 12 - Banks and Banking
(a) Types of records exempt from disclosure. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b), the following records of the Committee are exempt from disclosure under this part: (1) National defense. Any information that is specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and is in fact properly classified pursuant to the Executive Order. (2) Internal personnel rules and practices. Any information related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the Board. (3) Statutory exemption. Any information specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than 5 U.S.C. 552b), if the statute: (i) Requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue; or (ii) Establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld. (4) Trade secrets; commercial or financial information. Any matter that is a trade secret or that constitutes commercial or financial information obtained from a person and that is privileged or confidential. (5) Inter- or intra-agency memorandums. Information contained in inter- or intra-agency memorandums or letters that would not be available by law to a party (other than an agency) in litigation with an agency, including, but not limited to: (i) Memorandums; (ii) Reports; (iii) Other documents prepared by the staffs of the Committee, Board or Federal Reserve Banks; and (iv) Records of deliberations of the Committee and of discussions at meetings of the Committee or its staff. (6) Personnel and medical files. Any information contained in personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. (7) Information compiled for law enforcement purposes. Any records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, to the extent permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7). (8) Examination, inspection, operating, or condition reports, and confidential supervisory information. Any matter that is contained in or related to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of an agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions, including a state financial institution supervisory agency. (b) Segregation of nonexempt information. The Committee shall provide any reasonably segregable portion of a record that is requested after deleting those portions that are exempt under this section. (c) Discretionary release. Except where disclosure is expressly prohibited by statute, regulation, or order, the Committee may authorize the release of records that are exempt from mandatory disclosure whenever the Committee or designated Committee members determines that such disclosure would be in the public interest. (d) Delayed release. Publication in the (1) Interfere with accomplishing the objectives of the Committee in the discharge of its statutory functions; (2) Interfere with the orderly conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States; (3) Permit speculators or others to gain unfair profits or other unfair advantages by speculative trading in securities or otherwise; (4) Result in unnecessary or unwarranted disturbances in the securities markets; (5) Interfere with the orderly execution of the objectives or policies of other government agencies; or (6) Impair the ability to negotiate any contract or otherwise harm the commercial or financial interest of the United States, the Committee, the Board, any Federal Reserve Bank, or any department or agency of the United States. (e) Prohibition against disclosure. Except as provided in this part, no officer, employee, or agent of the Committee or any Federal Reserve Bank shall disclose or permit the disclosure of any unpublished information of the Committee to any person (other than Committee officers, employees, or agents properly entitled to such information for the performance of official duties).
Title 12: Banks and Banking
PART 271—RULES REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION
§ 271.7 Exemptions from disclosure.
