1. Headquarters U. S. Air Force I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Headquarters Air Force FOIA Exemptions Brief Della Macias HAF/IMII

2. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 2 EXEMPTION (b)(1) 1. Classified - protects from disclosure national security information concerning the national defense or foreign policy, provided that it has been properly classified in accordance with Executive Order 12958. –Classified correctly? –Glomar –Waiver

3. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 3 EXEMPTION (b)(2) 2.Internal Administration - exempts from mandatory disclosure records "related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency." Low 2 – internal matters of trivial nature (routing slips, emails setting meetings, tabs, etc.) High 2 – circumvent other statutes or regs AFIs and Laws Security Guides Homeland Security Vulnerability Assessments Detailed weapon plans Base maps Organization Charts

4. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 4 EXEMPTION (b)(3) 3.Other Statutes - covers information "specifically exempted from disclosure by statute.“ ( http://www.foia.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-071207- 037.pdf ) http://www.foia.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-071207- 037.pdf –Statute/Treaty (Not regulations) –No discretion –Predetermined List Proposals not incorporated in contract Armed Export Control Act Special Nuclear Weapons Information Personnel in Overseas/Deployable Units Patents/Inventions False Claims Act NSA/CIA

5. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 5 EXEMPTION (b)(4) Commercial Information - protects "trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person that is privileged or confidential." Mandatory Withholding – Trade Secrets Act National Parks Trade Secrets or Commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential (impairment/competitive harm/other harm) Critical Mass Submitter Notice

6. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 6 EXEMPTION (b)(5) Privileged Information Inter/intra agency writings Privileges Deliberative process Attorney-Client Attorney Work Product Source Selection Safety Investigation Waiver

7. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 7 EXEMPTION (b)(6) 6.Personal Privacy - permits the government to withhold all information about individuals in "personnel and medical files and similar files" when the disclosure of such information "would constitute a Clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy." Balance personal and public Reporters Committee Commercial requesters have little public interest

8. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 8 EXEMPTION (b)(7) Law Enforcement Exemption (b)(7)(A) authorizes the withholding of "records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that production of such law enforcement records or information...could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings." Exemption (b)(7)(B) protects "records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes (the disclosure of which) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication.

9. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 9 CON’T EXEMPTION (b)(7) –Exemption (b)(7)(C) provides protection for personal information in law enforcement records the disclosure of which "could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. –Exemption (b)(7)(D) provides protection for "records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes which could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source and information furnished by a confidential source."

10. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 10 CON’T EXEMPTION (b)(7) –Exemption (b)(7)(E) provides protection to all law enforcement information which "would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcements investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law." –Exemption (b)(7)(F) permits the withholding of information necessary to protect the physical safety of "any individual" when disclosure of information about him "could reasonably be expected to endanger his life or physical safety."

11. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 11 EXEMPTION (b) (8) & (9) 8. Bank Records - protects matter that are "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." 9. Geological Well Information - protects "geological and geophysical information an data, including maps, concerning wells."

12. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 12 The (c)(1) exclusion authorizes federal law enforcement agencies, under specified circumstances, to shield the very existence of records of ongoing investigations or proceedings by excluding them entirely from the FOIA's reach. The (c)(2) exclusion provides that "whenever informant records maintained by a criminal law enforcement agency under an informant's name or personal identifier are requested by a third party, the agency may treat the records as not subject to the requirements of the FOIA unless the informant's status has been officially confirmed. The (c)(3) exclusion pertains only to certain law enforcement records that are maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation EXEMPTION EXCLUSIONS

13. Headquarters U. S. Air Force I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e QUESTIONS