INFORMATION NOT RELEASABLE TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW: This information has not been publicly disclosed and may be privileged and confidential. It is for internal government use only and must not be disseminated, distributed, or copied to persons not authorized to receive the information. Unauthorized disclosure may result in prosecution to the full extent of the law.
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We call that “transparency” in the Obama regime.
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INFORMATION NOT RELEASABLE TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW: This information has not been publicly disclosed and may be privileged and confidential. It is for internal government use only and must not be disseminated, distributed, or copied to persons not authorized to receive the information. Unauthorized disclosure may result in prosecution to the full extent of the law.
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If you google that disclaimer, thousands of results come up, often on documents that do not otherwise appear to be confidential (lists of public contact info for various offices, for example). It’s a boilerplate disclaimer.
Unfortunately the release is authorized by law. It is called the freedom of information act, and it requires that all information is releasable unless it fits into a specific FOIA exemptions (national security info, personal info, law enforcement info, etc.). If it isn't specifically exempt under that statute it is not only releasable, but it must be released upon request. A government operating manual is certainly releasable, and whichever public official marked this document as exempt could be prosecuted to the full extent of the law (ha! like that is going to happen).
“INFORMATION NOT RELEASABLE TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW: This information has not been publicly disclosed and may be privileged and confidential. It is for internal government use only and must not be disseminated, distributed, or copied to persons not authorized to receive the information. Unauthorized disclosure may result in prosecution to the full extent of the law.”
Well, since we taxpayers paid for it, I consider us to be authorized.