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15 U.S.C. § 773 — Public disclosure of information

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15 U.S.C. § 773 — Public disclosure of information

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**(a) Analyses, data, information, reports, and summaries; objectives of disclosure** The Administrator shall make public, on a continuing basis, any statistical and economic analyses, data, information, and whatever reports and summaries are necessary to keep the public fully and currently informed as to the nature, extent, and projected duration of shortages of energy supplies, the impact of such shortages, and the steps being taken to minimize such impacts. **(b) Freedom of Information Act applicable; disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets; disclosure of matter included in public annual reports to Securities and Exchange Commission and matter excepted from such disclosure** Subject to the provisions of this chapter, [section 552 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to public disclosure of information by the Administrator: Provided, That notwithstanding said section, the provisions of [section 1905 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1905&num=0&edition=prelim), or any other provision of law, (1) all matters reported to, or otherwise obtained by, any person exercising authority under this chapter containing trade secrets or other matter referred to in [section 1905 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1905&num=0&edition=prelim), may be disclosed to other persons authorized to perform functions under this chapter solely to carry out the purposes of the chapter, or when relevant in any proceeding under this chapter, and (2) the Administrator shall disclose to the public, at a reasonable cost, and upon a request which reasonably describes the matter sought, any matter of the type which could not be excluded from public annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to section 78m or 78o(d) of this title by a business enterprise exclusively engaged in the manufacture or sale of a single product, unless such matter concerns or relates to the trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work, or apparatus of a business enterprise. **(c) Guidelines and procedures for handling information pertaining to individuals; access of individuals to such personal information** To protect and assure privacy of individuals and confidentiality of personal information, the Administrator is directed to establish guidelines and procedures for handling any information which the Administration obtains pertaining to individuals. He shall provide, to the extent practicable, in such guidelines and procedures a method for allowing any such individual to gain access to such information pertaining to himself.

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18 U.S.C. § 1905 — Disclosure of confidential information generally

Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or of any department or agency thereof, any person acting on behalf of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or agent of the Department of Justice as defined in the Antitrust Civil Process Act ([15 U.S.C. 1311–131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1311–131&num=0&edition=prelim)4), or being an employee of a private sector organization who is or was assigned to an agency under chapter 37 of title 5, publishes, divulges, discloses, or makes known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law any information coming to him in the course of his employment or official duties or by reason of any examination or investigation made by, or return, report or record made to or filed with, such department or agency or officer or employee thereof, which information concerns or relates to the trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work, or apparatus, or to the identity, confidential statistical data, amount or source of any income, profits, losses, or expenditures of any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association; or permits any income return or copy thereof or any book containing any abstract or particulars thereof to be seen or examined by any person except as provided by law; shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and shall be removed from office or employment.

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5 U.S.C. § 552 — Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

**(a)** Each agency shall make available to the public information as follows: (1) Each agency shall separately state and currently publish in the Federal Register for the guidance of the public— (A) descriptions of its central and field organization and the established places at which, the employees (and in the case of a uniformed service, the members) from whom, and the methods whereby, the public may obtain information, make submittals or requests, or obtain decisions; (B) statements of the general course and method by which its functions are channeled and determined, including the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available; (C) rules of procedure, descriptions of forms available or the places at which forms may be obtained, and instructions as to the scope and contents of all papers, reports, or examinations; (D) substantive rules of general applicability adopted as authorized by law, and statements of general policy or interpretations of general applicability formulated and adopted by the agency; and (E) each amendment, revision, or repeal of the foregoing. Except to the extent that a person has actual and timely notice of the terms thereof, a person may not in any manner be required to resort to, or be adversely affected by, a matter required to be published in the Federal Register and not so published. For the purpose of this paragraph, matter reasonably available to the class of persons affected thereby is deemed published in the Federal Register when incorporated by reference therein with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register. (2) Each agency, in accordance with published rules, shall make available for public inspection in an electronic format— (A) final opinions, including concurring and dissen

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15 U.S.C. § 773 — Public disclosure of information

Page 1240 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 773 all data and projections as to source, time, and methodology of development, as the Adminis- trator may prescribe by regulation or order as necessary or appropriate for the proper exercise of functions under this chapter. (c) General or special orders for filing reports or answers in writing to specific questions, sur- veys, or questionnaires; oath or otherwise; filing period The Administrator may require, by general or special orders, any person engaged in any phase of energy supply or major energy consumption to file with the Administrator in such form as he may prescribe, reports or answers in writing to such specific questions, surveys, or question- naires as may be necessary to enable the Admin- istrator to carry out his functions under this chapter. Such reports and answers shall be made under oath, or otherwise, as the Administrator may prescribe, and shall be filed with the Ad- ministrator within such reasonable period as he may prescribe. (d) Investigations, physical inspections, inven- tories and samples, copies, and interroga- tions The Administrator, to verify the accuracy of information he has received or otherwise to ob- tain information necessary to perform his func- tions under this chapter, is authorized to con- duct investigations, and in connection there- with, to conduct, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, physical inspections at en- ergy facilities and business premises, to inven- tory and sample any stock of fuels or energy sources therein, to inspect and copy records, re- ports, and documents from which energy infor- mation has been or is being compiled, and to question such persons as he may deem nec- essary. (e) Subpenas; attendance and testimony of wit- nesses; prod

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