[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15185-15186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8063]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Delegation of Authority To Disclose Certain Materials to Other 
Government Agencies

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Delegation of Authority.

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    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 
1961, 26 FR 6191, that the Commission has delegated to the Directors of 
the Bureaus of Competition and Consumer Protection the authority to 
disclose, to federal, state, local and foreign government agencies: (1) 
materials from submitters who consent to disclosure; and (2) complaints 
received from consumers who did not request confidentiality when 
disclosure of such complaints is needed to obtain information in a 
Commission investigation or is made in connection with the enforcement 
of a statute, rule or order by the receiving agency. If the Commission 
would not (without the submitter's consent) freely disclose a

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consumer complaint because it contained personal information, but would 
act to protect the information from disclosure in litigation or 
otherwise, then the Bureau Director must obtain assurances that the 
receiving agency will act to protect the information as well.
    The Bureau Directors' authority under this delegation may be 
redelegated. Prior to disclosing consumer complaints to foreign 
governments under the foregoing delegation, the Bureau Director shall, 
unless the disclosure is needed to obtain information in a pending 
Commission investigation, transmit a proposed letter providing for such 
disclosure to the Secretary and the Secretary shall notify the 
Commission of the proposed disclosure. If no Commissioner objects to 
the proposed disclosure within three days following the Commission's 
receipt of such notification, the Secretary shall inform the Bureau 
Director that he or she may proceed with the disclosure.

    Effective Date: March 14, 1997.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-8063 Filed 3-28-97; 8:45 am]
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