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B-195164 1 (1979-07-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjiu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I'~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~v 5 - 1. d4, K, ..).. (It., 14*~'rF*. \..h 1 1. 1 0 \s4 . 13 4 .III , .I ~uI.P~ - I Officeef Generai Counel GA\O United States (.oneral Accounting Office Washington, Dr, 20,8 * 'xi, II ,- Th%, Ilonorabl Tony P. Hall House o fftapreantativev In Reply Refer to: at ; bZtb~e..JUL 1 119l73 B-195164 Dear Hr. flall 4\ 1!V Thlit responds to your letter to.our Oftice AX' dated June 6, 1079, on I eaf of 8hilob lndustries lf (Shiloh) and Prjeots Un)4mteI, nc% '(Projects),r-t You enclosed copiew of coxwespondence in which the cnpanie' c ,Oscribe problemsthey hav tixperlenced in securing certAin iforataiontrom the repartment of the AIw Force, and expran th ir concern about the Ampact: of this on their ability to obtain Air Force cantrncts. You ankud that we review the lietter 'to dterwint' o tco-veot contractual procedures an Peg ttlilzed* - - 'Ii correspondence. iridiu&ateis that th, coopanief ire ueei;ng unclossifie) t.echn ,cal dita, euci an engineoriig dravings, ir, whiich th9 Air Forwhan , ncquirod unrenttiite3 rights. Apparontly f8ti.lh and Projects have in the past ben Abl' to obta.tn tch data throu9h requests under the ErOdollut of nfot- nation Act (FOXh), 5 U.S.C. 5, 552-(1976). D'uo to a change ir .policy, the Air rpcrce n w reueo to raleawe ?,;hiatype of data under I'OIA, although it. staten It iill provide sucb data-to private partios in crtain circumwtanc~ff, e.g., whore tho LLta is neceamary to prepare bids on Air Force contracts. Shiloh antd rrojectubelievo they ara entitled to vontinue receiving this kind f datet under itolA. Also, they are .concoxned that the',new Air Forco policy will rnaR)e' itdifficult for nrmall bulineases to obtain In a timely ianner the data necessary to bid on Air Force contracts. The problem presented In basically an rOza problen. At the ttsot, we must advise that our Office has no authrity inder rOIA to determine what information G-vernnent agencies must discloise. Thererore, te are uVble under the liau to take ny action on th A r orceoa refusal 'to disclose ram 4*0d -144t -

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