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FCC Denies NDA FOIA Request

Turning over nondisclosure agreements signed by FCC commissioners or other staff would reveal staffers who now have or have had access to classified materials, which could subject them to harassment and unwanted attention, the agency said Wednesday, denying our Freedom…

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of Information Act request. It said such a request fell under FOIA exemptions 6 and 7(E), covering personnel files that would constitute an invasion of personal privacy and records that would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations, respectively. The agency provided a blank Standard Form 312, the federal government's classified information nondisclosure agreement.