§ 317.62 - Disclosures to commercial enterprises.

(a) General policy. (1) Records may be disclosed to commercial enterprises only under the criteria established by the FOIA.

(2) The relationship of commercial enterprises to their customers or clients and to the agency is not changed by this part.

(3) The policy on personal indebtedness for civilian employees, is contained in DCAA Manual 1400.1, DCAA Personnel Management Manual.

(b) Disclosure of information. (1) Any information required to be disclosed by the FOIA may be disclosed to a requesting commercial enterprise.

(2) Commercial enterprises may present a concise statement signed by the individual indicating specific conditions for disclosing information from a record. Statements such as the following, if signed by the individual, are considered sufficient to authorize the disclosure:

(3) When a consent statement as described in the preceding paragraph is presented, the information should be provided to the commercial enterprise, unless the disclosure is prohibited by another regulation or Federal law.

(4) Requests should not be honored from commercial enterprises for official evaluations or personal characteristics such as personal financial habits.