§ 7.65 - Records related solely to internal personnel rules and practices.

(a) Records related solely to internal personnel rules and practices that are within the statutory exemption include memoranda pertaining to personnel matters such as staffing policies and policies and procedures for the hiring, training, promotion, demotion, and discharge of employees, and management plans, records, or proposals involving labor-management relationships. Also included within the statutory exemption are staff manuals or instructions concerning predominantly internal operating rules, practices, guidelines, procedures, and administrative data and handling instructions for Departmental personnel such as inspectors, investigators, examiners, auditors, and negotiators.

(b) The purpose of this section is to authorize the protection of those records in which there is slight public interest or which, if released, would substantially impair the performance of duties of Departmental employees or significantly risk circumvention of agency regulations or statutes.