Delegation of the Authority To Invoke the Deliberative-Process Privilege, 409 [2019-28386]
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The deliberative-process privilege
may be invoked only if disclosure of the
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The privilege may not be asserted for
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the purpose of avoiding embarrassment.
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The privilege may be asserted only in
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The individual invoking the privilege
must
personally review the records,
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matter. The individual invoking the
privilege may consult with other
individuals or offices, as appropriate, to
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obtain the required familiarity and make
the required determinations.
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[Delegation of Authority No. 479]
Delegation of the Authority To Invoke
the Deliberative-Process Privilege
Authority
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of State, including section
1 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act, as amended (22 U.S.C.
2651a), and to the extent authorized by
law, I hereby delegate the authority to
assert the deliberative-process privilege
in judicial and administrative
proceedings.
Delegation
This authority is delegated to the
Assistant Secretaries of State and their
equivalents. For purposes of this
delegation, equivalents include but are
not limited to Ambassadors-at-Large,
Special Envoys, and the Legal Adviser.
The authority delegated herein may
be re-delegated to Deputy Assistant
Secretaries of State and their
equivalents.
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The deliberative-process privilege
may be invoked only with respect to
internal or inter-agency records,
information, and communications that
3.000
are pre-decisional and deliberative.
1.500 Records, information, and
communications are pre-decisional if
7.750 they were created or shared prior to the
adoption of the policy being discussed,
3.875 regardless of whether the policy was
ever implemented. Records,
2.750 information, and communications are
deliberative if their release would
expose opinions, assessments, advice, or
2.750
recommendations offered in the course
of agency decision-making, or the
internal process of agency decision3.875 making.
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Exclusions
The authority to invoke other
discovery privileges, such as the statesecrets privilege, is not delegated
herein.
Implementation
The Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and
Under Secretaries may exercise the
authority delegated herein. This
delegation does not repeal or affect any
delegation of authority currently in
effect.
This delegation does not rescind or
disapprove of any of the Department’s
prior invocations of the deliberativeprocess privilege.
This delegation of authority shall be
published in the Federal Register.
Dated: December 17, 2019.
Michael R. Pompeo,
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
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Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere .....................................
For Economic Injury:
Businesses & Small Agricultural
Cooperatives without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Delegation of Authority No. 479]
Delegation of the Authority To Invoke the Deliberative-Process
Privilege
Authority
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of State,
including section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 2651a), and to the extent authorized by law, I
hereby delegate the authority to assert the deliberative-process
privilege in judicial and administrative proceedings.
Delegation
This authority is delegated to the Assistant Secretaries of State
and their equivalents. For purposes of this delegation, equivalents
include but are not limited to Ambassadors-at-Large, Special Envoys,
and the Legal Adviser.
The authority delegated herein may be re-delegated to Deputy
Assistant Secretaries of State and their equivalents.
Guidelines
The deliberative-process privilege may be invoked only with respect
to internal or inter-agency records, information, and communications
that are pre-decisional and deliberative. Records, information, and
communications are pre-decisional if they were created or shared prior
to the adoption of the policy being discussed, regardless of whether
the policy was ever implemented. Records, information, and
communications are deliberative if their release would expose opinions,
assessments, advice, or recommendations offered in the course of agency
decision-making, or the internal process of agency decision-making.
The deliberative-process privilege may be invoked only if
disclosure of the records, information, or communications at issue
would harm or inhibit Department deliberations or decision-making or
would otherwise harm legitimate Department interests. The privilege may
not be asserted for the purpose of avoiding embarrassment. The
privilege may be asserted only in coordination with the Office of the
Legal Adviser.
The individual invoking the privilege must personally review the
records, information, or communications at issue, and must have
intimate familiarity with the underlying subject matter. The individual
invoking the privilege may consult with other individuals or offices,
as appropriate, to obtain the required familiarity and make the
required determinations.
Exclusions
The authority to invoke other discovery privileges, such as the
state-secrets privilege, is not delegated herein.
Implementation
The Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Under Secretaries may exercise
the authority delegated herein. This delegation does not repeal or
affect any delegation of authority currently in effect.
This delegation does not rescind or disapprove of any of the
Department's prior invocations of the deliberative-process privilege.
This delegation of authority shall be published in the Federal
Register.
Dated: December 17, 2019.
Michael R. Pompeo,
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-28386 Filed 1-2-20; 8:45 am]
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