---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 1213.107"
title: "14"
number: "1213.107"
heading: "Preventing unauthorized release of sensitive but unclassified (SBU) information/material to the news media."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/1213.107"
---

# §1213.107. Preventing unauthorized release of sensitive but unclassified (SBU) information/material to the news media.

- (a) **All NASA SBU information requires accountability and approval for release.** Release of SBU information to unauthorized personnel is prohibited. Unauthorized release of SBU information may result in prosecution and/or disciplinary action. Ignorance of NASA policy and procedures regarding SBU information does not release a NASA employee from responsibility for unauthorized release. See NPR 1600.1, Chapter 5, [Section 5.24](/cfr/14/5.24.md) for guidance on identification, marking, accountability and release of NASA SBU information.
- (b) **Examples of SBU information include—** proprietary information of others provided to NASA under nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement; source selection and bid and proposal information; information subject to export control under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR); information subject to the Privacy Act of 1974; predecisional materials such as national space policy not yet publicly released; pending reorganization plans or sensitive travel itineraries; and information that could constitute an indicator of U.S. Government intentions, capabilities, operations, or activities or otherwise threaten operations security.
- (c) Upon request for access to information/material deemed SBU, coordination must be made with the information/material owner to determine if the information/material may be released. Other organizations that play a part in SBU information identification, accountability, and release (e.g., General Counsel, External Relations, Procurement) must be consulted for assistance and/or concurrence prior to release.
- (d) Requests for SBU information from other Government agencies must be referred to the NASA program or other office responsible for handling the information as SBU.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473(a)(3).

### Source

Source: 71 FR 49989, Aug. 24, 2006, unless otherwise noted.