---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 1404.7003"
title: "48"
number: "1404.7003"
heading: "Exceptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/1404.7003"
---

# §1404.7003. Exceptions.


The following types of publications are excluded from the requirements of this Subpart:

- (a) Internal documents required for administrative or operational purposes that have no public interest, educational, scientific, or research value;
- (b) Classified publications and material otherwise marked prohibiting unauthorized disclosure;
- (c) Tentative drafts such as preliminary planning reports that will appear later in revised or final form;
- (d) Journal and magazine articles; or
- (e) Disclosure materials containing any description, specification, data, plan, or drawing of any unpatented invention upon which a patent application is likely to be filed, unless an opinion by the SOL, or his/her duly authorized designee, has been rendered which finds that the interests of the Government will not be prejudiced by disclosure of such materials.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 19829, Apr. 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted.