B-147898, NOV. 5, 1962
Highlights
DECISIONS OF OUR OFFICE ARE. WE WERE ABLE TO SEND YOU THE COPY CITED. THE MEMORANDUM IN QUESTION IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. SINCE IT DID NOT ORIGINATE IN OUR AGENCY WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO RELEASE COPIES THEREOF. MAY HAVE ACCESS TO THE PERTINENT RECORDS OF OUR OFFICE. YOU DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE INTEREST IN THIS TRANSACTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CITED ORDER AND THERE HAS BEEN NO SATISFACTORY SHOWING AS TO THE REASONS FOR DESIRING THE REQUESTED COPY. WE ARE UNABLE TO FURNISH YOU A COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM IN QUESTION.
B-147898, NOV. 5, 1962
TO EDWARD LINCOLN SMITH, M.D.:
YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 22, 1962, EXPRESSES THANKS FOR THE COPY OF OUR DECISION OF MAY 4, 1962, B-147898, 41 COMP. GEN. - , WHICH WE SENT YOU WITH OUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 17, 1962, B-147898, AND INQUIRES WHETHER YOU COULD BE SENT A COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM FROM THE DEPUTY COMPTROLLER OF THE NAVY REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SAID DECISION.
DECISIONS OF OUR OFFICE ARE, OF COURSE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND, HENCE, WE WERE ABLE TO SEND YOU THE COPY CITED. HOWEVER, THE MEMORANDUM IN QUESTION IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND SINCE IT DID NOT ORIGINATE IN OUR AGENCY WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO RELEASE COPIES THEREOF. MOREOVER, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S ORDER NO. 1.10, ONLY CLAIMANTS, ACCOUNTABLE OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONS HAVING A DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION, OR THEIR DULY AUTHORIZED LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, MAY HAVE ACCESS TO THE PERTINENT RECORDS OF OUR OFFICE, AND THEN ONLY UPON A SATISFACTORY SHOWING AS TO THE REASONS FOR DESIRING SUCH ACCESS. SEE 4 CFR 81. YOU DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE INTEREST IN THIS TRANSACTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CITED ORDER AND THERE HAS BEEN NO SATISFACTORY SHOWING AS TO THE REASONS FOR DESIRING THE REQUESTED COPY. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, WE ARE UNABLE TO FURNISH YOU A COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM IN QUESTION.