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fyi, "for official use only" or "fouo" is a slightly more than meaningless designation to shield stuff against FOIA inquiries. most of the stuff you'll find is
by oriki 5y ago
fyi, "for official use only" or "fouo" is a slightly more than meaningless designation to shield stuff against FOIA inquiries. most of the stuff you'll find is pretty boring.
a little more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Official_Use_Only#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Official_Use_Only#United_S...
- p_j_w 5y agoI worked for a government lab some time ago, and FOUO wasn't used to shield against FOIA. Indeed, OUO documents can be released to a FOIA request. It was more or less just the default because no one wants to get in trouble for not making things that are supposed to be marked.
- HanShotFirst 5y agoWhat I've seen used as a shield against FOIA is the label, "DRAFT - For Discussion Purposes Only." This is meant to ivoke the "deliberative process" exemption.
- soheil 5y ago-draft
- nwallin 5y ago+1. I don't think I ever saw a document marked UNCLASSIFIED// that was not marked UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO. I'm not convinced that there is such a thing as a document that should be marked unclassified that should not also be marked FOUO.
- Retric 5y agoPress releases
- nwallin 5y agoOh. Yup. Good point.
- dinkdinkdink 5y agoI'd imagine you could generalize that observation to any intentionally published work of the government. That's also my understanding of FOUO from when I needed to know: the agency I worked with thought of it as a magic word for "not meant for release" (in spirit, not legality).