42 U.S.C. § 2000g–2 — Cooperation with other agencies; conciliation assistance in confidence and without publicity; information as confidential; restriction on performance of investigative or prosecuting functions; violations and penalties
submitted 62 years ago by Pub. L. 88-352 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 159 words · no verdicts yet
The Service must seek cooperation from appropriate agencies when possible and must keep conciliation work and information confidential. Its personnel may not investigate or prosecute certain later litigation.
(a) When possible, the Service must seek and use cooperation from appropriate State* or local public or private agencies.
(b) Service officers and employees providing conciliation help must work confidentially and without publicity. The Service must keep information obtained in regularly performing its duties confidential when it was understood that it would be kept confidential. No Service officer or employee may perform investigative or prosecuting functions for a department or agency in litigation arising from a dispute in which that officer or employee acted for the Service. An officer or employee who publicly discloses information in violation of this subsection commits a misdemeanor and, on conviction, may be fined up to $1,000 or imprisoned up to 1 year.
The Service shall, whenever possible, in performing its functions, seek and utilize the cooperation of appropriate State* or local, public, or private agencies.
The activities of all officers and employees of the Service in providing conciliation assistance shall be conducted in confidence and without publicity, and the Service shall hold confidential any information acquired in the regular performance of its duties upon the understanding that it would be so held. No officer or employee of the Service shall engage in the performance of investigative or prosecuting functions of any department or agency in any litigation arising out of a dispute in which he acted on behalf of the Service. Any officer or other employee of the Service, who shall make public in any manner whatever any information in violation of this subsection, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 88–352, title X, § 1003, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 267.)
- 1964Enacted · Pub. L. 88-352 · 78 Stat. 267
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