chrysler brown argued november decided april petitioner party numerous government contracts required comply executive orders charge secretary labor ensuring corporations benefit government contracts provide equal employment opportunity regardless race sex regulations promulgated department labor office federal contract compliance programs ofccp require government contractors furnish reports programs general composition work forces provide notwithstanding exemption mandatory disclosure freedom information act foia records obtained pursuant executive order shall made available inspection determined requested inspection furthers public interest impede agency functions except case records disclosure prohibited law department defense defense logistics agency dla designated compliance agency responsible monitoring petitioner employment practices informed petitioner third parties made foia request disclosure certain materials furnished dla petitioner petitioner objected release materials dla determined materials subject disclosure foia ofccp disclosure rules petitioner filed complaint federal district seeking enjoin release documents petitioner contended inter alia disclosure barred foia inconsistent trade secrets act imposes criminal sanctions government employees disclose make known manner extent authorized law certain classes information submitted government agency including trade secrets confidential statistical data finding jurisdiction subject disclosure decision review administrative procedure act apa district held certain requested information fell within exemption foia relating trade secrets commercial financial information whether requested information may must withheld thus depended applicable agency regulations regulation cfr officer employee department labor violate proscribes specified disclosures authorized law required information withheld sides appealed appeals vacated district judgment agreeing district foia compel withholding information falls within exemptions analysis must proceed apa appeals reached different conclusion interpretation cfr appeals view disclosures made pursuant ofccp disclosure regulations authorized law virtue regulations held foia exclusively disclosure statute affords petitioner private right action enjoin agency disclosure language logic history foia show provisions exempting specified material disclosure meant permit agency withhold certain information meant mandate congressional concern agency need preference confidentiality foia protects interest confidentiality private entities submitting information extent interest endorsed agency collecting information pp type disclosure threatened case authorized law within meaning trade secrets act theory ofccp regulations relied dla source authorization pp act addresses formal agency action well acts individual government employees nothing legislative history show congress intended phrase authorized law special limited meaning different traditional understanding properly promulgated substantive agency regulations force effect law order regulation force effect law must substantive rule affecting individual rights obligations regulations case bar must product congressional grant legislative authority promulgated conformity procedural requirements imposed congress pp disclosure regulations issue case based executive order amended regulation permits units department labor promulgate supplemental disclosure regulations consistent foia since materials exempt disclosure foia outside ambit act government rely foia congressional authorization disclosure regulations permit release information within act exemptions order regulations adopted executive order speaks terms rules regulations necessary appropriate achieve executive order purposes ending discrimination federal government deal force effect law must nexus regulations delegation requisite legislative authority congress congress enacted statutes arguably authorized executive order federal property administration services act titles vi vii civil rights act equal employment opportunity act concerned public disclosure trade secrets confidential business information possible find statutes delegation disclosure authority asserted government also one readily pull logic purposes executive order concern public access information government files importance protecting trade secrets confidential business statistics pp legislative authority ofccp disclosure regulations found authorizes heads government departments prescribe regulations govern internal departmental affairs custody use records provides authorize withholding information public limiting availability records public section housekeeping statute authorizing rules agency organization procedure practice opposed substantive rules nothing legislative history indicate substantive grant legislative power promulgate rules authorizing release trade secrets confidential business information thus authorize regulations limiting scope trade secrets act pp also procedural defect ofccp disclosure regulations precludes courts affording force effect law since promulgated interpretative rules without complying apa requirement interested persons given general notice agency proposed rulemaking opportunity comment substantive rule promulgated interpretative regulation authoriz ation law required trade secrets act pp however trade secrets act afford private right action enjoin disclosure violation statute implied private right action criminal statute least statutory basis inferring civil cause action sort lay favor someone cort ash nothing trade secrets act prompts inference indication legislative intent create private right action importantly private right action act necessary make effective congressional purpose since review dla decision disclose petitioner employment data available apa pp since trade secrets act authoriz ation law contemplated act place substantive limits agency action dla decision disclose petitioner reports reviewable agency action petitioner person adversely affected aggrieved within meaning apa provision affording right judicial review agency action person appeals reach issue whether disclosure petitioner documents barred trade secrets act case remanded order appeals may consider whether contemplated disclosures violate act pp rehnquist delivered opinion unanimous marshall filed concurring opinion post burt braverman argued cause petitioner briefs william rolf assistant attorney general babcock argued cause respondents brief solicitor general mccree leonard schaitman paul blankenstein briefs amici curiae urging reversal filed paul gomory association advancement invention innovation joseph keyes association american medical colleges robert ackerly thomas pattern kenneth weinstein lawrence kraus stanley kaleczyc chamber commerce michael horne bruce sokler stephen mysliwiec robert williams douglas mcdowell equal employment advisory council leonard theberge edward dowd scientists engineers secure energy et al charles hill filed brief consumer federation america et al amici curiae urging affirmance briefs amici curiae filed thomas pfister hughes aircraft richmond coburn thomas douglass national security industrial ass george sears douglas floyd standard oil california justice rehnquist delivered opinion expanding range federal regulatory activity growth government sector economy increased federal agencies demands information activities private individuals corporations developments paralleled related concern secrecy government abuse power freedom information act hereinafter foia response concern also largely unforeseen tendency exacerbate uneasiness comply governmental demands information foia third parties able obtain government files containing information submitted corporations individuals thought information held confidence case belongs class popularly denominated suits chrysler hereinafter chrysler seeks enjoin agency disclosure grounds inconsistent foia criminal statute origins century proscribes disclosure certain classes business personal information agree appeals third circuit foia purely disclosure statute affords chrysler private right action enjoin agency disclosure agree conclusion disclosure authorized law within meaning therefore vacate appeals judgment remand consider whether documents issue case fall within terms party numerous government contracts chrysler required comply executive orders charge secretary labor ensuring corporations benefit government contracts provide equal employment opportunity regardless race sex department labor office federal contract compliance programs ofccp promulgated regulations require government contractors furnish reports information programs general composition work forces defense logistics agency dla formerly defense supply agency department defense designated compliance agency responsible monitoring chrysler employment practices ofccp regulations require chrysler make available agency written programs aap annually submit employer information reports known reports agency may also conduct compliance reviews complaint investigations culminate compliance review reports crr complaint investigation reports cir respectively regulations promulgated secretary labor provide public disclosure information records ofccp compliance agencies regulations state notwithstanding exemption mandatory disclosure foia records obtained generated pursuant executive order amended shall made available inspection copying determined requested inspection copying furthers public interest impede functions ofcc compliance agencies except case records disclosure prohibited law controversy began may dla informed chrysler third parties made foia request disclosure aap chrysler newark assembly plant october cir facility nine days later chrysler objected release requested information relying ofccp disclosure regulations exemptions foia chrysler also requested copy cir since never seen dla responded following week determined requested material subject disclosure foia ofccp disclosure rules documents released five days later day documents released chrysler filed complaint district delaware seeking enjoin release newark documents district granted temporary restraining order barring disclosure newark documents requiring dla give five days notice chrysler releasing similar documents pursuant order chrysler informed july dla received similar request information chrysler hamtramck plant chrysler amended complaint obtained restraining order regard hamtramck disclosure well chrysler made three arguments support prayer injunction disclosure barred foia inconsistent ease reference referred confidentiality statutes finally disclosure abuse agency discretion insofar conflicted ofccp rules district held jurisdiction subject disclosure decision review administrative procedure act apa conducted trial de novo chrysler claims sides presented extensive expert testimony august april district issued opinion held certain requested information manning tables fell within exemption foia district reasoned holding tables may must withheld depending applicable agency regulations governing regulation required information withheld pursuant enabling statute gives federal department heads control department records secretary labor promulgated regulation cfr stating officer employee department violate section imposes criminal sanctions government employees make unauthorized disclosure certain classes information submitted government agency including trade secrets confidential statistical data essence district read merely prohibition unauthorized disclosure sensitive information government employees restriction official agency actions taken pursuant promulgated regulations sides appealed appeals third circuit vacated district judgment chrysler schlesinger agreed district foia compel withholding information falls within nine exemptions also like district rejected chrysler reliance confidentiality statutes either implied private right action proceed statute statute terms applicable information issue case agreed district analysis must proceed apa disagreed interpretation cfr terms regulation specified disclosures proscribed authorized law standard appeals view disclosures made pursuant ofccp disclosure regulations authorized law virtue regulations therefore held cfr inapplicable appeals also disagreed district view scope review apa held district erred conducting de novo review review limited agency record however appeals found record inadequate case directed district remand agency supplementation conflict circuits general importance cases granted certiorari vacate judgment third circuit remand proceedings ii decided number foia cases last years although face squarely question whether foia ex proprio vigore forbids governmental agencies disclosing certain classes information public course least one opinion intimated answer moreover consistently recognized basic objective act disclosure contending foia bars disclosure requested equal employment opportunity information chrysler relies act nine exemptions argues require agency withhold exempted material case relies specifically exemption foia apply matters trade secrets commercial financial information obtained person privileged confidential organization act straightforward subsection places general obligation agency make information available public sets specific modes disclosure certain classes information subsection lists exemptions simply specified material subject disclosure obligations set subsection terms subsection demarcates agency obligation disclose foreclose disclosure foia exclusively disclosure statute perhaps demonstrated convincingly examining provision judicial relief subsection gives federal district courts jurisdiction enjoin agency withholding agency records order production agency records improperly withheld complainant provision give authority bar disclosure thus fortifies belief chrysler courts shared view incorrectly interpreted exemption provisions foia act attempt meet demand open government preserving workable confidentiality governmental congress appreciated expanding sphere governmental regulation enterprise much information within government files submitted private entities seeking government contracts responding unconditional reporting obligations imposed law sentiment government agencies latitude certain circumstances afford confidentiality desired submitters congressional concern agency need preference confidentiality foia protects submitters interest confidentiality extent interest endorsed agency collecting information enlarged access governmental information undoubtedly cuts privacy concerns nongovernmental entities matter policy balancing accommodation may well desirable simply hold congress design foia exemptions mandatory bars disclosure conclusion supported legislative history foia enacted dissatisfaction apa resulted much disclosure agencies congress later thought desirable statements senate house reports effect exemptions support interpretation exemptions meant permit agency withhold certain information meant mandate nondisclosure example house report foia sets workable standards categories records may exempt public disclosure may legitimate reasons nondisclosure foia designed permit nondisclosure cases foia lists later subsection specific categories information may exempted disclosure iii chrysler contends however even suit injunctive relief based foia action premised trade secrets act act provides whoever officer employee department agency thereof publishes divulges discloses makes known manner extent authorized law information coming course employment official duties reason examination investigation made return report record made filed department agency officer employee thereof information concerns relates trade secrets processes operations style work apparatus identity confidential statistical data amount source income profits losses expenditures person firm partnership corporation association permits income return copy thereof book containing abstract particulars thereof seen examined person except provided law shall fined imprisoned one year shall removed office employment appeals held applicable agency disclosure issue disclosure authorized law within meaning act found source authorization ofccp regulations dla relied deciding disclose information hamtramck newark plants chrysler contends agency regulations law within meaning established variety contexts properly promulgated substantive agency regulations force effect law doctrine well established agency regulations implementing federal statutes held state law supremacy clause therefore take clear showing contrary legislative intent phrase authorized law held narrower ambit traditional understanding origins trade secrets act traced rev stat act barred unauthorized disclosure specified business information government revenue officers little legislative history concerning original bill passed numerous times modification remained part revenue laws congressional statements made time indicate congress primarily concerned unauthorized disclosure business information feckless corrupt revenue agents early days bureau internal revenue field agents substantial contact confidential financial information rev stat consolidated two statutes involving tariff commission department commerce form trade secrets act statute governing tariff commission similar rev stat explicitly bound members commission well commission employees commerce department statute embodied differences form mandate addressed bureau foreign domestic commerce director reference bureau employees contained criminal sanctions unlike statutes also exception disclosures authorized law effort consolidat three statutes congress enacted essentially borrowed rev stat tariff commission statute find nothing legislative history predecessors lends support chrysler contention congress intended phrase authorized law used special limited meaning find anything legislative history support respondents suggestion address formal agency action essentially antileak statute bind heads governmental departments agencies require expansive unprecedented holding agency action directed approved agency head authorized law regardless statutory authority action attorney general brownell recognized long enacted reading difficult reconcile congress intent consolidate tariff commission commerce department statutes explicitly addressed ranking officials rev stat also inconsistent settled understanding previously shared department justice continually articulated relied upon congress legislative efforts last three decades increase public access government information although existence understanding means dispositive shed light intent enacting congress see red lion broadcasting fcc fha darlington sum conclude address formal agency action appropriate inquiry whether ofccp regulations provide authoriz ation law required statute order regulation force effect law must certain substantive characteristics product certain procedural requisites central distinction among agency regulations found apa substantive rules one hand interpretive rules general statements policy rules agency organization procedure practice substantive rule defined apa authoritative sources essentially offer definitions negative inference morton ruiz noted characteristic inherent concept substantive rule described substantive rule rule one affecting individual rights obligations characteristic important touchstone distinguishing rules may binding force law agency regulation substantive however give force effect law legislative power vested congress exercise authority governmental departments agencies must rooted grant power congress subject limitations body imposes noted batterton francis legislative substantive regulations issued agency pursuant statutory authority implement statute example proxy rules issued securities exchange commission rules force effect law regulations relied respondents case providing authoriz ation law within meaning certainly affect individual rights obligations govern public right information records obtained executive order confidentiality rights submit information ofccp compliance agencies much closer question however whether product congressional grant legislative authority published memorandum setting forth disclosure regulations issue case secretary labor authority upon relies promulgating regulations executive order amended cfr permits units department labor promulgate supplemental disclosure regulations consistent cfr pt foia fed reg since materials exempt disclosure foia virtue part ii opinion outside ambit act government rely foia congressional authorization disclosure regulations permit release information within act nine exemptions section executive order directs secretary labor adopt rules regulations issue orders deems necessary appropriate achieve purposes thereof order regulations force effect law necessary establish nexus regulations delegation requisite legislative authority congress origins congressional authority executive order somewhat obscure roundly debated commentators courts order amended establishes program eliminate employment discrimination federal government benefit government contracts purposes case necessary decide whether executive order amended authorized federal property administrative services act titles vi vii civil rights act equal employment opportunity act general notion executive impose reasonable contractual requirements exercise procurement authority pertinent inquiry whether arguable statutory grants authority ofccp disclosure regulations relied respondents reasonably within contemplation grant authority think clear enacted statutes congress concerned public disclosure trade secrets confidential business information unless hold federal statute implies authority collect information must grant legislative authority disclose information public simply possible find statutes delegation disclosure authority asserted respondents relationship grant legislative authority disclosure regulations becomes remote one examines executive order speaks terms rules regulations necessary appropriate achieve purposes executive order purposes end discrimination employment federal government deal federal government one readily pull logic purposes executive order concern public access information government files importance protecting trade secrets confidential business statistics purpose scope section disclosure regulations indicates two underlying rationales ofccp general policy disclose information public policy cooperate public agencies well private parties seeking eliminate discrimination employment cfr respondents argue purpose executive order combat discrimination employment disclosure policy designed purpose consistent executive order appropriate subject regulation aegis brief respondents grant legislative authority basis executive order clearly identifiable might agree respondents compatibility gives disclosure regulations necessary legislative force thread regulations grant authority congress strained violence established principles separation powers denominate particular regulations legislative credit binding effect law say grant legislative authority federal agency congress must specific regulations promulgated pursuant binding courts manner akin statutes important reviewing reasonably able conclude grant authority contemplates regulations issued possibly best illustration remains justice frankfurter opinion national broadcasting rejected argument communications act give federal communications commission authority issue regulations governing chain broadcasting beyond specification technical engineering requirements reaching conclusion however probed language logic communications act legislative history careful parsing authority find regulations force law binding courts unless arbitrary promulgated pursuant prescribed procedures duty end find action commission based upon findings supported evidence made pursuant authority granted congress us say public interest furthered retarded chain broadcasting regulations responsibility belongs congress grant valid legislative authority commission exercise head executive department military department may prescribe regulations government department conduct employees distribution performance business custody use preservation records papers property section authorize withholding information public limiting availability records public given long relatively uncontroversial history terms statute seems simply grant authority agency regulate affairs clear legislative history amendment section intended provide authority limiting scope amendment product congressional concern agencies invoking source authority withhold information public congressman moss sponsored amendment added last sentence specifically section authorize withholding information public senate report accompanying amendment stated nothing legislative history shows congress intended statute grant authority heads executive departments withhold information public limit availability records public suggest regulations pursuant provide authoriz ation law required specific support position debates amendment congressman moss assured house amendment affect confidential status information given government carefully detailed title code section cong rec respondents argue last statement little significance made reference amendment robs congressman moss statement substantive import congressman moss thought records within terms released authority regulation presumably house concerned whether amendment affected respondents interpretation records released pursuant outside virtue first sentence remarks single legislator even sponsor controlling analyzing legislative history congressman moss statement must considered reports houses statements congressmen refute respondents interpretation relationship greatest significance however housekeeping nature basis evidence legislative intent agree appeals district columbia circuit ection authorize regulations limiting scope section charles river park department hud app also procedural defect ofccp disclosure regulations precludes courts affording force effect law defect lack strict compliance apa recently occasion examine requirements apa context legislative substantive rulemaking vermont yankee nuclear power natural resources defense council held courts extraordinary circumstances impose procedural requirements agency beyond specified apa within agency discretion afford parties procedure province courts vermont yankee recognized apa formula upon opposing social political forces come rest quoting wong yang sung mcgrath courts upset balance override informed choice procedures impose obligations required apa token courts charged maintaining balance ensuring agencies comply outline minimum essential rights procedures set apa see vermont yankee nuclear power supra certainly regulations subject apa afforded force effect law promulgated pursuant statutory procedural minimum found act section apa specifies agency shall afford interested persons general notice proposed rulemaking opportunity comment substantive rule promulgated interpretive rules general statements policy rules agency organization procedure practice exempt requirements secretary labor published regulations pertinent case stated changes made document relate solely interpretive rules general statements policy rules agency procedure practice neither notice proposed rule making public participation therein required since changes made document either relieve restrictions interpretative rules delay effective date required rules shall therefore effective immediately accordance spirit public policy set forth interested persons may submit written comments suggestions data arguments director office federal contract compliance fed reg disposition best comports purposes underlying apa sound administrative practice important interests conflict public access information government files concerns personal privacy business confidentiality ofccp regulations attempt strike balance enacting apa congress made judgment notions fairness informed administrative decisionmaking require agency decisions made affording interested persons notice opportunity comment consideration necessary intended consequence procedures ofccp might decided different accommodation appropriate reject however chrysler contention trade secrets act affords private right action enjoin disclosure violation statute cort ash noted rarely implied private right action criminal statute done least statutory basis inferring civil cause action sort lay favor someone nothing prompts inference pertinent circumstances outlined cort present review legislative history lack might suggest indication legislative intent create private right action importantly private right action necessary make effective congressional purpose case borak find review dla decision disclose chrysler employment data available apa iv chrysler may avail violations provisions separate cause action violations may dispositive effect outcome judicial review agency action pursuant apa section apa provides person suffering legal wrong agency action adversely affected aggrieved agency action entitled judicial review thereof two exceptions general rule reviewability set review available statutes preclude judicial review agency action committed agency discretion law citizens preserve overton park volpe held latter exception applies statutes drawn broad terms given case law apply quoting simply confronted authorization prescribe regulations regarding custody use preservation agency records papers property difficult derive standards limiting agency conduct might constitute law apply discussion part iii demonstrates authoriz ation law contemplated section place substantive limits agency action therefore conclude dla decision disclose chrysler reports reviewable agency action chrysler person adversely affected aggrieved within meaning chrysler respondents agree apa review dla decision disagree proper scope review chrysler argues de novo review respondents contend review available extraordinary cases case pertinent provisions apa state reviewing shall hold unlawful set aside agency action findings conclusions found arbitrary capricious abuse discretion otherwise accordance law unwarranted facts extent facts subject trial de novo reviewing vacated remanded footnotes cfr convenience references dla cfr term alphabet soup gained currency early days new deal description proliferation new agencies wpa pwa terminology required describe present controversy suggests alphabet soup new deal era comparison clear broth regulations also state reports shall disclosed aap must disclosed within limited exceptions manning tables lists job titles number people perform job compare westinghouse electric schlesinger cert denied sears roebuck eckerd general dynamics marshall pennzoil fpc charles river park department hud app nlrb robbins tire rubber department air force rose faa administrator robertson nlrb sears roebuck renegotiation bd grumman aircraft engineering renegotiation bd bannercraft clothing epa mink subsection act creates nine exemptions compelled disclosures exemptions explicitly made exclusive plainly intended set concrete workable standards determining whether particular material may withheld must disclosed epa mink supra emphasis added observed department air force rose supra disclosure secrecy dominant objective act legislative history replete references congress desire loosen agency grip data underlying governmental decisionmaking democratic society requires informed intelligent electorate intelligence electorate varies quantity quality information varies foia provides necessary machinery assure availability government information necessary informed electorate although theory informed electorate vital proper operation democracy nowhere present law statute affirmatively provides information see supra emphasis added omitted exemption assure confidentiality information obtained government questionnaires material submitted disclosures made procedures mediation controversies exempts material customarily made public person obtained government include information given agency confidence since citizen must able confide government moreover government obligated good faith disclose documents information receives able honor obligations see supra easy task balance opposing interests impossible one either necessary conclude protect one interests must necessity either abrogated substantially subordinated success lies providing workable formula encompasses balances protects interests yet places emphasis fullest responsible disclosure supra informative regard compare foia privacy act latter act congress explicitly requires agencies withhold records individual third parties unless subject gives permission even telling section authorizes administrator faa take antihijacking measures including research development protection devices notwithstanding foia administrator shall prescribe regulations may deem necessary prohibit disclosure information obtained developed conduct research development activities subsection opinion administrator disclosure information reveal trade secrets privileged confidential commercial financial information obtained person section original apa provided agency generally publish make available organizational data general statements policy rules final orders exception made matters requiring secrecy public interest relating solely internal management agency original version repealed passage foia see epa mink emphasis added see also congressman moss house sponsor foia described exemptions house floor indicating documents may withheld cong rec cfr batterton francis foti ins mersky atchison scarlett paul free bland public utilities california revenue act stat last version codified ed shall unlawful collector deputy collector agent clerk officer employee divulge make known manner whatever provided law person operations style work apparatus manufacturer producer visited discharge official duties amount source income profits losses expenditures particular thereof set forth disclosed income return permit income return copy thereof book containing abstract particulars thereof seen examined person except provided law shall unlawful person print publish manner whatever provided law income return part thereof source income profits losses expenditures appearing income return offense foregoing provision shall misdemeanor punished fine exceeding imprisonment exceeding one year discretion offender officer employee shall dismissed office discharged employment see cong rec aldrich expressing concern taxpayer confidential information turned tender mercies poorly paid revenue agents teller exposing records idle curiosity revenue officer see also cong globe brown expressing concern revenue provisions allow every little petty officer investigate affairs private citizens virtually washington bureaucracy created act july ch stat statute present internal revenue service traced researchers report civil war operations bureau internal revenue carried field including assessing collection taxes handling appeals punishment frauds balance responsibility generally upset century schmeckebier eble bureau internal revenue agents power enter home business establishment look taxable property examine books accounts information collected processed field therefore surprising find congressional comments period focused potential abuses agents field breaches confidentiality bureaucracy see tariff commission statute last codified ed provided shall unlawful member commission employee agent clerk commission officer employee divulge make known manner whatever provided law person trade secrets processes person firm copartnership corporation association embraced examination investigation conducted commission order commission order member thereof offense provisions section shall misdemeanor punished fine exceeding imprisonment exceeding one year discretion offender shall also dismissed office discharged employment ed statistical information furnished confidence bureau foreign domestic commerce individuals corporations firms shall held confidential shall used statistical purposes supplied director bureau foreign domestic commerce shall permit anyone sworn employees bureau examine individual reports shall permit statistics domestic commerce published manner reveal identity individual corporation firm furnishing data supra december opinion attorney general advised secretary treasury regard bound attorney general noted reviser criminal code describes provision consolidation three sections formerly appearing code three two expressly operated prohibitions heads agencies op atty omitted accepted respondents position simply irrelevant issue public access agency information foia access legislation concerned formal agency action extent agency department put differently head agency department withhold information contained within governmental unit files inconceivable government employee withhold information superiors directed release acts simply addressed disclosure government employee sanctioned employing agency say actions individual employees might inconsistent access legislation actions inconsistent insofar imputed agencies therefore addressed formal agency action action approved agency department head concern congress regarding interrelationship access legislation address totally different types disclosure fact legislative history significant access legislation last years evinces concern relationship concomitant universal assumption embraces formal agency action congress assured amendment housekeeping statute affords department heads custodial responsibility department records circumscribe confidentiality mandated amendment simply clarified substantive authority withhold information see infra also subcommittee constitutional rights senate committee judiciary conducted hearings power president withhold information congress part investigative effort list compiled statutes restricting disclosure government information section listed among hearings subcommittee constitutional rights senate committee judiciary pt two years later house committee government operations conducted study statutory authorities restricting requiring release information control executive departments independent agencies prominent among statutes affecting availability information public house committee government operations federal statutes availability information comm print denominated statute prohibiting disclosure certain information faa administrator robertson recognized importance lists congress later deliberations concerning foia particularly consideration original exemption exemption excepted operation foia matters specifically exempted disclosure statute noted robertson house committee government operations focused exemption took note nearly statutes parts statutes restrict public access specific government records modified public records provisions foia emphasis added recently report government sunshine act house committee government operations observed trade secrets act relates disclosure information disclosure authorized law permit withholding information otherwise required disclosed freedom information act since disclosure authorized law thus example material come within broad trade secrets exemption contained freedom information act section justify withholding hand material within trade secrets exemption freedom information act therefore subject disclosure agency determines disclosure public interest section must considered ascertain whether agency forbidden disclosing information pt neither house senate report attempted expound distinction prior cases given weight attorney general manual administrative procedure act since justice department heavily involved legislative process resulted act enactment see vermont yankee nuclear power natural resources defense council power reactor electricians zucca manual refers substantive rules rules implement statute rules force effect law manual supra contrast suggests interpretive rules general statements policy force effect law interpretive rules issued agency advise public agency construction statutes rules administers ibid general statements policy statements issued agency advise public prospectively manner agency proposes exercise discretionary power ibid see also final report attorney general committee administrative procedure quoting attorney general manual administrative procedure act supra see contractors assn eastern secretary labor cert denied hearings subcommittee separation powers senate committee judiciary philadelphia plan sess jones bugaboo employment quotas rev leiken preferential treatment skilled building trades analysis philadelphia plan cornell rev comment philadelphia plan study dynamics executive power chi rev note executive order obligations government contracts rev executive order merely promulgated nder virtue authority vested president constitution statutes cfr stat amended et seq act amended prefaced following declaration policy intent congress enacting legislation provide government economical efficient system procurement supply personal property nonpersonal services including related functions contracting inspection storage issue specifications property identification classification transportation traffic management establishment pools systems transportation government personnel property motor vehicle within specific areas management public utility services repairing converting establishment inventory levels establishment forms procedures representation federal state regulatory bodies utilization available property disposal surplus property records management lower courts suggested authority predecessors executive order farmer philadelphia electric farkas texas instrument cert denied third circuit noted contractors assn eastern secretary labor supra suggestions dicta made without analysis nexus federal property administrative services act executive orders went hold however authority least aspects executive order ground interest procurement see suppliers long run increasing costs delaying programs excluding labor pool available minority workmen significantly question usually put terms whether executive order inconsistent titles civil rights act see contractors assn eastern secretary labor supra title vi grants federal agencies empowered extend federal financial assistance program activity way grant loan contract authority promulgate rules shall consistent achievement objectives statute authorizing financial assistance connection action taken rules must approved president enforcement subject congressional review case action terminating refusing grant continue assistance failure comply requirement imposed pursuant section head federal department agency shall file committees house senate legislative jurisdiction program activity involved full written report circumstances grounds action civil rights act stat executive order contains provision congressional review therefore promulgated pursuant cf exec order cfr titles vi vii contain express substantive delegation president argument congress ratified executive order amended rejected series amendments equal employment opportunity act designed cut back efforts executive order see farkas texas instrument supra farmer philadelphia electric supra cf perkins lukens steel youngstown sheet tube sawyer jackson concurring respondents cite jones rath packing proposition long acknowledged administrative regulations consistent agencies substantive statutes force effect law brief respondents legislative delegation case however quite explicit issue whether state regulation labeling meats flour federal meat inspection act fmia federal food drug cosmetic act fdca fair packaging labeling act fmia provides meat meat product misbranded package container unless bears label showing similar provision fdca see law called office housekeeping statute enacted help general washington get administration underway spelling authority executive officials set offices file government documents documents involved papers pertaining business government restricted specific laws classified military information secrets state mean course disclosure regulations promulgated basis excess statutory jurisdiction authority limitations purposes apa simply means disclosure pursuant authorized law within meaning house committee government operations cited approvingly observation legal experts merely gives department heads authority regulate within departments way requests information dealt example centralizing authority deal requests department head unanimously agreed originally adopted provide office housekeeping government departments misuse become twisted claim authority withhold information throughout floor debates references made statutes require withholding information assurances consistently given statutes way affected cong rec brown moss clear congressman moss comments one statutes cong rec also frequent reference trade secrets disclosable confidentiality information affected cong rec fascell wright following exchange congressmen meader moss also instructive meader chairman like attention gentleman california moss sponsor measure like read three paragraphs additional views submitted report appear upon page report said believe unanimous sentiment government operations committee following points departments agencies government construed authorize withhold information public limit availability records public interpretation strained erroneous interpretation intent congress merely authorized department heads make regulations governing operation department housekeeping function intended deal authority release withhold information records yield gentleman california state whether three points set forth additional views report measure accurately state understands consensus judgment members government operations committee reporting legislation moss correct interpret emphasis added see morton ruiz steel section applies according provisions thereof except extent involved military foreign affairs function matter relating agency management personnel public property loans grants benefits contracts general notice proposed rule making shall published federal register unless persons subject thereto named either personally served otherwise actual notice thereof accordance law notice shall include statement time place nature public rule making proceedings reference legal authority rule proposed either terms substance proposed rule description subjects issues involved except notice hearing required statute subsection apply interpretative rules general statements policy rules agency organization procedure practice agency good cause finds incorporates finding brief statement reasons therefor rules issued notice public procedure thereon impracticable unnecessary contrary public interest notice required section agency shall give interested persons opportunity participate rule making submission written data views arguments without opportunity oral presentation consideration relevant matter presented agency shall incorporate rules adopted concise general statement basis purpose rules required statute made record opportunity agency hearing sections title apply instead subsection required publication service substantive rule shall made less days effective date except substantive rule grants recognizes exemption relieves restriction interpretative rules statements policy otherwise provided agency good cause found published rule agency shall give interested person right petition issuance amendment repeal rule regulations issue jones rath packing see supra product notice proposed rulemaking comment fed reg fed reg also note respondents reliance fcc schreiber misplaced case held fcc rule investigatory proceedings public unless hearing examiner found public interest proper dispatch business ends justice served closed sessions consistent pertinent congressional grant authority arbitrary unreasonable held district impermissibly invaded province agency imposed notions proper procedures cf vermont yankee nuclear power natural resources defense council question case regarding applicability moreover respondents made broad request testimony documents elicited received camera emphasis original held specific information requested might actually injure schreiber firm competitively ample opportunity request received confidence seek judicial protection request denied citing wyandotte transportation case borak texas pacific rigsby jurisdiction review agency action apa found see califano sanders chrysler argue private rights action available regulation secretary labor also imposed standards ofccp compliance agencies cfr since appeals assumed purposes argument material question within exemption foia found unnecessary expressly decide issue open remand course attempt determine relative ambits exemption determine whether exempting statute within terms amended exemption although theoretical possibility material might outside exemption yet within substantive provisions therefore foia might provide necessary authoriz ation law purposes possibility limited practical significance view similarity language exemption substantive provisions justice marshall concurring agree respondents proposed disclosure information authorized law within meaning therefore join opinion number complexity issues presented case inevitably tend obscure dispositive conclusions wish emphasize essential basis decision today case require us determine whether absent congressional directive federal agencies may reveal information obtained exercise functions whatever inherent power agency regard forbids agencies divulging certain types information unless disclosure independently authorized law thus controlling issue case whether ofccp disclosure regulations cfr provide requisite degree authorization agency proposed release holds regulations sanctioned directly indirectly federal legislation imposing authorization requirement congress obviously meant allow disclosures contemplated congressional action ante otherwise agencies congress intended control create exceptions simply promulgating valid disclosure regulations finally holds since administrative procedure act requires agency action accordance law reviewing prevent disclosure violate conclusion disclosure pursuant ofccp regulations authorized law purposes however mean regulations excess statutory jurisdiction authority limitations short statutory right purposes administrative procedure act recognizes ante inquiry involves different considerations presented instant case accordingly question general validity ofccp regulations regulations promulgated executive order cfr consider whether executive order must founded legislative enactment holding ofccp regulations issue authorize disclosure within meaning based understanding join opinion ofccp regulations promulgated strict compliance administrative procedure act ante independent reason regulations satisfy requirements although agency rectify shortcoming thus courts must determine remand whether covers types information respondents intended disclose disclosure documents covered holding accordance law