For Official Use Statement

This document contains information exempt from mandatory disclosure under the FOIA. For Official Use Only. FOUO information should be handled in a manner that provides reasonable assurance that unauthorized persons do not gain access. During working hours, reasonable steps should be taken to minimize risk of access by unauthorized personnel. After working hours, FOUO may be stored as a minimum in unlocked containers, desks, or cabinets if government or government-contract building security is provided. If government or governmentcontract building security is not provided, it must be stored at a minimum in a locked desk, file cabinet, bookcase, locked room, or similar place. FOUO documents and material may be transmitted via first class mail, parcel post, or -- for bulk shipments -- fourth class mail. Electronic transmission of FOUO information, e.g., voice, data or facsimile, and e-mail, shall be by approved secure communications systems or systems utilizing other protective measures such as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), whenever practical. FOUO information may be put on an Internet web site only if access to the site is limited to a specific target audience and the information is encrypted. Unclassified documents and material containing FOUO information shall be marked as follows: Documents will be marked FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY at the bottom of the front cover (if there is one), the title page (if there is one), the first page, and the outside of the back cover (if there is one). Pages of the document that contain FOUO information shall be marked FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY at the bottom. Each paragraph containing FOUO information shall be marked with the abbreviation FOUO in parentheses at the beginning of the FOUO portion. Subjects, titles, and each section or part of a document shall be similarly marked. Material other than paper documents (for example, slides, computer media, films, etc.) shall bear markings which alert the holder or viewer that the material contains FOUO information. FOUO documents and material transmitted outside the National Park Service must bear an expanded marking on the face of the document so that non-NPS holders understand the status of the information. FOUO information may be disseminated within NPS components and between officials of the NPS components and NPS contractors, consultants, and grantees as necessary in the conduct of official business. FOUO information may also be released to officials in other departments and agencies of the executive and judicial branches as needed for a lawful and authorized government purpose. Special procedures govern the release of FOUO information to Congress and the General Accounting Office (GAO). Special procedures are also required before NGA Limited Distribution information may be provided to any foreign government. The final responsibility for determining whether an individual has a valid need for access to information designated FOUO rests with the individual who has authorized possession, knowledge or control of the information and not on the prospective recipient. Administrative penalties may be imposed for misuse of FOUO information. Criminal penalties may be imposed depending on the actual content of the information (privacy, export control, etc.).