§4522 Public Disclosure of Final Orders and Agreements

Summary

The Director must make public written agreements or statements that can be enforced, any final orders from enforcement actions, and any changes or endings to those orders. Hearings on the record about the Director’s actions or charges must be open to the public unless the Director decides an open hearing would harm the public interest. If the Director writes that releasing a final order would seriously threaten an enterprise’s financial health or security, the Director may delay the public release for a reasonable time. The Director may also file some documents under seal with a written explanation that disclosure would harm the public interest. The Director must keep the described documents and related enforcement papers for at least 6 years. Nothing here allows withholding information from Congress.