If there is any doubt as to the laws governing the proper behavior with regards to retransmission of materials briefed to folks in Government by Small Business (or anyone else for that matter) fear not I will show you the way.
John: 8-32
"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
Title 18 of the U.S. Code Section 1905 (18 USC 1905) is written with such clairty that if you have command of the english language and respect for the rule of law it leaves no room for any excuses.
TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 1905. Disclosure of confidential information
generally
Whoever, being an officer or employee of the
United States or of any department or agency
thereof, any person acting on behalf of the Federal
Housing Finance Agency, or agent of the
Department of Justice as defined in the Antitrust
Civil Process Act (15 U.S.C. 1311–1314), or
being an employee of a private sector organization
who is or was assigned to an agency under
chapter 37 of title 5, publishes, divulges, discloses,
or makes known in any manner or to any
extent not authorized by law any information
coming to him in the course of his employment
or official duties or by reason of any examination
or investigation made by, or return, report
or record made to or filed with, such department
or agency or officer or employee thereof, which
information concerns or relates to the trade secrets,
processes, operations, style of work, or apparatus,
or to the identity, confidential statistical
data, amount or source of any income,
profits, losses, or expenditures of any person,
firm, partnership, corporation, or association; or
permits any income return or copy thereof or
any book containing any abstract or particulars
thereof to be seen or examined by any person except
as provided by law; shall be fined under this
title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both; and shall be removed from office or employment.
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