Reading Room Document

Authority of Agency Officials to Prohibit Employees From Providing Information to Congress

Consistent with longstanding Executive Branch positions, Department of Health and Human Services officials have the authority to prohibit officers or employees of the Department from providing information to Congress. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18866/download.

May 21, 2004