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Coverage of the Smithsonian Institution by Certain Federal Statutes
This opinion concludes that the Smithsonian Insitution is not legally obliged to comply with the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, or the Privacy Act, since it is not a traditional federal agency. 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 https://justice.gov/olc/page/file/936051/download.
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