Terms Used In 5 CFR Part 175 - Opm Mandatory Review of Classified Documents

• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.