Memorandum for Peter Powers, General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution, from Leon Ulman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Re: Coverage of the Smithsonian Institution by Certain Federal Statutes

Peter Powers General Counsel The Smithsonian Institution Leon Ulman Deputy Assistant Attorney General Office of Legal Counsel 19 FEB 1976 Coverage of the Smithsonian Institution by certain Federal Statutes. You have asked us for our opinion as to whether the Smithsonian Institution is required to comply with the re- porting, release, and safeguard procedures imposed on agencies of the government of the United States by the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. $552 as amended by P.L.