{"data":{"id":"us/32-cfr-339.14","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"32 CFR 339.14","heading":"Use of guidance documents.","body":"Guidance documents cannot create binding requirements that do not already exist by statute or regulation. Accordingly, noncompliance with guidance documents cannot be used as a basis for proving violations of applicable law. Guidance documents can do no more, with respect to prohibition of conduct, than articulate the Department's understanding of how a statute or regulation applies to particular circumstances.","path":["Title 32—National Defense","Subtitle A—Department of Defense","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE","SUBCHAPTER O—PRIVACY PROGRAM","PART 339—DOD GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-32.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:30Z","sha256":"daaf8e4c665b60cec6aed319f612aa321750e98aa92775693c1c4456b1788f91","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/32-cfr-339.13","next":"us/32-cfr-507.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}