A 311 manager wants the analyst to use the city's sealed juvenile-case files, arguing that staff already have access, while building an OSINT memo on a contractor. What is the correct scope decision?
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Short Explanation
A badge that opens the records vault is not a library card. Sealed juvenile files stay sealed, even for city staff. Employment access is not OSINT and does not belong in this memo.
Full Explanation
Sealed or otherwise non-public records are outside OSINT scope. Workplace access does not change the public-availability test, and relabeling sealed files as "internal OSINT" conceals a closed-source use. Publishing them to an open-data portal would be an unauthorized disclosure, not a research technique, and initials do not unseal a protected case file. The contractor memo should use only publicly obtainable sources; any need for restricted records is a separate legal process.