PBS-6a

If the PBS is not publicly available, is it still produced?
 * a. Produced but made available online to the public too late (published after the acceptable time frame)
 * b. Produced but made available only in hard copy or soft copy (not available online).
 * c. Produced for internal purposes/use only
 * d. Not produced at all
 * e. Not applicable (the document is publicly available)

Guidelines
If the PBS is not considered publicly available under the OBS methodology (and thus the answer to Question PBS-2 was “d”), a government may nonetheless produce the document.

Option “a” applies if the document is produced and made available to the public online but not within the time frame specified in the OBS methodology (see Question PBS-2) Option “b” applies if the document is produced and made available to the public within the time frame specified by the OBS methodology but only in hard copy (and is not available online). Option “b” also applies if the document is made available to the public within the time frame specified by the OBS methodology in soft electronic copy but is not available online. Option “c” applies if the document is produced for internal purposes only and so is not made available to the public. Option “d” applies if the document is not produced at all. Option “e” applies if the document is publicly available.

If a document is not released to the public, researchers may need to write to or visit the relevant government office in order to determine whether answer “c” or “d” applies.