a client’s attempt to obtain legal counsel and advice, see id., as well as facts divulged by the client and opinions givens by the attorney, Schlefer v. United States, 702 F.2d 233, 244 n. 26 (D.C.Cir.1983). “In the governmental context, the ‘client’ may be the agency and the attorney may be an agency lawyer.” Tax Analysts v. IRS, 117 F.3d 607, 618 (D.C.Cir.1997). In Civil Action 95-133, the DOC has withheld reports prepared by attorneys in the Office of the General Counsel describing to superiors the advice they were providing to clients within the department in response to those clients’ request for advice. The reports contained confidential information. Such reports are within Exemption 5’s ambit. Ludsin v. Small Business Admin., No. 96-2865, slip op. at 3 (D.D.C. Apr. 24, 1997) (<HOLDING>). In Civil Action 97-2416, the DOC withheld
holding that an appraisal by an outside expert is an intraagency memorandum holding that a response to a foia request falls within the scope of  3730e4as administrative  report provision holding act qualifies as exemption statute under exemption 3 holding that an intraagency report containing an agency attorneys legal conclusions and reasoning falls within the exemption holding that a report relied upon by agency in determining whether or not to award a grant had not been adopted as there is no indication in the record that in funding the  grant the agency expressly adopted the reasoning of the report