[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR390.3]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 390--FREEDOM OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 390.3  Indexes, reference guide, and handbook.

    (a) Pursuant to the regulations in 7 CFR 1.4(c), FSIS will maintain 
and make available for public inspection and copying an index providing 
identifying information regarding the materials required to be published 
or made available under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 
552(a)(2)). The Agency will make the index available by computer 
telecommunications by December 31, 1999. Quarterly publication of the 
index is unnecessary and impractical, since the material is voluminous 
and does not change often enough to justify the expense of quarterly 
publication. The Agency will provide copies of any index, upon request, 
at a cost not to exceed direct cost of duplication.
    (b) FSIS is responsible for preparing reference material or a guide 
for requesting records or information from the Agency. This guide also 
will include an index of all major information systems and a description 
of major information and record locator systems.
    (c) FSIS will prepare a handbook for obtaining information from the 
Agency. The handbook will be available on paper and through electronic 
means, and will discuss how the public can use it to access Agency FOIA 
annual reports. Similarly, the annual reports will refer to the handbook 
and how to obtain it.