[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR2002.7]

[Page 90]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER XII--OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
                            URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 2002--AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2002.7  OIG processing of requests.

    (a) Multitracking. (1) The Office of Inspector General places each 
request in one of two tracks. The Office of Inspector General places 
requests in its simple or complex track based on the amount of work and 
time involved in processing the request. Factors the Office of Inspector 
General will consider in assigning a request in the simple or complex 
track will include whether the request involves the processing of 
voluminous documents and/or whether the request involves responsive 
documents from more than one organizational unit. Within each track, the 
Office of Inspector General processes requests in the order in which 
they are received.
    (2) For requests that have been sent to the wrong office, the Office 
of Inspector General will assign the request within each track using the 
earlier of either:
    (i) The date on which the request was referred to the appropriate 
office; or,
    (ii) The end of the ten (10) working day period in which the request 
should have been referred to the appropriate office.
    (b) Expedited processing. The Office of Inspector General may take 
your request or appeal out of normal order if the Office of Inspector 
General determines that you have a compelling need for the records or in 
other cases as determined by the Office of Inspector General. If the 
Office of Inspector General grants your request for expedited 
processing, the Office of Inspector General will give your request 
priority and will process it as soon as practicable. The Office of 
Inspector General will consider a compelling need to exist if:
    (1) Your failure to obtain the requested records on an expedited 
basis could reasonably be expected to pose an imminent threat to the 
life or physical safety of an individual or a threatened loss of 
substantial due process rights; or,
    (2) You are primarily engaged in disseminating information and there 
is an urgency to inform the public concerning actual or alleged Federal 
Government activity.

[67 FR 47217, July 17, 2002]