[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR401.130]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 401_PRIVACY AND DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND INFORMATION--Table 
of Contents
 
        Subpart C_Disclosure of Official Records and Information
 
Sec. 401.130  Freedom of Information Act.

    The FOIA requires us to disclose any information in our records upon 
request from the public, unless one of several exemptions in the FOIA 
applies. When the FOIA requires disclosure (see part 402 of this 
chapter), the Privacy Act permits it. The public does not include 
Federal agencies, courts, or

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the Congress, but does include State agencies, individuals, 
corporations, and most other parties. The FOIA does not apply to 
requests that are not from the public (e.g., from a Federal agency). 
However, we apply FOIA principles to requests from these other sources 
for disclosure of program information.