[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: 20CFR402.5]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 402_AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 402.5  Scope and purpose.




Sec.
402.5 Scope and purpose.
402.10 Policy.
402.15 Relationship between the FOIA and the Privacy Act of 1974.
402.20 Requests not handled under the FOIA.
402.25 Referral of requests outside of SSA.
402.30 Definitions.
402.35 Publication.
402.40 Publications for sale.
402.45 Availability of records.
402.50 Availability of administrative staff manuals.
402.55 Materials available at district offices and branch offices.
402.60 Materials in field offices of the Office of Hearings and Appeals.
402.65 Health care information.
402.70 Reasons for withholding some records.
402.75 Exemption one for withholding records: National defense and 
          foreign policy.
402.80 Exemption two for withholding records: Internal personnel rules 
          and practices.
402.85 Exemption three for withholding records: Records exempted by 
          other statutes.
402.90 Exemption four for withholding records: Trade secrets and 
          confidential commercial or financial information.
402.95 Exemption five for withholding records: Internal memoranda.
402.100 Exemption six: Clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
402.105 Exemption seven for withholding records: Law enforcement.
402.110 Exemptions eight and nine for withholding records: Records on 
          financial institutions; records on wells.
402.125 Who may release a record.
402.130 How to request a record.
402.135 Where to send a request.
402.140 How a request for a record is processed.
402.145 Responding to your request.
402.150 Release of records.
402.155 Fees to be charged--categories of requests.
402.160 Fees to be charged--general provisions.
402.165 Fee schedule.
402.170 Fees for providing records and related services for program 
          purposes pursuant to section 1106 of the Social Security Act.
402.175 Fees for providing information and related services for non-
          program purposes.
402.180 Procedure on assessing and collecting fees for providing 
          records.
402.185 Waiver or reduction of fees in the public interest.
402.190 Officials who may deny a request for records under FOIA.
402.195 How a request is denied.
402.200 How to appeal a decision denying all or part of a request.
402.205 U.S. District Court action.

    Authority: Secs. 205, 702(a)(5), and 1106 of the Social Security 
Act; (42 U.S.C. 405, 902(a)(5), and 1306); 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a; 8 
U.S.C. 1360; 18 U.S.C. 1905; 26 U.S.C. 6103; 30 U.S.C. 923b; 31 U.S.C. 
9701; E.O. 12600, 52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235.

    Source: 62 FR 4154, Jan. 29, 1997, unless otherwise noted.


    The rules in this part relate to the availability to the public, 
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 5 U.S.C. 552, of 
records of the Social Security Administration (SSA). They describe how 
to make a FOIA request; who can release records and who can decide not 
to release; how much time it should take to make a determination 
regarding release; what fees may be charged; what records are available 
for public inspection; why some records are not released; and your right 
to appeal and then go to court if we refuse to release records. The 
rules in this part do not revoke, modify, or supersede the regulations 
of SSA relating to disclosure of information in part 401 of this 
chapter.