[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1401.21]

[Page 39-40]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                        AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
 
PART 1401_PUBLIC INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Production or Disclosure of Information
 
Sec. 1401.21  Information policy.

    (a) Except for matters specifically excluded by subsection 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, matters covered by the Privacy Act, or 
other applicable statutes, all documents and records maintained by this 
agency or in its

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custody shall be available to the public upon request filed in 
accordance with these regulations. To the extent permitted by other 
laws, the Service also will make available records which it is 
authorized to withhold under 5 U.S.C. 552(b) whenever it determines that 
such disclosure is in the public interest.
    (b) Any document released for inspection under the provisions of 
this part may be manually copied by the requesting party. The Service 
shall provide facilities for copying such documents at reasonable times 
during normal working hours so long as it does not interfere with the 
efficient operation of the agency.
    (c) The Service will also publish and maintain a current index, 
revised quarterly, providing identifying information for the public as 
to statements of policy and interpretation adopted by the agency and 
still in force but not published by the Federal Register, and 
administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect the 
public. The Service will also maintain on file all material published in 
the Service in the Federal Register and currently in effect.
    (d) Records or documents prepared by the Service for routine public 
distribution, e.g., pamphlets, speeches, and educational or training 
materials, will be furnished upon request to the Office of Information, 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 2100 K Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20427, as long as the supply lasts. The provisions of 
Sec. 1401.36 (fees) is not applicable to such requests except when the 
supply of such material is exhausted and it is necessary to reproduce 
individual copies upon specific request.
    (e) All existing FMCS records are subject to routine destruction 
according to standard record retention schedules.