[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR171.10]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 171_AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC
--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B_Freedom of Information Act Provisions
 
Sec. 171.10  Purpose and scope.


    This subpart contains the rules that the Department follows under 
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552. The rules should be 
read together with the FOIA which provides additional information about 
access to records and contains the specific exemptions that are 
applicable to withholding information. Privacy Act records determined to 
be exempt from disclosure under the Privacy Act are processed as well 
under the FOIA and are subject to this subpart.