[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: 22CFR171.3]

[Page 704]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 171_AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC
--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A_General Policy and Procedures
 
Sec. 171.3  Public reading room.

    A reading room providing public access to certain Department of 
State material is located in the Department of State, SA-2, 515 22nd 
Street, NW., Washington, DC. The reading room contains material 
pertaining to access to information under the Freedom of Information 
Act, Privacy Act, E.O. 12958 and includes those statutes, regulations, 
guidelines, and other items required to be made available to the public 
under 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(2). Also available in the reading room are 
microfiches of records released by the Department pursuant to requests 
under the Freedom of Information Act and compilations of documents 
reviewed and released in certain special projects. The reading room is 
open during normal Department weekday working hours, 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
There are no fees for access by the public to this room or the material 
contained therein, but fees shall be assessed for the duplication of 
materials maintained in the reading room at the rate of 15 cents per 
page and $2.00 per microfiche card. Fees for copies made by other 
methods of reproduction or duplication, such as tapes, printouts, or CD-
ROM, shall be the actual cost of producing the copies, including 
operator time. Persons wishing to use their own copying equipment must 
request approval in advance from the Department's Information and 
Privacy Coordinator, U.S. Department of State, SA-2, 515 22nd Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20522-6001. The use of such equipment must be 
consistent with security regulations of the Department and is subject to 
the availability of personnel to monitor such copying.