[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR2.21]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2_APPEALS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.21  Scope of review.

    (a) When a decision has been appealed, any information available to 
the reviewing official may be used in reaching a decision whether part 
of the record or not.
    (b) When the official deciding an appeal believes it appropriate to 
consider documents or information not contained in the record on appeal, 
the official shall notify all interested parties of the information and 
they shall be given not less than 10 days to comment on the information 
before the appeal is decided. The deciding official shall include in the 
record copies of documents or a description of the information used in 
arriving at the decision. Except where disclosure of the actual 
documents used may be prohibited by law, copies of the information shall 
be made

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available to the parties upon request and at their expense.