[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 28, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 28CFR16.1]



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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

 

                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

PART 16_PRODUCTION OR DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL OR INFORMATION--Table of 

Contents

 

  Subpart A_Procedures for Disclosure of Records Under the Freedom of 

                             Information Act

 

Sec. 16.1  General provisions.









  Subpart A_Procedures for Disclosure of Records Under the Freedom of 

                             Information Act



Sec.

16.1 General provisions.

16.2 Public reading rooms.

16.3 Requirements for making requests.

16.4 Responsibility for responding to requests.

16.5 Timing of responses to requests.

16.6 Responses to requests.

16.7 Classified information.

16.8 Business information.

16.9 Appeals.

16.10 Preservation of records.

16.11 Fees.

16.12 Other rights and services.



   Subpart B_Production or Disclosure in Federal and State Proceedings



16.21 Purpose and scope.

16.22 General prohibition of production or disclosure in Federal and 

          State proceedings in which the United States is not a party.



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16.23 General disclosure authority in Federal and State proceedings in 

          which the United States is a party.

16.24 Procedure in the event of a demand where disclosure is not 

          otherwise authorized.

16.25 Final action by the Deputy or Associate Attorney General.

16.26 Considerations in determining whether production or disclosure 

          should be made pursuant to a demand.

16.27 Procedure in the event a department decision concerning a demand 

          is not made prior to the time a response to the demand is 

          required.

16.28 Procedure in the event of an adverse ruling.

16.29 Delegation by Assistant Attorneys General.



Appendix to Subpart B--Redelegation of Authority to the Deputy Assistant 

          Attorney General for Litigation, Antitrust Division, To 

          Authorize Production or Disclosure of Material or Information



   Subpart C_Production of FBI Identification Records in Response to 

                  Written Requests by Subjects Thereof



16.30 Purpose and scope.

16.31 Definition of identification record.

16.32 Procedure to obtain an identification record.

16.33 Fee for production of identification record.

16.34 Procedure to obtain change, correction or updating of 

          identification records.



 Subpart D_Protection of Privacy and Access to Individual Records Under 

                         the Privacy Act of 1974



16.40 General provisions.

16.41 Requests for access to records.

16.42 Responsibility for responding to requests for access to records.

16.43 Responses to requests for access to records.

16.44 Classified information.

16.45 Appeals from denials of requests for access to records.

16.46 Requests for amendment or correction of records.

16.47 Requests for an accounting of record disclosures.

16.48 Preservation of records.

16.49 Fees.

16.50 Notice of court-ordered and emergency disclosures.

16.51 Security of systems of records.

16.52 Contracts for the operation of record systems.

16.53 Use and collection of social security numbers.

16.54 Employee standards of conduct.

16.55 Other rights and services.



      Subpart E_Exemption of Records Systems Under the Privacy Act



16.70 Exemption of the Office of the Attorney General System--limited 

          access.

16.71 Exemption of the Office of the Deputy Attorney General System--

          limited access.

16.72 Exemption of Office of the Associate Attorney General System--

          limited access.

16.73 Exemption of Office of Legal Policy System--limited access.

16.74 Exemption of Office of Intelligence Policy and Review Systems--

          limited access.

16.75 Exemption of the Office of the Inspector General Systems/Limited 

          Access.

16.76 Exemption of Justice Management Division.

16.77 Exemption of U.S. Trustee Program System--limited access.

16.78 Exemption of the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related, Unfair 

          Employment Practices Systems.

16.79 Exemption of Pardon Attorney System.

16.80 Exemption of Office of Professional Responsibility System--limited 

          access.

16.81 Exemption of United States Attorneys Systems--limited access.

16.82 Exemption of the National Drug Intelligence Center Data Base--

          limited access.

16.83 Exemption of the Executive Office for Immigration Review System--

          limited access.

16.84 Exemption of Immigration Appeals System.

16.85 Exemption of U.S. Parole Commission--limited access.

16.88 Exemption of Antitrust Division Systems--limited access.

16.89 Exemption of Civil Division Systems--limited access.

16.90 Exemption of Civil Rights Division Systems.

16.91 Exemption of Criminal Division Systems--limited access, as 

          indicated.

16.92 Exemption of Environment and Natural Resources Division Systems--

          limited access.

16.93 Exemption of Tax Division Systems--limited access.

16.96 Exemption of Federal Bureau of Investigation Systems--limited 

          access.

16.97 Exemption of Bureau of Prisons Systems--limited access.

16.98 Exemption of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)--limited 

          access.

16.99 Exemption of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Systems-

          limited access.

16.100 Exemption of Office of Justice Programs--limited access.



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16.101 Exemption of U.S. Marshals Service Systems--limited access, as 

          indicated.

16.102 Exemption of Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and 

          Naturalization Service Joint System of Records.

16.103 Exemption of the INTERPOL-United States National Central Bureau 

          (INTERPOL-USNCB) System.

16.104 Exemption of Office of Special Counsel--Waco System.

16.105 Exemption of Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force System.

16.106 Exemption of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 

          Explosives (ATF)--Limited Access.

16.130 Exemption of Department of Justice Systems: Correspondence 

          Management Systems for the Department of Justice (DOJ-003); 

          Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act and Mandatory 

          Declassification Review Requests and Administrative Appeals 

          for the Department of Justice (DOJ-004).

16.131 Exemption of Department of Justice (DOJ)/Nationwide Joint 

          Automated Booking System (JABS), DOJ-005.

16.132 Exemption of Department of Justice System--Personnel 

          Investigation and Security Clearance Records for the 

          Department of Justice (DOJ), DOJ-006.



       Subpart F_Public Observation of Parole Commission Meetings



16.200 Definitions.

16.201 Voting by the Commissioners without joint deliberation.

16.202 Open meetings.

16.203 Closed meetings--Formal procedure.

16.204 Public notice.

16.205 Closed meetings--Informal procedures.

16.206 Transcripts, minutes, and miscellaneous documents concerning 

          Commission meetings.

16.207 Public access to nonexempt transcripts and minutes of closed 

          Commission meetings--Documents used at meetings--Record 

          retention.

16.208 Annual report.



   Subpart G_Access to Documents by Former Employees of the Department



16.300 Access to documents for the purpose of responding to an official 

          inquiry.

16.301 Limitations.



Appendix I to Part 16--Components of the Department of Justice



    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 552, 552a, 552b(g), 553; 18 U.S.C. 

4203(a)(1); 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 534; 31 U.S.C. 3717, 9701.





    Source: Order No. 2156-98, 63 FR 29593, June 1, 1998, unless 

otherwise noted.





    (a) This subpart contains the rules that the Department of Justice 

follows in processing requests for records under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552. These rules should be read 

together with the FOIA, which provides additional information about 

access to records maintained by the Department. Requests made by 

individuals for records about themselves under the Privacy Act of 1974, 

5 U.S.C. 552a, which are processed under subpart D of this part, are 

processed under this subpart also. Information routinely provided to the 

public as part of a regular Department activity (for example, press 

releases issued by the Office of Public Affairs) may be provided to the 

public without following this subpart. As a matter of policy, the 

Department makes discretionary disclosures of records or information 

exempt from disclosure under the FOIA whenever disclosure would not 

foreseeably harm an interest protected by a FOIA exemption, but this 

policy does not create any right enforceable in court.

    (b) As used in this subpart, component means each separate bureau, 

office, board, division, commission, service, or administration of the 

Department of Justice.