[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR806.3]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 806_AIR FORCE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 806.3  Public information.

    (a) Functional requests. Air Force elements may receive requests for 
government information or records from the public that do not refer to 
the FOIA. Often these requests are sent to a public affairs office (PAO) 
or a specific unit. All releases of information from Air Force records, 
whether the requester cites the FOIA or not, must comply with the 
principles of the FOIA and this part. If the requested material contains 
personal privacy information that the Air Force must withhold, it is 
particularly important to handle that ``functional'' request as a 
request under the FOIA and coordinate it with the appropriate FOIA 
office and an Air Force attorney. Regardless of the nature of the 
functional request, if the responding element denies the release of 
information from Air Force records, then control the request as a FOIA 
and follow FOIA denial procedures for records withheld (cite the 
pertinent FOIA exemption and give the requester FOIA appeal rights).
    (b) HQ AFCIC/ITC will make the Air Force handbook and guide for 
requesting records available on the World Wide Web (WWW) from Air 
ForceLINK, at http://www.foia.af.mil/handbook.htm.

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