[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 45CFR1602.5]



[Page 369-370]

 

                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER XVI--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

PART 1602_PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM 

OF INFORMATION ACT--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1602.5  Public reading room.



    (a) The Corporation will maintain a public reading room at its 

office at 750 First Street, NE., Washington, DC, 20002. After June 1, 

2003, the Corporation's public reading room will be located at its 

office at 3333 K Street, NW., Washington, DC, 20007. This room will be 

supervised and will be open to the public during the regular business 

hours of the Corporation for inspecting and copying records described in 

paragraph (b) of this section.

    (b) Subject to the limitation stated in paragraph (c) of this 

section, the following records will be made available in the public 

reading room:

    (1) All final opinions, including concurring and dissenting 

opinions, and orders issued in the adjudication of cases;

    (2) Statements of policy and interpretations adopted by the 

Corporation that are not published in the Federal Register;

    (3) Administrative staff manuals and instructions to the staff that 

affect the public or recipients;

    (4) Copies of records, regardless of form or format, released to any 

person in response to a public request for records pursuant to Sec. 

1602.8 which the Corporation has determined are likely to become subject 

to subsequent requests for substantially the same records, and a general 

index of such records;

    (5) The current index required by Sec. 1602.7;

    (6) To the extent feasible, other records considered to be of 

general interest to recipients or members of the public in understanding 

activities of the Corporation or in dealing with the Corporation in 

connection with those activities.

    (c) Certain records otherwise required by FOIA to be available in 

the public reading room may be exempt from mandatory disclosure pursuant 

to section 552(b) of the FOIA and Sec. 1602.9. Such records will not be 

made available in the public reading room. Other records maintained in 

the public reading room may be edited by the deletion of identifying 

details concerning individuals to prevent a clearly unwarranted invasion 

of personal privacy. In



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such cases, the record shall have attached to it a full explanation of 

the deletion. The extent of the deletion shall be indicated, unless 

doing so would harm an interest protected by the exemption under which 

the deletion is made. If technically feasible, the extent of the 

deletion shall be indicated at the place in the record where the 

deletion was made.

    (d) Records required by the FOIA to be maintained and made available 

in the public reading room that are created by the Corporation on or 

after November 1, 1996, shall be made available electronically. This 

includes the index of published and reading room records, which shall 

indicate which records are available electronically.

    (e) Most electronic public reading room records will also be made 

available to the public on the Corporation's websites at http://

www.lsc.gov and http://oig.lsc.gov.



[63 FR 41196, Aug. 3, 1998, as amended by 68 FR 7437, Feb. 14, 2003]