[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 22, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 22CFR171.3]



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                       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.