[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 9CFR390.3]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 390_FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 390.3  Indexes, reference guide, and handbook.



    (a) Pursuant to the regulations in 7 CFR 1.4(c), FSIS will maintain 

and make available for public inspection and copying an index providing 

identifying information regarding the materials required to be published 

or made available under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552(a)(2)). The Agency will make the index available by computer 

telecommunications by December 31, 1999. Quarterly publication of the 

index is unnecessary and impractical, since the material is voluminous 

and does not change often enough to justify the expense of quarterly 

publication. The Agency will provide copies of any index, upon request, 

at a cost not to exceed direct cost of duplication.

    (b) FSIS is responsible for preparing reference material or a guide 

for requesting records or information from the Agency. This guide also 

will include an index of all major information systems and a description 

of major information and record locator systems.

    (c) FSIS will prepare a handbook for obtaining information from the 

Agency. The handbook will be available on paper and through electronic 

means, and will discuss how the public can use it to access Agency FOIA 

annual reports. Similarly, the annual reports will refer to the handbook 

and how to obtain it.