[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR16.3]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 16_FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  16.3  Access to records.

    (a) Grievance Board records. The grievant and the grievant's 
representative shall have access to the record of proceedings, including 
the decision of the Board.
    (b) Agency records. (1) In considering the validity of a grievance, 
the Grievance Board shall have access, to the extent permitted by law, 
to any agency record considered by the Board to be relevant to the 
grievant and the subject matter of the grievance.

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    (2) The agency shall, subject to applicable law, promptly furnish 
the grievant any agency record which the grievant requests to 
substantiate the grievance and which the agency or the Grievance Board 
determines is relevant and material to the proceeding. When deemed 
appropriate by the agency or the Board, a grievant may be supplied with 
only a summary of extract of classified material. If a request by a 
grievant for a document is denied prior to or during the agency's 
consideration of a grievance, such denial may be raised by the grievant 
as an integral part of the grievance before the Board.
    (3) These regulations do not require disclosure of any official 
agency record to the Grievance Board or a grievant where the head of 
agency or deputy determines in writing that such disclosure whould 
adversely affect the foreign policy or national security of the United 
States.