[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR2604.201]

[Page 456-457]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER XVI--OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
 
PART 2604_FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT RULES AND SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR THE 
 
    Subpart B_FOIA Public Reading Room Facility and Web Site; Index 
                 Identifying Information for the Public
 
Sec.  2604.201  Public reading room facility and Web site.


    (a)(1) Location of public reading room facility. The Office of 
Government Ethics maintains a public reading room facility at its 
offices located at 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 
20005-3917. Persons desiring to utilize the reading room facility should 
contact the Office, in writing or by telephone at 202-208-8000 or FAX 
202-208-8037, to arrange a time to inspect the materials available 
there.
    (2) Web site. The records listed in paragraph (b) of this section, 
which are created on or after November 1, 1996, or which OGE is 
otherwise able to make electronically available (if feasible), along 
with the OGE FOIA and Public Records Guide and OGE's annual FOIA 
reports, are also available via OGE's Web site (Internet address: http:/
/www.usoge.gov).

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    (b) Records available. The Office of Government Ethics public 
reading room facility contains OGE records which are required by 5 
U.S.C. 552(a)(2) to be made available for public inspection and copying, 
including:
    (1) Any final opinions, as well as orders, made in the adjudication 
of cases;
    (2) Any statements of policy and interpretation which have been 
adopted by the agency and are not published in the Federal Register;
    (3) Any administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that 
affect a member of the public, and which are not exempt from disclosure 
under section (b) of the FOIA;
    (4) Copies of records created by OGE that have been released to any 
person under subpart C of this part which, because of the nature of 
their subject matter, OGE determines have become or are likely to become 
the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same records, 
together with a general index of such records; and
    (5) Current indexes providing identifying information for the public 
as to any matter which was issued, adopted or promulgated after July 4, 
1967, and is required by 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(2) to be made available or 
published.
    (c) Copying. The cost of copying information available in OGE's 
public reading room facility shall be imposed on a requester in 
accordance with the provisions of subpart E of this part.
    (d) OGE may delete from the copies of materials made available under 
this section any identifying details necessary to prevent a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Any such deletions will be 
explained in writing and the extent of such deletions will be indicated 
on the portion of the records that are made available or published, 
unless the indication would harm an interest protected by the FOIA 
exemption pursuant to which the deletions are made. If technically 
feasible, the extent of any such deletions will be indicated at the 
place in the records where they are made.

[60 FR 10007, Feb. 23, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 28090, May 25, 1999]