[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1820.3]

[Page 312]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                 CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
 
PART 1820_FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS; PRODUCTION OF RECORDS OR 
 
Sec. 1820.3  Consultations and referrals.

    When OSC receives a FOIA request for a record in the agency's 
possession, it may determine that another Federal agency is better able 
to decide whether or not the record is exempt from disclosure under the 
FOIA. If so, OSC will either:
    (a) Respond to the request for the record after consulting with the 
other agency and with any other agency that has a substantial interest 
in the record; or
    (b) Refer the responsibility for responding to the request to the 
other agency deemed better able to determine whether to disclose it. 
Consultations and referrals will be handled according to the date that 
the FOIA request was initially received by the first agency.