[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR15.121]

[Page 378]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 15_NONDISCRIMINATION--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Rules of Practice and Procedure for Hearings, Decisions and 
        Administrative Review Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964
 
Sec. 15.121  Official notice.

    A public document, or part thereof, such as an official report 
decision, opinion, or published scientific or economic statistical data 
issued by any branch of the Federal or a State Government which has been 
shown to be reasonably available to the public, may be offered for 
official notice and accepted in the record without further proof of 
authenticity. Where official notice is to be taken, any party, on timely 
request, shall have an opportunity to show the contrary.