[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR16.1]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 16_PRODUCTION OR DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL OR INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A_Procedures for Disclosure of Records Under the Freedom of 
                             Information Act
 
Sec. 16.1  General provisions.

    Source: Order No. 2156-98, 63 FR 29593, June 1, 1998, unless 
otherwise noted.


    (a) This subpart contains the rules that the Department of Justice 
follows in processing requests for records under the Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552. These rules should be read 
together with the FOIA, which provides additional information about 
access to records maintained by the Department. Requests made by 
individuals for records about themselves under the Privacy Act of 1974, 
5 U.S.C. 552a, which are processed under subpart D of this part, are 
processed under this subpart also. Information routinely provided to the 
public as part of a regular Department activity (for example, press 
releases issued by the Office of Public Affairs) may be provided to the 
public without following this subpart. As a matter of policy, the 
Department makes discretionary disclosures of records or information 
exempt from disclosure under the FOIA whenever disclosure would not 
foreseeably harm an interest protected by a FOIA exemption, but this 
policy does not create any right enforceable in court.
    (b) As used in this subpart, component means each separate bureau, 
office, board, division, commission, service, or administration of the 
Department of Justice.