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Code of Federal Regulations Title 36. Parks, Forests, and Public Property § 36.1250.12 What types of records are available in NARA's FOIA library?

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) We make available certain materials (listed in the FOIA) for public inspection and copying in both our physical FOIA Library as well as on NARA's Web site, available at http://www.archives.gov/foia/electronic-reading-room.html.

(b) The materials provided through NARA's FOIA Library include:

(1) Final NARA orders;

(2) Written statements of NARA policy which are not published in the Federal Register;

(3) Operational staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect members of the public;

(4) At our discretion, copies of operational records requested three or more times under FOIA and other records that have been, or are likely to become, the subject of subsequent FOIA requests for substantially the same records;

(5) An index, updated quarterly, to these materials;  and

(6) FOIA logs including opening and closing date, requester's and organization's name, description of the records, and final disposition.

(c) You may inspect and copy these materials during normal working hours at the NARA facility where the records are located. See 36 CFR part 1253 and NARA's Web site at http://www.archives.gov/ for locations and research room procedures.

(d) You may also access much of these materials on the NARA Web site. Any of these materials created after October 31, 1996, are on NARA's Web site at http://www.archives.gov/foia/electronic-reading-room.html.

(e) For a paper copy of the index to these online materials, write to:  NARA FOIA Officer (NGC);  Room 3110;  National Archives and Records Administration;  8601 Adelphi Road;  College Park, MD 20740–6001.

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