8126

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8126
• Author: U.S. Deparment of the Interior.
• Title: Freedom of Information Act Handbook.
• USFW Year: n.d.
• USFW - Doc Type: Washington, D.C.
• Copyright Material: NO

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,DEPARTMENT: OF THEINTERIQR" .
. DEPARTMENTAL' MANUAL
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. HANDBOOK
(383 DM 15)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 General

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1.6
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1.10
1.11.
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Purpose
. Policy
. Applicability
Author,ities
Defini.tions
: Responsibilities
Requests Not Covered- .
Who Can Make. an POIA Request?
Personal'Records '
. Litigation
Compulsory Process (Subpoena)
Disciplinary Action .

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Appendix 1 - Department of the Interior FOIA Regulations
(43 CFR Part 2, Subparts A and B)
Illustration 1 -Records Do Not Exist - Sample Letter
Illustration 2 - Exa.ples of Personal Versus
. . Agency Records

Chapter 2 ControllingPOIA Requests

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Control System
. Bureau ResPonsibility
.A~ion Offi~e Responsibility..
Bandling'FOIA.Requests .
.Reco~dkeeping
Coordination.

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( Illustrationl -Sample.'POIA Log ,
, .iliustration.2 - Sample Request Control Form

.Chapter 3 Processil)g Requests
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,:, Inquiries ,for I n format1. on yers.us Records
'l'ime Limits .
:EXtens1on :of. .!'ime' Lililits
Describing the. Requested Records
'Loc_ting-theRecords ,- ,.:
'. R~viewin9~eo:Re,cords
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Records 9f qther. Agencies :1
";ntr~dep~rUlental <'Consultation, and Re.ferral

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