PART 402—AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC

Table of Contents

Sec. 
402.05Scope and purpose of this part.
402.10Definitions.
402.15SSA's FOIA policy.
402.20Relationship between the FOIA and the Privacy Act of 1974.
402.25Who can file a FOIA request?
402.30Requirements of a FOIA request.
402.35Where to submit a FOIA request.
402.40Requests for deceased individual's records.
402.45Requests handled outside of the FOIA process.
402.50FOIA Officer's authority.
402.55Referrals and consultations.
402.60How does SSA process FOIA requests?
402.65Expedited processing.
402.70Fees associated with processing FOIA requests.
402.75FOIA fee schedule.
402.80Charging under section 1106(c) of the Social Security Act.
402.85Waiver of fees in the public interest.
402.90Notification of fees and prepayment requirements.
402.95Release of records.
402.100FOIA Public Liaison and the Office of Government Information Services.
402.105Appeals of the FOIA Officer's determination.
402.110U.S. District Court action.
402.115The FOIA Exemption 1: National defense and foreign policy.
402.120The FOIA Exemption 2: Internal personnel rules and practices.
402.125The FOIA Exemption 3: Records exempted by other statutes.
402.130The FOIA Exemption 4: Trade secrets and confidential commercial or financial information.
402.135The FOIA Exemption 5: Internal documents.
402.140The FOIA Exemption 6: Clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
402.145The FOIA Exemption 7: Law enforcement.
402.150The FOIA Exemptions 8 and 9: Records on financial institutions; records on wells.
402.155Records available for public inspection.
402.160Where records are published.
402.165Publications for sale through the Government Publishing Office.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 405, 902(a)(5), and 1306); 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a; 18 U.S.C. 1905; 26 U.S.C. 6103; 31 U.S.C. 9701; E.O. 12600, 52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235.

Source: 89 FR 102711, Dec. 18, 2024, unless otherwise noted.