Attorney General's Memorandum on the 1974 Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act: A Memorandum for the Executive Departments and Agencies Concerning the Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, Sometimes Referred to as Section 3 Or the Public Information Section of the Administrative Procedure Act) Effected by P.L. 93-502, Enacted November 21, 1974, and Effective February 19, 1975 |
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... instructions , covered by 5 U.S.C. 552 ( a ) ( 2 ) , are not generally protected by this clause ( Conf . Rept . p ... instruction . ( F ) ENDANGERING LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL Clause ( F ) , which was added by the Conference Committee ...
... instructions , covered by 5 U.S.C. 552 ( a ) ( 2 ) , are not generally protected by this clause ( Conf . Rept . p ... instruction . ( F ) ENDANGERING LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL Clause ( F ) , which was added by the Conference Committee ...
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... instructions to staff . Sub- section ( a ) ( 2 ) also required each agency to " maintain and make avail- able for public inspection and copying a current index providing identifying information for the public " as to such of the ...
... instructions to staff . Sub- section ( a ) ( 2 ) also required each agency to " maintain and make avail- able for public inspection and copying a current index providing identifying information for the public " as to such of the ...
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... instructions to staff that affect a member of the public . " The primary purpose of subsection ( a ) ( 2 ) was to compel disclosure of what has been called " secret law " , or as the 1966 House Report put it , agency materials which ...
... instructions to staff that affect a member of the public . " The primary purpose of subsection ( a ) ( 2 ) was to compel disclosure of what has been called " secret law " , or as the 1966 House Report put it , agency materials which ...
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... instructions to staff that affect a member of the public . In this provision the adjective " administrative " and the clause " that affect a member of the public " apply to both " manuals " and " instruc- tions " . Thus , ( a ) ( 2 ) ...
... instructions to staff that affect a member of the public . In this provision the adjective " administrative " and the clause " that affect a member of the public " apply to both " manuals " and " instruc- tions " . Thus , ( a ) ( 2 ) ...
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... instructions " to those which per- tain to administrative matters rather than to law enforcement mat- ters . " ( S. Rept . 813 , 89th Cong . , 1st Sess . p . 2. ) The purpose of this limitation was of course to prevent disclosure of ...
... instructions " to those which per- tain to administrative matters rather than to law enforcement mat- ters . " ( S. Rept . 813 , 89th Cong . , 1st Sess . p . 2. ) The purpose of this limitation was of course to prevent disclosure of ...
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1974 Amendments 88 STAT action adjudication Administrative Procedure Act administrative staff manuals affect a member agency determines agency personnel agency regulations agency's appeal apply available for public available or published camera classified records clause compiled for law comply Conf Conference Report confidential source criminal law enforcement D.C. Cir December 11 deletion denial direct costs disclosure documents effective Executive order extent February 19 Federal Register foreign policy Freedom of Information furnished Government index requirement Information Act initial determination inspection and copying interpretation issue law enforcement authority law enforcement purposes legislative history limits litigation material matter Memorandum national security intelligence November 21 officer or employee paragraph PAT JENNINGS personal privacy procedures proceedings promptly public inspection receipt Rept request for records search and duplication security intelligence investigation Senate Report Senator Hart Senator Hart's amendment specified statements of policy subsection substantial tion United States Code waiver or reduction withholding
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Page 14 - Any reasonably segregable portion of a record shall be provided to any person requesting such record after deletion of the portions which are exempt under this subsection.
Page 5 - Investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes but only to the extent that the production of such records would (A) interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) disclose the identity of a confidential source and, in the case of a record compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation, or by an agency conducting...
Page 48 - Each agency, in accordance with published rules, shall make available for public inspection and copying — (A) final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, as well as orders, made in the adjudication of cases; (B) those statements of policy and interpretations which have been adopted by the agency and are not published in the Federal Register...
Page 5 - ... investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such records would (A) interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy...
Page 17 - ... inspection and copying current indexes providing identifying information for the public as to any matter issued, adopted, or promulgated after July 4, 1967, and required by this paragraph to be made available or published. Each agency shall promptly publish, quarterly or more frequently, and distribute (by sale or otherwise) copies of each index or supplements thereto unless it determines by order published in the Federal Register that the publication would be unnecessary and impracticable, in...