29 CFR § 1610.3 - Purpose and scope.

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title: "29 CFR § 1610.3 - Purpose and scope."
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title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1610.3"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION"
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part_name: "AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 2000e-12(a), 5 U.S.C. 552 as amended by Pub. L. 93-502, Pub. L. 99-570, and Pub. L. 105-231; for § 1610.15, nonsearch or copy portions are issued under 31 U.S.C. 9701."
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# 1610.3 Purpose and scope.

(a) This subpart contains the regulations of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission implementing 5 U.S.C. 552. The regulations of this subpart provide information concerning the procedures by which records may be obtained from all organizational units within the Commission. Official records of the Commission made available pursuant to the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552 shall be furnished to members of the public only as prescribed by this subpart. Officers and employees of the Commission may continue to furnish to the public, informally and without compliance with the procedures prescribed herein, information and records which prior to the enactment of 5 U.S.C. 552 were furnished customarily in the regular performance of their duties.

(b) Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to entitle any person, as of right, to any service or to the disclosure of any record to which such person is not entitled under the FOIA.

[81 FR 95871, Dec. 29, 2016]