39 CFR § 7.8 - Open meetings, Freedom of Information, and Privacy of Information.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s7.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "39 CFR § 7.8 - Open meetings, Freedom of Information, and Privacy of Information."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "7.8"
section_name: "Open meetings, Freedom of Information, and Privacy of Information."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE"
part_number: "7"
part_name: "PUBLIC OBSERVATION (ARTICLE VII)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "39 U.S.C. 410; 5 U.S.C. 552b(a)-(m)."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 78983, Dec. 24, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "7"
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# 7.8 Open meetings, Freedom of Information, and Privacy of Information.
The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (1)-(10), enacted by Public Law 94-409, the Government in the Sunshine Act, govern in the case of any request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, to copy or to inspect the transcripts or electronic recordings described in § 7.6 of these bylaws. Nothing in 5 U.S.C. 552b authorizes the Board to withhold from any individual any record, including the transcripts or electronic recordings described in § 7.6 of these bylaws, to which the individual may otherwise have access under 5 U.S.C. 552a, enacted by the Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93-579.