45 CFR § 2509.16 - How will CNCS make guidance documents available to the public?

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title: "45 CFR § 2509.16 - How will CNCS make guidance documents available to the public?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "2509.16"
section_name: "How will CNCS make guidance documents available to the public?"
chapter_name: "CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE"
part_number: "2509"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 12651c(c); E.O. 13891, 84 FR 55235."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 44475, July 23, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2509.16 How will CNCS make guidance documents available to the public?

CNCS shall:

(a) Ensure all effective guidance documents, identified by a unique identifier which includes, at a minimum, the document's title and date of issuance or revision and its RIN, if applicable, are on its website in a single, searchable, indexed database, and available to the public in accordance with §  2905.16;

(b) Note on its website that guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, except as authorized by law or as incorporated into a contract; and

(c) Publish on its website where the public can comment electronically on any guidance documents that are subject to the notice-and-comment procedures described in §  2509.22 and to submit requests electronically for issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of guidance documents.

(d) Guidance documents that do not appear on the Agency's single, searchable, indexed database are rescinded.