CFR > Title 22 - Foreign Relations > CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE > SUBCHAPTER R—ACCESS TO INFORMATION (parts 171 to 172) > PART 171—AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC > SUBPART B—Freedom of Information Act Provisions (§171.10 to §171.17) > 171.10—Purpose and scope.

171.10—Purpose and scope.

This subpart contains the rules that the Department follows under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552. The rules should be read together with the FOIA which provides additional information about access to records and contains the specific exemptions that are applicable to withholding information. Privacy Act records determined to be exempt from disclosure under the Privacy Act are processed as well under the FOIA and are subject to this subpart.