1610.7—Where to make request; form.
(a)
Requests for the following types of records shall be submitted to the regional attorney for the pertinent district, field, area or local office, at the district office address listed in § 1610.4(c) or, in the case of the Washington Field Office, shall be submitted to the regional attorney in the Charlotte District Office at the address listed in § 1610.4(c).
(3)
Agreements between the Commission and State or local fair employment agencies operating within the jurisdiction of an office; or
(4)
Materials in office investigative files related to charges under: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e
et seq.); the Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. 206(d) ); the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621
et seq.); the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101
et seq.); or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff
et seq. ).
(b)
A request for any record which does not fall within the ambit of subparagraph (a) of this section, or a request for any record the location of which is unknown to the person making the request, shall be submitted in writing to the Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street, NE., Washington DC 20507.
(c)
A request must be clearly and prominently defined as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. If submitted by mail, or otherwise submitted under any cover, the envelope or other cover must be similarly identified.
(d)
When a request is one which by nature should properly be directed to the Legal Counsel, or a regional attorney, such request shall not be deemed to have been received by the Commission until the time it is actually received by the appropriate official.
(e)
Any Commission official who receives a written Freedom of Information request shall promptly forward it to the appropriate official specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section. Any Commission official who receives an oral request under the Freedom of Information Act shall inform the other person making the request that it must be in writing and also inform such person of the provisions of this subpart.