CFR > Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property > CHAPTER XII—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION > SUBCHAPTER C—PUBLIC AVAILABILITY AND USE (parts 1250 to 1258) > PART 1250—PUBLIC AVAILABILITY AND USE OF FEDERAL RECORDS > SUBPART A—General Information About Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests (§1250.1 to §1250.14) > 1250.12—What types of records are available in NARA's FOIA Reading Room?

1250.12—What types of records are available in NARA's FOIA Reading Room?

(a) NARA makes available for public inspection and copying the following materials described in subsection (a)(2) of the FOIA:
(1) Final NARA orders;
(2) Written statements of NARA policy that are not published in the Federal Register;
(3) Operational staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect members of the public;
(4) Copies of records requested 3 or more times under FOIA and other records that have been or are likely to become the subject of subsequent FOIA requests for substantially the same records;
(5) An index, updated quarterly, to these materials.
(b) These materials are available during normal working hours at the NARA facility where the records are located. See 36 CFR parts 1253 and 1254 for a fuller description of NARA facilities and research room procedures.
(c) Any of this material that was created after October 31, 1996, will also be placed on NARA's web site at http://www.archives.gov/research_room/foia_reading_room/foia_reading_room.html.
(d) For paper copies of the index to these materials write the NARA FOIA Officer at the address listed in § 1250.22(d).

Code of Federal Regulations

[66 FR 16376, Mar. 23, 2001, as amended at 67 FR 43253, June 27, 2002]