Request for Public Comment on Draft “Release to One, Release to All” Presumption, 89023 [2016-29727]
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information reflected on returns to officers
and employees of the Department of
Commerce for certain statistical purposes
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this section apply to disclosure of the
Bureau of the Census made on or after
December 9, 2016. For rules that apply
to disclosure to the Bureau of the
Census before that date, see 26 CFR
301.6103(j)(1)–1 (revised as of April 1,
2016).
John Dalrymple,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and
Enforcement.
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28 CFR Part 50
Request for Public Comment on Draft
‘‘Release to One, Release to All’’
Presumption
ACTION:
Department of Justice.
Request for public comment.
The Department of Justice
(the ‘‘Department’’) is requesting public
comment on the draft ‘‘Release to One,
Release to All’’ policy, which was
prepared by the Office of Information
Policy (OIP). This draft policy is not
final, and should not be construed to
represent Agency policy or views. The
draft policy takes into account lessons
learned from the DOJ pilot and all of the
issues examined through the Chief FOIA
Office Council, including certain
exceptions to the policy and two
different options for the timing of when
documents should be posted online.
The Department requests your
comments on the entire draft policy. All
public comments submitted in response
to this notice will be considered when
finalizing this document.
DATES: Written comments must be
postmarked and electronic comments
must be submitted on or before
December 23, 2016. Commenters should
be aware that the electronic Federal
Docket Management System will not
accept comments after Midnight Eastern
Time on the last day of the comment
period.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Bobby Talebian, U.S.
Department of Justice; Office of
Information Policy; 1425 New York
Avenue NW., Suite 11050; Washington,
DC 20530–0001. To ensure proper
handling, please reference OIP Docket
No. 100 on your correspondence.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
further instructions for submitting
comments.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bobby Talebian, by mail at U.S.
Department of Justice; Office of
Information Policy; 1425 New York
Avenue NW., Suite 11050; Washington,
DC 20530–0001, or by phone at 202–
514–3642.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Administration announced new steps to
build on a record of openness and
transparency, including promoting
broader release of records through a
‘‘release to one is a release to all’’
presumption. The President directed the
Chief FOIA Officer Council to consider
the lessons learned from DOJ’s pilot
program and work to develop a Federal
Government policy establishing a
‘‘release to one is a release to all’’
presumptive standard for Federal
agencies when releasing records under
the FOIA.
II. Posting of Public Comments
Please note that all comments
received are considered part of the
public record and made available for
public inspection online at https://
www.regulations.gov. Such information
includes personal identifying
information (such as your name and
address) voluntarily submitted by the
commenter. You are not required to
submit personal identifying information
in order to comment on this rule.
Nevertheless, if you want to submit
personal identifying information (such
as your name and address) as part of
your comment, but do not want it to be
posted online, you must include the
phrase ‘‘PERSONAL IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph
of your comment.
If you want to submit confidential
business information as part of your
comment but do not want it to be posted
online, you must include the phrase
‘‘CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph
of your comment. Personal identifying
information and confidential business
information identified as set forth above
will be placed in the agency’s public
docket file, but not posted online. If you
wish to inspect the agency’s public
docket file in person by appointment,
please see the paragraph above entitled
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: December 6, 2016.
Melanie Ann Pustay,
Director, Office of Information Policy.
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In conjunction with President
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
28 CFR Part 50
[Docket No. OIP 100]
Request for Public Comment on Draft ``Release to One, Release to
All'' Presumption
AGENCY: Department of Justice.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (the ``Department'') is requesting
public comment on the draft ``Release to One, Release to All'' policy,
which was prepared by the Office of Information Policy (OIP). This
draft policy is not final, and should not be construed to represent
Agency policy or views. The draft policy takes into account lessons
learned from the DOJ pilot and all of the issues examined through the
Chief FOIA Office Council, including certain exceptions to the policy
and two different options for the timing of when documents should be
posted online. The Department requests your comments on the entire
draft policy. All public comments submitted in response to this notice
will be considered when finalizing this document.
DATES: Written comments must be postmarked and electronic comments
must be submitted on or before December 23, 2016. Commenters should be
aware that the electronic Federal Docket Management System will not
accept comments after Midnight Eastern Time on the last day of the
comment period.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Bobby Talebian, U.S. Department of Justice; Office
of Information Policy; 1425 New York Avenue NW., Suite 11050;
Washington, DC 20530-0001. To ensure proper handling, please reference
OIP Docket No. 100 on your correspondence.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further instructions for
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobby Talebian, by mail at U.S.
Department of Justice; Office of Information Policy; 1425 New York
Avenue NW., Suite 11050; Washington, DC 20530-0001, or by phone at 202-
514-3642.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. About the Release to All Presumption
In conjunction with President Obama's signing of the FOIA
Improvement Act of 2016, the Administration announced new steps to
build on a record of openness and transparency, including promoting
broader release of records through a ``release to one is a release to
all'' presumption. The President directed the Chief FOIA Officer
Council to consider the lessons learned from DOJ's pilot program and
work to develop a Federal Government policy establishing a ``release to
one is a release to all'' presumptive standard for Federal agencies
when releasing records under the FOIA.
II. Posting of Public Comments
Please note that all comments received are considered part of the
public record and made available for public inspection online at https://www.regulations.gov. Such information includes personal identifying
information (such as your name and address) voluntarily submitted by
the commenter. You are not required to submit personal identifying
information in order to comment on this rule. Nevertheless, if you want
to submit personal identifying information (such as your name and
address) as part of your comment, but do not want it to be posted
online, you must include the phrase ``PERSONAL IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION'' in the first paragraph of your comment.
If you want to submit confidential business information as part of
your comment but do not want it to be posted online, you must include
the phrase ``CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION'' in the first paragraph
of your comment. Personal identifying information and confidential
business information identified as set forth above will be placed in
the agency's public docket file, but not posted online. If you wish to
inspect the agency's public docket file in person by appointment,
please see the paragraph above entitled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Dated: December 6, 2016.
Melanie Ann Pustay,
Director, Office of Information Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-29727 Filed 12-8-16; 8:45 am]
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