Defense Department Docket DOD-2019-OS-0069 Final Rule

2024-01491: DoD Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Program; Amendment; Correction

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Summary

The DoD is correcting a final rule that published in the Federal Register on December 5, 2023. The rule finalized amendments to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulation to update organizational names, add additional FOIA Requester Service Centers, and adopt the standards in the Department of Justice's Template for Agency FOIA Regulations noting the decision to participate in FOIA alternative dispute resolution services is voluntary on the part of the requester and DoD.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

344 words as published, January 26, 2024. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 18 (Friday, January 26, 2024) [Federal Register Volume 89, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2024)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 5093] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-01491] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary 32 CFR Part 286 [Docket ID: DOD-2019-OS-0069] RIN 0790-AK54 DoD Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Program; Amendment; Correction

Agency

Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency (OATSD(PCLT)), Department of Defense (DoD).

Action

Final rule; correcting amendment. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The DoD is correcting a final rule that published in the Federal Register on December 5, 2023. The rule finalized amendments to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulation to update organizational names, add additional FOIA Requester Service Centers, and adopt the standards in the Department of Justice's Template for Agency FOIA Regulations noting the decision to participate in FOIA alternative dispute resolution services is voluntary on the part of the requester and DoD.

Dates

This final rule correction is effective January 26, 2024.

For Further Information Contact

Toni Fuentes at 571-372-0462.

Supplementary Information

Subsequent to the publication of the final rule on December 5, 2023 (88 FR 84236-84238), it was discovered that part of an organization's title was missing in one of the amendments to paragraph (a) of Sec. 286.3. This document corrects the Code of Federal Regulations to add the missing part of the organization's title. List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 286 Freedom of information. Accordingly, the Department of Defense amends 32 CFR part 286 by making the following correcting amendment: PART 286--DOD FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) PROGRAM 0

1. The authority citation for part 286 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552. Sec. 286.3 [Amended] 0

2. In Sec. 286.3, revise paragraph (a) by adding the word ``Defense''

before the words ``Counterintelligence and Security Agency''. Dated: January 22, 2024. Aaron T. Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2024-01491 Filed 1-25-24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6001-FR-P

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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