28 CFR — Judicial Administration
Appendix to Subpart H of Part 0—Delegation of Authority Respecting Denials of Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Requests
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- 28 CFR — Judicial Administration, Appendix to Subpart H of Part 0—Delegation of Authority Respecting Denials of Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Requests, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/119483
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1. The Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Litigation, Antitrust Division, will assume the duties and responsibilities previously assigned to the Assistant Attorney General by 28 CFR 16.5 (b) and (c) and 16.45(a), as amended July 1, 1977, and defined in those sections, for denying requests and obtaining statutory extensions of time under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, et seq., and the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, et seq.
2. The Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Litigation, Antitrust Division, who signs a denial or partial denial of a request for records made under the Freedom of Information Act or the Privacy Act shall be the “person responsible for the denial” within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 5 U.S.C. 552a (j) and (k).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.