Title 15 - COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

PART 4--DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Subpart A--Freedom of Information Act

Sec. 4.1  General.

    (a) The information in this part is furnished for the guidance of 
the public and in compliance with the requirements of the Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA), as amended (5 U.S.C. 552). This part sets forth 
the procedures the Department of Commerce (Department) and its 
components follow to make publicly available the materials and indices 
specified in 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(2) and records requested under 5 U.S.C. 
552(a)(3). Information routinely provided to the public as part of a 
regular Department activity (for example, press releases issued by the 
Office of Public Affairs) may be provided to the public without 
following this part.

    (b) As used in this subpart, component means any office, division, 
bureau or other unit of the Department listed in Appendix A to this 
part (except that a regional office of a larger office or other unit 
does not constitute a separate component).