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28 C.F.R. Appendix to Subpart H—Delegation of Authority Respecting Denials of Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Requests

Title 28: Judicial Administration
PART 0—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Subpart H—Antitrust Division

Appendix to Subpart H—Delegation of Authority Respecting Denials of Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Requests

[Memo No. 79–1]

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).

[44 FR 54045, Sept. 18, 1979]