§ 16.1 General provisions
§ 16.2 Proactive disclosure of Department records
§ 16.3 Requirements for making requests
§ 16.4 Responsibility for responding to requests
§ 16.5 Timing of responses to requests
§ 16.6 Responses to requests
§ 16.7 Confidential commercial information
§ 16.8 Administrative appeals
§ 16.9 Preservation of records
§ 16.10 Fees
§ 16.11 Other rights and services

Terms Used In CFR > Title 28 > Chapter I > Part 16 > Subpart A - Procedures for Disclosure of Records Under the Freedom of Information Act

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.