Terms Used In CFR > Title 49 > Subtitle B > Chapter VIII > Part 801 > Subpart A - Applicability and Policy

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}