other · US Department of Health and Human Services · Rule · Published 2016-10-28 · Effective 2016-11-28 · 81 FR 74930
Document
Document number
2016-25684
Federal Register citation
81 FR 74930
CFR reference
45 CFR 5
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publication date
2016-10-28
Effective date
2016-11-28
Abstract
This rule amends the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS's) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations. The regulations have been revised in order to incorporate changes made to the FOIA by the Electronic FOIA Act of 1996 (E-FOIA Act), the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 (OPEN Government Act), and the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 (FOIA Improvement Act). Additionally, the regulations have been updated to reflect changes to the organization, to make the FOIA process easier for the public to navigate, to update HHS's fee schedule, and to make provisions clearer.