Amendments to the Commission's Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Rules and Confidential Treatment Rule 83

The Commission is amending its procedures for requesting confidential treatment of records submitted to the Commission when no other procedures are applicable. It is also amending its procedures for requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act and for requesting, amending, or correcting records about individuals under the Privacy Act of 1974. These amendments, which conform the procedures to current statutory and case law and administrative practice and correct clerical errors, reflect staff and public comments on proposed amendments that were announced on April 14, 1999.