# Freedom of Information Act Implementation
> **US Federal Housing Finance Agency** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 2017-03-15 · Effective 2017-03-15 · 82 FR 13743
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-04910
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Federal Housing Finance Agency
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 13743
- **CFR reference:** 12 CFR 1202
- **Publication date:** 2017-03-15
- **Effective date:** 2017-03-15
## Abstract

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is issuing this interim final rule to amend its existing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulation. The amendments incorporate the requirements of the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 by giving notice of the circumstances under which FHFA may extend the time limit for responding to a FOIA request due to unusual circumstance; notifying a requester of their right to seek dispute resolution services; affording a requester a minimum of 90 days to file an administrative appeal; and clarifying and updating the existing regulation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/15/2017-04910/freedom-of-information-act-implementation)
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