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Food Safety and Inspection
Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250-3700 |
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Food Safety and Inspection
Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250-3700 |
FSIS maintains a public reading room in Room 102, Cotton Annex Building, 300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC. The reading room is open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, except on Federal holidays. Members of the public may inspect, and if desired, obtain copies of records contained in the reading room. As of November 1, 1997, agencies are required to maintain electronic reading rooms which make available via computer telecommunications, reading room records. However, agencies are required to make available electronically, only those records which were created by the agency on or after November 1, 1996. As a result, the public reading room in Washington, DC may contain copies of records which are not also available through the electronic reading room on this web site. *Note: To read and print a PDF file, you must have the Adobe®Acrobat®Reader installed on your PC. You can download a version suitable for your system, free of charge, from the Adobe Home Page.
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| Contents of the Reading Room | |
| TYPE OF DOCUMENT | DESCRIPTION |
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 Final Agency Opinions |
Decisions made in matters other than rulemaking which result from structured proceedings. These decisions are rendered after consideration of statutory or administratively defined standards. |
| Policy Statements |
Statements which explain or clarify the application of laws or regulations and which have general applicability. Regulations and policy statements published in the Federal Register are not included here. |
| Administrative Staff Manuals |
Manuals or directives which provide instructions to Agency employees and which affect the public in some way. |
| Popular FOIA Records |
Records which have been frequently requested or are likely to be requested
by many and are of general interest to the public. |
| FOIA Handbook |
Handbook that provides information about FOIA and guidance on how to make a FOIA request. |
| Annual FOIA Report |
Information about the handling of FOIA requests by the Agency for the fiscal year. |
| Description
of Major Information and Locator Systems (GILS) |
FSIS' major records systems and means for obtaining information from these systems are described in the Government Information Locator System (GILS). Search on "FSIS". |
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FSIS FOIA Home Page |
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FSIS Home Page |
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Recent Federal Register Notices (FSIS) and links to National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) |
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Other USDA Electronic Reading Rooms |
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USDA Home Page |
For Further Information Contact:
FSIS Executive Management Staff
Room 1140-South Building
14th and Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 720-2109
Fax: (202) 690-3023
E-mail: cheryl.hicks@usda.gov
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