Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release
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The law mandates that the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board publicly disclose its determinations regarding the release or postponement of records related to civil rights cold case incidents. The Board has received numerous pages of records from the National Archives and Records Administration and the FBI, and has met to decide on several proposed postponements involving sealed federal grand jury information. As part of its ongoing compliance with legal requirements, the Board published a notice detailing its decisions within a specified timeframe.
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Key Changes
- The release or postponement of records related to civil rights cold cases requires formal notice.
- The Review Board must disclose its decisions within 14 days.
- Proposed postponements involving sealed grand jury information require additional review.
Obligations
What this law requires
Publish in the Federal Register determinations on the disclosure or postponement of records in the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection within 14 days after the date of decision
Make determinations on whether to disclose or postpone release of civil rights cold case records received from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Coordinate with relevant agencies when reviewing proposed postponements of sealed federal grand jury information before making disclosure determinations
Publicly disclose records approved for release in the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection
Document decisions regarding postponements of sealed federal grand jury information, including the incident identifier and postponement identifier for each decision