5 U.S. Code § 552

5 U.S. Code § 552 is about Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings. It is under Part 1 (Administrative Procedure) Subchapter 1 (General Provisions) Chapter 5 (Administrative Procedure) of Title 5 (Government Organizations and Employees) of the Code.

(a) Each agency shall make available to the public information as follows:

(1)Each agency shall separately state and currently publish in the Federal Register for the guidance of the public—

(A)descriptions of its central and field organization and the established places at which, the employees (and in the case of a uniformed service, the members) from whom, and the methods whereby, the public may obtain information, make submittals or requests, or obtain decisions;

(B)statements of the general course and method by which its functions are channeled and determined, including the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available;

(C)rules of procedure, descriptions of forms available or the places at which forms may be obtained, and instructions as to the scope and contents of all papers, reports, or examinations;

(D)substantive rules of general applicability adopted as authorized by law, and statements of general policy or interpretations of general applicability formulated and adopted by the agency; and

(E)each amendment, revision, or repeal of the foregoing.Except to the extent that a person has actual and timely notice of the terms thereof, a person may not in any manner be required to resort to, or be adversely affected by, a matter required to be published in the Federal Register and not so published. For the purpose of this paragraph, matter reasonably available to the class of persons affected thereby is deemed published in the Federal Register when incorporated by reference therein with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register.