(ii) Regional Offices for Africa; East Asia and Pacific; Latin America; and North Africa, Near East and South Asia. These offices are responsible for the negotiation, establishment, and operation of Peace Corps projects overseas and for the training of Peace Corps Volunteers for such projects. They also provide, on behalf of the Director, policy guidance and immediate supervision to Peace Corps staff and operations overseas.

(iii) Office of Administration. This office develops management policies and objectives for the Peace Corps and is responsible for auditing, personnel administration, administrative services, and management planning.

(iv) Office of Evaluation and Research. This office conducts a systematic program evaluation designed to strengthen the processes of selection, training, and overseas utilization of volunteers. It also conducts research programs.

(v) Office of Financial Management. This office is responsible for all budget and fiscal matters and negotiates and administers Peace Corps contracts for such purposes as training, the development of training materials, overseas support, and research.

(vi) Office of General Counsel. This office provides advice and opinions on all legal matters with which the Peace Corps is concerned.

(vii) Office of Medical Programs. This office is responsible for providing or monitoring medical and dental evaluation, care and clearance of volunteers and trainees, and maintaining liaison with the Bureau of Employees' Compensation. It is also responsible for developing medical policy, providing technical advice on training and implementation of health projects (including family planning) and recruiting of overseas medical staff.

(viii) National Voluntary Service Programs. This program encourages and assists other countries in the development of Peace Corps-type programs, both for domestic and international service.

(ix) Office of Planning, Program Review and Research. This office is responsible for long-range planning, review of programs and training plans and for research. It advises the Director regarding the world-wide allocation of Volunteers and supervises the integrated planning, programing and budgeting system. It also serves as a staff resource in providing technical specialists, coordi

(xiv) Office of Volunteer Support. This office provides administrative support for and liaison with Volunteers and is responsible for policies related to Volunteer service.

(2) Domestic Field Organization—(i) Regional Peace Corps Public Affairs Offices.

Midwest Peace Corps Public Affairs Office, 205 West Wacker Drive (Room 1510), Chicago, Ill. 60606.

Northeast Peace Corps Public Affairs Office, 408 Atlantic Avenue (Room 211), Boston, Mass. 02110.

Southern Peace Corps Public Affairs Office, 275 Peachtree Street NE. (Room B 70), Atlanta, Ga. 30303.

Western Peace Corps Public Affairs Office, 681 Market Street (Room 630), San Francisco, Calif. 94105.

The above offices, under the direction of the Office of Public Affairs, provide regional recruiting services for the Peace Corps.

(ii) Training Centers.

Escondido Peace Corps Training and Development Center, Post Office Box 2000, Route 2, Escondido, Calif. 92025.

Puerto Rico Peace Corps Training Center, Federal Government Building (Room 225), Post Office Box 3166, San Juan, P.R. 00904. Virgin Islands Peace Corps Training Center, Frederiksted, St. Croix (Box 1517), U.S. Virgin Islands 00840.

These centers are operated directly by the Peace Corps, under the direction of

Afghanistan, Kabul.

Ceylon, Colombo.

India, New Delhi.

Iran, Tehran.

Libya, Tripoli.

Morocco, Rabat.

Nepal, Kathmandu. Tunisia, Tunis. Turkey, Ankara.

(b) Any person desiring information concerning a matter handled by the Peace Corps, or any persons desiring to make a submittal or request in connection with such a matter, should communicate either orally or in writing with the appropriate office. If the office receiving the communication does not have jurisdiction to handle the matter, the communication, if written, will be forwarded to the proper office, or, if oral, the person will be advised how to proceed.

[32 F.R. 9654, July 4, 1967, as amended at 34 F.R. 5839, Mar. 28, 1969]

§ 302.3 Rules of procedure, description of forms available, the places at which forms may be obtained, and instructions as to the scope and content of all papers, reports, or examinations.

Forms regarding the following listed matters and instructions relating thereto may be obtained upon application to the offices listed below.

303.6

303.7 303.8

Public reading room.

Manner of requesting records. Schedule of fees and method of payment for services rendered.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 303 issued under sec. 4, 75 Stat. 612; 22 U.S.C. 2503, 5 U.S.C. 552, E.O. 10501, as amended; 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp, E.O. 11041, as amended; 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., State Department Delegation of Authority No. 85-11A, as amended.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 303 appear at 32 F.R. 9654, July 4, 1967, unless otherwise noted.

As used in this part, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) The term "identifiable" means, in the context of a request for a record, a reasonably specific description of the particular record sought, such as date, format, and subject matter, which will permit its location.

(b) The term "record" includes all books, papers, maps, photographs, or other documentary material, or copies thereof, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made in or received by the Peace Corps, and preserved as evidence of its organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities.

All identifiable records of the Peace Corps requested under 5 U.S.C. 552 shall be made available to the public upon compliance with the procedures established in this part, except to the extent that a determination is made, in accordance with procedures set forth in § 303.7, that a record is exempt from disclosure and is to be withheld in the public interest. All applications, publications, and other documents heretofore provided by the Peace Corps in the normal course of business will continue to be made available, without charge, upon request to the appropriate unit.

§ 303.3 Availability of statements of policy, interpretations, manuals, opinions, and instructions.

Statements of policy, interpretations, administrative manuals (or portions thereof), opinions, and instructions to staff which affect any member of the public will be made available to the public in the public reading room for inspection and copying, except to the extent they are determined by the General Counsel to be exempt from disclosure under § 303.4.

§ 303.4

Records which may be exempt from disclosure.

The following categories are examples of records maintained by the Peace Corps which, under 5 U.S.C. 552(b), may be exempted from disclosure:

(a) Records required to be withheld by Executive order or other authority, relating to national defense or foreign policy. Included in this category are records required by Executive Order No. 10501, as amended, to be kept secret in the interests of national defense or foreign policy.

(b) Records related solely to internal personnel rules and practices. Included in this category are internal rules and practices relating to management operations which cannot be disclosed to the public without substantial prejudice to the effective performance of a significant function of the Peace Corps.

(c) Records specifically exempted from disclosure by statute. Included in this category are records relating to the officers and employees of the Foreign Service (sec. 612 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 986).

(d) Information given in confidence. Included in this category are records reflecting commercial and financial in

formation, as well as other information, obtained from any person and customarily regarded as privileged and confidential by the person from whom they were obtained, such as information provided to physicians or psychologists regarding Peace Corps Volunteers or Volunteer applicants.

(e) Interagency or intra-agency memoranda or letters. Included in this category are records such as interagency communications and internal drafts, memoranda between officials and between agencies, opinions and interpretations prepared by staff or consultants; records of the deliberations of staff; and records the premature disclosure of which would interfere with the achievement of the purpose for which they were being prepared.

(f) Personnel, medical, and other files. Included in this category are personnel and medical files for staff and Volunteers and other files containing private or personnel information, the public disclosure of which would amount to a clearly unwarranted invasion of the privacy of any person to whom the information pertains.

(g) Investigatory files. Included in this category are files compiled for the enforcement of all laws, or prepared in connection with Government litigation and adjudicative proceedings, except for those portions of such files which are by law available to persons in litigation with the Government, in which case such portions shall be made available to such litigants.

§ 303.5 Authority to release and certify records.

(a) Authority is hereby delegated to the Director, Administrative Services Division, Office of Administration, to furnish, pursuant to the regulations of this part, copies of records to any person entitled thereto, and upon request to provide certified copies thereof for use in judicial proceedings or other official matters as provided in this section.

(1) Notice is hereby given that no seal has been adopted for the Peace Corps.

(2) The Director of the Administrative Services Division, and the Deputy Director of the Administrative Services Division, Office of Administration, are hereby designated to act as Authentication Officer and, when the Authentication Officer is unavailable, Acting Authentication Officer, respectively. The Authentication Officer is hereby authorized to sign and issue certificates of

(b) Requests relating to any other Federal agency's records copies of which are on file in the Peace Corps will normally be referred to that agency for consideration.

(c) Personal requests for access to records shall be made on Peace Corps Form No. 1193. Copies of that form are available in the Office of Public Information and the public reading room or area. In the case of requests made by mail, the form will be completed by the Office of Public Information.

(d) Upon receipt of a request for a record, the Director of the Office of Pub

lic Information shall make an initial determination as to whether the requested record is identifiable within the meaning of § 303.1(a). Upon making an initial affirmative determination, he shall refer the request to the head of the unit concerned and so advise the requestor. Upon receipt of the request, the head of the unit shall determine whether the record is identifiable within the meaning of § 303.1(a).

(e) If the Director of the Office of Public Information or the head of the unit concerned determines that a requested record is not identifiable within the meaning of § 303.1(a), the requestor shall be so advised and shall be permitted to amend his request to provide any additional information that would make the record identifiable. The requestor may seek appropriate assistance from the head of the unit concerned or the Director of the Office of Public Information, or a member of either of their staffs, in identifying the record sought.

(f) If the requested record is identifiable, the head of the unit concerned shall make it available, as described in paragraph (i) of this section, unless he determines that disclosure may be contrary to the public interest, with a view to the exemptions described in § 303.4. When he so determines, he shall immediately refer the request and the record concerned to the Director of the Office in which his unit is located. If that Director determines that the requested record should be withheld for this reason, he shall immediately refer the request and the record concerned to the General Counsel.

(g) The General Counsel shall promptly advise the Office Director whether or not the record concerned is exemptable under 5 U.S.C. 552(b).

(h) If the General Counsel advises that the record is exemptable, the Office Director, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Public Information, shall then determine whether or not the record should, in the public interest, be withheld. If the decision is to withhold the record, the General Counsel shall notify the requestor in writing, clearly stating the reasons for the decision reached.

(i) If the requested record is identifiable and the unit head or Office Director concerned has found no reason to withhold it, or if after receiving the General Counsel's advice the Office Director decides not to withhold the record, the re

quested record shall be made available to the requestor as described in subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph.

(1) Original or record copies of records will not be permitted to leave the custody of the lawful custodian thereof.

(2) Photostatic copies, duly certified upon request, will be furnished in lieu thereof in accordance with the fees established in § 303.8.

(j) Any requestor may request the Director of the Peace Corps to review a determination that an identifiable record be withheld. Request for review may be made by a letter or other written statement setting forth the pertinent facts. The Director reserves the right to require the requestor involved to present additional information in support of his request for review. The Director will promptly consider each request for review and notify the requestor involved, in writing, of his decision.

§ 303.8 Schedule of fees and method of payment for services rendered.

(a) The following specific fees will be applicable with respect to services rendered to requestors under this part: (1) Searches of more than 10 min

utes for records; minimum
charge, per hour or fraction
thereof

(2) Other facilitative services and in-
dex assistance of more than 10
minutes-minimum charge, per
hour or fraction thereof____
(3) Copies made by photostat or oth-
erwise (per page).

(4) Certification of each record as a
true copy-.

(5) For each certified statement of
failure to locate record_.
(6) For each signed statement of

$3.50

3.50

40

75

.75

nonavailability of record________ No fee

(b) When no specific fee has been established for a service, or the requested service does not fall under one of the above categories due to the amount or type thereof, the Director, Administrative Services Division, is authorized to establish an appropriate fee pursuant to the criteria established in Bureau of the Budget Circular No. A-25, entitled "User Charges."

(c) (1) The minimum appropriate charge shall be paid in advance of the search or other service incident to the request, whether by mail or in person, for identifiable records.

(2) The remainder of the charges, if any, shall be paid on completion of the