Revision of Freedom of Information Act Regulations

What it does

The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board or Board) is issuing this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update its regulations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Board proposes to replace its existing FOIA regulations with this proposed rule, which streamlines the language of several procedural provisions; updates procedures consistent with current technology; incorporates changes required by amendments to the FOIA under the OPEN Government Act of 2007 and the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, and developments in case law; and conforms to Department of Justice guidelines for agency FOIA regulations.

The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

36 CFR 1120

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3014-AA51 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

• Sept. 23, 2026 Final rule. Revision of Freedom of Information Act Regulations

What happens next and when

Submit comments by September 3, 2026. Comments received by mail will be considered timely if they are postmarked on or before that date. The electronic Federal Docket Management System (https:// www.regulations.gov) will accept comments until Midnight Eastern Time at the end of that day.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket ATBCB-2026-0004 on Regulations.gov
• Title 36 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register