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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1400</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of State</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>STATE</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Availability of Information and Records to the Public</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Department of State proposes to revise its regulations of November 3, 2004, and October 11, 2007, governing the availability to the public of information that is under the control of the Department.  There have been several changes in the law and regulations governing disclosure of such information, including executive orders pertaining to the disclosure of agency records to the public, the open Government Act of 2007, the Open FOIA Act of 2009, and the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012.  This proposed rule reflects changes in the FOIA and other statutes and consequent changes in the Department's procedures since the last revision of the Department's regulations on this subject.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>22 CFR 171</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>22 USC sec 2651a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>22 USC secs 552, 552a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>PL 112-239, sec 1078</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/00/2015</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <RIN_RELATION>Related to</RIN_RELATION>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Alice</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Kottmyer</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Attorney-Adviser, Office of Management</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1400</CODE>
                    <NAME>Department of State</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>STATE</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>771 204-9948</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 736-7116</FAX>
                <EMAIL>kottmyeram@state.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Room 4325, 2201 C Street NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20520</ZIP>
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