---
kind: "unit"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Employees' Benefits"
key: "chIII/part402"
level: "part"
label: "Part 402"
heading: "Availability of Information and Records to the Public"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/chIII-part402"
sections_count: 33
---

# Part 402 — Availability of Information and Records to the Public

Title 20 C.F.R. — Employees' Benefits › Chapter III — Social Security Administration

## Sections

- [§402.05. Scope and purpose of this part.](/cfr/20/402.05.md)
- [§402.10. Definitions.](/cfr/20/402.10.md)
- [§402.15. SSA's FOIA policy.](/cfr/20/402.15.md)
- [§402.20. Relationship between the FOIA and the Privacy Act of 1974.](/cfr/20/402.20.md)
- [§402.25. Who can file a FOIA request?](/cfr/20/402.25.md)
- [§402.30. Requirements of a FOIA request.](/cfr/20/402.30.md)
- [§402.35. Where to submit a FOIA request.](/cfr/20/402.35.md)
- [§402.40. Requests for deceased individual's records.](/cfr/20/402.40.md)
- [§402.45. Requests handled outside of the FOIA process.](/cfr/20/402.45.md)
- [§402.50. FOIA Officer's authority.](/cfr/20/402.50.md)
- [§402.55. Referrals and consultations.](/cfr/20/402.55.md)
- [§402.60. How does SSA process FOIA requests?](/cfr/20/402.60.md)
- [§402.65. Expedited processing.](/cfr/20/402.65.md)
- [§402.70. Fees associated with processing FOIA requests.](/cfr/20/402.70.md)
- [§402.75. FOIA fee schedule.](/cfr/20/402.75.md)
- [§402.80. Charging under section 1106(c) of the Social Security Act.](/cfr/20/402.80.md)
- [§402.85. Waiver of fees in the public interest.](/cfr/20/402.85.md)
- [§402.90. Notification of fees and prepayment requirements.](/cfr/20/402.90.md)
- [§402.95. Release of records.](/cfr/20/402.95.md)
- [§402.100. FOIA Public Liaison and the Office of Government Information Services.](/cfr/20/402.100.md)
- [§402.105. Appeals of the FOIA Officer's determination.](/cfr/20/402.105.md)
- [§402.110. U.S. District Court action.](/cfr/20/402.110.md)
- [§402.115. The FOIA Exemption 1: National defense and foreign policy.](/cfr/20/402.115.md)
- [§402.120. The FOIA Exemption 2: Internal personnel rules and practices.](/cfr/20/402.120.md)
- [§402.125. The FOIA Exemption 3: Records exempted by other statutes.](/cfr/20/402.125.md)
- [§402.130. The FOIA Exemption 4: Trade secrets and confidential commercial or financial information.](/cfr/20/402.130.md)
- [§402.135. The FOIA Exemption 5: Internal documents.](/cfr/20/402.135.md)
- [§402.140. The FOIA Exemption 6: Clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.](/cfr/20/402.140.md)
- [§402.145. The FOIA Exemption 7: Law enforcement.](/cfr/20/402.145.md)
- [§402.150. The FOIA Exemptions 8 and 9: Records on financial institutions; records on wells.](/cfr/20/402.150.md)
- [§402.155. Records available for public inspection.](/cfr/20/402.155.md)
- [§402.160. Where records are published.](/cfr/20/402.160.md)
- [§402.165. Publications for sale through the Government Publishing Office.](/cfr/20/402.165.md)