---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 1900.34"
title: "32"
number: "1900.34"
heading: "Requests for expedited processing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/1900.34"
---

# §1900.34. Requests for expedited processing.

- (a) **Expedited processing requests.** Requests for expedited processing shall be submitted to the Coordinator in accordance with §§ [1900.03](/cfr/32/1900.03.md), [1900.11](/cfr/32/1900.11.md), and [1900.12](/cfr/32/1900.12.md). Such requests will be approved only when a compelling need is established to the satisfaction of the Agency. Within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of a request for expedited processing, the Agency will decide whether to grant expedited processing and will notify the requester of its decision. A compelling need is deemed to exist:
  - (1) When the matter involves an imminent threat to the life or physical safety of an individual; or
  - (2) When the request is made by a person primarily engaged in disseminating information and the information is relevant to a subject of public urgency concerning an actual or alleged Federal Government activity.
- (b) **Expedited processing appeals.** Denials of requests for expedited processing may be appealed to the CIA's Agency Release Panel via the Coordinator and shall be acted upon expeditiously.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 3141; E.O. 12600, 52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235; E.O. 13392, 70 FR 75373, 3 CFR, 2005 Comp., p. 216; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 298.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 23341, Apr. 17, 2023, unless otherwise noted.