---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 824.203"
title: "48"
number: "824.203"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/824.203"
---

# §824.203. Policy.

- (a) VA rules implementing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) are in [38 CFR 1.550 through 1.562](/cfr/38/1.550..1.562.md).
- (b) Upon receipt of a request, the contracting officer shall provide the requester with the name of the cognizant VA FOIA Service Office. The VA FOIA Service Office (see http://www.oprm.va.gov/foia/) is the focal point for all FOIA requests and official information may only be released through the cognizant FOIA Service or their authorized designee.

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 45681, Aug. 30, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 38 U.S.C. 5723-5724, 5725(a)-(c); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C. 1121(c), 1702; 38 CFR 1.550 through 1.562 and 1.575 through 1.584; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 2717, Jan. 15, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[84 FR 45681, Aug. 30, 2019]