# Availability of Information and Records to the Public
> **US Social Security Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2024-12-18 · Effective 2025-01-17 · 89 FR 102704
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-29647
- **Category:** ssa-other
- **Agency:** US Social Security Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 102704
- **CFR reference:** 20 CFR 402
- **Publication date:** 2024-12-18
- **Effective date:** 2025-01-17
- **Docket:** Docket No. SSA-2021-0049
## Abstract

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is finalizing revisions to our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations to conform with the requirements of the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016. The FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 requires Federal agencies to issue regulations on procedures for disclosure of records consistent with the amendments to the FOIA by such Act. We are also finalizing the reorganization of our FOIA regulation to make our FOIA procedures easier for the public to understand and use.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29647/availability-of-information-and-records-to-the-public)
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