Office of Inspector General, USDA § 2610.3

vulnerability assessments; and rec- Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto ommends policies and provides tech- Rico, Rhode Island, Virgin Islands, nical assistance for investigative and Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. audit operations. The Auditing head- Southeast Region, 401 W. Peachtree Street quarters office consists of the imme- NW., Room 2328, Atlanta, Georgia 30365– 3520, (404) 730–3210; Alabama, Florida, Geor- diate office of the AIG/A and four staff gia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, divisions. South Carolina, and Tennessee. (3) The Assistant Inspector General Midwest Region, 111 N. Canal Street, Suite for Investigations (AIG/I) carries out 1130, Chicago, Illinois 60606–7295, (312) 353– the OIG’s domestic and foreign inves- 1352; Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Min- tigative operations through a head- nesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. quarters office and the seven regional Southwest Region, 101 South Main, Room offices shown in § 2610.3(b). Investiga- 324, Temple, Texas 76501, (817) 774–1430; Ar- tions officials conduct operational and kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. intelligence liaison on investigative Great Plains Region, 9435 Holmes, Room 233, matters with the FBI, Secret Service, Kansas City, Missouri 64131, Mailing ad- Internal Revenue Service (IRS), dress: PO Box 293, Kansas City, Missouri Interpol, and other Federal and State 64141, (816) 926–7667; Colorado, Iowa, Kan- law enforcement organizations; deter- sas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North mine the need for investigative action; Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and conduct investigations; prepare factual Utah. reports of investigative findings; refer Western Region, 600 Harrison Street, Suite reports for appropriate administrative 225, San Francisco, California 94107, (415) or legal action; followup on agency ac- 744–2851; Alaska, Arizona, California, Ha- waii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Territory of tions to assure that OIG investigative Guam, Trust Territories of the Pacific, and reports have been properly acted upon; Washington. monitor the quality of investigative reports; and coordinate activities with (b) Each RIG/I is responsible to the the AIG/A. The staff also conducts spe- IG and to the AIG/I for supervising the cial investigations of major programs, performance of all OIG investigative operations, and high level officials; activities relating to the Department’s provides for the protection of the Sec- domestic and foreign programs and op- retary and Deputy Secretary; receives erations within an assigned geographic and processes employee complaints area. The addresses and telephone concerning possible violations of laws, numbers of the seven Investigations rules, regulations or mismanagement. Regional Offices and the territories The Investigations headquarters office served are as follows: consists of the immediate office of the INVESTIGATIONS REGION, ADDRESS, AIG/I and three staff divisions. TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND TERRITORY § 2610.3 Regional organization. North Atlantic Region, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1409, New York, New York 10278, (a) Each Regional Inspector General (212) 264–8400; Connecticut, Maine, Massa- for Audit (RIG/A) is responsible to the chusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, IG and to the AIG/A for supervising the New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, performance of all OIG auditing activi- Vermont, and Virgin Islands. ties relating to the Department’s do- Northeast Region, ATTN: Suite 5D06, 4700 mestic and foreign programs and oper- River Road, Unit 151, Riverdale, Mary- ations within an assigned geographic land 20737–1237, (301) 734–8850; Delaware, area. The addresses and telephone District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsyl- vania, Virginia, and West Virginia. numbers of the six Audit Regional Of- Southeast Region, 401 W. Peachtree Street fices and the territories served are as NW., Room 2329, Atlanta, Georgia 30365– follows: 3520, (404) 730–2170; Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North AUDIT REGION, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. AND TERRITORY Midwest Region, 111 N. Canal Street, Suite Northeast Region, ATTN: Suite 5D06, 4700 1130, Chicago, Illinois 60606–7295, (312) 353– River Road, Unit 151, Riverdale, Maryland 1358; Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Min- 20737–1237, (301) 734–8763; Connecticut, Dela- nesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. ware, District of Columbia, Maine, Mary- Southwest Region, 101 South Main, Room land, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 311, Temple, Texas 76501, (817) 774–1351;

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Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Okla- PART 2620—AVAILABILITY OF homa, and Texas. Great Plains Region, 9435 Holmes, Room 210, INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC Kansas City, Missouri 64131, Mailing address: PO Box 293, Kansas City, Missouri Sec. 64141, (816) 926–7606: Colorado, Iowa, Kan- 2620.1 General statement. sas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North 2620.2 Public inspection and copying. 2620.3 Requests. Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and 2620.4 Denials. Utah. 2620.5 Appeals. Western Region, 600 Harrison Street, Room 225, San Francisco, California 94107, (415) AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 552; 5 U.S.C. 744–2887; Alaska, Arizona, California, Ha- App. waii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Territory of SOURCE: 60 FR 52842, Oct. 11, 1995, unless Guam, Trust Territories of the Pacific, otherwise noted. and Washington. § 2620.1 General statement. § 2610.4 Requests for service. This part is issued in accordance (a) Heads of USDA agencies will di- with, and subject to, the regulations of rect requests for audit or investigative the Secretary of Agriculture § 1.1 service to the AIG/A, AIG/I, RIG/A, through § 1.23 (and appendix A of sub- RIG/I, or to other OIG audit or inves- part A of part 1) of this title, imple- tigation officials responsible for pro- menting the Freedom of Information viding service of the type desired in the Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, and governs the avail- geographical area where service is de- ability of records of the Office of In- sired. spector General (OIG) to the public (b) Agency officials or other employ- upon request. ees may, at any time, direct to the per- § 2620.2 Public inspection and copying. sonal attention of the IG any audit or investigation matter that warrants 5 U.S.C. 522(a)(2) requires that cer- such attention. tain materials be made available for (c) Other persons may address their public inspection and copying, and that communications regarding audit or in- a current index of these materials be vestigative matters to: The Inspector published quarterly or otherwise made General, U.S. Department of Agri- available. OIG does not maintain any culture, Ag Box 2301, Washington, DC materials within the scope of these re- 20250. Additionally, persons may call or quirements. write the hotline office at 202–690–1622, § 2620.3 Requests. 1–800–424–9121, TDD 202–690–1202, or Of- fice of Inspector General, PO Box 23399, (a) Requests for OIG records shall be Washington, DC 20026. Bribes involving in writing in accordance with § 1.6(a) of USDA programs may be reported using this title and addressed to the Assist- the 24 hour bribery hotline number at ant Inspector General for Policy Devel- opment and Resources Management 202 720–7257. (AIG/PD&RM), Office of Inspector Gen- § 2610.5 Delegations of authority. eral, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ag Box 2310, Washington, DC 20250. The (a) AIG’s listed in § 2610.2; and RIG’s above official is hereby delegated au- listed in § 2610.3, are authorized to take thority to make determinations re- whatever actions are necessary to garding such requests in accordance carry out their assigned functions. with § 1.3(a)(3) of this title. This authority may be redelegated. (b) Requests should be reasonably (b) The IG reserves the right to es- specific in identifying the record re- tablish audit and investigation poli- quested and should include the name, cies, program, procedures, and stand- address, and telephone number of the ards; to allocate appropriated funds; to requester. determine audit and investigative ju- (c) Available records may be in- risdiction; and to exercise any of the spected and copied in the office of the powers or functions or perform any of AIG/PD&RM, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. the duties referenced in the above dele- local time on regular working days or gation. may be obtained by mail. Copies will

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