[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 210 (Monday, October 30, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64619-64620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27021]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

32 CFR Part 811

RIN 0701-AA62


Release, Dissemination, and Sale of Visual Information Materials

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, DoD.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Air Force is revising our rules on the 
Release, Dissemination, and Sale of Visual Information Materials to 
reflect current polices. These rules implement Air Force Instruction 
(AFI) 33-117, Visual Information Management, and apply to all Air Force 
activities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Raymond Dabney, HQ AFCIC/ITSM, 1250 Air Force Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20330-1250, 703-588-6136.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Raymond Dabney, HQ AFCIC/ITSM, 
703-588-6136.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Air Force is revising 
our rules on the Release, Dissemination, and Sale of Visual Information 
Materials of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) (32 CFR part 811) 
to reflect current policies. This part implements Air Force Instruction 
(AFI) 33-117, Visual Information Management, and apply to all Air Force 
activities. This part was published as a proposed rule in the Federal 
Register on December 28, 1999 (64 FR 72621, FR Doc. 99-33604). Comments 
were solicited for 60 days ending on February 28, 2000. No comments 
were received.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 811

    Archives and records, Motion pictures.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Department of the Air 
Force is revising 32 CFR Part 811 to read as follows:

PART 811--RELEASE, DISSEMINATION, AND SALE OF VISUAL INFORMATION 
MATERIALS

Sec.
811.1   Exceptions.
811.2   Release of visual information materials.
811.3   Official requests for visual information productions or 
materials.
811.4   Selling visual information materials.
811.5   Customers exempt from fees.
811.6   Visual information product/material loans.
811.7   Collecting and controlling fees.
811.8   Forms prescribed and availability of publications.

    Authority: 10 U.S.C. 8013.

Sec. 811.1  Exceptions.

    The regulations in this part do not apply to:
    (a) Visual information (VI) materials made for the Air Force Office 
of Special Investigations for use in an investigation or a 
counterintelligence report. (See Air Force Instruction (AFI) 90-301, 
The Inspector General Complaints, which describes who may use these 
materials.)
    (b) VI materials made during Air Force investigations of aircraft 
or missile mishaps according to AFI 91-204, Safety Investigations and 
Reports. (See AFI 90-301.)


Sec. 811.2  Release of visual information materials.

    (a) Only the Secretary of the Air Force for Public Affairs (SAF/PA) 
clears and releases Air Force materials for use outside Department of 
Defense (DoD), according to AFI 35-205, Air Force Security and Policy 
Review Program.
    (b) The Secretary of the Air Force for Legislative Liaison (SAF/LL) 
arranges the release of VI material through SAF/PA when a member of 
Congress asks for them for official use.
    (c) The International Affairs Division (HQ USAF/CVAII) or, in some 
cases, the major command (MAJCOM) Foreign Disclosure Office, must 
authorize release of classified and unclassified

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materials to foreign governments and international organizations or 
their representatives.


Sec. 811.3  Official requests for visual information productions or 
materials.

    (a) Send official Air Force requests for productions or materials 
from the DoD Central Records Centers by letter or message. Include:
    (1) Descriptions of the images needed, including media format, 
dates, etc.
    (2) Visual information record identification number (VIRIN), 
production, or Research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) 
identification numbers, if known.
    (3) Intended use and purpose of the material.
    (4) The date needed and a statement of why products are needed on a 
specific date.
    (b) Send inquiries about motion picture or television materials to 
the Defense Visual Information Center (DVIC), 1363 Z Street, Building 
2730, March ARB, CA 92518-2703.
    (c) Send Air Force customer inquiries about still photographic 
materials to 11 CS/SCUA, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC 20332-0403 (the 
Air Force accessioning point).
    (d) Send non-Air Force customers' inquiries about still 
photographic materials to the DVIC.


Sec. 811.4  Selling visual information materials.

    (a) Air Force VI activities cannot sell materials.
    (b) HQ AFCIC/ITSM may approve the loan of copies of original 
materials for federal government use.
    (c) Send requests to buy:
    (1) Completed, cleared, productions, to the National Archives and 
Records Administration, National Audiovisual Center, Information 
Office, 8700 Edgeworth Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20722-3701.
    (2) Nonproduction VI motion media to the DVIC. The center may sell 
other Air Force VI motion picture and television materials, such as 
historical and stock footage. When it sells VI motion media, the DVIC 
assesses charges, unless Sec. 811.5 exempts the requesting activity.
    (3) VI still media to the DoD Still Media Records Center (SMRC), 
Attn: SSRC, Washington, DC 20374-1681. When SMRC sells VI still media, 
the SMRC assesses charges, unless Sec. 811.5 exempts the requesting 
activity.


Sec. 811.5  Customers exempt from fees.

    Title III of the 1968 Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (42 U.S.C. 
4201, 4231, and 4233) exempts some customers from paying for products 
and loans. This applies if the supplier has sufficient funds and if the 
exemption does not impair its mission. The requesting agency must 
certify that the materials are not commercially available. When 
requests for VI material do not meet exemption criteria, the requesting 
agency pays the fees. Exempted customers include:
    (a) DoD and other government agencies asking for materials for 
official activities (see DoD Instruction 4000.19, Interservice, and 
Intergovernmental Support, August 9, 1995, and DoD Directive 5040.2, 
Visual Information (VI), December 7, 1987.
    (b) Members of Congress asking for VI materials for official 
activities.
    (c) VI records center materials or services furnished according to 
law or Executive Order.
    (d) Federal, state, territorial, county, municipal governments, or 
their agencies, for activities contributing to an Air Force or DoD 
objective.
    (e) Nonprofit organizations for public health, education, or 
welfare purposes.
    (f) Armed Forces members with a casualty status, their next of kin, 
or authorized representative, if VI material requested relates to the 
member and does not compromise classified information or an accident 
investigation board's work.
    (g) The general public, to help the Armed Forces recruiting program 
or enhance public understanding of the Armed Forces, when SAF/PA 
determines that VI materials or services promote the Air Force's best 
interest.
    (h) Incidental or occasional requests for VI records center 
materials or services, including requests from residents of foreign 
countries, when fees would be inappropriate. AFI 16-101, International 
Affairs and Security Assistance Management, tells how a foreign 
government may obtain Air Force VI materials.
    (i) Legitimate news organizations working on news productions, 
documentaries, or print products that inform the public on Air Force 
activities.


Sec. 811.6  Visual information product/material loans.

    (a) You may request unclassified and classified copies of current 
Air Force productions and loans of DoD and other Federal productions 
from JVISDA, ATTN: ASQV-JVIA-T-AS, Bldg. 3, Bay 3, 11 Hap Arnold Blvd., 
Tobyhanna, PA 18466-5102.
    (1) For unclassified products, use your organization's letterhead, 
identify subject title, PIN, format, and quantity.
    (2) For classified products, use your organization's letterhead, 
identify subject title, personal identification number (PIN), format, 
and quantity. Also, indicate that either your organization commander or 
security officer, and MAJCOM VI manager approve the need.
    (b) You may request other VI materials, such as, still images and 
motion media stock footage, from DVIC/OM-PA, 1363 Z Street, Building 
2730, March ARB, CA 92518-2703.


Sec. 811.7  Collecting and controlling fees.

    (a) The DoD records centers usually collect fees in advance. 
Exceptions are sales where you cannot determine actual cost until work 
is completed (for example, television and motion picture services with 
per minute or per footage charges).
    (b) Customers pay fees, per AFR 177-108, Paying and Collecting 
Transactions at Base Level, with cash, treasury check, certified check, 
cashier's check, bank draft, or postal money order.


Sec. 811.8  Forms prescribed and availability of publications.

    (a) AF Form 833, Visual Information Request, AF Form 1340, Visual 
Information Support Center Workload Report, DD Form 1995, Visual 
Information (VI) Production Request and Report, DD Form 2054-1, Visual 
Information (VI) Annual Report, and DD Form 2537, Visual Information 
Caption Sheet are prescribed by this part.
    (b) Air Force publications and forms referenced in this part are 
available from NTIS, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161 or 
online at 
http://www.afpubs.hq.af.mil. DoD publications are available at 
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs.

Janet A. Long,
 Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-27021 Filed 10-27-00; 8:45 am]
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