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                        1.  Notice informs clients of actions to take place.

                        2.  Standardized claim forms are part of fair procedures.

                        3.  Freedom of Information Act protects privacy of information.

                        4.  Acts of discretion have absolute immunity for agencies.

                        5.  The U.S. Constitution protects rights to welfare.

                        6.  Due Process protects life, liberty and property.

                        7.  Trade Secrets Act protects access to government meetings.

                        8.  FOIA does not allow appeals.

                        9.  The Privacy Act allows a person to keep records from being released.

                        10.  Both employer and employee have access to appeals.

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TAKE HOME EXAM ANSWERS

TRUE             1.  Notice informs clients of actions to take place.

TRUE             2.  Standardized claim forms are part of fair procedures.

FALSE           3.  Freedom of Information Act protects privacy of information.

TRUE             4.  Acts of discretion have absolute immunity for agencies.

TRUE             5.  The U.S. Constitution protects rights to welfare.

TRUE             6.  Due Process protects life, liberty and property.

FALSE           7.  Trade Secrets Act protects access to government meetings.

FALSE           8.  FOIA does not allow appeals.

TRUE             9.  The Privacy Act allows a person to keep records from being released.

TRUE             10.  Both employer and employee have access to appeals.

Three Venues of Research

1. In Book : The Freedom of Information Act often balances the interest of two parties in agency actions (page123-124).  What are some of the opposing interests for information and privacy?  (pages 128-132)

Family privacy v. public interests

2. At Library: (a) Look up the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) rules for deportation in the Code of Federal Regulations.  Have there been changes in the INS (new USCIS) since September 11, 2001?  (Hint:  Look up the Bureau of Homeland Security – 2003)

Changes have occurred.  Some related to forms, others to amended rules and regulations.  

OR

(b)        Research magazines and newspapers dated from November, 2008, to the present month.  Choose two agencies mentioned, concerning the national economy; tell what they are doing, did, and/or planning for the future.

On Internet:  Check the INS website, http://uscis.gov.   Research the INS as a part of the Bureau of Homeland Security, its mission, and other areas that interest you.  Write it up in a report.
      Each student usually finds something different as interesting.

Internship

            Your lawyer has a client charged with stealing air conditioners.  She wants you to research some of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) rules because the client believes he might be deported for not renewing his visitor papers.

            She wants you to write any information you find pertinent to his not renewing his papers in a memo.  Your lawyer added that she wants you to also include the statute, the rules and regulations, and their U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations cites.

http://uscis.gov (INS) – Sections of INS have been added to Homeland Security

INS -  8 CFR §103.10

FOIA – 5 CFR §552