Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board received 265 pages of records from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) related to four civil rights cold case incidents. The Review Board assigned the unique identifiers 2023-002-007, 2024- 003-025, 2024-003-040, and 2024-003-044 to the incidents. The Department of Justice and the FBI proposed postponements of disclosure for records related to incident 2023-002-007. No postponements of disclosure were proposed for records related to the other three incidents. On November 22, 2024, the Review Board determined that 238 pages in full and 27 pages in part should be publicly disclosed in the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection. The Review Board approved 129 postponements proposed by the Department of Justice and the FBI. The Board is still considering 4 postponements proposed by the FBI. By issuing this notice, the Review Board complies with section 7(c)(4) of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 that requires the Review Board to publish in the Federal Register its determinations on the disclosure or postponement of records in the Collection no more than 14 days after the date of its decision.