AGENCY:

Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board received 5,412 pages of records from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) related to four civil rights cold case incidents to which the Review Board assigned the unique identifiers 2023-002-004, 2024-003-012, 2024-003-054, and 2024-003-057. The agencies proposed 1,436 postponements including postponements of sealed federal grand jury information in the records. On September 4, 2026, the Review Board met and approved 1,431 postponements and determined that 4,001 pages in full and 103 pages in part should be publicly disclosed in the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection. The Review Board will request that the Attorney General petition the relevant court to unseal federal grand jury information in the records for incident 2023-002-004. By issuing this notice, the Review Board complies with 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephannie Oriabure, Chief of Staff, Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, (771) 221-0014, info@coldcaserecords.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 

Authority:Public Law 115-426, 132 Stat. 5489 (44 U.S.C. 2107).