{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-2509.16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 2509.16","heading":"How will CNCS make guidance documents available to the public?","body":"CNCS shall:\n(a) Ensure all effective guidance documents, identified by a unique identifier which includes, at a minimum, the document's title and date of issuance or revision and its RIN, if applicable, are on its website in a single, searchable, indexed database, and available to the public in accordance with § 2905.16;\n(b) Note on its website that guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, except as authorized by law or as incorporated into a contract; and\n(c) Publish on its website where the public can comment electronically on any guidance documents that are subject to the notice-and-comment procedures described in § 2509.22 and to submit requests electronically for issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of guidance documents.\n(d) Guidance documents that do not appear on the Agency's single, searchable, indexed database are rescinded.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER XXV—CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE","PART 2509—ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES","Subpart A—Guidance Documents"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"27a33d08c161a43573f12d283160355b8e649364573ca21834f0624441147a52","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-2509.14","next":"us/45-cfr-2509.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}