§ 1250.37 - Definitions.

Commercial-use requester means a requester seeking information for a use or purpose that furthers the commercial, trade, or profit interests of the requester or the person on whose behalf the request is made.

Educational-institution request means a request from a preschool, a public or private elementary or secondary school, an institution of undergraduate higher education, an institution of graduate higher education, an institution of professional education, or an institution of vocational education which operates a program or programs of scholarly research. The request must serve the scholarly research goals of the institution or school rather than the individual goals of the requester. A request from a student in furtherance of the completion of a course of instruction does not qualify as an educational institution request.

Freelance-journalist means an individual who qualifies as a representative of the news media because the individual can demonstrate a solid basis for expecting publication through a news organization, even though not actually in its employ. A publication contract would be the clearest proof of a solid basis, but the individual's past publication history may also be considered in demonstrating this solid basis.

News media representative means a person actively gathering news for an entity that is organized and operated to publish or broadcast news to the public. The term news means information that is about current events or that would be of current interest to the public. Examples of news media entities include television or radio stations broadcasting to the public at large, and publishers of periodicals (but only in those instances when they can qualify as disseminators of news) who make their products available for purchase or subscription by the general public.

Non-commercial scientific institution means an institution that is not operated on a basis that furthers the commercial, trade, or profit interests of any person or organization, and which is operated solely for the purpose of conducting scientific research the results of which are not intended to promote any particular product or industry.

Other requesters means any individual who is not a commercial-use requester, a representative of the news media, a freelance-journalist, or one associated with an educational or non-commercial scientific institution whose research activities conform to the definition above. This term does not include requests from records subjects for records about themselves filed in NARA's systems of records; such requests are handled in accordance with 36 CFR part 1202.