# 2024-31618: Government Finally Opens Files on Civil Rights Cold Cases

2024-31618, Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-06, effective 2024-12-20 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31618
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31618
- Title: Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-06
- Effective: 2024-12-20
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Government Finally Opens Files on Civil Rights Cold Cases

## Summary

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board decided to release 195 pages of important records about seven civil rights cold cases. These records will now be available to the public, with no delays or extra costs involved. This decision was made official on December 20, 2024, and announced within the required two weeks to keep everyone in the loop.

## Abstract

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board received 195 pages of records from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) related to seven civil rights cold case incidents to which the Review Board assigned the unique identifiers 2024-003-018, 2024-003- 023, 2024-003-035, 2024-003-038, 2024-003-051, 2024-003-067, and 2024- 003-068. NARA did not propose any postponements of disclosure. On December 20, 2024, the Review Board determined that the records should be publicly disclosed in the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection. 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- 195 Pages of Cold Case Records Released: benefit, low. On December 20, 2024, the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board determined that 195 pages of records related to seven civil rights cold cases (IDs 2024-003-018, 2024-003-023, 2024-003-035, 2024-003-038, 2024-003-051, 2024-003-067, and 2024-003-068) will be publicly disclosed in the Civil Righ…

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## Sources
- [2024-31618 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-31618/notice-of-formal-determination-on-records-release)
- [2024-31618 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-31618.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31618 (as of 2026-06-08).