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Takedown Policy for Web Content

The following table outlines our Web content review actions for our TTB websites, and identifies our policies for removing content that does not reflect current TTB policy decisions, programs or activities, or if it has been superseded.

Web Content Review Actions

If the content……the content is……and TTB will…
reflects current TTB decisions and activities, regardless of when the information was originally created and published.
Note: There are many years-old regulations, policies, and programmatic descriptions posted on TTB's site that are still accurate and have not been superseded by information that is more recent.
currentvalidate, supplement if necessary or desired, and republish the content.
can be updated to accurately reflect TTB's most recent policy decisions, programs or activities.outdatedvalidate, update and republish the content.
does not reflect current TTB policy decisions, programs or activities, but still provides information that is of use for research purposes.outdatedkeep the content on the public access website for historical reference purposes. Once content is designated as outdated, the review cycle for content is every three years regardless of content type specified.
does not reflect current TTB policy decisions, programs or activities, or if it has been superseded.obsoleteremove/retire the content, since it is no longer useful or relevant. At TTB.gov, retired content will be removed from the website, but a copy is kept in the archives. TTB will determine if the content needs to be maintained as a record according TTB.gov records management policies.

 

 

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Questions?  For more information about TTB's takedown policy and a list of removed public guidance documents, see our Removed Public Guidance Documents page.

 

Last updated: April 11, 2024
Maintained by: Regulations and Rulings Division