Lawchek® - Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Government Sites

All of these sites contain information concerning the FOIA. Most of the agencies discuss how to directly contact their offices. Also, many have research engines or libraries accessible through the Internet. A few of the sites do offer more information about the FOIA in general and special interest articles. These more detailed sites are marked with an asterisk (*).

Agency for International Development
http://www.info.usaid.gov/about/foia/

Agriculture Department
http://www.usda.gov/news/foia/foia98.htm
Agricultural Marketing Service
http://www.ams.usda.gov/foia/

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
http://www.atf.treas.gov/about/foia/users.htm

Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
http://www.acda.gov/

Bonneville Power Administration
http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/cg/foia/foiahome.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/od/foia/foi.htm

Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.foia.ucia.gov/

Civil Rights Commission
http://www.usccr.gov/

Clinton's Memorandum
http://www.citizen.org/litigation/foic/clinton_94.html

Coast Guard (US)
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-s/g-si/g-sii/sii-2/foia.htm

Commerce Department
http://www.doc.gov/oebam/foia25.htm

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
http://www.cftc.gov/foia/foia.htm

Comptroller of the Currency
http://www.occ.treas.gov/foia/foia.htm

Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia.html

Corporation for National & Community Service
http://www.cns.gov/research/foia/

Council on Environmental Quality
http://www.whitehouse.gov/CEQ/

Customs Service (US)
http://www.customs.treas.gov/top/foia.htm

Defense Department
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/98report/CONTENTS.html
   Air Force FOIA
    http://www.foia.af.mil/
    Army
    http://www.rmd.belvoir.army.mil/rmda/
    Defense Contract Audit Agency
    http://www.dtic.mil/dcaa/freedom_info.html
    Defense Energy Support Center
    http://www.desc.dla.mil/main/foia/foia.htm
    Defense Finance & Accounting Service
    http://www.dfas.mil/
    Defense Information Systems Agency
    http://www.disa.mil/cmd/foia/foia.html
    Defense Intelligence Agency
    http://www.dia.mil/foia/foia.html
    Defense Logistics Agency
    http://www.dla.mil/public_info/efoia.htm
    Defense Statistics Department
    http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/summar96.html
    Marine Corps
    http://www.usmc.mil/
    National Imagery & Mapping Agency
    http://164.214.2.59/foia/
    National Reconnaissance Office
    http://www.nro.odci.gov/index6.html
    National Security Agency
    http://www.nsa.gov:8080/releases/index.html
    Navy
    http://www.ogc.secnav.hq.navy.mil/foia/index.html
        NAVICP
        http://www.navicp.navy.mil/foia/foiahome.htm
        Naval Reserve Personnel Center
        http://www.nrpcweb.nola.navy.mil/freedom.htm
    Office of the Inspector General
    http://www.dodig.osd.mil/AIM/alsd/request.htm

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
http://www.dnfsb.gov/foia.htm

Education Department
http://www.vais.net/~edoig/foiapage.htm

Energy Department
http://www.nv.doe.gov/programs/foia/foia.htm
Energy Department, Department of Hearings and Appeals
http://www.oha.doe.gov/index.htm

Environmental Health Sciences
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/omasb/foiahome.htm

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/region5/foia.htm

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/foia/index.html

Export-Import Bank
http://www.exim.gov/foia.html

Farm Credit Administration
http://www.fca.gov/ogc/fia.htm

Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.faa.gov/aad/foia/foia.htm
Aviation Administration Acquisition System
http://fast.faa.gov/ams/ams3-7.htm

*FBI's FOIA Reading Room
http://foia.fbi.gov/

Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fcc.gov/

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
http://www.fdic.gov/news/freedom/index.html

Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/

Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov/library/foia01.htm

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
http://www.ferc.fed.us/foia/foiahome.htm

Federal Labor Relations Authority
http://www.flra.gov/index.html

Federal Maritime Commission
http://www.fmc.gov/ReadingRoom.htm

Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
http://www.fmcs.gov/foia/foia.htm

Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission
http://www.msha.gov/SOLICITOR/FMSHRC/fmshrc.htm

Federal Reserve Board
http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/foia/

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/foia/index.htm

Food & Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/foi/foia2.htm

Food Safety and Inspection Service
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/FOIA/

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
http://www.usdoj.gov/fcsc/foia.htm

Financial Management Services
http://www.fms.treas.gov/foia/

General Accounting Office
http://www.gao.gov/

General Services Administration
http://www.gsa.gov/staff/c/ca/links.htm

Handbook for FOIA & Privacy Act
http://www.ftc.gov/foia/handbook.htm

Hazardous Materials Safety
http://hazmat.dot.gov/foia.htm

Health Care Finance Administration
http://www.hcfa.gov/foip/default.htm

Health Care Policy & Research
http://www.ahcpr.gov/info/foia.htm

Health & Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/about/foia/

Health (National Institutes of)
http://www.nih.gov/od/foia/index.htm

Health Resource & Services Administration
http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/Newsroom/efoia.htm

Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whatsup/foia/

House of Representative’s Guide for FOIA
http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/foia/citizens_guide_to_foia_93.txt

Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov/ogc/foiafree.html

Information Agency (US)
http://www.usia.gov/

Interior Department
http://www.doi.gov/foia/index.html
    Bureau of Indian Affairs
    http://www.doi.gov/bia/foia/foia-off.html
    Bureau of Land Management
    http://www.blm.gov/nhp/efoia/FOIA.html
    Bureau of Reclamation
    http://www.usbr.gov/aamsden/1424.html
    Fish and Wildlife Service
    http://www.fws.gov/r9pdm/home/foia.html
    Minerals Management Service
    http://www.mms.gov/adm/foia.html
    National Park Service
    http://www2.cr.nps.gov/laws/foia.htm
    Office of Surface Mining
    http://www.osmre.gov/ocfoia.htm
    Office of the Solicitor
    http://www.doi.gov/sol/solfoia.html
    U. S. Geological Survey
    http://www.usgs.gov/foia/

Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/news/efoia/

International Trade Commission
http://www.usitc.gov/foia.htm

*Justice Programs Office
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/foia.htm

Labor Department
http://www.dol.gov/dol/public/foia/main.htm

Labor Statistics Bureau
http://stats.bls.gov/blsfoia.htm

Legal Services Corporation
http://www.lsc.gov/

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/

National Aeronautics & Space Administration
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/FOIA/elec.html
NASA SC
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/pao/public/foia/index.html

National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.nara.gov/foia/

National Credit Union Administration
http://www.ncua.gov/

National Endowment of the Arts
http://arts.endow.gov/learn/FOIA/Contents.html

National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/foia/foia_gui.html

National Institute of Standards & Technology
http://www.nist.gov/admin/foia/foia.htm

National Labor Relations Board
http://www.nlrb.gov/foia/foia.html

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
http://www.rdc.noaa.gov/~foia/

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
http://www.amtrak.com/news/foia/index.html

National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/home/pubinfo/foia.htm

National Security Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/NSC/html/nschome.html

National Transportation Safety Board
http://www.ntsb.gov/info/foia.htm

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/FOIA/foia.html

Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
http://www.oshrc.gov/foia/foia.html

Office of Administration (Executive Office of the President)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OP/html/OP_Home.html

Office of Government Ethics
http://www.usoge.gov/ogefoia/foiaguid.html

Office of Management & Budget
http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/foia/index.html

Office of the Permanent Representative to the UN
http://www.un.int/usa/

Office of Personal Management
http://www.opm.gov/efoia/index.htm

Office of Science & Technology Policy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OSTP/html/foia.html

Office of Special Counsel
http://www.osc.gov/foia.htm

Office of Thrift Supervision
http://www.ots.treas.gov/foia.html

Office of the US Trade Representative
http://www.ustr.gov/efoia/index.html

Office of the Vice President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OVP/index.html

Patent & Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/foia/

Peace Corps
http://www.peacecorps.gov/about/policies/foia.html

Pensions Benefit Guaranty Corporation
http://www.pbgc.gov/

Postal Service
http://www.usps.gov/

Railroad Administration
http://www.fra.dot.gov/s/foia/abct49.htm
Railroad Retirement Board
http://www.rrb.gov/g75.html

Secret Service (US)
http://www.treas.gov/usss/foia.htm

Securities & Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov/asec/foia/foiahome.htm

Selective Service System
http://www.sss.gov/freedomhome.htm

Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov/foia/

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm

*State Department: FOIA Reading Room
http://foia.state.gov/

Surface Transportation Board
http://www.stb.dot.gov/foia.htm

Telecommunications and Information Administration
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/

Tennessee Valley Authority
http://www.tva.gov/foia/foia_annual99.htm

Transportation Department
http://www.dot.gov/faq.htm

Treasury Department
http://www.treas.gov/foia/

Veterans Affairs Department
http://www.va.gov/oig/53/foia.htm

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

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