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FOIA Introduction

FOIA Basics
- What is the FOIA?
- Who can I send a FOIA request to?
- What are the FOIA exemptions?
- How can I obtain agency records without using the FOIA?
- What does it cost to make a FOIA request?
- What happens after I make a request?
- How can I appeal an adverse response?
- What else should I know?
- What unexpected problems might I encounter?
- Sample FOIA Requests
- Sample FOIA Appeals

Making the FOIA Work for You
Follow a Request Through the FOIA Process (pdf)
Classification of Government Information
Archive's Audits of FOIA Administration
Open Government News
Noteworthy News Stories Made Possible by FOIA Documents
Government Guidance, Directives and Statistics on FOIA
Legislative History of FOIA (coming soon)
Archive's Litigation (coming soon)
International FOIA
FOIA Links

 

Archive's Audits of FOIA Administration

2006/03/14
Pseudo-Secrets
A Freedom of Information Audit of the U.S. Government's Policies on Sensitive Unclassified Information

2006/03/12
A FOIA Request Celebrates Its 17th Birthday
A Report on Federal Agency FOIA Backlog

2003/11/17
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
The National Security Archive Freedom of Information Act Audit, Part II: The Ten Oldest Pending FOIA Requests

2003/07/04
The Freedom of Information Act on Its 37th Birthday
More than 2 million FOIA requests filed at a yearly cost of just over $1 per citizen.
National Security Archive releases selection of "Top Twenty" news stories based on the FOIA

2003/03/14
The Ashcroft Memo: "Drastic" Change or "More Thunder Than Lightning"?
The National Security Archive Freedom of Information Act Audit, Part I: The Ashcroft Memo

2001/07/04
Analysis of Selected Agencies’ Annual Reports for FOIA for Fiscal Years 1998-2000
(Microsoft PowerPoint, 1.8MB)

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