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Freedom of Information Act Reading Rooms
WEB WATCH: Freedom of Information Act - Government Websites
As required by the Electronic Freedom of Information Act, federal
executive agencies now provide Electronic Reading Rooms featuring
most frequently requested documents and other data. See a sampling,
below. BNA's Web Watch is prepared by Laura
Gordon-Murnane. E-mail suggestions for future weekly topics
always welcome.
Government Agencies
Department
of Agriculture
Includes final agency opinions, administrative staff manuals,
statements, popular FOIA records, the FOIA handbook, Annual FOIA
Report, and an alphabetical index of materials.
Department
of Commerce
Includes how to make a request guide, policies, final opinions,
frequently requested documents, and selected publications.
Food
and Drug Administration
Offers an index of electronic reading room documents, annual e-FOIA
reports, and a FOIA handbook.
Centers
for Disease Control
Includes CDC/ATSDR Guide to FOIA, policies and administrative staff
manuals, list of useful publications, and a link to the Government
Information Locator Service.
Department
of Energy
Provides frequently requested FOIA documents, reading room index
to documents, directives, waste sites, environmental impact statements,
and FOIA Appeals.
Environmental
Protection Agency
Includes FOIA contacts, how to make a FOIA request guide, links
to major databases, publications and subject index, E-FOIA regulations,
and EPA FOIA Annual Report
EPA by Region
FOIA information is available by separate regions, as well.
Region
1
Region
2
Region
3
Region
4
Region
5
Region
6
Region
7
Region
8
Region 9
Region
10
Federal
Reserve
Includes annual reports, appeals, frequently requested
documents and data, and guide on making a FOIA request
Department
of Health and Human Services
Documents, contacts, FOIA annual reports, and HHS administrative
manuals.
Department
of the Interior
FOIA contacts, an index of documents, and final opinions and adjudications.
Department
of Justice
FOIA contacts, reference materials, DOJ FOIA annual reports, and
frequently requested documents.
Department
of Labor
A guide on requesting FOIA records, annual FOIA reports, FOIA sites
for DOL departments, and frequently requested documents.
Department
of Transportation
FOIA annual reports, selected frequently requested documents, and
a guide on requesting FOIA records.
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