FOIA Contact:
FOIA Officer
Professional Responsibility Advisory Office
Suite 12000, 1425 New York Avenue, NW
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20530
(202) 514-0458

Conventional Reading Room:
Patrick Henry Building
Room 10200, 601 D Street, N.W.
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.

Electronic Reading Room:
This includes frequently requested records, opinions, policy statements, and staff manuals/instructions to staff, created by the Professional Responsibility Advisory Office after November 1,1996.

Component Description:
In 1994, the Department recognized the need for a program dedicated to resolving professional responsibility issues faced by Department attorneys and Assistant United States Attorneys. As a result, on April 14, 1999, the Department officially established the Professional Responsibility Advisory Office (PRAO) as an independent component within the Department of Justice.

Please note: Complaints concerning the actions of individual Department attorneys and Assistant United States Attorneys are not processed and/or handled by the PRAO but should be referred to the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).

DOJ Reference Guide:
A comprehensive guide to the FOIA that serves as a handbook for obtaining information from the Department.

Special information required to make a FOIA request: None

Publicly available information for which a FOIA request is not required: None

Major Information System: None