A person may make a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or Privacy Act request for records maintained by the VA Office of Inspector General (VAOIG). To expedite your request, please make sure your request:

  1. is in writing,
  2. is signed, and
  3. reasonably describes the information you are requesting.

If you know any specific information, such as a Hotline case number or a report number, please include that also.

We regret that we cannot process FOIA or Privacy Act requests online. FOIA and Privacy Act requests may be made in writing to:

Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of Inspector General
Release of Information Office (50CI)
810 Vermont Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20420

— Information you send might be incorporated into a Privacy Act System of Records [Office of Inspector General Management Information System (71VA53)]

If you are not certain that the records being sought are maintained by the VAOIG, your request should be submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs FOIA Officer who will direct your request to the appropriate office(s):

Department of Veterans Affairs
Director, Information Management Service (045A4)
810 Vermont Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20420

The VA's FOIA Electronic Reading Room