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Submit a written FOIA request (letter, fax, or e-mail) for documents maintained by
the Risk Management Agency to:
Terrie Ray, FOIA Officer
USDA-RMA-PSS
Stop 0821
1400 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20250
Fax: 202-720-6665
E-mail: Terrie_Ray@rma.usda.gov
Or send a FOIA Request Form.
In order to protect your privacy, whenever you request information about yourself,
you will be asked to provide either a notarized statement or a statement signed under
the penalty of perjury stating that you are the person that you claim to be. If you
request information about yourself and do not follow one of these procedures, your
request cannot be processed. This requirement helps to ensure that private information
about you will not be disclosed to anyone else.
In making your request, identify the documents you want as clearly as possible.
The more precise and accurate the request, the more likely you are to get a complete
response. For example, include the following in your request:
- Subject
- Office or agency that maintains the information
- Location of documents
- Time documents were probably created
- Grant or contract numbers, if applicable
- Your telephone number, e-mail address, and mailing address
- Fee information (see below)
Sample FOIA Request Letter (PDF)
FOIA requests apply to existing records only. RMA is not required to create a
record to answer a FOIA request. If the record requested does not exist on paper or
in electronic form, RMA's reply to the requester will explain that.
Privacy Act
The Privacy Act (PA), 5 U.S.C. 552a, protects individuals against clearly unwarranted
invasion of their personal privacy. The PA informs individuals as to what information
is maintained on them and where the information is stored and allows an individual to
access documents maintained in a PA System of Records (records retrievable by an
individual's name or other personal identifier) and to request an amendment of the
records. Documents maintained in a PA System of Records are available to first-party
requesters (individuals that the record pertains to) or their representatives unless
they fall within the exemptions of both the PA and the FOIA.
RMA Privacy Policy.
For more information, contact Terrie Ray
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