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OIP FOIA Reading Room Records

OFFICE OF INFORMATION POLICY
Electronic FOIA Reading Room Records

Policy Statements

Attorney General's Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies Concerning the Freedom of Information Act (March 19, 2009)

Guidance Communication sent to Agency Chief FOIA Officers, Agency Principal FOIA Contacts, and DOJ FOIA Officers Concerning the Implementation of President Obama's Memorandum on the Freedom of Information Act (January 23, 2009)

Third-Party Requests for INS File Information (May 10, 1996)

FOIA Training Materials

Slides - President Obama's and Attorney General Holder's FOIA Memoranda (March 26, 2009)

Frequently Requested Records

FOIA Post

FOIA Update (1979-2000)

Electronic FOIA Amendments Implementation Guidance Outline, Winter 1998

Staff Manuals and Instructions to Staff

Guidance on Preparing Backlog Reduction Plans (June 26, 2008)

Guidance on Submitting Certification of Agency Compliance with FOIA's Reading Room Requirements (June 25, 2008)

Guidance on Homeland Security Information (March 19, 2002)

Further Efforts to Implement E-FOIA Provisions (March 23, 2001)

Miscellaneous

DOJ Annual FOIA Reports

These are the statistical reports of the Justice Department's FOIA activities. For the post-1997 calendar years reports on the Justice Department's FOIA litigation and compliance activities, scroll down.


DOJ FOIA Reports from 1975 to 1999 are available in the Archive section of the Department website

Annual FOIA Litigation and Compliance Report

Final Orders and Opinions

The Office of Information and Privacy does not have any documents in this category.

Other FOIA documents are accessible in the Archive section of the Department website.

Last Updated:
March 30, 2009



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