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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requires agencies to make various types of records available for public inspection in both paper and electronic form. These records are available through this page.

  • For reports and publications relating to the Department’s mission and strategy, please visit About the Department of Homeland Security, which contains links to many of those documents.
  • For reports and publications released by our components please visit their FOIA pages.

Questions on how to submit a FOIA request? (See "How to Submit a FOIA Request to the Department of Homeland Security.")

FOIA requests must be addressed to component(s) you believe houses the records sought. (See "Directing Requests to Proper Components.")

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This page was last reviewed/modified on April 17, 2009.