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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) gives you the right to access federal records unless the information in those records is protected by one or more of the nine exemptions (reasons an agency may withhold records from a requester) and there is a sound legal basis to withhold them. The federal government's responsibility is to provide you with copies of the documents you are entitled to receive under the law.
Business.gov, The Official Business Link to the U.S. Government, is managed as a partnership between 22 federal government agencies. This partnership is known as The Business Gateway. If you are seeking general information from one of these partner agencies, you may wish to visit their home pages:
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
- Environmental Protection Agency
- General Services Administration
- Office of Personnel Management
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Science Foundation
- Social Security Administration
Partner agencies and other federal regulatory agencies provide a collection of regulatory information to help businesses understand how to comply with regulations enforced by these agencies. If you have general questions on what information is available from these agencies without submitting a FOIA request or where it may be located, contact the agency directly. If the information you are seeking does not appear to be publicly available, you will need to submit a written FOIA request to the appropriate agency.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is the managing partner for the Business.gov website. You may direct FOIA requests specifically about Business.gov to SBA's FOIA Requester Service Center .
Please review the About Us section of this website before submitting a FOIA request, since pertinent details about Business Gateway and Business.gov are readily available to the public there.
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