FOIA Contact:
Carmen L. Mallon
Chief of Staff
Office of Information and Privacy
Department of Justice
Suite 11050
1425 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
(202) 514-FOIA
Conventional Reading Room:
Call (202) 514-FOIA for access instructions.
Electronic Reading Room:
This includes frequently requested records, opinions, policy
statements, and staff manuals/instructions to staff, created by the
Office of the Associate Attorney General after November 1, 1996.
Component Description:
The Associate Attorney General advises and assists the Attorney
General and the Deputy Attorney General in formulating and implementing
departmental policies and programs pertaining to a broad range of civil
justice matters. The Office oversees and provides policy direction to
the Civil, Antitrust, Environment and Natural Resources, Tax, and Civil
Rights Divisions, as well as providing oversight responsibility for
the Office of Justice Programs, the Community Oriented Policing Services,
the Community Relations Service, the Executive Office for United States
Trustees, the Office of Information and Privacy, and the Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission. Records maintained include those relating to
the administration of the office.
DOJ Reference Guide:
A comprehensive guide to the FOIA that serves as a handbook
for obtaining information from the Department.
Special information required to make a FOIA request:
None
Publicly available information for which a FOIA request is
not required:
Information and reports considered to be of significant public
interest. If interested in such information, please contact the office
listed above.
Multitrack processing:
FOIA requests are placed in one of three tracks. Track one
is for those requests which seek and receive expedited processing pursuant
to subsection (a)(6)(E) of the FOIA. The second track is for those requests
which do not involve voluminous records or lengthy consultations with
other entities. Track three is for those requests which involve voluminous
records and for which lengthy or numerous consultations are required,
or those requests which may involve sensitive records.
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