FOIA Reference Material

• Transparency and Accountability in government operations, changing FOIA presumptions.
  January 21, 2009
  
  

• Attorney General’s memo interpreting Transparency and Accountability.
  March 19, 2009:  Memo
  
  

• A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom Of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records
  A guide to both the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act prepared by the House Committee on Government Reform.
  
  

• Text of the FOIA (as Amended in 2007)

  Text of the FOIA (as Amended in 2002)  This has been superseded by the 2007 amended statute.
  
  

• Your Right to Federal Records
  This pamphlet is a joint publication of the Department of Justice and the General Services Administration concerning both the FOIA and the Privacy Act.
  
  

• DoD Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Program, DoDD 5400.07
  This directive provides policies and responsibilities for implementing the DoD FOIA Program in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552.
  
  

• DoD Freedom of Information Act Program, DoD 5400.7-R
  This publication provides guidance regarding administration of the Freedom of Information Act program within the Department of Defense.
  
  

• DoD Freedom of Information Act Exemption Three Statutes
  This document contains a list of 5 USC § 552(b)(3) statutes.
  
  

• DoD Freedom of Information Act Handbook
  This document provides basic information about the Freedom of Information Act program within the Department of Defense.
  
  

• Department of Justice FOIA Guide
  The "FOIA Guide" is an extensive discussion of the Act's exemptions and its procedural aspects that is prepared by the Department of Justice's Office of Information and Privacy every two years.
  
  

• FOIA Post
  Office of Information and Privacy, Department of Justice (On-line Periodical)
  
  

• FOIA Update
  Office of Information and Privacy, Department of Justice (On-line Periodical)
  
  

• Access Reports
  Subscription based Periodical (Non-Government)
  
  

• Executive Order 12600
  Predisclosure Notification Procedures for Confidential Commercial Information
  
  

• Executive Order 12958, As Amended
  Classified National Security Information
  
  

• Executive Order 13392
  Improving Agency Disclosure of Information
  
  

• S.2488
  Open Government Act of 2007
  
  

• Code of Federal Regulations
  
  

• Executive Orders
  
  

• Federal Register
  
  

• Government Printing Office (GPO) Access
  
  

• Office of Management and Budget
  
  

• U.S. Government Manual
  
  

• United States Code