Foia Reading Room Requirements

Guidance on submitting certification of agency compliance with foia s reading room requirements.

Foia reading room requirements.

Freedom of information act electronic reading room. Beginning july 20 2020 the foia team has resumed its acceptance of foia requests by mail. Records known to have been published in the federal register in accordance with 5 usc 552 a 1 are excluded. Omb has three reading rooms.

2 it applies to certain basic agency records that while not automatically published under subsection a 1 of the act 3 must routinely be made available for public inspection and copying in agency reading rooms. In accordance with 5 usc 552 a 2 the above categories of records reading room records are publicly available without the need for a foia request. Other information can be consulted on the cia s electronic reading room or by submitting a foia request. Subsection a 2 of the freedom of information act commonly known as the foia requires federal agencies to make four types of records affirmatively available for public inspection and copying.

The following report is provided to certify omb s compliance with foia s reading room requirements. 4 this public inspection obligation applies to all. Internal review of agency foia reading room. The uscis electronic reading room provides access to information identified under the freedom of information act foia.

If prior to that date you submitted a foia request or appeal to the bureau by u s. Mail overnight mail services or fax and have not received an acknowledgement of receipt by the bureau we recommend resubmitting or following up by email to confirm. We will update the electronic reading room when documents are requested 3 or more times or when we proactively identify documents likely requested for release. Agencies may satisfy this requirement by either providing the designated documents solely in an electronic reading room on an agency website or in a combination of electronic and conventional.

The freedom of information act foia states that any person has a right of access to federal agency records except to the extent that such records are protected from release by a foia exemption or a special law enforcement record exclusion. 1 omb s electronic reading room which can be accessed at. With foia s reading room requirements. Trained animals have been used in security roles to fulfill mission requirements notably by the armed forces whether for transport communication or threat detection.