DHS Component FOIA Logs
Those component FOIA libraries maintained by the components on an external website are listed below
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Those component FOIA libraries maintained by the components on an external website are listed below
DHS Purchase Cardholder Lists and Transaction Reports
Search Available Records, How to Make FOIA Requests, Submit a FOIA Request, Check Status of Request, and information on FOIA Policy & Compliance.
Submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request.
Four Steps to File a FOIA request at DHS: Search available records, learn to make a request, submit a request, check request status.
In general, the FOIA requires an agency to respond to FOIA requests within 20 business days after the office that maintains the responsive records receives the request. The business day response requirement is not necessarily the time frame for releasing responsive documents.
The Department processes its requests by date of receipt at the proper office maintaining the required records on a first-in, first-out basis, except for exceptions outlined in the FOIA and the Department of Homeland Security FOIA implementing regulations.
FOIA Fee Structure and Waivers - FOIA provisions allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request.
This page provides you with information on how to submit a FOIA request or a Privacy Act request. It is critical that all the required information be provided.
Testimony of Ivan K. Fong, Office of the General Counsel, Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on "Why Isn't The Department of Homeland Security Meeting The President's Standard on FOIA?"
The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office aims to release as much information to the public as possible, consistent with the needs to protect classified and other sensitive information. Some records, however, are protected from public disclosure by one of nine exemptions or excluded from coverage under FOIA by one of three special law enforcement record exclusions.