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Freedom of Information Act Requests
  • G-75: Guide to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests
    This guide is designed to assist you in requesting records from the United States Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).   
  • Annual FOIA Reports:
    2003 | 2002 | 2001 |2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
  • IMPAC Credit Card Holders' List:
    Legislation enacted in 1996 requires Federal agencies to post in their electronic reading rooms documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) which the agency determines have become or are likely to become the subjects of subsequent requests for substantially the same records.  We have determined that the IMPAC Credit Cardholders' List is the only document we release frequently under the FOIA.
  • Justice Department FOIA Information Page

Appeals Procedure

  • Questions and Answers About Appeals
    Persons claiming retirement, disability or survivor as well as unemployment or sickness benefits from the Railroad Retirement Board have the right to appeal unfavorable determinations on their claims. These questions and answers describe the appeals processes for persons whose claims under the Railroad Retirement Act or Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act are denied, or who are dissatisfied with decisions on their claims.
  • HA-1 Appeal Form

Legal Opinions

Partition of Railroad Retirement Annuities

The Federal Register

Proposed and final regulations of the Railroad Retirement Board are published in the Federal Register.   Notices of Board meetings, lists of agency forms submitted to the Office of Management and Budget, and other miscellaneous notices are also published.  You may search the Federal Register or use our handy indexes that link directly to the regulations or notices we publish:

Board Coverage Decisions

Board Coverage Decisions are the determinations of the three-member Railroad Retirement Board as to the status of various companies or persons with respect to coverage as employers or employees under the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts.

Government Information Locator Service (GILS)

Links to our GILS core records. These records describe, according to a prescribed format, the agency's automated information systems, its information dissemination products, and its Privacy Act systems of records. In some cases the information is available to view online and that is indicated where applicable.

Index of Administrative Staff Manuals

An index of the chapters in the various manuals used by the Railroad Retirement Board in the processing of claims under either the Railroad Retirement or Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts.

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