FOIA PAGE
FOIA Contact:
Melanie Ann Pustay, Deputy Director
Office of Information and Privacy
Suite 570, Flag Building
Department of Justice
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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