Welcome to the NARA Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Homepage

• Text of the Freedom of Information Act: 5 U.S.C. 552
  
  
• NARA's FOIA Regulations 36 CFR 1250
  
  
• National Archives and Records Administration Freedom of Information Act Reference Guide: Revised March 2004
  
  
• Privacy Act Resources
  
  

This Guide provides instructions on obtaining information from NARA using the Freedom of Information Act, both operational records and historical records.

• Electronic Reading Room 
  
  

This site contains information routinely available to the public as well as documents frequently requested under the Freedom of Information Act. The page will continue to grow as we add records in which the public expresses an interest.

• FOIA Annual Reports
  
• Current Annual Report
  
• Archives of Annual Reports

• Other FOIA Resources
• Department of Justice FOIA Homepage
  
• Principle FOIA Contacts at other agencies
  
• "A Citizen's Guide to Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records." House Report 108-172, The Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
  
• "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.