The Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO)
is located at 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, Missouri.
KCCO receives requests for information
related to agricultural commodity and service procurements, information
on warehouses licensed under the United States Warehouse Act and/or
approved under the Uniform Grain and Rice Storage Agreement, Cotton
Storage Agreement and Processed Commodities Storage Agreement as well as
requests that pertain to other programs administered by KCCO.
Please refer to
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/daco/kcco.htm
which provides a description of the various programs administered by
Commodity Operations, KCCO.
Requests come from the public, private
sector, educational institutions, news media and other government
agencies, both state and federal.
KCCO FOIA personnel receive requests and
determine if the information is available through KCCO. The
requests are forwarded to the appropriate record holding office for
analysis, research and compilation of the information. Upon
receipt of the documents, FOIA personnel determine if the information
requested is releasable under FOIA guidelines and regulations and does
not conflict with the Privacy Act. The fees for requested
information are regulated by FOIA guidelines.
To file an electronic request via
e-mail, visit the FSA Online FOIA
Request Page. Additional information can be obtained at
USDA's Freedom of
Information Act Home Page and
FSA's Freedom of
Information Act web page.
