Electronic FOIA Reading Rooms
Pursuant to section 552(a)(2) of the FOIA, each federal agency must make four categories of records affirmatively available by electronic means:
(1) federal agency "final opinions [and] . . . orders" made in the adjudication of cases;
(2) specific agency policy statements;
(3) administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect a member of the public; and
(4) records disclosed in response to a FOIA request that "the agency determines have become or are likely to become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same records"
Typically, agencies fulfill this requirement by posting records in “reading rooms” on their FOIA websites. We have assembled links to as many agency FOIA reading rooms as we could locate.
Cabinet agencies
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (see internal link)
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of the Treasury
Department of Veterans Affairs
Other agencies
Administrative Conference of the United States
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
U.S. Agency for International Development
American Battle Monuments Commission
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Council on Environmental Quality
Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Corporation for National and Community Service
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency
Council on Environmental Quality
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Election Assistance Commission
Environmental Protection Agency:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Federal Retirement Thrift Savings Board
General Services Administration
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
Institute of Museum and Library Services
International Boundary and Water Commission
Merit Systems Protection Board
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Archives and Records Administration
National Endowment for the Arts
National Council on Disability
National Credit Union Administration
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Indian Gaming Commission
National Labor Relations Board
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
National Safety Transportation Board
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Office of Personnel Management
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Securities and Exchange Commission
Social Security Administration
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
U.S. International Trade Commission
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Last updated Feb. 3, 2024