links for online submission of foia requests
Some agencies have begun accepting requests under the Freedom of Information Act through electronic mail or online forms. Submitting requests in this manner is not only convenient, but it can also permit the requester to avoid delays in the mail that can be particularly acute with federal mail that is screened to avoid terrorist attacks.
As with all FOIA requests, before submitting your request it is important to make sure that you have identified the appropriate agency or subdivision of the agency that has the records that you seek.
Cabinet Departments
- Department of Commerce
- Email Address: EFOIA@doc.gov
- Department of Defense
- Electronic Form: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/foiarequest.html
- Department of Education
- Email Address: OCIO_FOIA@ed.gov
- Department of Energy
- Electronic Form: http://www.hr.doe.gov/es/request.htm
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Electronic Form: http://www.hud.gov/ogc/foia.html
Departmental Subcomponents and Agencies
- Army
- Email Address: FOIA@rmda.belvoir.army.mil
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Email Address: egtollefson@bpa.gov
- Bureau of Land Management
- Electronic Form: http://www-a.blm.gov/nhp/main/FOIA/Emailable.html
- Coast Guard
- Email Address: tmarshall@comdt.uscg.mil
- Comptroller of the Currency
- Email Address: FOIA-PA@occ.treas.gov
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Email Address: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov
- Defense Contract Audit Agency
- Email Address: dcaaweb@dcaa.mil
- Defense Information Systems Agency
- Email Address: GeneralCounselDISA@ncr.disa.mil
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Email Address: robert.richardson@dia.mil
- Defense Security Service
- Email Address: leslie.blake@mail.dss.mil
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Email Address: foia@dtra.mil
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Email Address: hq.foia@epa.gov
- Farm Credit Administration
- Email Address: foiaofficer@fca.gov
- Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation
- Email Address: buccolod@fca.gov
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Email Address: 7-AWA-ARC-FOIA@faa.gov
- Federal Communications Commission
- Email Address: FOIA@fcc.gov
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Electronic Form: http://www2.fdic.gov/EFOIAREQUEST/
- Federal Housing Finance Board
- Email Address: foia@fhfb.gov
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
- Electronic Form: http://www.fletc.gov/irm/foia/foiaform.htm
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
- Email Address: bspears@fletc.treas.gov
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- Email Address: foia@fmcs.gov
- Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
- Email Address: info@fmshrc.gov
- Federal Railroad Administration
- Email Address: sandi.robinson@fra.dot.gov
- Federal Reserve Board
- Electronic Form: http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/Foia/EFOIA/EFOIAForm.cfm
- Federal Trade Commission
- Email Address: FOIA@FTC.GOV
- Federal Trade Commission
- Electronic Form: https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/foia.htm
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Email Address: R9FOIA@fws.gov
- Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
- Email Address: fsis.foia@usda.gov
- Forest Service
- Email Address: wo_foia@fs.fed.us
- General Accounting Office
- Email Address: RecordsRequest@gao.gov
- Inspector General, Department of Defense
- Email Address: FOIA@dodig.osd.mil
- International Trade Administration
- Email Address: Peter_Han@ita.doc.gov
- Legal Services Corporation
- Email Address: FOIA@lsc.gov
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Email Address: foia@hq.nasa.gov
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Email Address: inquire@nara.gov
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Email Address: foia@arts.endow.gov
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Email Address: gencounsel@neh.gov
- National Labor Relations Board
- Electronic Form: http://nlrbtest.access.gpo.gov/foia/foia.asp
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Email Address: FOIA@noaa.gov
- National Science Foundation
- Email Address: foia@nsf.gov
- National Security Agency
- Electronic Form: https://www.nsa.gov/forms/foia_request_form.cfm
- National Transportation Safety Board
- Electronic Form: http://www.ntsb.gov/pubmail/pubmail.asp
- Navy
- Email Address: foia@mail.navy.mil
- Navy
- Electronic Form: http://foia.navy.mil/OnlineFoiaRequestForm.asp
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Email Address: foia@nrc.gov
- Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
- Email Address: foia.office@ofheo.gov
- Office of Personnel Management
- Email Address: foia@opm.gov
- Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Email Address: ostpfoia@ostp.eop.gov
- Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- Electronic Form: http://www.osmre.gov/foiarequ.htm
- Office of Thrift Supervision
- Email Address: public.info@ots.treas.gov
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- Email Address: FOIA@opic.gov
- Postal Rate Commission
- Email Address: PRC-Admin@prc.gov
- Postal Rate Commission
- Electronic Form: http://www.prc.gov/foia/foiaonlineform.htm
- Research, Education, and Economics Divisions of USDA
- Email Address: vherberger@ars.usda.gov
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Email Address: foia/pa@sec.gov
- Small Business Administration
- Email Address: foia@sba.gov
- United States Geological Survey
- Email Address: jcordyac@usgs.gov
- USDA, Chief Financial Officer
- Email Address: KDonaldson@usda.gov