Civil Division FOIA E-Request Form

A FOIA request may be unnecessary. You may be able to access the information you require without making a FOIA request. Many documents are available through the Department of Justice website. In addition, frequently requested information is available electronically in the Civil Division's FOIA library.

If you have visited the FOIA library and were unable to find the information sought, you may need to make a FOIA request. Please follow the guidelines below to ensure the quickest possible response.

Electronic FOIA Request Form

Contact Information

Today's Date Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 4:31PM EDT

Requester’s Name

First Name

Last Name

Requester’s Organization

Address

Address 2

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Telephone

Description of Records Sought

I request that a copy of the following documents/information be provided to me:

Assessment of Fees

To help us determine your fee status, check one of the following requestor categories:

an individual seeking information for personal use

affiliated with a private corporation and seeking information for use in the company's business

affiliated with an educational institution and seeking information for a scholarly purpose

affiliated with a noncommercial scientific institution and seeking information for a scientific purpose

a representative of the news media seeking information as part of a news gathering effort

If requesting as a representative of the news media, please identify the organization with which you are affiliated:

I request expedited processing of my request and describe below in detail why I believe my request warrants it:

no compelling need exists to warrant expedited processing of this request

an imminent threat to the life or physical safety of an individual exists

an urgency to inform the public concerning actual or alleged Federal Government activity exists (this option available ONLY for requestors primarily engaged in disseminating information)

I request expedited processing of my request. If applicable, please describe your justification for expedited processing as noted below. See 28 C.F.R. 16.5(e).

Circumstances in which the lack of expedited processing could reasonably be expected to pose an imminent threat to the life or physical safety of an individual.
An urgency to inform the public about an actual or alleged Federal Government activity, if made by a person who is primarily engaged in disseminating information.
The loss of substantial due process rights.
A matter of widespread and exceptional media interest in which there exist possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.

Regarding search, duplication, and processing fees to receive records responsive to this request, I am willing to pay up to:

If I agree to fees, I understand that I will be notified before fees are incurred ONLY where fees apply and are expected to exceed the amount I have indicated. Payment must be made via check or money order, payable to the Treasury of the United States.

If you would like to request a fee waiver, please provide additional information as justification for a fee waiver or reduction in fees:

The Freedom of Information Reform Act of 1986 provides that documents are to be furnished without any charge or at a charge reduced below the fees established if disclosure of the information is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government and is not primarily in the commercial interest of the requestor. To evaluate whether the statutory standard authorizing a fee waiver or reduction has been met, we will need additional information upon which to base our determination.

PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT

The authority by which information is collected on this website form is 5 U.S.C. § 301 and 44 U.S.C. § 3101. Your disclosure of information to the Department of Justice on this form is voluntary. If you do not complete all or some information fields in this form, however, the Department of Justice may not be able to effectively respond to your feedback.

The principal purpose for collecting this information on this website form is to control, track, respond to, and maintain correspondence received or originated by the Department or referred to the Department. In addition to disclosing this information to the appropriate officials and employees within the Department for the purposes of controlling, tracking, responding to, and maintaining the Department’s correspondence, the routine uses which may be made of the information collected on this website form include, but are not limited to: any civil or criminal law enforcement authority or other appropriate agency where a record, either on its face or in conjunction with other information, indicates a violation or potential violation of law; to contractors, grantees, experts, consultants, students, and others performing or working on a contract, service, grant, cooperative agreement, or other assignment for the Federal government, when necessary to accomplish an agency function related to the corresponding system of records; and to such recipients and under such circumstances and procedures as are mandated by federal statute or treaty.

Please click on the link below for additional information pertaining to the type of information made available to the Department, what information the Department collects, how that information is used, and how information is stored when you visit the Department’s public-facing websites or official DOJ accounts on third-party websites and applications. https://www.justice.gov/doj/privacy-policy

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Updated June 27, 2024