The FOIA
is found in Title 5
of the United States
Code, Section 552. FOIA
was enacted in 1966
and gives any person
the right to request
access to almost any
federal agency record,
except those protected
from disclosure by legal
exemptions and exclusions
(e.g., classified national
security, business proprietary,
personal privacy, and
investigative documents.)
Requesting Records
under FOIA from USDA
In order to receive
the most efficient
response, all requests
for records under
FOIA from USDA should
be submitted in writing
to the appropriate
USDA agency FOIA officer
who is responsible
for the desired records.
Please click here
for a list of USDA
agencies and their
FOIA officers. For
status of any existing
FOIA requests, please
contact the Agency
FOIA contacts, or
the FOIA Service Centers
and Public Liaisons
for each agency listed
below.
Implementation
of Executive Order
13392 - Improving
Agency Disclosure
of Information
Chief
FOIA Officer
- Secretary of Agriculture
Mike Johanns designated
the Assistant
Secretary for Administration,
Boyd K. Rutherford,
as the Department's
Chief FOIA Officer.
Mr. Rutherford is
supported by the
Departmental Acting
FOIA Officer, Rita
Morgan, and the
agency FOIA Officers
and Public Liaisons
throughout the Department
to ensure compliance
with the FOIA, as
well as responsiveness
to our constituents,
including implementation
of the Department's
comprehensive FOIA
Action Improvement
Plan.
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