HHS Freedom of Information

Welcome to HHS' FOIA Home Page. We hope you will find this site informative and that it will facilitate your efforts to obtain public information about HHS programs. We will continue to provide you with more current program information as more electronic information becomes available.

How to Request Information

• FOIA Offices
• Publications Offices
• Press and Public Affairs Contact

Freedom of Information

• Act (as amended, 1996)
• HHS FY 2001 Annual Report
• HHS FY 2000 Annual Report
• HHS FY 1999 Annual Report
• HHS FY 1998 Annual Report
• HHS Regulation (current)
• Basic Policy
• Fees
• HHS Notice of Proposed Rule Making (March 1999)

HHS Electronic Reading Room

• Mission
• Organization
• HHS Administrative Manuals
• ACF Index of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Policy Statements
• Reading Rooms
• Frequently Requested Materials
• Departmental Appeals Board Decisions
• Office of Inspector General Reports, Audits, etc.
• ACF IMPAC Credit Card Holder List
• Office of the Inspector General Corporate Integrity Agreements (NOTE: includes directions on obtaining settlement agreements from the Department of Justice)

Index of Major Information Systems

• The Government Information Locator System (GILS) is the index of major HHS information systems. A description of each system is an integral part of GILS.
• Healthfinder is a subject based index that links to health information systems.Organization
• HHS Privacy Act Systems Notices--this is a link to the National Archives and Records Administration's compilation of government Privacy Act Issuances, which contains descriptions of Federal agency systems of records maintained on individuals and rules agencies follow to assist individuals who request information about their records. From the agency list, scroll down to "Health and Human Services," select the HHS component you want, and click the Retrieve button.

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