HHS Freedom of Information

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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.

HHS Designates Agency Chief FOIA Officer in Accordance with the Provisions of EO 13392 (PDF) (16KB)

• Executive Order 13392 (PDF) (99KB)

How to Request Information

• FOIA Requester Service Centers and Public Liaisons
• Publications Offices
• Press and Public Affairs Contact

Freedom of Information

HHS Electronic Reading Room

• Mission
• Organization
• HHS Administrative Manuals
• Reading Rooms
• Frequently Requested Materials
• Departmental Appeals Board Decisions
• Office of Inspector General Reports, Audits, etc.
• Office of the Inspector General Corporate Integrity Agreements (NOTE: includes directions on obtaining settlement agreements from the Department of Justice)

Major Information Resources

• A list of HHS major information systems is available at http://www.hhs.gov/infosys/majorlist.html
• A Guide and Directory link to HHS information resources is available at http://www.hhs.gov/about/infoguid.html
• The Privacy Act Issuances (National Archives and Records Administration compilations from 1995-forward) are available online, free of charge, on the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) Access Service, maintained by GPO, located at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/privacyact/index.html

List of HHS Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs)

Government agencies are required to assess the impact on privacy for systems that collect personally identifiable information. Agencies are required to make the PIA publicly available. Select the Operating Division (OPDIV) or Staff Division (STAFFDIV) link below to view the PIAs for each individual OPDIV or STAFFDIV system.

ACF AHRQ AoA CDC CMS

FDA HRSA IHS NIH OIG

OS PSC SAMHSA PIA Home

List of HHS Systems of Records Notices (SORNs)

Currently, nine of the HHS OPDIVs (CMS, NIH, IHS, OGC, AHRQ, CDC, FDA, OCR, and PSC) have their SORNs directly accessible from their Web sites. Select the link below to view the SORNs for CMS, NIH, or IHS. To obtain a copy of a SORN from any of the OPDIVs/STAFFDIVs, please contact the OPDIV/STAFFDIV directly by locating the contact from the contact information listed under the HHS Department Privacy Act Contacts section below.

• CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
• NIH (National Institutes of Health)
• IHS (Indian Health Service)
• OGC (Office of the General Counsel)
• AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
• OCR (Office for Civil Rights)
• PSC (Program Support Center)

HHS Department Privacy Act Contacts

HHS Privacy Advocate Maya A. Bernstein, J.D. ASPE, Room 434E Hubert H. Humphrey Building Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201

HHS Privacy Officer Maggie Blackwell ASPA, Room 5416 Mary E. Switzer Building Department of Health and Human Services 330 C Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201

HHS Operating Divisions/Staff Divisions Privacy Act Contacts

Operating Divisions

• Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
• Administration on Aging (AoA)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Indian Health Services (IHS)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Staff Divisions

• Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (ASAM)
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
• Office of the General Counsel (OGC)
• Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
• Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
• Program Support Center (PSC)

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