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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requires agencies to make various types of records available for public inspection in both paper and electronic form. These records are available through this page.

• For reports and publications relating to the Department’s mission and strategy, please visit About the Department of Homeland Security, which contains links to many of those documents.
• For reports and publications released by our components please visit their FOIA pages.

FOIA Improvement Plan

• Department of Homeland Security Backlog Reduction Goals for FY08, FY09, FY10 (PDF, 24 pages - 157 KB)
• Department of Homeland Security FOIA Improvement Plan, Revised (PDF, 45 pages - 351 KB)
• Department of Homeland Security FOIA Improvement Plan (PDF, 14 pages - 153 KB)

Frequently Requested

• Office of Inspector General Documents  
• US-VISIT Program Documents
• FOIA Management Directive (PDF, 7 pages – 23 KB) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

FOIA Annual Reports

• FOIA Annual Report for 2007 (PDF, 94 pages - 1.48 MB)
• FOIA Annual Report for 2006 (PDF, 61 pages - 1.5 MB)
• FOIA Annual Report for 2005 (PDF, 40 pages - 1.9 MB)
• FOIA Annual Report for 2004 (PDF, 16 pages - 653 KB)
• FOIA Annual Report for 2003 (PDF, 13 pages - 702 KB)

See Also

• Homeland Security Component Agency FOIA Information
• FOIA Statutes and Resources
• About the Department of Homeland Security
• Reports Posted Pursuant to Federal Requirements
• Privacy Office System of Records Notices (SORNs)

This page was last reviewed/modified on March 14, 2008.