FOIA Electronic Reading Room

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.

Questions on how to submit a FOIA request? (See "How to Submit a FOIA Request to the Department of Homeland Security.")

FOIA requests must be addressed to component(s) you believe houses the records sought. (See "Directing Requests to Proper Components.")

FOIA Improvement Plan

• Updated Status Report from DHS Regarding Deficiencies in Implementation of Executive Order 13,392, "Improving Agency Disclosure of Information", (PDF, 3 pages - 1.15 MB)
• Department of Homeland Security Backlog Reduction Goals for FY08, FY09, FY10 (PDF, 24 pages - 170 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)

FOIA Annual Reports

• FOIA Annual Report for 2009 (PDF, 29 pages - 696 KB)
  • FOIA Annual Report for 2009 (XLS, 152 KB)
• FOIA Annual Report for 2008 (PDF, 31 pages - 1.01 MB)
• 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)

Frequently Requested

• Office of Inspector General FOIA Documents  
• Office of Inspector General Reports and Resources
• Privacy Office
  • Privacy Policy Guidance and Reports
  • Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs)
  • Privacy Office Official Guidances
  • Systems of Records Notices (SORNs)
• US-VISIT Program Documents
• FOIA Management Directive (PDF, 7 pages – 23 KB) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Department Directives and Instructions

Procurement Records

• Awards and Orders 
• Open for Business 
• Homeland Security Contracting Opportunities through FedBizOpps 
• IT Acquisitions (EAGLE, EAGLE II, FirstSource)

Privacy Office FOIA Logs

• 2009 (PDF, 110 pages, 2.66 MB)
• 2008 (PDF, 89 pages - 2.31 MB)
• 2007 (PDF, 86 pages - 850 KB)
• 2006 (PDF, 47 pages - 2.89 MB)
• 2005 (PDF, 42 pages - 2.02 MB)
• 2004 (PDF, 28 pages- 1.82 MB)

Senior Officials' Calendars

• Secretary Napolitano's Calendar: January 2009 (PDF, 26 pages - 310 KB)
• Secretary Napolitano's Calendar: February 2009 (PDF, 51 pages - 1.84 MB)
• Secretary Napolitano's Calendar: March 2009 (PDF, 48 pages - 960 KB) 
• Secretary Napolitano's Calendar: April 2009 (PDF, 45 pages - 799 KB) 
• Secretary Napolitano's Calendar: May 2009 (PDF, 41 pages - 791 KB) 
• Secretary Napolitano's Calendar: June 2009 (PDF, 39 pages - 795 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
• Department of Homeland Security Archives