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In accordance with 5 USC 552(a)(2), the following four categories of records (“Reading Room” records) are available without the need for a FOIA request. Only Reading Room records created on or after November 1, 1996 must be made available electronically, and we make them available here.
The Office of the Secretary (OST) formulates national transportation policy; prepares needed transportation legislation; helps negotiate and implement international transportation agreements; assures the fitness of U.S. airlines and enforces airline consumer protection regulations. It also...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is presenting our Chief FOIA Officer’s Report on a component-by-component basis. A summary of Departmental-level activity precedes the component-by-component reports.
We are pleased to show in this second annual Chief FOIA Officer report that DOT has made good progress in reducing backlogs, making proactive disclosures, applying the presumption of openness, and ensuring that DOT has effective systems in place to respond to FOIA requests.
We are pleased to demonstrate in this third annual Chief FOIA Officer report that DOT has made strong progress in reducing backlogs, making proactive disclosures, applying the presumption of openness, ensuring that DOT has effective systems in place to respond to FOIA requests, and using...
The DOT-wide FOIA Office provides direction, leadership, guidance, and assistance to the FOIA offices throughout DOT. This office hosts a monthly DOT-wide meeting for FOIA offices within DOT and coordinates the overall FOIA annual report for the Department, as well as the Chief FOIA...
Any inquiries into your specific FOIA request, including status updates, or general questions about FOIA, should be directed to the appropriate FOIA Requester Service Center shown below. If you have concerns after receiving an initial response from the appropriate FOIA Requester Service Center,...
Collection of Freedon of Information Act (FOIA) Reports by the US Department of Transportation.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a Federal law that gives you the right to access any U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) records unless DOT reasonably foresees that the release of the information in those records would harm an interest protected by one or more of the nine...