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itemprop="articleBody"> <p style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif;">Freedom of Information Act Program</span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">FOIA Background</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is a federal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_information_legislation" title="Freedom of information legislation"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">freedom of information law</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> to allow any person the right to request access to federal agency records maintained by agencies within the executive branch of the Federal Government. Agencies are required to disclose records upon written request except for those records that are protected from disclosure by any of the nine FOIA exemptions or by one of the three special law enforcement record exclusions. This right of access is enforceable in U.S. courts. Since its enactment the FOIA statute has been amended several times.<span style="background: white;"></span></span> </span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The Electronic Freedom of Information Act (E-FOIA)</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Amendments of 1996 require agencies to provide the public with electronic access to any of their "Reading Room" records that have been created by them since November 1, 1996. Each agency shall make available for public inspection and copying final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, as well as orders, made in the adjudication of cases and a general index of the records. In accordance with E-FOIA, please browse through our<strong> </strong><a href="/index.php/electronic-foia/index-of-documents"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">Index of Documents</span></strong> </a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> for information that is currently available in our E-FOIA Reading Room.  The information found on the Index of Documents includes “frequently requested records.” Browsing through this site before submitting a FOIA request may be cost-effective.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Reading Room</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">BIS does not maintain a Public Inspection facility (Reading Room). Instead, documents that are required to be made publicly available in the Reading Room are available on the Internet. These items are kept on the website for five years. They are in a searchable PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat 3.0 reader or higher to view. This reader can be <a href="/urlmessages/leavingBIS.php?destination=https:%2F%2Facrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/pdf-reader.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">downloaded</span></strong> </a><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">at no cost to the user.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">FOIA Program Office</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The responsibility for the development and maintenance FOIA policies, procedures, and guidance is handled through the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Management (OPEM). The FOIA Program Office is also responsible for oversight of the Bureau of Industry and Security FOIA program.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">How to File a FOIA Request</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">You can submit a FOIA request to BIS for any agency record that is not publicly available. When filing your request, describe as best as possible the records you are requesting. In your description include information such as:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">the date and place the records were created </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">file descriptions, subject matter, persons involved, and </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">other pertinent details that will help identify the records for which you are asking.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">FOIA requests must be submitted to BIS in writing (mail, facsimile, or <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">e-mail<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">). The <a href="https://foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/home"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">FOIAonline</span></strong> </a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> system is also available for you to submit your requests electronically. FOIAonline is a multi-agency FOIA tracking and processing tool that allows requesters to register as a user to:</span></span> </span> </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">submit FOIA requests (to participating agencies);</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">track progress on each request; and</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">communicate directly with the staff handling requests at all points in the process.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Guest users are welcome to use the FOIAonline system to submit requests, search for previously released records, and generate reports, but the tracking and communications features will not be available.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Requests can also be submitted to BIS by paper copy or through the electronic FOIA request mailbox at <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;"><span id="cloak328d6a900f549460311498905d307028">This email address is being protected from spambots. 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Keep a copy of your request; you may need to refer to it for further correspondence with the agency.</span></span> </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">15 C.F.R. § 4.11(c) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">states that you will be charged a search fee in connection with your FOIA request even if no responsive documents are located or if responsive documents are determined to be exempt from disclosure under any applicable FOIA exemptions, according to the established schedule, except when a fee waiver has been granted. The four categories and chargeable fees are:</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Commercial use requests;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Educational and non-commercial scientific institution requests;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Representation of the news media;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">All other</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Fee: Requesters may set a limit on the amount that they are willing to pay for a request. If it is estimated that fees will exceed the fee limit set by the requester, BIS will notify the requester, in writing, and offer the requester the opportunity to reduce the scope of the request in order to reduce estimated fees.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Federal agencies are required to respond to FOIA requests within 20 working days of receipt unless there are unusual circumstances such as: 1) requesting records from field facilities or other separate establishments; 2) examining voluminous records; and 3) the need for consultation with another component or Federal agency.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">If you should have questions concerning your request call the BIS FOIA Public Liaison at (202) 482-7893.<br /> <br /> <strong>What Information to Include in Your FOIA Request</strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">When submitting a FOIA request clearly state that you are requesting documents under the Freedom of Information Act. As part of your request, you should also include:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Your contact information (full name, address, phone number, and email address); </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">As many details as possible about the information you are seeking from BIS (for example, “A log of FOIA requests received between Jan. 1, 2013, and the present”); </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Indicate whether you are willing to pay fees for searching, reviewing, and/or duplicating records and if so, the amount you are willing to pay. You may request that fees be waived pursuant to procedures established in Department's FOIA regulations, <a href="http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=bb957182c1cb95627812b4420d07d8fd&mc=true&node=se15.1.4_111&rgn=div8" target="_top"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">15 CFR Section 4.11(l)</span></strong> </a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">, which outlines the factors we rely on when determining whether the statutory standard for granting a fee waiver has been met:</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The subject of the requested records must concern identifiable operations or activities of the Federal Government. </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The disclosable portions of the requested records must be meaningfully informative about Government operations or activities in order to be “likely to contribute” to and increase public understanding of those operations or activities. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The disclosure of the requested information must contribute to the understanding of a reasonably broad audience of persons interested in the subject, as opposed to the individual understanding of the requester. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The disclosure of the requested information is likely to contribute “significantly” to the public’s understanding of Government operations or activities. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Whether the requester has a commercial interest that would be furthered by the requester. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Whether any identified commercial interest of the requester is sufficiently great, in comparison with the public interest in disclosure, such that the disclosure is not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Please make sure you include a waiver justification that addresses the above factors.<br /> <br /> </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Sample FOIA Request Letter</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Date</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Freedom of Information Act Request</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">ATTN: FOIA Office <br /> (select appropriate address information above depending on the manner of delivery)</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">To Whom It May Concern:</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, I am requesting copies of [identify the records as clearly and specifically as possible, specifying dates and record location if possible].</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">If there are any fees for searching or copying the records, please let me know before you fill my request. [Or, please supply the records without informing me of the cost if the fees do not exceed $______, which I agree to pay.]</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">If you deny all or any part of this request, please cite each specific exemption you think justifies your withholding of information. Notify me of appeal procedures available under the law. Optional: If you have any questions about handling this request, you may telephone me at ___________ (home/cell phone) or at ___________ (office phone).</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Sincerely,</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Full Name<br /> Your contact information (address, phone number, and email address)</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">FOIA Exemptions</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">For more information on FOIA exemptions, please go to the <a href="#Exemptions" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">DOC FOIA website</span></strong><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">.<br /> </span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Submitting a FOIA Appeal</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">FOIA requesters may appeal an agency's decision not to provide information within 30 days of the date of the written denial. Appeals must include the following information:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">a copy of the original request;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">the initial denial, if any; and</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">a statement of the reasons why the initial denial, if any, was in error.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">FOIA requesters shall include with the letter of appeal copies of their original requests and the responses to the request, clearly marking the letters and the outside envelopes, "FOIA Appeal." Appeals should be made to:</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Assistant General Counsel for Employment, Litigation and Information</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">U.S. Department of Commerce </span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Office of the General Counsel, Room 5896</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">1401 Constitution Ave., NW</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Washington, D.C. 20230</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Location of BIS' Electronic Reading Room</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">This component does not maintain a separate public inspection facility. Per BIS Policy Directive, Number 1012, June 1, 2008, “only personnel approved to work on BIS IT systems are allowed access to them.” The majority of BIS IT systems require a high degree of protection due to the storage and accessing of sensitive information, law enforcement, personnel, and technical information. Several BIS IT systems are categorized under federal guidance as “high security impact” systems, largely because they store global trade data.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">BIS policies do not allow public use of computer terminals. The public may access the Department of Commerce’s library computer terminals.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Requesters should first view records located in <a href="/index.php/electronic-foia/index-of-documents"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">BIS' Electronic Reading Room</span></strong> </a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">. If the records sought cannot be located at this site, please call (202) 482-8093. If records sought are older than 5 years, then a written FOIA request must be submitted. The BIS E-FOIA website is covered under the General Records Schedule (GRS) 14, item 11b, which states, “Dispose of in accordance with approved agency disposition instructions for the related records or with the related FOIA request, whichever is later.” Since these records are not part of a FOIA request, they are covered under the retention instructions found in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), which indicates that such documents are maintained for five years.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Publicly Available Information</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">For more information about documents that are available to the public, please go to <a href="/index.php/electronic-foia/index-of-documents"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">Index of Documents</span></strong> </a><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">.</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Legal Authority</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="/urlmessages/leavingBIS.php?destination=https:%2F%2Fwww.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title15/15tab_02.tpl" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">Title 15 Code of Federal Regulation</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">--Commerce and Foreign Trade, Part 4--Public Information</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">For more detailed information, see the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/oip/doj-guide-freedom-information-act-0" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">Department of Justice</span></strong> </a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> Text on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opcl/privacy-act-1974" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-decoration: none;">Privacy Act (PA).</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span> </span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">For additional general information on how to make a FOIA request, see "A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records." 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