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Agencies

Find the right agency and read its rules before you write.

Search agencies by place, level (federal, state, county or city) and how they take requests, or describe what you need and let FOIAGen suggest likely agencies.

Every agency has a rules card: how to request, the law and its citation, the deadline, any fees, who may ask, how to appeal, and the date the rules were last checked.

Agency rules are checked against official sources daily, so the rules card you see reflects current practice, not a stale guess.

FOIAGen is neutral about agencies: it does not rate, rank or editorialise on any office. It simply tracks the rules each one publishes.