Office of the Executive Secretariat FOIA

FOIA Contact

Douglas Hibbard
Chief, Initial Request Staff
Office of Information Policy
Department of Justice
Suite 11050
1425 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
Tel: (202) 514-FOIA
Fax: (202) 514-1009

Submit and Track a Request or Appeal

FOIA Library

Many documents are available to the public without having to make a FOIA request. These documents are called "proactive disclosures" because they are automatically posted online by all Department components.

Component Description

The Office of the Executive Secretariat (OES) serves as a liaison between the Department of Justice’s leadership offices and its components by overseeing the review and approval of official documents and coordinating the flow of information critical to rigorous decision making. 

DOJ Reference Guide

A comprehensive guide to the FOIA that serves as a handbook for obtaining information from the Department.

Special Information Required to Make a FOIA Request

None. For more information on how to submit a FOIA request to the Department of Justice, visit the Make a FOIA Request to DOJ page of our site.

Publicly Available Information for Which a FOIA Request is Not Required

Many proactively disclosed documents are available to the public without having to make a FOIA request in the Department’s FOIA Libraries.

Multitrack Processing

FOIA requests are placed in one of three tracks.

• Track one is for those requests which seek and receive expedited processing pursuant to subsection (a)(6)(E) of the FOIA.
• Track two is for those requests which do not involve voluminous records or lengthy consultations with other entities.
• Track three is for those requests which involve voluminous records and for which lengthy or numerous consultations are required, or those requests which may involve sensitive records.