FOIA Service Center: (202) 353-0803

The USNCB's FOIA Service Center should be contacted by FOIA requesters for information concerning the status of their FOIA requests and the USNCB's FOIA response.

FOIA Public Liaison:    Dorothy Beaty
                                       (202) 353-0803

Following an initial response from the USNCB FOIA Center contact, FOIA requesters should contact the USNCB FOIA Public Liaison to raise questions or concerns about the service the FOIA requester has received from the USNCB Service Center.

USNCB FOI/PA Contact:

                 FOIA/PA Specialist Dorothy S. Beaty
                 Office of the General Counsel
                 INTERPOL-United States National Central Bureau
                 Department of Justice
                 Washington, DC 20530-0001

Please note: The FOIA Center and Public Liaison contact information provided above is intended for FOIA inquiries only, and not for questions relating to general USNCB information or investigative assistance.

The USNCB provides investigative assistance to bona fide law enforcement ONLY. The USNCB CAN NOT provide investigative assistance to private citizens and non-law enforcement entities. Private citizens and non-law enforcement entities should contact the appropriate local, state or federal law enforcement agency with information or requests for assistance.

Component Description:

The USNCB’s Office of the General Counsel provides legal expertise to the USNCB and its law enforcement customers. Additionally, the General Counsel's office oversees the USNCB’s Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) program.

FOIA Reading Rooms

What You Will Find in FOIA Reading Rooms

Under subsection (a)(2) of the FOIA, agencies must make four distinct categories of records affirmatively available for "public inspection and copying." These records consist of: (1) "final opinions [and] ...orders" rendered in the adjudication of administrative cases; (2) specific agency policy statements; (3) certain administrative staff manuals "that affect a member of the public"; and, (4) as of March 31, 1997, records disclosed in response to a FOIA request that "the agency determines have become or are likely to become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same records."

USNCB Electronic Reading Room

Frequently Requested Records

Files and Records Retrieval at the USNCB

DOJ FOIA Page

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

FOIA Requests

Privacy Act Requests

USNCB Notice on its Systems of Records

USNCB Major Information System Description

last updated: 4/24/07
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