Federal agency FOIA guide · Department of Justice
Department of Justice — Office of Information Policy (OIP)
OIP processes certain DOJ senior-management records and handles DOJ-wide FOIA policy. Component records should generally go directly to the relevant DOJ component.
Common request topics
justice departmentdoj headquartersoip
Where to submit
Mail / email details in FOIAFiler
Email: Not listed in FOIAFiler data; use the official FOIA page.
Mail:
Director, Office of Information Policy
U.S. Department of Justice
441 G Street NW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20530
Related request recipes
Agency FOIA logs
FOIA logs are useful for discovering records other people have already requested and for finding repeatable request language.
How to make the request easier to process
- Describe the records, not just the question you want answered.
- Use a specific date range when possible.
- Name the office, event, case number, contract number, facility, or other locator if known.
- List useful record types such as emails, reports, memoranda, photographs, logs, contracts, or policy documents.
- For records about yourself, follow the agency’s identity-verification and Privacy Act instructions.
- Ask for reasonably segregable non-exempt portions if responsive records contain exempt material.
Build it
One agency or several?
If this agency is clearly the custodian, build one request. If the records may be split among several components, Request Bundles can generate a separate letter for each selected agency while keeping the core description consistent.