§ 1202.3 - What information can I obtain through the FOIA?

§ 1202.3 What information can I obtain through the FOIA?

(a) General. FHFA and FHFA-OIG prohibit employees from releasing or disclosing confidential or otherwise non-public information that FHFA or FHFA-OIG possesses, except as authorized by this regulation, by the Director of FHFA for FHFA records, or by the FHFA Inspector General for FHFA-OIG records, when the disclosure is necessary for the performance of official duties.

(b) Records.

You may request that FHFA

or FHFA-OIG

disclose to you its records on a subject of interest to you. The FOIA only requires the disclosure of records. It does not require FHFA

or FHFA-OIG

to create compilations of information or to provide narrative responses to questions or queries.

Some information is exempt from disclosure.

(c) Reading rooms.

(1) FHFA maintains electronic and physical reading rooms. FHFA's physical reading room is located at 400 Seventh Street, SW., Eighth Floor, Washington, DC 20219, and is open to the public by appointment from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each business day. For an appointment, contact the FOIA Officer by calling [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail]. The electronic reading room is part of the FHFA Web site at http://www.fhfa.gov. FHFA-OIG also maintains electronic and physical reading rooms. FHFA-OIG's physical reading room is located at 400 Seventh Street, SW., Third Floor, Washington, DC 20219, and is open to the public by appointment from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each business day. For an appointment, contact FHFA-OIG by calling [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail] The electronic reading room is part of the FHFA-OIG Web site at http://www.fhfaoig.gov.

(2) Each reading room has the following records created after November 1, 1996, by FHFA or its predecessor agencies, or by FHFA-OIG, and current indices to the following records created by FHFA or its predecessor agencies or FHFA-OIG before or after November 1, 1996:

(i) Final opinions or orders issued in adjudication;

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(b) Proactive disclosure. FHFA will make available for public inspection and copying in its electronic reading room the following records:

(1) Final opinions or orders made in the adjudication of cases;

(2) Statements of policy and interpretation adopted by FHFA that are not published in the Federal Register;

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3) Administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect a member of the public and are not exempt from disclosure under the FOIA;

and

(

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4) Copies of all records, regardless of form or format, that have been released

under FOIA that FHFA or FHFA-OIG

to any person under 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(3), that because of the nature of their subject matter, FHFA determines have become or are likely to become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially

similar records.

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the same records, or that have been requested 3 or more times; and

(5) A general index of the records referred to in paragraph (b)(4) of this section.

(c) Reading rooms. FHFA maintains an electronic reading room. FHFA will ensure that its reading room is reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis. See the Appendices to this part for location and contact information for FHFA–HQ and FHFA–OIG respective reading rooms.