Submit and Track a Request or Appeal

For information on the procedures for making FOIA requests at the Department, please visit the Make a FOIA Request to DOJ page of our website.

Submitting a Request to OIP

You can use FOIA STAR to submit a request to the Office of Information Policy, which processes requests for the following offices of the Department of Justice:

• The Attorney General
• The Deputy Attorney General
• The Associate Attorney General
• Legislative Affairs
• Office of the Executive Secretariat
• Public Affairs
• Legal Policy
• Information Policy 

In order to submit a FOIA request through FOIA STAR, you must first create an account and become a registered user on the site.  To create an account, visit https://doj-foia.entellitrak.com/etk-doj-foia-prod/login.request.do, hover over "Account Management," select "Register," and provide the required information.  If you need to provide additional information after submitting your request, please contact us.    

To submit a FOIA request to another Department of Justice component not listed above, please submit your request directly to that office. Contact information for all Department components are available on the Find a FOIA Contact at DOJ page of this website as well as on FOIA.gov.

To see what documents and information have already been made available, check the Department's FOIA Libraries or search across all federal government agency websites on FOIA.gov.

You may also use FOIA STAR to submit a FOIA administrative appeal concerning the action of any component of the Department of Justice. In order to submit a FOIA administrative appeal through FOIA STAR, you must first create an account and become a registered user on the site.  To create an account, visit https://doj-foia.entellitrak.com/etk-doj-foia-prod/login.request.do, hover over "Account Management," select "Register," and provide the required information.  If you need to provide additional information after submitting your appeal, please contact us.

You can also submit your FOIA request to any of the seven offices listed above or your administrative appeal for any component of the Department of Justice by mail to OIP in addition to the FOIA STAR portal.

Guidance for Submitting a FOIA Request or Administrative Appeal to OIP

Submitting a FOIA Request

OIP processes requests for records of the eight offices listed above. When making your request, please specify which office you are seeking records from and describe the records you seek. For more information, please visit the Make a FOIA Request to DOJ page of our website.

Submitting a FOIA Administrative Appeal

OIP adjudicates appeals from the actions of any Department of Justice component. When submitting an administrative appeal to OIP, you must identify the component of the Department of Justice whose action you are appealing and/or provide the initial request number assigned by that component (if known). Your appeal must be postmarked or transmitted to OIP within ninety (90) days of the date of the letter from the component responding to your request.

Tracking a FOIA Request or Administrative Appeal through FOIA STAR

To track a submitted request or administrative appeal that you have submitted through FOIA STAR, login to your account to see a list of your submitted requests and/or administrative appeals.  In the “Status” column, you will see the current status of all of your submitted requests and/or administrative appeals.  If you need to provide additional information after submitting your request or appeal, please contact us.