Process a FOIA request through release review
Reinforce DOJ FOIA order from records training. Records are not released until search, exemption review, and the determination letter are complete.
- Log the request and start the statutory clock.
- Task the offices likely to hold records.
- Review each record for exemptions and foreseeable harm.
- Redact with the exemption code visible.
- Issue the determination letter with appeal rights.
- Do not silently withhold a record without a coded exemption.