1202.3—What information can I obtain through FOIA?
(a) General.
FHFA generally follows a policy prohibiting employees from releasing or disclosing confidential or otherwise non-public information that FHFA possesses, except as authorized by this part or by the Director of FHFA, when the disclosure is necessary for the performance of official duties
(b) Records.
You may request that FHFA 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 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. The physical reading room is located at 1700 G Street, NW., Fourth Floor, Washington, DC 20552, 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 202-414-6425 or by e-mail at foia@fhfa.gov. The electronic reading room is part of the FHFA Web site at http://www.fhfa.gov.
(2)
Each reading room has the following records created by FHFA or its predecessor agencies after November 1, 1996, and current indices to all of the following records created by FHFA or its predecessor agencies before or after November 1, 1996:
(iii)
Administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect a member of the public, and are not exempt from disclosure under FOIA; and
(iv)
Copies of records released under FOIA that FHFA determines have become or are likely to become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same records.