Due to a technical issue with our Public Access Link, requests submitted between Monday, February 17, 2025, 7 pm EST through Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 4:30 pm EST may not have been successfully received. Please login to your PAL account, if the request was successfully received it will be available in the Request Status view. If it is not listed, please resubmit your request.
U.S. General Services Administration
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Public Access Portal.
To Submit a FOIA or Privacy Act Request Online or
Check on the Status of a Request
Using the links in the upper right corner of this
page, register to create an online profile or sign in to your existing profile. This website uses Login.gov to
create an account and log in securely. For more on using Login.gov, click here. Once
logged in to your account profile, you can submit a request, check the status of a request, send a message to the FOIA Requester Service Center or
the GSA Privacy Program, or download responsive records from a request.
Helpful Information to Review Prior to Submitting a
Request
FOIA
is a law that allows any person to request access to federal agency records.
There
are certain requirement for making a FOIA request to GSA. Please review GSA's
regulations pertaining to FOIA requests for further details.
In some cases, the records you are requesting may already
be posted online. Prior to submitting a request, navigate to
GSA's FOIA
website for information about the
following topics.
- GSA's FOIA points of
contract
- GSA's FOIA library
- GSA's Policies
- Prior published GSA FOIA
reports
- FOIA resources
If
after reviewing the GSA's FOIA website, you determine that you need to file a
FOIA request we encourage you to submit your request online to facilitate
faster processing.
All
requests received after 5pm Eastern Time will be considered
"received" on the next business day.
Helpful Information to Review Prior to Submitting a
Privacy Act Request
The
Privacy Act of 1974 allows U.S. citizens and lawfully admitted aliens to
request copies of GSA records that are about themselves and are maintained in a
“system of records,” as defined in the Privacy Act. The
Privacy Act also requires GSA to maintain accurate, current records, and to
notify the public of all of the systems of records it creates by publishing
System of Records Notices (SORNs) in the Federal Register.
Individuals
seeking their records are advised to review the GSA Privacy Act Rules as well
as the SORNs published by GSA in order to ensure their request can be timely
fulfilled by identifying systems that may contain the records being sought.