The FOI Officer will send a fee estimate letter to the requester and will wait for a response from the requester regarding payment. After the FOI Officer has addressed the fee issue with the requester, the FOI Officer will then advise the action office to continue processing the request or to discontinue processing the request. If the action office is advised to continue processing the request, all records in the office including archived records should be searched for responsive documents. Determine whether each document should be released in its entirety, partially denied or totally denied. If there are questions about this determination, contact the FOI Officer for assistance .
Action office prepares a response letter.
Action office submits to the FOI Officer, Room 4001 for clearance. Action office signs and mails cleared package. Action office provides copy of the final response letter to the FOI Officer for inclusion in the official FOI files. For FOI document retention requirements, please see Retention of ITA Documents .