Freedom of Information Act

Welcome to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) page. We hope you find that it facilitates your efforts to obtain public information about USPSTF programs. Because the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is mandated by the U.S. Congress to provide administrative, research, technical, and dissemination support to the USPSTF, the information provided by and submitted to the USPSTF is subject to Federal regulations regarding privacy, accessibility, retention, and dissemination, including FOIA.

Information Resources

Before submitting a FOIA request, you should ensure that the information you seek is not already in the public domain.

• Please check to see if the information you are looking for is already available on the USPSTF Web Site before submitting a FOIA request. You can also use our Search feature to help you find what you are looking for.
• For current program information and to facilitate your efforts to obtain public information about the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, go to the HHS FOIA Home Page at: http://www.hhs.gov/foia/.
• For a general overview of the Freedom of Information Act, go to the U.S. Department of Justice's FOIA Home Page at: http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/index.html.
• To submit a FOIA request, go to http://www.ahrq.gov/foia/instruct.htm.

Current as of July 2012

Internet Citation:

Freedom of Information Act. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/foia.htm