FOI
FOIA & the FDA: Letter
Table of Contents
- Press release
- Timeline
- FOIA letter
- Results
- Data analysis
- FDA official comments on handling FOIA requests
- Interviews with journalists
- Food & Water Watch
- Legislation
- Q&A with an attorney about FOIA law
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Under pressure - FDA oversight, funding, effectiveness: A webcast of this panel at Health Journalism 2008 is available.
Working your way through the FDA: Julie Zawisza, assistant commissioner for public affairs at the FDA gave this presentation at Health Journalism 2008.
FDA public affairs list of who to contact about specific topics (PDF)
Handbook for requesting information and records from FDA
Sarah Baicker
Medill News Service
1325 G St. NW
Ste. 730
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 661-0120; (267) 664-4268
October 16, 2007
Food and Drug Administration
Office of Management Programs
Division of Freedom of Information (HFI-35)
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
FOIA REQUEST
Fee waiver requested
Dear FOI Officer:
Pursuant to the federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, I request access to and copies of the complete log of all FOIA requests received by the FDA during calendar year 2006.
I request a fee waiver as well, because I am a journalist and part of a team of journalist-researchers who will be using the information received as part of a presentation that will be given in 2008 to the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists.
If my request is denied in whole or part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act. I will also expect you to release all segregable portions of otherwise exempt material. I, of course, reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to deny a waiver of fees.
This information is of timely value. I would appreciate your communicating with me by telephone (202-661-0120), rather than by mail, if you have questions regarding this request.
I look forward to your reply within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Sarah Baicker