Freedom of Information Act Regulations

On July 1, 2022, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA or the Agency) submitted a proposed rule for comment on its public regulations governing its implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as amended by the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016. The CIA has reviewed and carefully considered all of the comments that were submitted in response to its proposal. As a result of that review, the CIA hereby issues its final rule on its FOIA regulations concerning the requirements for filing FOIA requests and CIA's procedures for processing and reviewing such requests.