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The
Freedom
of
Information
Act (FOIA),
5 U.S.C.
§ 552,
provides
public
access
to
agency
records
unless
protected
from
disclosure
by one
of the
FOIA’s
nine
exemptions
or three
exclusions.
The FOIA
applies
to
records
created
by
Federal
agencies
and does
not
cover
records
held by
Congress,
the
courts,
or state
and
local
government
agencies.
Each
state
has its
own
public
access
laws
which
should
be
consulted
for
access
to state
and
local
records.
The
Internal
Revenue
Service
complies
with the
FOIA by:
-
Maintaining
publicly
available
materials
on
the
Internet
in
the
IRS
Electronic
Reading
Room,
-
Staffing
the
IRS
Freedom
of
Information
Reading
Room
at
1111
Constitution
Avenue,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20224
(call
(202)
622-5164),
and
-
Responding
to
written
requests
for
agency
records
not
available
in
the
Reading
Room.
IRS
Disclosure
Offices receive
and
process
these
requests
within
timeframes
set
by
law.
See
the
IRS
FOIA
Guide for
more
detailed
information
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