Welcome to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Room of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. GIPSA's Reading Room contains the following categories of records required by FOIA to be made available to the public for inspection and copying:

• Final opinions made in the adjudication of cases (and enforcement actions);
• Staff manuals and instructions that affect the public; and
• Frequently requested records.

GIPSA's Reading Room also has special interest collections, and other documents that have been released in response to written requests for information under the FOIA.

• FOIA Overview
• FOIA Process Flowchart (PDF; 21KB)
• FOIA Processing Guidelines
• FOIA Contacts

• 2007
• 2006 (PDF; 27Kb)
• 2005 (PDF; 26Kb)
• 2004 (PDF; 43Kb)
• 2003 (PDF; 40Kb)
• 2002 (PDF; 15Kb)
• 2001 (PDF; 160Kb)
• 2000
• 1999

• GIPSA Directive 1470.01, "FOIA"

• USDA FOIA Page