FOIA Requests

Accessing Government Records

The United States Freedom of Information Act provides a process for requesting records from federal agencies, subject to legal exemptions. Historical researchers also use the JFK Assassination Records Collection and other public repositories.

How to Document a Request

A useful record identifies the agency, the wording of the request, submission date, tracking reference when available, agency response, and any released documents. These details make a request reproducible and easier to cite.

Separating Records from Conclusions

The release of a document does not automatically establish the truth of every statement within it. Provenance, authorship, context, and corroboration remain essential. The specific ROKC requests from 2016 are not included in the supplied archive.

Editorial article based on the historical site’s section topics; not a transcription of a recovered 2016 subpage.