Freedom Of Information Act

Vehicle accident along the road to Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park.

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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act are federal laws that give you the right to access federal government records, including Mount Rainier National Park records, unless the government reasonably foresees that the release of the information in those records would harm an interest protected by one or more of the nine exemptions or law enforcement exclusions; or, release is prohibited by law.

 

Police Reports

The Privacy Act gives you the right to any government records the government holds that pertain to you including your traffic crashes, personal injuries, or loss/damage of your personal property. To request a copy of a record that pertains to you, complete and submit one of the following forms:

• To receive a copy of your records to be sent directly to you please submit a completed Request for Individual Access to Records (Form DI-4016). Mobile users: For a fillable form, please first download the form.
• To request a copy of your records to be released to a third party (e.g., attorneys office or insurance company) submit a completed Consent for Disclosure of Records (Form DI-4017) and the report will be sent directly to the party you authorized. Mobile users: For a fillable form, please first download the form.

All requests must be submitted through the Department of the Interior’s secure portal at: https://securefoia.doi.gov

Once on the site, please scroll down and select “Requesting Records”. Use your Login.gov account or create a new account to proceed. Select the menu option for “Submit Request”. Then follow the instructions inside the “PA Request” boxes.

For assistance call 202-208-1605 or e-mail us.

 

Online Searches

The information you are seeking may already be available on-line. Before making a FOIA request below, you may want to conduct a search of agencies’ websites to see what is already publicly available.

• Visit our FOIA Libraries for collections of publicly available Departmental and Bureau & Office records.
• Check out our NPS Statistics and NPS Frequently Requested Documents webpages.
• Search GovInfo for Congressional Records, Congressional Hearings, Presidential papers, the Federal Register, and United States Court opinions.
• Search FOIA.gov to search across all government websites at once.
• Search USA.gov to learn about U.S. Government agencies and services.

 

FOIA

If you still cannot find the information you are seeking, you may need to submit a formal FOIA request. To submit FOIA requests go to FOIA.gov and create a request for the National Park Service.

If you have questions about what information is available without submitting a FOIA request or where it may be located, contact one of the NPS FOIA Contacts. It is our responsibility to provide you with copies of the documents you are entitled to receive under the law. We want to work with you to achieve that goal.

• National Park Service FOIA page
• Department of the Interior FOIA page