Privacy Act Records Request Manual

Privacy Act Records Request Manual — Volume I: DISCOVER

A practical, step-by-step guide designed to help individuals identify, request, and track records maintained about them by federal agencies. It explains how to use the Privacy Act and FOIA, locate relevant systems of records, prepare targeted requests, and determine exactly where and how to submit them.

Includes agency contacts and submission instructions, ready-to-use request templates, Treasury/Fiscal Service records guidance, tracking procedures, and follow-up steps—all organized in an easy-to-use format.

DISCOVER the records. DOCUMENT the trail. KNOW what the records actually say.