MSPB’s e-FOIA Reading Room
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requires Federal agencies to make four types of records affirmatively available for "public inspection and copying": (1) final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, as well as orders, made in the adjudication of cases; (2) those statements of policy and interpretations which have been adopted by the agency, and are not published in the Federal Register; (3) administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect a member of the public; and (4) records disclosed in response to a FOIA request that, because of the nature of their subject matter, have become or are likely to become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same records, or that have been requested 3 or more times. 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2).
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) satisfies these and other requirements by providing the public with this online Reading Room.