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Final Opinions and Administrative Rulings
Foreign Service Grievance Board (FSGB)
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls/Bureau of Political Military Affairs

Policies and Procedures
Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM)
Foreign Affairs Handbook (FAH)

Department of State Regulations
22 Code of Federal Regulations
 22 Code of Federal Regulations 171 (Availability of Information to the Public)
Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR)
Department of State Acquisitions Regulations (DOSAR)
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
Bureau of Consular Affairs, Law and Policy

Declassified/Released Documents
Declassified/Released Document Collections
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
Digital FRUS Project
State Department Records in the National Archives (NARA web site)

Treaty Affairs
Reporting International Agreements under Case Act
Treaties in Force (TIF)
Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS)

Electronic Archives
Department of State Electronic Archive 2001-2009
Department of State Electronic Archive 1997-2001
Department of State Electronic Archive 1990-1997

Other Records Available Without Making a FOIA Request
Open Government Initiative
U.S. Department of State Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Department of State Publications
Digest of United States Practice in International Law
Organizational List of Bureaus and Offices
U.S. Embassies and Other Posts

FOIA Annual Reports
FOIA Annual Reports for 1998 - 2011

Chief FOIA Officer Report
Chief FOIA Officer Report - 2012

Chief FOIA Officer Report - 2011
Chief FOIA Officer Report - 2010

FOIA Logs
Department of State FOIA Logs 2010
Department of State FOIA Logs 2009
Department of State FOIA Logs 2008
Department of State FOIA Logs 2007
Department of State FOIA Logs 2006
Department of State FOIA Logs 2005

Reading Room Certification
Department of State's Reading Room Certification


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