Electronic Reading Room Documents

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

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The 1996 amendments to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) mandate publicly accessible "electronic reading rooms" that include Agency FOIA request instructions, response materials, and other information routinely available to the public.

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Department of Health and Human Services Freedom of Information

• Go to: http://www.hhs.gov/foia/.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality FOIA Activities

• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2007.
• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2006.
• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2005.
• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2004.
• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2003.
• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2002.
• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2001.
• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2000.
• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1999.
• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1998.
• Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1997.

National Healthcare Quality Report

• Preliminary Measure Set for Home Health in the National Healthcare Quality Report: Request for Comments.

AHRQ Preliminary Policy on Inclusion of Priority Populations in Research

• Invitation to Comment: AHRQ Preliminary Policy on Inclusion of Priority Populations in Research.
• Comments on AHRQ Preliminary Policy on Inclusion of Priority Populations in Research.

Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs)

• Nominations of Topics for Research on Therapeutics.
• Responses to AHRQ on CERTs.

Evidence-based Practice Centers

• Nominations of Topics for Evidence-based Practice Centers.

Other Frequently Requested Materials

• Search Departmental Appeals Board Decisions
• HHS Administrative Staff Manuals
• HHS Policy for Improving Race and Ethnicity Data
• HHS Policy for Records Management

Current as of August 2008

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Internet Citation:

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Electronic Reading Room Documents. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/foiaindx.htm

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