FOIA Gen
Every agency has its own rules, its own clock and its own idea of “reasonably described”. FOIA Gen finds the office that actually holds the records, writes a request that follows its rules, sends it, and keeps every deadline after that — from federal departments to the county sheriff.
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Asking the wrong office is the classic way a request comes back “no records”. Narrow by place, level and type of body, or just ask: “Who keeps jail body-camera video in Austin?”
Each agency has a Rules card — how it takes requests, deadlines in business days, fees, who may ask, appeals — and your draft is checked against it before it goes.
FOIA Gen counts the business days, flags the letters that need you and drafts the follow-up when an agency goes quiet. Think of it as a very patient paralegal for paperwork.
The agency directory narrows from the whole country to the one office you need in a few clicks: place, level of government, type of body and how it takes requests. Not sure who holds what? Describe the records and the AI finder suggests the right kind of office, from the agencies in the directory.
Say what you’re after in plain English, typed or spoken. FOIA Gen asks a couple of questions at a time — the date range, the kinds of records, the format, a fee waiver — then writes a complete request with a checklist built from that agency’s rules, each item marked met, to check or missing.
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Every request gets its own reply address, so agency letters land in FOIA Gen’s inbox and are matched to the right request automatically. It reads each one, updates the status in plain English and moves the deadlines, so the clarification letter you’d have missed doesn’t close your request.
Released files are read for you: a summary, the exemptions the agency used with the page and what each one means in plain English, and a map of what was redacted. Ask Odin in the side pane about the request or the documents, and get answers with the page they came from.
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Instead of a separate request service, a spreadsheet of deadlines and a calendar full of reminders, FOIA Gen is included in every plan. The AI work it does for you is metered like the rest of VeraGen, to the cent.
No. FOIA Gen explains public records laws and links every rule to its source, but it isn’t a law firm and it doesn’t give legal advice. If a request turns into a dispute that matters, talk to a lawyer.
Yes. Federal departments and their components, state agencies, and local bodies such as counties, cities, police and sheriff’s offices and school districts. Each follows its own law, and its Rules card says which one.
In most states, anyone. Some states give the right only to their own residents or citizens. The agency’s Rules card says so before you start, and the checklist flags it on your draft, so you don’t send a request the agency can turn down on the spot.
For agencies that take email, yes: it goes out automatically when you press Send, and replies come back to FOIA Gen’s own inbox. Agencies with their own portal need you to submit there, so FOIA Gen guides you through it with every field ready to copy. For mail-only agencies, it writes the letter and tells you exactly how to send it.
FOIA Gen is included in every plan. The AI work it does — finding the agency, drafting, follow-ups and reading the documents — is metered as AI usage and shows up in Usage & spend. Agencies may charge their own fees for records; the Rules card says what each one can charge.
Only you and the people you share the project with. Requests are private by default.
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