All you have to do to make a FOIA request is write a letter to the agency. (For the quickest possible handling, mark both your letter and the envelope "Freedom of Information Act Request.") Although you do not have to give a record's name or title, you should identify the records that you want as specifically as possible to increase the likelihood that the agency will be able to locate them. Any facts or clues you can furnish about the time, place, authors, events, subjects, and other details of the records will be helpful to the agency in deciding where to search and in determining which records respond to your request, saving you and the government time and money.

U.S. Justice Freedom of Information Home Page

As a general rule, FOIA requesters are not required to state the reasons why they are making their requests. You may do so if you think it might help the agency to locate the records. If you are not sure whether the records you want are exempt from disclosure, you may request them anyway. Agencies often have the legal discretion to disclose exempt information and, in line with the government's openness policy, they are encouraged to do so whenever possible.

A sample request is shown below. Keep a copy of your request. You may need to refer to it in further correspondence with the agency.

FOIA Request Letter - follow the link for a letter that you can fill in the blanks and mail off. 

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Click HERE to see to whom to mail it to get the information that you want.