The District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, DC Official Code §§ 2-531 et seq., provides that any person has the right to request access to public records. All public bodies of the District government are required to disclose public records, except for those records, or portions of records, that are protected from disclosure by the exemptions found at DC Official Code § 2-534.

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How to Make a FOIA request

The following manual, opinions, policies and minutes of the Department of Human Services are available as public record:

• Emergency Rulemaking for DHS Shelter and Supportive Housing August 2009*
  
• Notes from the Meeting of the Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) April 22, 2009*
  
• Notes from the Hypothermia Debriefing 2008-2009, April 20, 2009*
  
• Notes from the Meeting of the Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) February 25, 2009*
  
• Notes from the Hypothermia Debriefing 2008-2009, April 20, 2009*
  
• Notes from the Meeting of the Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH), June 12, 2008*
  
• Notes from the Meeting of the Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH), April 10, 2008*
  
• Notes from the Meeting of the Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) February 14, 2008*
  
• Notes from the Meeting of the Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) December 11, 2008
  
• Notes from the Meeting of the Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) December 13, 2007*