The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Information and Privacy provides guidelines for all federal agencies, including NEH. This Office has several helpful guides:

• “Transparency and Open Government” (2-page PDF)
  - Memorandum from President Obama, January 21, 2009
• “Freedom of Information Act”
(4-page PDF)
- Memorandum from President Obama, January 21,2009
• “The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)”
(3-page PDF)
- Memorandum from the Attorney General, March 19, 2009
• Text of the Freedom of Information Act
• Text of the Privacy Act
• FOIA Post
• FOIA Update
• DOJ Guide to the Freedom of Information Act, 2009
• DOJ Overview of the Privacy Act
• Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records, 2005
• Your Right To Federal Records: Questions and Answers on the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act, 2006 (44-page PDF, includes complete text of the law)