FOIA Reading Room

The FOIA Reading Room contains frequently requested documents as well as EAC statements, correspondence, and administrative policies. Please note that some of these files are large and may take a few minutes to download.

FOIA Reports

• FY24 Chief FOIA Officer Report

• FY23 Annual FOIA Report

• FY22 Annual FOIA Report

• FY21 Annual FOIA Report; FY21 FOIA Report Raw Data (XML) 

• FY20 Annual FOIA Report (XML); FY20 FOIA Report Raw Data

• FY19 Annual FOIA Report (XML)

• FY17 Annual FOIA Report (XML); 2018 Chief FOIA Officer Report

• FY16 Annual FOIA Report (XML); 2017 Chief FOIA Officer Report

Regulations

• Procedures for Disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 

• Implementation of the Government in the Sunshine Act

• Testimony by Commission Employees Relating to Official Information and Production of Official Records in Legal Proceedings

• Implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974

• Standards of Conduct

• Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Conducted by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission

EAC Policies

• Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2022-2027

• Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2018-2022

• Strategic Plan Fiscal Years: 2009 Through 2014 Approved and adopted 3-0, March 26, 2009

• EAC Organizational Management Policy Statement (adopted at 2-24-15 public meeting; replacing the Roles and Responsibilities Document)

• Final Notice and Public Comment Policy (adopted as revised 9-18-08)

• March 20, 2008 Policy Clarification Regarding Allowable Uses of HAVA Funds Authorized under Titles I and II 

• Guidance

• Advisories

• Ex Parte Communications Policy - May 25, 2006

• Statement Regarding Partisan Activities

• 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

• Policy on Special Audits January 27, 2005

Voting System Certification Program 

• EAC Clarification on VSTL Certificate Signatures

• Accreditation Request Package

• Dismissal of Graeff v EAC

• EAC Letter to Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs Regarding Voting System Certification

• EAC advisory on potential vulnerability for Dominion ImageCast Precinct (ICP) or ImageCast Evolution (ICE) tabulators

• Declaration of Mark A. Robbins

• How a Voting System Becomes EAC Certified - Overview of the EAC Certification Process

• Pro V&V Certificates of Accreditation 

• SLI Certificates of Accreditation 

• ES&S Copyright Bitmap Records

• Certified Systems

• EAC Statement Regarding Partisan Activities by Voting System Manufacturers and Test Labs

• Voting System Testing and Certification Manual

• Systems Under Test

• Registered Manufacturers

• Applications Terminated

• Correspondence 

Vote Fraud and Voter Intimidation Research Project

• EAC's Election Crimes Report

• EAC Status Report on Vote Fraud and Voter Intimidation Research

• EAC Votes to Release Documents Provided to Congress

CD Vol. 1, Disc One of Three -- 4 Files (Docs 00001-12071)

3,096 pp. (size 104 MB); 2,338 pp. (size 76.7 MB); 3,646 pp. (size 163 MB); 2,902 pp. (size 139 MB)

CD Vol. 1, Disc Two of Three -- 3 Files (Docs 12072-22316)

3,718 pp. (size 109 MB); 3,618 pp. (size 174 MB); 3,026 pp. (size 132 MB)

CD Vol. 1, Disc Three of Three -- 3 Files (Docs 22317-31441)

3,587 pp. (size 206 MB); 2,433 pp. (size 114 MB); 3,116 pp. (size 140 MB)

CD Vol. 2, Disc One of One -- 5 Files (Docs 00001-11656)

4,107 pp. (size 135 MB); 3,713 pp. (size 184 MB); 4,047 pp. (size 131 MB); 4,446 pp. (size 179 MB); 324 pp. (size 18.9 MB)

• Correspondence between EAC and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren

• Correspondence between EAC and Senator Dianne Feinstein

• EAC Request to Inspector General for Review of Vote Fraud and Voter Intimidation Project

• EAC Inspector General Report on the Preparation of the Voter Fraud and Voter Intimidation

Provisional Voting Research Project  

• EAC Best Practices on Provisional Voting

• Report to the EAC on Best Practices to Improve Provisional Voting

  • Appendix A: A National Survey of Local Election Officials' Experiences with Provisional Voting

  • Appendix B: Relationship Between Time Allotted to Verify Provisional Ballots and the Level of Ballots that are Verified

  • Appendix C: Provisional Ballot Litigation by Issue

  • Appendix D: Provisional Ballot Litigation by State

  • Appendix E: State Summaries

  • Appendix F: Provisional Voting Statutes by State 

Voter ID Research Project

• Draft Voter ID report

Miscellaneous

• Response to Senate - March 31, 2017
   

• EAC Statement on Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity

• Reports on State Expenditures of HAVA Funds

• Tally Vote on the appointment of a candidate for EAC general counsel

• 2015 Tally Vote Appointing Brian Newby as Executive Director and Cliff Tatum as General Counsel
   
• 2019 Tally Vote Regarding Renewing Brian Newby as Executive Director and Cliff Tatum as General Counsel

• EAC Annual Reports

• Technical Guidelines Development Committee's Recommended Guidelines

Interim Test Lab Accreditation

• EAC Terminates CIBER's Application

• December 2006 CIBER Labs, Inc. Follow-up Report

• July 2006 CIBER Labs, Inc. Interim Accreditation Assessment Report