Dress Code Requirements for FBI Headquarters and the Field Offices

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

Any materials included in employee handbooks and communications related to the required, appropriate, and recommended attire of the various employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its field offices.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Beryl Lipton

Hello Mr. Hardy,

Thank you for your response to my FOIA request for "Any materials included in employee handbooks and communications related to the required, appropriate, and recommended attire of the various employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its field offices."

Unfortunately, the denial that was issued to me was in response to "a recommendation on how to request the dress code requirements for FBI field offices and divisions." In the hopes of making easier the search in your office for the desired information, I did make an informal inquiry to representatives of your office via telephone and via email into how best to phrase my request; however, the recommendation I received was to submit a formal FOIA request, and that recommendation was followed. Accordingly, my request was not for a "recommendation" but rather, it was a specific request for the codes of attire that have been outlined in official directives to employees of the FBI across its offices.

I must insist that my request be reconsidered, as it was not properly interpreted.

Thank you for your time.

All the best,
Beryl C.D. Lipton