Welcome to the National Indian Gaming Commission’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Room. The NIGC Electronic Reading Room provides access to information identified under FOIA. FOIA generally provides that any person has a right of access to federal agency records, except to the extent that the records are protected from disclosure by any of the nine exemptions contained in the law or by one of three special law enforcement record exclusions. Notwithstanding the above protections, FOIA requires federal agencies to provide the fullest possible disclosure of information to the public. Administrative and judicial remedies are available to those persons denied access to records.
Frequently Requested Documents
The NIGC’s website provides ready access to a rich variety of information immediately-without the need for a FOIA request. Items for which multiple FOIA requests have been (or are likely to be) received can be found below.
• Tohono O'odham Nation ordinance amendment disapproval, dated August 24, 2011
• Letter to San Diego County Regarding lipay Debt Collection, dated May 24, 2012
• Indian Gaming Locations and Tribes
• NEPA Record of Decision for Jamul Management Contract Approval
The following is a listing of documents available electronically, including final opinions, orders and agency policy statements as well as opinions issued by its General Counsel.
• Bulletins
• Commission Final Decisions
• Declination Letters
• Enforcement Actions
• Game Classification Opinions
• Gaming Ordinances
• Indian Lands Opinions
• Management Contracts
About FOIA
We provide basic guidance to assist you in exercising your rights to request and view agency records under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) 5 U.S.C. § 552.
• Making a FOIA Request
• Certificate of Identity
• Conditions of Disclosure to Third Parties
• Fees for Processing a FOIA Request
• Appealing a Nondisclosure Ruling
• Disclosure of Requested Records
• 25 C.F.R. 517 (NIGC FOIA Regulations)
• 5 U.S.C. § 552 (FOIA Text)
• FOIA Reading Room Certification 2008
• FOIA Reports
• Quarterly FOIA Reports
Additional Information
• Privacy Act (PA)
• 25 C.F.R. 515 (NIGC PA Regulations)
• 5 U.S.C. § 552a (PA Text)
• Agency Plan for Implementation of EO 13,392
• FOIA Reports