{
  "slug": "cftc-foia",
  "register": {
    "slug": "cftc-foia",
    "name": "Commodity Futures Trading Commission FOIA",
    "local_name": null,
    "abbr": "CFTC-FOIA",
    "jurisdiction": "federal",
    "state": "DC",
    "state_name": "District of Columbia",
    "country": null,
    "country_code": null,
    "category": "regulatory",
    "agency_type": "independent_agency",
    "parent": "cftc",
    "parent_name": "CFTC",
    "url": "https://aletheca.com/agencies/cftc-foia",
    "website": "https://www.cftc-foia.gov",
    "reading_room": null,
    "subject_to_foia": true,
    "law": {
      "id": "federal-foia",
      "citation": "5 U.S.C. § 552",
      "statutory_days": 20,
      "business_days": true,
      "appeal_deadline_days": 90
    },
    "intake": [
      {
        "channel": "portal",
        "detail": "https://www.foia.gov/agency-search.html",
        "label": "National FOIA Portal",
        "verified": true,
        "verification": "verified",
        "verification_source": "National FOIA Portal, HTTP 200 check 2026-09-03",
        "last_checked": "2026-09-03",
        "automatable": false,
        "preferred": true,
        "reliability": "high",
        "instructions": "File via the National FOIA Portal agency search (verified live); select this agency to route."
      },
      {
        "channel": "email",
        "detail": "foia@cftc-foia.gov",
        "label": "Email",
        "verified": false,
        "verification": "unverified",
        "verification_source": "carried over; mailbox never confirmed",
        "last_checked": "2026-09-03",
        "automatable": false,
        "preferred": false,
        "reliability": "medium",
        "instructions": "Email FOIA officer."
      },
      {
        "channel": "mail",
        "detail": "FOIA Compliance Office, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581",
        "label": "Postal mail — agency guidance",
        "verified": true,
        "verification": "verified",
        "verification_source": "https://www.cftc.gov/FOI/foiarequests.html",
        "last_checked": "2026-09-09",
        "automatable": false,
        "preferred": false,
        "reliability": null,
        "instructions": "Agency warns timely mail receipt is not guaranteed; electronic intake is preferred."
      }
    ],
    "submission_readiness": {
      "status": "unverified",
      "verified_channels": [
        "portal",
        "mail"
      ],
      "domain_verified_channels": [],
      "automatable_channels": [],
      "recommended_channel": "portal",
      "checked_at": "2026-09-09",
      "notes": "Agency guidance reviewed; not exhaustive or end-to-end verified. Recheck after 2026-10-09. Whether the general FOIA contact email accepts initial filings; Guide still contains COVID-era notice and 30-day appeal wording; reconcile current regulation; Portal field and identity requirements"
    },
    "holdings": [
      "correspondence",
      "reports",
      "investigations",
      "contracts",
      "data"
    ],
    "tips": [
      "Be specific on date range/custodians",
      "Ask for Vaughn index",
      "Request rolling release",
      "Written request marked Freedom of Information Act Request; reasonably describe records and give a fee agreement or ceiling/waiver justification. Official online form and FOIA.gov are listed. Source: https://www.cftc.gov/FOI/foiarequests.html"
    ],
    "tracking": "PAL tracking number",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "Imported from AlethecaData. Institutions are real; contact routes are inferred unless marked verified. See /coverage."
  },
  "scorecard": null,
  "components": [],
  "requests": []
}