{
  "slug": "hhs",
  "register": {
    "slug": "hhs",
    "name": "Department of Health and Human Services",
    "local_name": null,
    "abbr": "HHS",
    "jurisdiction": "federal",
    "state": "DC",
    "state_name": "District of Columbia",
    "country": null,
    "country_code": null,
    "category": "health",
    "agency_type": "cabinet_department",
    "parent": null,
    "parent_name": null,
    "url": "https://aletheca.com/agencies/hhs",
    "website": null,
    "reading_room": "https://www.hhs.gov/foia/reading-room",
    "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": "hhsfoia@hhs.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 with 'FOIA Request' in subject line; include fee waiver language."
      },
      {
        "channel": "mail",
        "detail": "Department of Health and Human Services FOIA Office, FOIA Requester Service Center, Washington DC 20208",
        "label": "Postal Mail",
        "verified": false,
        "verification": "unverified",
        "verification_source": "address never confirmed; use certified mail",
        "last_checked": "2026-09-03",
        "automatable": false,
        "preferred": false,
        "reliability": "medium",
        "instructions": "Certified mail with return receipt recommended for paper-first offices."
      }
    ],
    "submission_readiness": {
      "status": "actionable",
      "verified_channels": [
        "portal"
      ],
      "domain_verified_channels": [],
      "automatable_channels": [],
      "recommended_channel": "portal",
      "checked_at": "2026-09-03",
      "notes": "Route via recommended_channel; confirm endpoint before bulk filing."
    },
    "holdings": [
      "budget",
      "policy",
      "contracts",
      "grants",
      "correspondence",
      "reports"
    ],
    "tips": [
      "Be specific on date range and custodians",
      "Cite public-interest fee waiver and news-media status if applicable",
      "Request Vaughn index for withholdings",
      "Ask for rolling release"
    ],
    "tracking": "Agency tracking number via acknowledgement letter; check PAL or agency portal.",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "Imported from AlethecaData. Institutions are real; contact routes are inferred unless marked verified. See /coverage."
  },
  "scorecard": null,
  "components": [
    {
      "slug": "acf",
      "name": "Administration for Children and Families",
      "abbr": "ACF"
    },
    {
      "slug": "acl",
      "name": "Administration for Community Living",
      "abbr": "ACL"
    },
    {
      "slug": "aspr",
      "name": "Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response",
      "abbr": "ASPR"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ahrq",
      "name": "Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality",
      "abbr": "AHRQ"
    },
    {
      "slug": "barda",
      "name": "Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority",
      "abbr": "BARDA"
    },
    {
      "slug": "cdc",
      "name": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention",
      "abbr": "CDC"
    },
    {
      "slug": "cms",
      "name": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
      "abbr": "CMS"
    },
    {
      "slug": "cms-foia",
      "name": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - FOIA Division",
      "abbr": "CMS-FOIA"
    },
    {
      "slug": "fda",
      "name": "Food and Drug Administration",
      "abbr": "FDA"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hrsa",
      "name": "Health Resources and Services Administration",
      "abbr": "HRSA"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hrsa-foia",
      "name": "Health Resources and Services Administration FOIA",
      "abbr": "HRSA-FOIA"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ihs",
      "name": "Indian Health Service",
      "abbr": "IHS"
    },
    {
      "slug": "nci",
      "name": "National Cancer Institute",
      "abbr": "NCI"
    },
    {
      "slug": "niaid",
      "name": "National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases",
      "abbr": "NIAID"
    },
    {
      "slug": "nida",
      "name": "National Institute on Drug Abuse",
      "abbr": "NIDA"
    },
    {
      "slug": "nih",
      "name": "National Institutes of Health",
      "abbr": "NIH"
    },
    {
      "slug": "oig-10",
      "name": "OIG — Department of Health and Human Services",
      "abbr": "OIG"
    },
    {
      "slug": "samhsa",
      "name": "Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration",
      "abbr": "SAMHSA"
    }
  ],
  "requests": []
}