NSF Public Information Handbook
This handbook (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11012/nsf11012.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179) covers the following topics:
What is the National Science Foundation? ................................................................1 Requesting Information from NSF ............................................................................1 How is NSF Organized? ............................................................................................2 Types of Records Commonly Requested from NSF..................................................3 How Do I Ask for Records/Information?...................................................................4 What Happens When I Make a Request?...................................................................4 How Much Will it Cost to Get Records?...................................................................4 Fee Waiver .................................................................................................................5 How Long Will it Take? ............................................................................................6 Expedited Processing? ...............................................................................................6 What Information Does NSF Withhold? ...................................................................6 How Do I Know What’s Been Withheld and Why? ..................................................7 To Whom Do I Talk if I Have Problems with My FOIA Request?...........................7 How Do I Appeal the Agency’s Response? ...............................................................7 Addresses ...................................................................................................................8 Major Information Systems........................................................................................8 Record Locator Systems ............................................................................................9
