The Open Government Directive is an effort to implement the three principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration that form the cornerstones of an open government.

Transparency promotes accountability by providing the public with information about what the government is doing.

Participation allows members of the public to contribute ideas and expertise so that their government can make policies with the benefit of information that is widely dispersed in society.

Collaboration improves the effectiveness of government by encouraging partnerships and cooperation within the federal government, across levels of government, and between the government and private institutions.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) handles all Innovation and Open Government initiatives for Ginnie Mae. To learn more about these initiatives, please click here​

Pursuant to the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (the No Fear Act), Pub. L. 107-174, HUD posts statistical data pertaining to complaints of employment discrimination filed by employees, former employees, and applicants for employment under 29 CFR Part 1614.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development handles all No Fear Act data for Ginnie Mae. To review this data, please click here.​

The Plain Writing Act of 2010 requires federal agencies to write "clear Government communication that the public can understand and use." President Obama also emphasized the importance of establishing "a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration" in his January 21, 2009, Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development handles all inquiries into and reporting for Ginnie Mae’s use of plain language. If you have trouble understanding our documents or the pages on our website, please send an e-mail to webmanager@hud.gov.​

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552, enacted in 1966, requires federal agencies to provide documents after receiving a written request for them. An agency can withhold certain records from disclosure under nine different exemptions.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) handles all FOIA requests for Ginnie Mae. If you don't find what you're looking for online, please submit a FOIA request. The easiest way to submit a request is online through the Making a FOIA Request. If you prefer to submit a FOIA request another way, please note that all FOIA requests must be in writing; no telephone requests will be accepted. Please be as specific as possible as to what documents you want. If you don't know the exact title of the documents, please provide a reasonable description of the documents to shorten processing time.

Please mail or fax your FOIA request to:

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Freedom of Information Act Office
451 7th Street, SW, Room 10139
Washington, DC 20410-3000
Facsimile: (202) 619-8365

Your FOIA request will be logged in as received and assigned a tracking number. Please refer to that number if you need to reach the FOIA Office for any reason.​