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NOTE: links to newly added items are live on this page. Permanent storage of links will remain on the main index pages available through either the "DOCUMENTS" or "FOIA LOGS" links above.
Newly added files listings/links:

NEW Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) CSHP 290: History of the FI Scientific Intelligence Group 1959-1965 - [PDF 2.75 MB - 21-Oct-2024]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) History Paper: DEFSMAC - A Community Asset 1964-1989 (1993?) - [PDF 1.5 MB - 21-Oct-2024]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) DIRGRAMS 2000-2001 - [PDF 5 MB - 21-Oct-2024]

NEW Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Masters Theses Titles (Unclassified Only) by Joint Military Intelligence College (JMIC) Students 1973-1997 and 2002 - [PDF 1.2 MB - 21-Oct-2024]

NEW Department of the Army Report of Ad Hoc Group for Army Psychological Operations, Army Scientific Advisory Panel, June 1967 - [PDF 2.5 MB - 21-Oct-2024]

NEW Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Logs 2013-2024 - [PDF 524 KB - 21-Oct-2024]

NEW Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Guidelines for Service-Wide Editorial Board 2018-2024 (some records undated) - [PDF 8.7 MB - 14-Oct-2024]

NEW Various Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Forms 2022 - [PDF 890 KB - 14-Oct-2024]

NEW Six (6) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) "ZZ Reports" (Chief Counsel FOIA Status Reports) 2023-2024 - [PDF 1.9 MB - 14-Oct-2024]

UPDATED Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Two IBM Reports: Measuring the Indirect Effects of Services and Enforcement on Taxpayer Compliance 2008; and Predicting Taxpayer Behavior 2012 - [PDF 8.9 MB - 14-Oct-2024]
NOTE: Updated file includes both full reports

NEW Department of the Treasury Directive Publication (TDP) 25-05 The Freedom of Information Act Handbook, 2023 - [PDF 900 KB - 14-Oct-2024]

NEW Department of the Treasury Records regarding the provision of an Estimated Completion Date for FOIA Requests 2024 - [PDF 720 KB - 14-Oct-2024]

NEW Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) DNI/CHCO Study: Achieving a Robust Collaborative Environment 2007 - [PDF 3.5 MB - 06-Oct-2024]

NEW Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Reports from Various Closed Investigations of the Office of Inspector General of the Intelligence Community 2014-2016 - [PDF 9.4 MB - 06-Oct-2024]

NEW US Marshals Service (USMS) Cabin Crew Manual for Prisoner Transport and USMS Policy Directive 16.1 General Transportation 2021 - [PDF 1.3 MB - 06-Oct-2024]

NEW National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed in 2020, 2021 and 2022 - [PDF 272 KB - 06-Oct-2024]

NEW National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) records regarding issues with parachute riser/link/attachment on the Starliner spacecraft 2022-2024 - [PDF 16 MB - 06-Oct-2024]

NEW Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) records concerning the impact of climate change or extreme weather on emergency management in Nebraska 2014-2019 - [PDF 8.9 MB - 06-Oct-2024]

NEW United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Administrative Manual, Title Page and Table of Contents only (records undated) - [PDF 420 KB - 23-Sep-2024]

NEW United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Editorial Firewall Rules and Training Slides (records undated) - [PDF 1.2 MB - 23-Sep-2024]

NEW United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) 2022 - [PDF 2.9 MB - 23-Sep-2024]

NEW List of United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Prewritten Voice of America (VOA) Obituaries (records undated) - [PDF 920 KB - 23-Sep-2024]

NEW United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Standard Operating Procedure on Voice of America editorials, April 2019-December 2020 - [PDF 1.6 MB - 23-Sep-2024]

NEW United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Technology Services & Innovation (TSI) Business Development Highlights, 2019-2021 - [PDF 8.5 MB - 23-Sep-2024]

NEW Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) After Action Report on January 2023 Notice to Air Missions database failure - [PDF 472 KB - 16-Sep-2024]

NEW Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Reports to Congress 2017-2021 not published on the EPA's public website - [PDF 25.7 MB - 16-Sep-2024]

NEW Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Report: A Micro-TV Service in the United States, by Parry Teasdale 1980 - [PDF 6.8 MB - 16-Sep-2024]

NEW Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Two IBM Reports: Measuring the Indirect Effects of Services and Enforcement on Taxpayer Compliance 2008; and Predicting Taxpayer Behavior 2012: title page and table of contents only - [PDF 1 MB - 16-Sep-2024]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Council Meeting Minutes, Agendas and Slides 2022 - [PDF 1.7 MB - 16-Sep-2024]

NEW US Marshals Service (USMS) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 2020 - [PDF 3 MB - 09-Sep-2024]

NEW Department of the Interior (DOI) Correspondence with the Congressional Offices that played a role in the January 6, 2021 Insurrection 2019-2023 - [PDF 17.6 MB - 09-Sep-2024]

NEW Department of the Interior (DOI) internal communications relating to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or Coastal Plain Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale 2017-2021 - [PDF 34.8 MB - 09-Sep-2024]

NEW Office of Naval Research (ONR) A Report to the Secretary of the Navy on Basic Research in the Navy by the Naval Research Advisory Committee 1959 - [PDF 14.6 MB - 09-Sep-2024]

NEW Office of Naval Research (ONR) War in the Nuclear Age 1959 - [PDF 38.8 MB - 09-Sep-2024]

NEW Office of Naval Research (ONR) Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) Report on Science and Technology Community in Crisis May 2002 - [PDF 5.75 MB - 09-Sep-2024]

NEW National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Quarterly Reports on the International Space Station, 2018-2019 - [PDF 4.3 MB - 02-Sep-2024]

NEW Complaints to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) containing the word "Football," June 2021-June 2024 - [PDF 1.8 MB - 02-Sep-2024]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Security Classification Guide 2018 - [PDF 4.4 MB - 02-Sep-2024]

NEW Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Exhibits Associated with Investigation of Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (Case 18-0480) 2017-2022 (some records undated) - [PDF 16.4 MB - 02-Sep-2024]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Environmental Accomplishments Tracking (NEAT) Database 2024 - [Excel file 3 MB - 02-Sep-2024]

NEW Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Selected Support Agreements (MOU's/MOA's) from the DPA A Support Agreement Tracker 1992-2017 (some records undated) - [PDF 6.5 MB - 02-Sep-2024]

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