FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) ANNUAL REPORT

Fiscal Year 2003

 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

1.  Point of Contact for FOIA Requests:        Thomas R. Sole

                                                                        Director of Engineering, Maintenance

                                                                         and Operations

                                                                        Martha R. Sell

                                                                        Chief, Operations Division

                                                                        Telephone 703-696-6897

                                                            Email:  sellm@abmc.gov

2.  Denials of Information:   0

3.  Agency’s Response Time:  The median response time: 10 days.

4.  Number of Requests pending as of the end of preceding fiscal year: 0

5.  Number of requests received during fiscal year 2001:  5

6.  Time Extensions:  0

7.  Total Fees Collected FY 2003:  $179.00

8.  Costs of Administering FOIA:  Tasks relating to the administration of the Freedom of Information Act have been added to the duties of existing positions within the agency.  Therefore, expenses incurred as a result of the Act have been limited to minor duplication costs.

9.  Physical Locations of Freedom of Information Act Reading Room:

            Operations Division

            Courthouse Plaza II, Suite 500

            2300 Clarendon Blvd.

            Arlington, VA 22202

            Telephone: 703-696-6897

            Fax: 703-696-6666

            Email: sellm@abmc.gov

            Hours: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm – Monday through Friday

10.  Information now available online at the Commission’s website at www.abmc.gov:

• Korean War Veterans Memorial Honor Roll Database

• World War I Dead Interred or Memorialized at the American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil database

• World War II Dead Interred or Memorialized at the American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil database

• Publications: 

§ General Information Pamphlet – American Memorials and Overseas Military Cemeteries

§ American Overseas Cemetery Booklets

§ Vietnam Memorial Plaque – general information

§ World War II Memorial – general information