FOIA Contacts:
Arnetta James, FOIA Initiatives Coordinator
National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Room 6150
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
(202) 307-3525
nsdfoia@usdoj.gov
Theresa Crosland, FOIA Public Liaison
National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Room 6150
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
(202) 307-3525
nsdfoia@usdoj.gov
Conventional Reading Room:
Call (202) 514-5600 for access instructions.
Electronic Reading
Room:
The Electronic Reading Room contains frequently requested records,
opinions, policy statements, and staff manuals/instructions
created by the Counterterrorism and Counterespionage Sections,
the Office of Intelligence, and the Law and Policy Office after
November 1, 1996.
Component Description:
Created by the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act in March
2006, the National Security Division (NSD) formally began operations
on October 2, 2006. The NSD consolidates the resources of the
Office of Intelligence Policy and Review and the Criminal Division’s
Counterterrorism and Counterespionage Sections in order to strengthen
the Department’s core national security functions. The
NSD also includes a new Law and Policy Office responsible for
providing legal assistance on matters of national security law
and policy and for formulating legislative initiatives, policies,
and strategies relating to national security matters. These
organizational changes reinforce the Department’s efforts
to prevent terrorism and other threats to national security.
In addition, the Assistant Attorney General for the NSD acts
as the Department’s main liaison with the Office of the
Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence
Agency, the Department of Defense, and other intelligence community
agencies in order to improve coordination against terrorism
and other threats to national security.
DOJ Reference Guide:
A comprehensive guide to the FOIA that serves as a handbook
for obtaining information from the Department.
Special Information Required to Make a FOIA Request:
Publicly Available Information for Which a FOIA Request
Is Not Required:
Major Information Systems:
Foreign Intelligence and Counterintelligence Records System
Office of Intelligence Automated Secure Information System
Office of Intelligence Litigation Records System
Office of Intelligence Policy Records System
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