FOIA Contacts:

Arnetta Mallory, FOIA Initiatives Coordinator
National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Room 6150
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
(202) 233-0754
nsdfoia@usdoj.gov

Patricia Matthews, FOIA Public Liaison
National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Room 6150
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
(202) 233-0756
nsdfoia@usdoj.gov

Conventional FOIA Library:

Call (202) 514-5600 for access instructions.

FOIA Library:

The FOIA Library 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 consolidated the national security components of the Department of Justice under a new Assistant Attorney General (the AAG for National Security). These components included the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (now the Office of Intelligence) and the Criminal Division’s Counterterrorism and Counterespionage Sections. The NSD also includes a new Law and Policy office responsible for providing legal assistance and for formulating legislative initiatives on matters related to national security law and policy. These organizational changes reinforce the Department’s efforts to prevent terrorism and other threats to national security. In addition, the AAG for National Security acts as the Department’s 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

2011 NSD Chief FOIA Officer Report

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:

• None.

Publicly Available Information for Which a FOIA Request Is Not Required:

• The Annual Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Report to Congress, which can be found in the FOIA Library.
• The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Unit administers the FARA and maintains a public office to make all registration materials available to the public.

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