Welcome to
Headquarters United States Africa Command Requester Service Center.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requester Service was established in
compliance with Executive
Order 13392.FOIA is a federal
statute which generally provides that any person has a right to request federal
agency records, except to the extent the records are protected from disclosure
by any of the nine exemptions contained in the law or by one of three special
law enforcement exclusions.
This Service
Center was designed to assist the public in making FOIA requests for the HQ United States
Africa Command records. The information obtained herein is not
intended to be definitive or exhaustive.The FOIA, which is known by its legal
cite as
Title 5 U.S.C. § 552, along
with the Department of Defense (DOD) Regulation 5400.7-R, governs how requests
will be processed within the United States Africa Command.Because the United States Africa Command must comply with national security laws, some documents
or parts of documents may be exempt from release.Please see FOIA exemptions under How to
File a FOIA Request for more information.
Your FOIA
request may be similar to previous requests approved for release.Please review the Reading Room section of
this web page to see if the information you are requesting is already posted.
Please note:If you are making a request for personal records regarding yourself, you
must provide a signed letter.The
letter, containing your signature, can be mailed, faxed or scanned and sent as
an email attachment.
This FOIA
Requester Service Center is the initial point of contact for FOIA requesters to receive status, updates and
appropriate information about their requests.Any requesters which have concerns about the service they are receiving
from this FOIA Requester Service Center can raise their concerns with Mr. James
Hogan, FOIA Public Liaison, Chief of FOIA Policy, Appeals and Litigation.He can be reached at 703-588-6820, DSN
425-6820 or email to foia.liaison@whs.mil.
Contact Information
Standard Address
HQ U.S. Africa Command
FOIA Requester Service Center
Unit 29951
APO AE 09751
If your request was initially denied in whole or in part, the letter advising you of the denial of your request should also have advised you of your right to appeal the determination within 60 days. If you wish to make an appeal you must file your appeal with the correct appellate authority within sixty (60) days. The appellate authority for the United States Africa Command is the FOIA Appeals and Policy Branch, DFOISR. This information, including an address, will be located on all returned requests that are denied in whole or in part.
o5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2)(A) Records -- Final opinions and orders
made in the adjudication of cases that may be cited, used, or relied upon as
precedents in future adjudications. Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals
o5 U.S.C. § 552 (a)(2)(C) Records --
Administrative staff manuals and instructions, or portions thereof, that
establish DoD policy or interpretations of policy that
affect the public. DoD Directive 5400.07 DoD Reading Room