Electronic FOIA Request Form
NOTE: Requests for personal information require a signature and can not be processed through this online form. Instead, please follow the Privacy Act
request instructions. (Personal information includes, but is not limited to, information about current or former service members and employees of the Department of the Navy.)
Fields marked with a * are required. PRIVACY ACT ADVISORY: AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations and 5 U.S.C. 552, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). PURPOSE: To allow individuals to file electronic FOIA requests; to track all FOIA requests from receipt to response to compile statistics for the Annual FOIA Report; to research and respond to FOIA requests; To maintain case files to comply with records disposal requirements; and to maintain an administrative record to support any litigation. ROUTINE USE: Requests are received in the NHHC's FOIA Branch, assigned a case number, filed in a case file, and routed to the appropriate office/organization for research and response. Requests that are transferred, receive a no records response, or granted in full are retained for 2 years and then destroyed. Requests that are denied in whole or in part are retained for 6 years and then destroyed. DISCLOSURE: Voluntary. We seek your full name and postal mailing address so we may mail a response to you. Failure to provide this information may result in your request not being processed (this page does not capture email addresses). Your IP address (214.21.87.20 ) is appended to the message that you submit.
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