Archive: FOIA Resources Organized by Topic
Published, June 26, 2014
The information below will help you find out how and where to make a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request or file an appeal. It also identifies documents that already exist in the public domain and provides a list of commonly requested records.
Courses for DON FOIA specialists may be accessed through the link below that appears under the heading of "Training." To obtain a certificate for the completion of these courses, please send an email to the following address: whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dfoipo-training@mail.mil.
Annual Reports
Archive of Responses
Filing an Appeal
FOIA Logs
FOIAonline Tips
FOIA Specialist Updates (See also FOIAonline Tips, Training)
- "Climate Survey Reports," DoD Memo, March 17, 2015
- Criminal Records--FOIA Exclusions, DOJ Website
- CUI Markings Not Basis for FOIA exemption, DOJ, Jul 3, 2014
- Estimated Dates of Completion; Referrals, DoD Email, Feb. 23, 2016
- Fees - Litigation, DoD-7000.14-R
- Fees - Minimize, DoD Email, Aug 28, 2015:
- FOIAonline - Off-Line Input to
- FOIAonline, Article, Jul 2014
- Milner v. DON, Article, Oct 2014
- Nat'l Security Archive - Don't Refer to Another Component, DoD Email of 6 Oct 2014
- Privacy Release Unneeded for FOIA Request, DoD Email, Nov 13, 2015
- Proactive Disclosure, DOJ Website
- Redaction Techniques, CNO Memo of May 5, 2005
- Redactions - Must Bracket Whiteouts, DoD Email of Sep 9, 2014
- Significant FOIA Defined, DoD, Sep 25, 2014
- "Still Interested" Letters, DOJ Website:
- Websites - Request Service Centers (RSCs), DoD Email Sep 23, 2014
Forms
Hot Topics
- Asbestos Research Information
- CNO N455 Letter of April 1, 1999, Subj: Improper Expenditure of Depleted Uranium
- CNO N455 Letter of June 1, 1999, Subj: Improper Expenditure of Depleted Uranium
- Collection of Court Opinions
- Depleted Uranium
- DOJ Court Decisions Affecting FOIA
- DON Policy on Conference and Event Planning
- Executive Order 13392: Improving Agency Disclosure of Information
- Expenditure of Depleted Uranium (DU) Rounds at Vieques Inner Training Range, Puerto Rico
- Final Operating Report for PM-3A Nuclear Power Plant McMurdo Station, Antartica
- Glenn Defense Marine Area (GDMA): Letters of Censure
- Navy Iranian Capture of Riverine Command Boats (RCB)/Navy Sailors (Jan2016)
- Navy's Proactive Postings
- Navy Yard shooting, Sep 2013
- NCIS Investigation on Death of Marines in Afghanistan, August 10, 2012
- NCIS Records Management Division Law Enforcement Records
- Okinawa Nuclear Weapons Declassifications
- Press Release of May 31, 1999 on Accidental Use of Depleted Uranium
- Scam Alert on PII
- SCORPION (Court of Inquiry surrounding loss of the submarine)
- Top Ten Topics
- UFO Fact Sheet
Navy/Marine Corps
Points of Contact
Policy Memoranda
- Navy FOIA SOP
- Memo: "FOIA Issues," 25 Aug 00
- Memo: "FOIA Policy Issues," 1 Mar 01
- Memo: "FOIA Policy/Issues," 29 Mar 01
- Memo: "FOIA Policy Issues," 31 Jul 01
- Memo: "Policy Changes to the DON FOIA Program," 26 Oct 01
- Memo: "Update to FOIA Policy Letter of 26 OCT 01," 20 Nov 01
- Memo: "FOIA Policy Letter - Safeguarding Information Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction and Other Sensitive Records Related to Homeland Security," 27 Mar 02
- Memo: "FOIA Policy Issues (CBRN Weapons Information, FOIA Fees, FOIA Response Letters, Unit Prices, FOUO)," 20 May 02
- Memo: "Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Policy Letter," 20 Nov 02
- Memo: "DON FOIA Program Update/Policy Change," 8 Jan 03
- Memo: "DON FOIA Program Update," 10 Feb 03
- Memo: "DON FOIA Policy Update," 25 Mar 03
- Memo: "Amendment to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)," 22 Apr 03
- Memo: "FOIA Policy RE Redaction Techniques," 5 May 05
- Memo: "DON FOIA Program Update," 6 Apr 05
- Memo of 29 Sep 2006 re DoD Website Standards
- Memo of 24Jun2008 re DoD FOIA Electronic Reading Room Requirements
- Memo: "Department of the Navy Implementation of FOIAonline," 12 Dec 13
References
Training
Training Guidance