Freedom of Information Act / Research Tools

FOIA & MDR Case Logs

Background The Freedom of Information Act allows any requester to get as FOIA case logs. Below, you will find a…

April 8, 2024

NRO Information Review and Release Group (IRRG) Logs (Monday Weekly Emails)

The following are logs generated and emailed weekly to various NRO staff, which update all recipients on open FOIA and…

December 5, 2023

Sensitive Case Reports (SCRs) Regarding FOIA Requests at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Background The below documents were discovered after searching emails for the following keywords: "The Black Vault", "John Greenewald" etc. The…

April 4, 2023

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) FOIA Backlog Reduction Documents, Released June 2021

The following documents were released by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and were related to the FOIA backlog reductions plans…

June 10, 2022

Defense Intelligence Agency FOIA Status Reports, 2014-2015

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States federal government, specializing…

April 29, 2022

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Issues New FOIA Guidelines to Favor Disclosure and Transparency

On March 15, 2022, the Department of Justice published the following: To mark the start of Sunshine Week, Attorney General…

March 16, 2022

Federal Highway Administration / Department of Justice Full-Day FOIA Training

The following videos were released after a FOIA Appeal. Originally denied as "deliberative process" - the videos were released in…

January 5, 2022

United States Navy’s Freedom of Information Act Reporting Process, Navy Audit Service, 11 April 2017

The audit objective was to verify whether the Navy’s FOIA reporting process provides complete, timely, and accurate information for inclusion…

November 10, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) E-Mails on “FOIA”

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection…

July 29, 2021

SF-135 Document Transfer Forms, National Air & Space Intelligence Center (NASIC)

Background These SF-135 are document transmittal slips, created when information is transferred from one agency to a federal records center.…

January 26, 2021