Internally, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)’s Office of Strategic Communication published the blog entitled, “Vigilance from Above”. It appears, that it began in November of 2009 and was published until June of 2010.

I do have an open request for the entire collection, and this page will be updated when that request response comes in. Until then, the final 10 blogs published have been released to me below.

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 NRO Internal Blog/Newsletter: VIGILANCE FROM ABOVE (Requested “all issues” a/o February 2019) [17 Pages, 1.5MB]

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 NRO Internal Blog/Newsletter: VIGILANCE FROM ABOVE (Requested “Last 10” a/o 2017) [11 Pages, 1.8MB]

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“The Green Book” is a set of guidelines for agency officials in charge of responding to FOIA requests, specifically about the proper procedures for processing requests for FBI documents or documents from any other agency under the purview of Department of Justice. The Green Book also contains volumes of numbered memos from directors and other officials in the agency’s FOIA department, instructing FOIA officials on how to respond to requests regarding certain procedures the FBI conducts, organizations under surveillance by the agency, and other persons and events of interest.

I first requested this back in June of 2016, and the FBI offered a public Department of Justice (DOJ) guidebook for processing FOIA requests. I knew this was not the document I was looking for. In November of 2015, The Public Record published an article detailing the fact the FBI told them they were unable to find the document, after processing their FOIA request. So, I knew the FBI did not want to let go of this record easily. I filed another request in September of 2016, with more clarity, making sure they knew the previous “responsive document” was not what I was seeking. I did not appeal that original request, but rather filed a new one, since I felt maybe I was not specific enough, so a new FOIA request was warranted over appealing something that may have been a misunderstanding.

It took until September of 2018, for the FBI to release the document. You can now find it below:

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 The FBI’s FOIA Processing Manual – aka “The Green Book” [199 Pages, 65.8MB]

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Internally, the National Security Agency (NSA) publishes the “Gabby the Grammar Geek” column.

In September of 2014, I requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for all columns that were published in 2013.

It was not until September of 2017 that they were released.

Although it took a while for this release, I did file for more. This page will be updated when they are available.

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 Gabby the Grammar Geek Column, Published by the National Security Agency (NSA), 2013 [22 Pages, 2.8MB]

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/nsa/gabbygeek-2013-nsa1.pdf

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