DoD FOIA Policy Guidance

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• President Obama’s Memo: Transparency and Accountability in government operations, changing FOIA presumptions.
  January 21, 2009

• Attorney General’s memo interpreting Transparency and Accountability.
  March 19, 2009
        Memo

• DA&M; Memo, December 9, 2008
  10 U.S.C. § 130c, Nondisclosure of Certain Sensitive Information of Foreign Governments and International Organizations

• DA&M; Memo, December 3, 2008
  OPEN Government Act of 2007

• DA&M; Memo, October 10, 2008
  Certification of Agency Compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room Requirements

• DA&M Memo, September 22, 2008
  Requirements for the DoD FOIA Annual Report
       Annual Report Instructions
       Continuation Sheet, Section II. 1., a., b. & c.

• DA&M Memo, July 10, 2008
  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests FOIA Logs

• DA&M Memo, June 24, 2008
  Requirements for DoD Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Rooms

• Briefing, March 6, 2008
  FOIA Website Compliance Briefing

• DA&M Memo, October 11, 2007
  Requirements for DoD Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Rooms

• DA&M; Memo, September 29, 2006
  Standards for DoD Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Web Sites

• DA&M; Memo, September 1, 2005
  Withholding of Information that Personally Identifies DoD Personnel

• FOID/WHS Memo, July 26, 2005
  New Redaction Policy

• FOID/WHS Memo, April 8, 2003
  FOIA Amended by Intelligence Authorization Bill

• FOID/WHS Memo, March 25, 2003
  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests for Critical Infrastructure Information (CII)

• FOIA POST/DoJ, May 29, 2002
  Treatment of Unit Prices Under Exemption 4

• 67 FR 31127, May 9, 2002
  32 CFR Part 286.29 Collection of Fees and Fee Rates

• White House Memo, March 19, 2002
  Action to Safeguard Information Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction and Other Sensitive Documents Related to Homeland Security

• NII Memo, December 28, 2001
  Removal of Personally Identifying Information of DoD Personnel from Unclassified Websites

• DA&M Memo, November 9, 2001
  Withholding Personally Identifying Information Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

• FOIA Director Memo, March 16, 2001
  DoD Policy on the Processing of DoD Hotline Cases

• DA&M Memo, February 16, 2001
  Withholding Personal Information of DoD Personnel

• FOID/WHS Memo, February 4, 2000
  DoD Policy Regarding Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests for Information Associated with Federal Grants and Other Financial Assistance

• FOID/WHS Memo, January 19, 1999
  FOIA Requests from the Stars and Stripes

• USD(I) Memo, October 26, 1998
  Policy Responsibility for “FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO)”

• FOID/WHS Memo, February 15, 1991
  Routinely Deployable Units – Names and Duty Addresses

• OMB Guidelines for FOIA Fees, 1987
  The Freedom of Information Reform Act of 1986; Uniform Freedom of Information Act Fee Schedule and Guidelines

• FOIA Exemption Three Statutes
  This document contains a list of 5 USC § 552(b)(3) statutes.

• DoD FOIA EO 13526 Guidance (PDF | 193 KB)

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