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NEW DLA Accountability Office Audit Report: DA0-10-07: Enterprise Audit Related to Nuclear Weapons Related Material (NWRM), September 30, 2010 - [PDF 3.3 MB - 20-May-2013]

NEW Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Office of Policy and Program Development (OPPD), Policy Development Division (PDD) Weekly Activity Reports, 2012-2013 - [PDF 2.2 MB - 20-May-2013]

NEW Four Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) Inspector General (OIG) reports, 2009-2010 - [PDF 1 MB - 20-May-2013]

NEW Correspondence between Social Security Administration and the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) re: Interpretation of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 2007- [PDF 732 KB - 20-Feb-2013]

NEW National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Billing Summary for Storage of Justice Department Archival Records, 2005 - [PDF 240 KB - 13-May-2013]

NEW Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Legal Division [Case] Closing Manual - Table of Contents Only, 1999 - [PDF 515 KB - 13-May-2013]

NEW Records related to the ten oldest pending FOIA requests at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 2002-2011 - [PDF 9.75 MB - 13-May-2013]

NEW Several Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Audits, 2008-2010 - [PDF 6.5 MB - 13-May-2013]

NEW Ten issues of the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) The DCAA Bulletin internal publication for members of the DCAA, 2005-2011 - [PDF 107 MB - 22-Apr-2013]
NOTE: This is a large file; 107 Megabytes

NEW United States Department of State Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during 2012 - [PDF 2.3 MB - 22-Apr-2013]

NEW Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during 2012 - [PDF 1.6 MB - 22-Apr-2013]

NEW Government Accountability Office (GAO) Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during 2012 - [PDF 114 KB - 22-Apr-2013]

NEW List of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during 2012 and OIG Semiannual Report October 1, 2011 - March 31, 2012 - [PDF 11.5 MB - 22-Apr-2013]

NEW List of Department of Education (ED) Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during 2012 - [PDF 2.2 MB - 22-Apr-2013]

NEW List of General Services Administration (GSA) Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during 2012 - [PDF 7.4 MB - 22-Apr-2013]

NEW Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service intra-agency emails regarding “pink slime,” 2010-2011 – Part 2 - [PDF 32.5 MB - 15-Apr-2013]

NEW Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) records discussing the performance of the FOIA program at OFAC 2010-2012 - [PDF 3.6 MB - 15-Apr-2013]

NEW List of AMTRAK Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed during 2012 - [PDF 934 KB - 15-Apr-2013]

NEW List of National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed during 2012 - [PDF 631 KB - 15-Apr-2013]

NEW FOIA Logs for National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), 2005-2012 - [PDF 8.4 MB - 15-Apr-2013]

NEW List of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed during 2012 - [PDF 840 KB - 08-Apr-2013]

NEW Minutes of the Army Food Program Advisory Board (AFPAB) Meetings, 2008-2012 - [PDF 16.8 MB - 08-Apr-2013]

NEW Correspondence between the National Park Service (NPS) and offices of the government of the District of Columbia regarding the CityCenterDC project, 2005-2009 - [PDF 2 MB - 08-Apr-2013]

NEW National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Mandatory Declassification Review Request (MDR) Log, 2008-2010 - [PDF 460 KB - 08-Apr-2013]

NEW FOIA Logs for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), 2009-2012 - [PDF 2.7 MB - 08-Apr-2013]

UPDATED National Security Agency (NSA) CRYPTOLOG internal newsletter/journals, 1997-1974 - [PDF 233 KB - 01-Apr-2013]
Now with searchable text     NOTE: This is a very large file, 233 MB

NEW Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Inspector General (OIG) weekly newsletter, The Inspector, 2010-2012 - [PDF 70 MB - 01-Apr-2013]
NOTE: This is a large file, 70 MB

NEW Customs and Border Protection (CBP) list of Office of Internal Affairs directives, 1984 -2009 - [PDF 388 KB - 01-Apr-2013]

NEW Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Procedures to Obtain Assistance from another OIG in the Execution of Search and Arrest Warrants, 2010 - [PDF 400 KB - 01-Apr-2013

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) Memorandum Re: “Best Practices for OLC Legal Advice and Written Opinions,” July 16, 2010 - [PDF 460 KB - 01-Apr-2013]

NEW National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) listing of NLRB Headquarters Presentation videos available for employees and Training Tuesday video and internet conference training topics in 2011 and 2012 - [PDF 320 KB - 25-Mar-2013]

NEW List of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Inspector General (OIG) closed investigations for calendar year 2012 - [PDF 1.3 MB - 25-Mar-2013]

NEW Legal Services Corporation (LSC) list of Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during calendar year 2012 - [PDF 460 KB - 25-Mar-2013]

NEW Office of Special Counsel (OSC) Open Government Plan, 2011 - [PDF 414 KB - 25-Mar-2013]

NEW Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File No. 62-HQ-21440, Informational Brochure Concerning the FBI, 1929-1946 - [PDF 59 MB - 18-Mar-2013]
NOTE: This is a large file, 59 MB

NEW Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file: British Security Coordination/Intelligence Operations, 1939-1941 - [PDF 1.9 MB - 18-Mar-2013]

UPDATED Records Provided by Federal Agencies to Chairman Darrell Issa on the Administration of FOIA, 2011 - [18-Mar-2013]
New material added from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
NOTE: This link opens a separate page listing available files from over 55 Federal agencies.

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) CRYPTOLOG internal newsletter/journals, 1997-1974 - [PDF 240 MB - 18-Mar-2013]
NOTE: This is a very large file, 240 MB

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Information Policy (OIP) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act (PA), Presidential Records Act (PRA), and Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) requests, 2006-2011 - [PDF 2.4 MB - 11-Mar-2013]

NEW Seven Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Audit Reports, 2010-2012 - [PDF 10.7 MB - 11-Mar-2013]

NEW AMTRAK database of train stations, 2012 - [PDF 1.7 MB - 11-Mar-2013]
NOTE: This is an Excel (.xls) file

NEW AMTRAK Emergency (earthquake) plans, 2001-2003 - [PDF 1.5 MB - 11-Mar-2013]

UPDATED Several states and the District of Columbia forbidden/banned personalized license plates, procedures for screening personalized license plate applications and, where available, administrative appeals of withdrawn personalized plates, 2012 - [04-Mar-2013]
Materials added from The state of New Jersey
NOTE: This link opens a separate page listing available files from 23 states and the District of Columbia.

NEW The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey documents that discuss or identify the extent of records losses by the Port Authority on September 11, 2001 - [PDF 4.6 MB - 04-Mar-2013]

NEW June 12, 2009 Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General (EPA OIG) response to the Council of the Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Integrity Committee regarding allegations that investigators assigned to the oversight and special review unit of the EPA were conducting law enforcement functions possibly in violation of the IG Act of 1978 - [PDF 730 KB - 04-Mar-2013]

NEW Department of Justice, Justice Management Division contractual documents for the procurement of an automated FOIA tracking/processing system for the Department of Justice, 2007-2012 - [PDF 12 MB - 04-Mar-2013]

NEW Audits of Tribal Courts under contract to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 2006-2010 - [PDF 11.7 MB - 25-Feb-2013]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) study: United States Cryptologic History, Special Series, Crisis Collection Volume 2: The Suez Crisis: A Brief Comint History, 1988 - [PDF 1.6 MB - 25-Feb-2013]

NEW Letter from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Inspector General (OIG) to the Council of the Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), 2010 - [PDF 312 KB - 25-Feb-2013]

NEW Records Concerning the Unnecessary Mass Referral of FOIA Requests from Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to the Department of State, 2010 - [PDF 24.3 MB - 18-Feb-2013]

NEW National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Pleadings Manual (2012) and Table of Contents for the Regional Director Manual (undated) - [PDF 75 MB - 18-Feb-2013]
NOTE: This is a large file; 75 Megabytes

NEW Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents meeting minutes, 2003-2005 - [PDF 2 MB - 18-Feb-2013]

NEW Complaint by the Acting US Attorney regarding allegations of abuse of authority and misconduct by the Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), May 20, 2009 - [PDF 64 MB - 18-Feb-2013]
NOTE: This is a large file; 64 Megabytes

 

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