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governmentattic.org provides electronic copies of thousands of interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.  Fascinating historical documents, reports on items in the news, oddities and fun stuff and government bloopers, they're all here.  Think of browsing this site as rummaging through the Government's Attic -- hence our name.   Our motto: Videre licet.

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NOTE: links to newly added items are live on this page.  Permanent storage of links will remain on the main index pages available through either the "FOIA LOGS" or "DOCUMENTS" links above.

Newly added files listings/links:

NEW Declassified video of 1961 Crash Scene of a B-52 Bomber near Yuba City, California, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) film number 342.USAF.27815 - [07-Dec-2015]

Governmentattic.org cover sheet - [PDF 650 KB 07-Dec-2015] 

MP4 file of film, 14.25 minutes - [MP4 74.5 MB 12-Oct-2015]
NOTE: Large file: 74.5 MB
  

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) Environmental Crimes Monthly Bulletin, January-December 2007 and November 2010-March 2011 - [PDF 66 MB 07-Dec-2015]
NOTE: This is a large file; 66 Megabytes

NEW Environmental Final Governing Standards for Seven (7) countries in accordance with DoD Instruction 4715.5, Management of Environmental Compliance at Overseas Installations, 2011-2015 - [PDF 26 MB 07-Dec-2015]

NEW Closing documents for 33 Department of the Interior (DOI) Inspector General (OIG) investigations, 2010-2012 - [PDF 5.7 MB 07-Dec-2015]

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Response to Congressman Lamar Smith regarding Executive Order 13524 and status of INTERPOL in the United States, 2010 - [PDF 194 KB 07-Dec-2015]

NEW Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Letters to Representative Brian Higgins and Senator Bernie Sanders describing agency investigations of Gasoline prices in Western New York Gasoline during Fall and early Winter 2008 - [PDF 3.2 MB 07-Dec-2015]

NEW Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Update of Presidential Emergency Action Documents (PEADS), 2004 - [PDF 600 KB 07-Dec-2015]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) records released in response to requests from Associated Press and other news media regarding the Shirley Sherrod situation, 2010 - [PDF 68 MB 30-Nov-2015]
NOTE: This is a large file; 68 Megabytes

NEW A copy of each response to a Question for the Record (QFR) provided to Congress by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and its components, FY 2014 - [PDF 11 MB 30-Nov-2015]

NEW List of Department of Defense (DoD) Congressional Reports, FY 2005-FY 2012 - [PDF 806 KB 30-Nov-2015]

NEW List of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations, 2010-2012 - [PDF 7.9 MB 30-Nov-2015]

NEW Closing documents for twenty nine (29) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations, 2011-2014 - [PDF 7.9 MB 30-Nov-2015]

NEW Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), Memoranda of Agreement (MOAs) and Correspondence to/from Congressional Offices, 2013 - [PDF 12 MB 30-Nov-2015]

UPDATED A History of U.S. Communications Security (Volumes I and II); the David G. Boak Lectures, National Security Agency (NSA), 1973 Released through ISCAP - [PDF 11.5 MB 23-Nov-2015]

NEW U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) Files re: Risks of Geomagnetic Storms to the Nation, 2012-2015 - [PDF 6.7 MB 23-Nov-2015]

NEW National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Final Report: National Reconnaissance Program Task Force for the Director of Central Intelligence, conducted by the R. James Woolsey Panel, 1992 - [PDF 2.8 MB 23-Nov-2015]

NEW Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Compliance Plan to Execute Section 3.4 of Executive Order 12958: Automatic Declassification of Records More Than 25 Years Old and Having Permanent Historical Value, 13 October 1995 - [PDF 1.3 MB 23-Nov-2015]

NEW Annual Historical Review, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), FY 1986 - [PDF 2.3 MB 23-Nov-2015]

NEW List of Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during CY 2013 - [PDF 364 KB 23-Nov-2015]

NEW List of Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during CY 2012 - [PDF 5.7 MB 23-Nov-2015]

NEW A copy of each response to a Question for the Record (QFR) provided to Congress by the Department of the Interior (DOI) and its components, 2012-2013 - [PDF 40 MB 16-Nov-2015]

NEW Freedom of Information Act request letters received at National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), 2012-2013 - [PDF 1.2 MB 16-Nov-2015]

UPDATED Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General (OIG) Weekly Activity Reports, 2014 - [PDF 47 MB 16-Nov-2015]

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division memo: Department of the Interior Policy on the Use of the Polygraph in Criminal Investigations, 1999 - [PDF 572 KB 16-Nov-2015]

NEW List of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed, 2007-2011 - [PDF 812 KB 16-Nov-2015]

NEW Records related to Department of Transportation (DOT) contracts issued to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), concerning a study of driver confusion about propulsion shutdown of keyless vehicles during an unintended acceleration event, 2007 - [PDF 1 MB 16-Nov-2015]

NEW FOIA case logs for the Peace Corps, 2008-2011 - [PDF 700 KB 16-Nov-2015]

NEW Annual Historical Review, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), FY 1988 - [PDF 3.6 MB 09-Nov-2015]

NEW Annual Historical Review, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), FY 1989 - [PDF 4.5 MB 09-Nov-2015]

NEW Annual Historical Review, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), FY 1990 - [PDF 3.4 MB 09-Nov-2015]

NEW Annual Historical Review, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), FY 1991 - [PDF 4.6 MB 09-Nov-2015]

NEW Annual Historical Review, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), FY 1992 - [PDF 4 MB 09-Nov-2015]

NEW Annual Command History, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), FY 1993 - [PDF 3.8 MB 09-Nov-2015]

NEW Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) log of requests, copies of requests and approval correspondence for use of shredded U.S. currency, 2010, 2012-2015 - [PDF 3.4 MB 09-Nov-2015]

UPDATED Three Lawrence Livermore/Sandia National Laboratories (LLNL/SNL) reports re Biological Select Agents and Toxins Risk/Threat Assessment and Security, 2005, 2006 - [PDF 6.7 MB 02-Nov-2015]

NEW Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Media Relations Guidance for ICE Employees, 2011 - [PDF 1 MB 02-Nov-2015]

NEW Department of Energy (DOE) Talking Points, 2009-2011(?) - [PDF 1.2 MB 02-Nov-2015]

NEW Complaints received by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) CY2013-CY2014 - [PDF 4.6 MB 02-Nov-2015]

NEW List of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed CY 2014 - [PDF 750 KB 02-Nov-2015]

UPDATED Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Office of Congressional & Public Affairs (CP) Media Guidelines and Press Packet, 2014 - [PDF 1.2 MB 02-Nov-2015]

NEW Records regarding artwork acquired by the Smithsonian Institution (SI) during 2011 - [PDF 1.2 MB 26-Oct-2015]

NEW List of Smithsonian Institution (SI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during CY 2012 - [PDF 1.8 MB 26-Oct-2015]

NEW List of Smithsonian Institution (SI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during CY 2014 - [PDF 945 KB 26-Oct-2015]

NEW Smithsonian Institution (SI) assessment: Smithsonian Brand Strategy, Proposed Final Recommendation, 2011 - [PDF 3.2 MB 26-Oct-2015]

NEW Each response to a Question for the Record (QFR) provided to Congress by the Social Security Administration (SSA), 2012-2014 - [PDF 15 MB 26-Oct-2015]

NEW Statement of Work provided to Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) by Insight Policy Research Inc., Arlington VA, under contract AG3198C130010, study of improper trafficking of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for anything other than food sold by authorized SNAP retailers, 2013(?) - [PDF 1.4 MB 26-Oct-2015]

NEW Communications between the 167th Airlift Wing (167 AW - West Virginia Air National Guard), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Guard Bureau (NGB), and the Eastern Regional Airport Authority concerning FBI documents being stored or to be stored at the 167 AW, 2013 - [PDF 815 KB 26-Oct-2015]

NEW Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports produced by or for the Directorate for National Protection and Programs (DNPP) on the risks of geomagnetic storms to the nation, 2012-2013 - [PDF 12.6 MB 19-Oct-2015]

NEW Department of Commerce (DOC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Office of Investigations Guide to Conducting Administrative Inquiries, 2012 - [PDF 4.6 MB 19-Oct-2015]

NEW FOIA Logs for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), 2012-2015 - [PDF 1.1 MB 19-Oct-2015]

NEW Listing of Data Fields in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Shipwreck Databases, 2015 - [PDF 1.1 MB 19-Oct-2015]

NEW Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Records Retention Schedule, 2012-2015 - [PDF 4.6 MB 19-Oct-2015]

NEW Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Communications Plan 2014 - [PDF 1.7 MB 19-Oct-2015]

NEW Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Research Oversight (ORO) Annual Reports of Activities, 2012-2014 - [PDF 14.9 MB 19-Oct-2015]

NEW Naval Concepts of Chemical and Biological Warfare. Department of Defense (DoD) Film, 1952 - [12-Oct-2015]

Governmentattic.org cover sheet - [PDF 236 KB 12-Oct-2015] 

MP4 file of film, 14.47 minutes - [MP4 238 MB 12-Oct-2015]
NOTE: Very large file: 238 MB
 

UPDATED Records Provided by Federal Agencies to Chairman Darrell Issa on the Administration of FOIA, 2011 - [12-Oct-2015]
New material added from the Department of Energy (DOE), Departement of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), and Federal Election Commission (FEC)
NOTE: This link opens a separate page listing available files from 61 Federal agencies.
 

UPDATED Closing Documents for 30 National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations, 2011-2012 - [PDF 3.9 MB 12-Oct-2015]

NEW Closing documents for 30 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Inspector General (OIG) investigations, 2013-2014 - [PDF 9.6 MB 12-Oct-2015]

 

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