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governmentattic.org provides electronic copies of hundreds 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  Fascinating historical documents, reports on items in the news, oddities and fun stuff and government bloopers, they're all here.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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Most recently added files:

NEW Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Office of Legal Counsel analysis of whether or not the sentence enhancement under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for possessing a semiautomatic assault weapon survived the sunset repeal of the semiautomatic assault weapon ban in 2004, 2009 - [26-Jul-2010]

NEW Institute for Defense Analyses (JASON) report AD-526067, Comments on Sub-LF SATCOM Technology Development Program, December 1972, released by the Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) - [26-Jul-2010]

NEW Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation, 2010 - 26-Jul-2010]

NEW Requests to NASA from Museums and other organizations requesting the donation or gift of a space shuttle orbiter after it has completed its service life, 2000 - 2008 - [26-Jul-2010]

NEW Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File 100-HQ-97391, Subject: Communist Infiltration of the FBI, 1941-1956 - [PDF 4.4 MB - 19-Jul-2010]

NEW Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File 62-HQ-60512, Subject: Investigation (“loyalty check”) of Edith Helm, Social Secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt, 1940-1956 - [PDF 3.7 MB - 19-Jul-2010]

NEW Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File 25-HQ-277337, subject: Van Johnson, Selective Service File, 1945-1952 - [PDF 2.3 MB - 19-Jul-2010]

NEW Secret Service investigation of an art show at Columbia College, Chicago, IL regarding an exhibit titled, "Axis of Evil, The Secret History of Sin," 2005 - [PDF 1.9 MB - 19-Jul-2010]

NEW Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG) database of investigations closed, October 1, 2008 - December 2009 - [PDF 2.3 MB - 19-Jul-2010]

NEW Final reports for 20 Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) Investigations, 2005-2009 - [12-Jul-2010]

NEW Department of Defense (DoD) internal reports re: Mandatory Declassification Review Request procedures/guidelines, 2006-2009 - [12-Jul-2010]

NEW FBI File Number 174-HQ-1804 from Confidential File Room on 1971 Maryland Bomb Plot - [12-Jul-2010]

NEW Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) Seminar Report: Fostering Revolutionary Innovation, September 2001 - [12-Jul-2010]

NEW List of Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigations, 2005 - [05-Jul-2010]

NEW
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS) Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act (FOIPA) Process Board Minutes, 2008-2009 - [05-Jul-2010]

NEW Correspondence between the US Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Bureau of the Mint, 2007-2010 - [05-Jul-2010]

NEW
FOIA Case Log for the US Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), 1979-2010 - [KB - 05-Jul-2010]

NEW
Printout of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Remedial Action Management Program (RAMP) database, 2003-2008 - [05-Jul-2010]

NEW Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) Request log for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 2009-2010 - [28-Jun-2010]

NEW
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) release of material from FBI file number 100-HQ-403320 Subject: The Mattachine Society, 1948-1971 - [28-Jun-2010]

NEW Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-2319, "Employee Suggestions File," 1927-1992 - [28-Jun-2010]

NEW
FOIA Logs for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2009-2010 - [21-Jun-2010]

NEW List of the National Security Agency (NSA) Inspector General (IG) investigations closed, October-2008 – February, 2010 - [21-Jun-2010]

NEW Multi-Agency Response to Concerns Raised by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for the 56th Presidential Inauguration, March 11, 2009 - [21-Jun-2010]

NEW Records related to several National Security Agency (NSA) Learned Organizations, 2010 - [21-Jun-2010]

NEW List of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Inspector General (IG) investigations closed, October 2008 – January 2010 - [21-Jun-2010]

NEW Meeting minutes and agenda for meetings of the Defense Privacy Board, May-July 2009 - [14-Jun-2010]

NEW Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Automatic Declassification Guide, National Security Branch, Version 2.1, May 24, 2007 - [14-Jun-2010]

NEW Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) Requests Log for US Northern Command (NORTHCOM), 2005-2009 - [14-Jun-2010]

NEW FOIA Logs for U.S. Office of Special Counsel, 1998 – 2003 (material released on appeal) - [14-Jun-2010]

NEW Complaints to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about the TV show 'Lost,'  Jan 2003 - May 2010 - [14-Jun-2010]

NEW National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) procedures, 2009 - [14-Jun-2010]

NEW Correspondence between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), October 2000 – January 2007 - [PDF 5.2 MB - 24-May-2010]

NEW Records concerning Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) processing at the State Department, 2003-2004  - [PDF 12 MB - 24-May-2010]

NEW Listing of mandatory declassification review (MDR) requests at the Department of the Treasury, 2001 – 2010 - [PDF 1 MB - 24-May-2010]

NEW List of National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed, 08-October-2008 – 16-November-2009 - [PDF 1 MB - 24-May-2010]

NEW Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Secret Service (USSS) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case log, September 21, 2005 – 30-January-2007 - [PDF 1.7 MB - 17-May-2010]

NEW US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reports to Congress not posted on the NRC public website, 2005 – 2009 - [17-May-2010]

NEW Final reports and closing memoranda for selected closed investigations at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Inspector General (OIG), 2009  - [17-May-2010]

NEW Department of Defense history: History of NSA [National Security Agency] General-Purpose Electronic Digital Computers, 1964 - [17-May-2010]

NEW Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Freedom Of Information (FOIA) And Privacy Acts (PA) Reference Manual - [17-May-2010]

NEW List of Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed October 2008 – March 2010 - [17-May-2010]

NEW list of US sites, locations, facilities, and Activities declared to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 2009 - [10-May-2010]

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