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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  Fascinating historical documents, reports on items in the news, oddities and fun stuff and government bloopers, they're all here.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 "DOCUMENTS" or "FOIA LOGS" links above.

Newly added files listings/links:

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Briefing on disruption to carbon dioxide markets 2020 -  [PDF 2.4 MB 20-Mar-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Intranet home page and each page connected by one link 2021 - [PDF 6 MB 20-Mar-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Capital Investment Strategy 2012 - [PDF 5.3 MB 20-Mar-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) List of High Hazard Dams in the NRCS Watershed Rehabilitation Program 2021 - [PDF 6.7 MB 20-Mar-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) Federal Crop Insurance Program R&D Request and Funding for Hemp Crop Insurance Research 2020-2021 - [PDF 10.2 MB 20-Mar-2023]

NEW Government of Canada Emails and other records with Canadian perceptions of the incoming Trump Administration, 2016 - [PDF 5 MB 20-Mar-2023]

NEW Three (3) Department of Labor (DOL) Whistleblower Protection Presentations, 2012 -  [PDF 2.7 MB 13-Mar-2023]

NEW Department of Labor (DOL) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Backlog Reduction Report 2022 - [PDF 1.2 MB 13-Mar-2023]

NEW Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Presentation regarding OIG activities regarding Portfolio of Unemployment Insurance Fraud Cases 2022 - [PDF 3 MB 13-Mar-2023]

NEW Selected Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Internal Directives 2003-2018 - [PDF 13.4 MB 13-Mar-2023]

NEW Selected Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigation Reports for Various Closed DOL OIG Investigations 2017-2022 - [PDF 18 MB 13-Mar-2023]

NEW Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Debt by Age Report (age of unpaid fines owned by mining companies) 2023 - [PDF 10 MB 13-Mar-2023]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) Dragon Seeds internal NSA Cryptographic newsletters, 1972-1974 -  [PDF 24 MB 06-Mar-2023]

NEW List of National Security Agency (NSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed in CY2020 - [PDF 876 KB 06-Mar-2023]

NEW US Forest Service (USFS) Table Top Exercises/Inspections for Dams 2021 - [PDF 1 MB 06-Mar-2023]

NEW Forest Service (USFS) Database of Archeological and Cultural Resources Surveys 2022  - [PDF 17.5 MB 06-Mar-2023]

NEW US Forest Service (USFS) transition briefing document prepared by the US Forest Service for the Incoming Biden Administration 2020  - [PDF 10.5 MB 06-Mar-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Revamped methodology for determining improper payment error rates on crop insurance due to increased commodity price volatility due to climate/weather effects 2015 - [PDF 29.5 MB 06-Mar-2023]

UPDATED Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records regarding flooding of FBI records 2011-2013 - [PDF 48 MB 06-Mar-2023] (5th Update)

NEW United States Cryptologic History, Special Series Crisis Collection Volume 7, The Capture of the USS Pueblo and Its Effect on SIGINT Operations, Robert E. Newton, Center For Cryptologic History, National Security Agency (NSA), 1992 -  [PDF 11 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Independent Evaluations of the Agricultural Marketing Research and Promotion Boards 2021 - [PDF 1.8 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Misrepresentation of the Popular Kentucky 31 variety of Tall Fescue Grass Seed 2018-2021 - [PDF 8.25 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Meeting Minutes of the National Mango Board 2017-2021 - [PDF 3 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Meeting Minutes of the Popcorn Marketing Board 2017 - 2021 - [PDF 16.6 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Status and Timeline of the Maple Syrup Producers Manual 2018-2021 - [PDF 3.25 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Strategic Communications Plan for the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 2014 -  [PDF 2.5 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Meeting Minutes of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board 2016-2019 - [PDF 3.75 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 2020 - [PDF 3.2 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Consulting work regarding move of USDA offices from Washington, DC to the Midwest 2020-2021 - [PDF 4 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emails containing the words "relocation" or "relocate" in specified individuals at the Economic Research Service, January 1, 2019, - June 5, 2019 - [PDF 2.9 MB 20-Feb-2023]

UPDATED Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records regarding flooding of FBI records 2011-2013 - [PDF 38 MB 20-Feb-2023]

NEW Department of Commerce (DOC) Security Manual (title page and table of contents) 2012 -  [PDF 1 MB 13-Feb-2023]

NEW List of Department of Commerce (DOC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations closed during CY 2021 and CY 2022 - [PDF 1 MB 13-Feb-2023]

NEW Economic Development Administration (EDA) Strategic Plan 2021, Workforce Plan 2021, IT Modernization Plan 2022 - [PDF 3.75 MB 13-Feb-2023]

NEW United States Geological Survey (USGS) Status Report on Oral Vaccine for Rabies in Vampire Bats (2018?) - [PDF 1 MB 13-Feb-2023]

NEW United States Geological Survey (USGS) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) (undated) - [PDF 1.5 MB 13-Feb-2023]

NEW National Park Service (NPS) Agendas/Meeting minutes of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House, 2013-2014, 2019 - [PDF 2.5 MB 13-Feb-2023]

NEW Federal Reserve Board (FRB) National Information Center (NIC) Processing Instruction Guide (WikiPIG) Table of Contents 2021 -  [PDF 1 MB 06-Feb-2023]

NEW Federal Reserve Board (FRB) Inventory of Artworks in the Federal Reserve System Fine Arts Collection 2022; Job Description of the Curator 2014 - [PDF 3 MB 06-Feb-2023]

NEW Federal Reserve Board (FRB) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure SOP 2021 - [PDF 3.8 MB 06-Feb-2023]

NEW Federal Reserve Board (FRB) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Case Logs 2010-2016 - [PDF 18.5 MB 06-Feb-2023]

NEW List of National Security Agency (NSA) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed During CY 2021 and 2022 - [PDF 1.8 MB 06-Feb-2023]

NEW List of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed During CY 2021 and 2022 - [PDF 270 KB 06-Feb-2023]

NEW National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) records regarding the compilation by the Office of the Federal Register of the Presidential Papers of Donald J. Trump 2023 -  [PDF 1.3 MB 23-Jan-2023]

NEW Department of Transportation (DOT) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 2009-2011 - [PDF 14.7 MB 23-Jan-2023]

NEW Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Closed Investigation Regarding Bag of Money 2017 - [PDF 1.2 MB 23-Jan-2023]

NEW Department of Transportation (DOT) Organizational Assessment of the Office of Secretary of Transportation Civil Rights Office 2014 - [PDF 10.5 MB 23-Jan-2023]

NEW Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 2018-2021 - [PDF 1.9 MB 23-Jan-2023]

NEW Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Data Act Readiness Review Guide 2016 - [PDF 2.5 MB 23-Jan-2023]

NEW Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) undated -  [PDF 2.3 MB 16-Jan-2023]

NEW Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Effects of EMF From Transmission Lines...on Marine Species, 2018 - [PDF 11.3 MB 16-Jan-2023]

NEW Department of the Interior (DOI) Organizational Assessment of the (Tribal) Land Buyback Program 2016 - [PDF 10.5 MB 16-Jan-2023]

NEW Department of the Interior (DOI) Evaluation of the Cultivated Clam Crop Insurance Program 2010-2011 - [PDF 18 MB 16-Jan-2023]

NEW Department of the Interior (DOI) Emails to and from David Bernhardt, Deputy Secretary of Interior, June 22 - 30, 2017 and March 20 - April 8, 2018 that include certain keywords including ethics - [PDF 12 MB 16-Jan-2023]

NEW National Park Service (NPS) List of Studies of Possible New Units to be added to the National Park Service 2022 - [PDF 1.8 MB 16-Jan-2023]


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Most documents here are stored as Adobe PDF files. If you do not have the Adobe Reader, you can obtain it free from Adobe.com here:   Get Adobe Reader

 

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The public records published on this site were obtained from government agencies using proper legal channels.  Each document is identified as to the source.  Any concerns about the contents of this website should be directed to the agency originating the document in question.  GovernmentAttic.org is not responsible for the contents of documents published on the website.

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