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Newly added files listings/links:

NEW US Secret Service (USSS) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Case Log CY2022 - [PDF 18.5 MB - 18-Sep-2023]

NEW U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) Standard Operating Procedure: Hearing and Information Division 2019 - [PDF 20 MB - 18-Sep-2023]

NEW US Secret Service (USSS) Records regarding hotel rates charged to USSS by the Trump Organization, 2021-2022 - [PDF 10.4 MB - 18-Sep-2023]

NEW US Secret Service (USSS) Campaign Operational Guide for 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2012 Presidential Elections - [PDF 35.2 MB - 18-Sep-2023]

NEW Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Briefing Book for DHS Secretary and Deputy Secretary, first briefing of March 2018, April 2018, May 2018 and June 2018 - [PDF 34 MB - 18-Sep-2023]

NEW Small Agency Council Finance Committee Meeting minutes/agendas, 2015 - 2021 - [PDF 1.5 MB - 18-Sep-2023]

NEW Documents relating to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Historian and Museum Collection 2023 - [PDF 3.2 MB - 11-Sep-2023]

NEW List of Government Accountability Office (GAO) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed in 2020 - [PDF 656 KB - 11-Sep-2023]

NEW Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) emails containing the word Magnet or Magnets in selected email accounts 2019 - [PDF 36 MB - 11-Sep-2023]

NEW Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) EPDSI (Data Intake Branch) Information Tracking Spreadsheets FY2022-FY2023 - [PDF 1.5 MB - 11-Sep-2023]

NEW Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Agency Brand Guidelines 2023 - [PDF 4.3 MB - 11-Sep-2023]

NEW Army Corps of Engineers Tribal Protocols Guidebook for DoD Legacy Resource Management Program 2022 - [PDF 6.3 MB - 11-Sep-2023]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) Oral History of Max O. Mitchell, OH-1987-27, 1987 - [PDF 2.8 MB - 04-Sep-2023]

NEW Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Historical Document: The Summit Conference of 1960: An Intelligence Officer's View 1960(?) - [PDF 1.3 MB - 04-Sep-2023]

NEW Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Studies of Redesigned Currency 2007-2008 - [PDF 39.6 MB - 04-Sep-2023]

NEW Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed in 2020 - [PDF 5 MB - 04-Sep-2023]

NEW United States Air Force (USAF) Correspondence with Congressional Committee Chairs 2012-2016 - [PDF 13 MB - 04-Sep-2023]

NEW Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) OFAC First 10 pages of each application to do business with sanctioned companies in Russia, Feb 2022-Nov 2022 - [PDF 3.3 MB - 04-Sep-2023]

NEW Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Directors Situation Update Briefs on Novel 2009 Influenza A (H1N1), August-December 2009 - [PDF 15 MB - 28-Aug-2023]

NEW Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedures and Guidance on "Overly Broad" Requests, 2015-2022 - [PDF 17 MB - 28-Aug-2023]

NEW Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Transition Briefing Document for the Incoming Biden Administration, 2020 - [PDF 15 MB - 28-Aug-2023]

NEW Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Smallpox Response Plan 2003 - [PDF 2 MB - 28-Aug-2023]

NEW Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed in 2021 and 2022 - [PDF 2 MB - 28-Aug-2023]

NEW Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Process Memorandum 2022 - [PDF 1.8 MB - 28-Aug-2023]

NEW Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Records regarding the sunsetting of FOIAonline and its replacement 2023 - [PDF 7.8 MB - 21-Aug-2023]

NEW List of Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations closed during 2021 and 2022 - [PDF 332 KB - 21-Aug-2023]

NEW Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Truck Parking Development Handbook, 2022 - [PDF 3 MB - 21-Aug-2023]

NEW List of US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Desk Studies 2023 - [PDF 792 KB - 21-Aug-2023]

NEW Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Strategy Plan for FRA Investment in Amtrak, 2018 - [PDF 4.2 MB - 21-Aug-2023]

NEW List of 9,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) managed Buildings, 2023 - [PDF 2.9 MB - 21-Aug-2023]

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 2022 - [PDF 7.3 MB - 14-Aug-2023]

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Processing Manual (Reference Guide) 2008 - [PDF 2 MB - 14-Aug-2023]

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Issues of The Lookout fraud newsletter 2017-2019, 2021 - [PDF 3.75 MB - 14-Aug-2023]

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Justice Management Division (JMD) Declassification Guide, 2018 - [PDF 4.7 MB - 14-Aug-2023]

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Justice Management Division (JMD) 2020 Presidential Transition Brief for the Incoming Biden Administration 2020 - [PDF 21 MB - 14-Aug-2023]

NEW Department of Justice (DOJ) Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB) FOIA Policy 2022 - [PDF 800 KB - 14-Aug-2023]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) Oral History of [NAME REDACTED] director of Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center (DEFSMAC), OH-1989-08, 1989 - [PDF 1.7 MB - 07-Aug-2023]

UPDATED National Security Agency (NSA) Transcripts from two oral histories of cryptographer Frank B. Rowlett - (NSA OH 1982-05 and NSA OH 1985-10) - [PDF 3.8 MB - 07-Aug-2023]

UPDATED Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records regarding flooding of FBI records 2011-2013 - [PDF 188 MB - 07-Aug-2023]
Note: this is a large file: 188 MB

NEW US Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Information Policy (OIP) Training Slides for FOIA Litigation Considerations (undated) - [PDF 1.2 MB - 07-Aug-2023]

NEW US Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Each internal FOIA Standard Operating Procedure (undated) - [PDF 900 KB - 07-Aug-2023]

NEW US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Case Log 2017-2020 - [PDF 3 MB - 07-Aug-2023]

NEW US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division Business Review Letter giving permission to USDA to Oversee a Voluntary Swine Depopulation Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 - [PDF 1.8 MB - 07-Aug-2023]

NEW Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Chief Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer's Reports, 2019-2023 - [PDF 8.8 MB - 07-Aug-2023]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) Oral History of [NAME REDACTED] OH-2007-09, 2007 - [PDF 2.8 MB - 31-Jul-2023]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) Oral History of [NAME REDACTED], OH-1989-14, Regarding the Seizure of the USS Pueblo in January 1968 by North Korea, OH-1989-14, 1989 - [PDF 2.3 MB - 31-Jul-2023]

NEW Department of The Interior Emails Mentioning Burning Man, 2019 - [PDF 38 MB - 31-Jul-2023]

NEW United States Geological Survey (USGS) Meeting Minutes of the National Civil Applications Committee (Space Photography), 1975-1980 - [PDF 6.6 MB - 31-Jul-2023]

NEW National Park Service (NPS) Gateway Arch Transportation Facilities, 1981 - [PDF 1.7 MB - 31-Jul-2023]

NEW National Park Service (NPS) Integrated Communications Plan for the NPS Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services (LESIS) 2015 - [PDF 1.6 MB - 31-Jul-2023]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) Oral History of Frank F. Herrelko, NSA OH 1982-24, 1982 - [PDF 2.5 MB - 24-Jul-2023]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) Oral History of Philip W. Dibben, NSA OH 1988-16, 1988 - [PDF 2.5 MB - 24-Jul-2023]

NEW List of Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General (OIG) Treasury IG Investigations closed in 2021 and 2022 - [PDF 1.5 MB - 24-Jul-2023]

NEW Summary of Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Investigations closed in 2021 and 2022 - [PDF 1.3 MB - 24-Jul-2023]

NEW Listing of National Credit Union Administration (NCUA Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed FY2021 - FY2022 - [PDF 1 MB - 24-Jul-2023]

NEW Denali Commission Statewide Threat Assessment: Identification of Threats from Erosion, Flooding, and Thawing Permafrost in Remote Alaska Communities, 2019 - [PDF 4.6 MB - 24-Jul-2023]

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