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NEW Army Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC) Sino-Soviet Bloc Chemical And Biological Warfare Weapon Systems, FSTC 381-3082, June 1965 - [PDF 2.3 MB - 29-May-2023]

NEW Army Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC) Foreign Crop R&D Activities Related to Anticrop Warfare, FSTC-CS-03-10-66, September 1966 - [PDF 10.2 MB - 29-May-2023]

NEW Army Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC) Natural Plant and Animal Toxins (R&D for Military Toxic Agents) Foreign, FSTC-CS-03-02-67 Supplemented by CS-03-02-69-INT, September 1967 - [PDF 14.8 MB - 29-May-2023]

NEW Army Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC) CW (Chemical Warfare) Materiel - North Vietnam, FSTC-CS-03-04-67, October 1967 - [PDF 10.5 MB - 29-May-2023]

NEW Army Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC) BW (Biological Warfare) Programs (Profile of Personalities, Institutions and Activities --- Asian Communist Countries, FSTC-CS-03-06-68, March 1968 - [PDF 12.8 MB - 29-May-2023]

NEW Army Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC) Crop Vulnerability (R&D): Warsaw Pact and Asian Communist Countries, FSTC-CS-03-12-68-INT, October 1968 - [PDF 16.6 MB - 29-May-2023]

NEW Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigation Report on Alleged Interference in the FOIA Process 2020 - [PDF 3.2 MB - 22-May-2023]

NEW Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed CY2021-CY2022 - [PDF 11 MB - 22-May-2023]

NEW Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed during CY2020 - [PDF 1.5 MB - 22-May-2023]

NEW List of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Investigations Closed during CY2021 and CY2022 - [PDF 1.2 MB - 22-May-2023]

NEW US Geological Survey (USGS) Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) Architecture Study Team Final Report 2020 - [PDF 4.4 MB - 22-May-2023]

NEW National Mediation Board (NMB) Briefing Book for the Incoming Biden Administration 2020 - [PDF 6.4 MB - 22-May-2023]

NEW Each Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Listing of Small Agency Compliance and Evaluation (ACE) Reports - [PDF 1.1 MB - 15-May-2023]

NEW Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Meeting minutes for the Interagency Working Group for Detecting and Mitigating the Impact of Earth-Bound Near-Earth Objects ( DAMIEN), 2016-2017 - [PDF 1.1 MB - 15-May-2023]

NEW Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Meeting minutes for Space Weather Operations Research and Mitigation (SWORM) Task Force, 2016-2017 - [PDF 3.2 MB - 15-May-2023]

NEW Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Handbook 2022(?) - [PDF 920 KB - 15-May-2023]

NEW Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure 2022 - [PDF 6.4 MB - 15-May-2023]

UPDATED Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records regarding flooding of FBI records 2011-2013 (7th Update) - [PDF 35 MB - 15-May-2023]
NOTE: This is a large file: 139 MB containing over 3700 pages of records

NEW Department of the Treasury Meeting Minutes and Agendas of Meetings of the Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Board of Directors 2019 - [PDF 1.3 MB - 08-May-2023]

NEW Department of the Treasury Real Property Capital Plan Fiscal Years 2021-2025, 2021 - [PDF 832 KB - 08-May-2023]

NEW Email in specified Treasury Department Offices containing the word TUBMAN, 2018-2020 - [PDF 6.4 MB - 08-May-2023]

NEW Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 2022 - [PDF 620 KB - 08-May-2023]

NEW Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 2022(?) - [PDF 2.6 MB - 08-May-2023]

NEW Department of State Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed in CY2020 - [PDF 1 MB - 08-May-2023]

NEW List of Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Closed Investigations 2021 and 2022 - [PDF 1 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Evaluation of US International Trade Commission human resources program 2017 - [PDF 6.2 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Reports from Various Closed Investigations 2018-2020 - [PDF 2.3 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 2019, 2021 - [PDF 2.4 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW Each Office of Special Counsel (OSC) report of formal non-public Hatch Act advisory opinions and Hatch Act warning letters, Jan 1-June 11, 2021 - [PDF 12 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW List of Peace Corps Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed during CY 2021 and CY 2022 - [PDF 1.2 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW List of Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Closed Investigations 2021 and 2022 - [PDF 1 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Evaluation of US International Trade Commission human resources program 2017 - [PDF 6.2 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Reports from Various Closed Investigations 2018-2020 - [PDF 2.3 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 2019, 2021 - [PDF 2.4 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW Each Office of Special Counsel (OSC) report of formal non-public Hatch Act advisory opinions and Hatch Act warning letters, Jan 1-June 11, 2021 - [PDF 12 MB - 01-May-2023]

NEW List of Peace Corps Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed during CY 2021 and CY 2022 - [PDF 1.2 MB - 01-May-2023]

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]

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