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NEW Department of the Army Briefing on Domestic Intelligence Surveillance Activities of the Army 113th and 116th Military Intelligence Groups 1971 - [PDF 1.9 MB - 17-Feb-2025]

NEW US Army Garrison Carlisle Barracks & US Army War College list of historical reports at United States Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC) that are more than 50 years old and still remain classified or restricted, "Pre-1975" - [PDF 490 KB - 17-Feb-2025]

NEW Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) JIRA (Media Relations Office Logs), 2020 - [Excel File 5.7 MB - 17-Feb-2025]

NEW National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Contract for Deorbit of the International Space Station by SpaceX 2023-2024 - [PDF 12.6 MB - 17-Feb-2025]

NEW National Park Service (NPS) Federal Real Property Profile (list of real estate assets) FY2023 - [Excel file 8.8 MB - 17-Feb-2025]

NEW Each response to a Question for the Record (QFR) sent by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to the House Intelligence Committee (United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence) and/or The Senate Intelligence Committee, 2013-2016 - [PDF 4.5 MB - 17-Feb-2025]

NEW General Services Administration (GSA) Records about the Tilted Arc sculpture installed in Manhattan in 1981 and later removed and put into storage by GSA 2005-2018 - [PDF 4.2 MB - 10-Feb-2025]

NEW Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Inspector General (OIG) memos or reports describing the accomplishments, goals, objectives, challenges, etc. of the PPRIME Division at HUD OIG 2020-2023 - [PDF 3 MB - 10-Feb-2025]

NEW U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Records released from the Nash v. ICE case, relating to 287(g) agreements allowing state/local law enforcement agencies to perform immigration enforcement actions, and also administrative subpoenas, 2007-2023 - [PDF 77 MB - 10-Feb-2025]
NOTE: This is a large file; 77 Megabytes

NEW U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Management Inquiry Handbook, 2015 - [PDF 3 MB - 10-Feb-2025]

NEW National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Emails with the words DRONE or DRONES in the email account of Cheryl Warner, News Chief, NASA HQ Public Affairs Office, Dec 2024 - Jan 2025 - [PDF 7 MB - 10-Feb-2025]

NEW Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Meeting Agendas and Meeting Minutes - DHS FOIA Council FOIA Officers Conference Calls, Jan 2019 - Aug 2021 - [PDF 2 MB - 03-Feb-2025]

NEW Economic Development Administration (EDA) Strategic Workforce Plan and Business Process Review 2020-2021 - [PDF 4.8 MB - 03-Feb-2025]

NEW National Institutes of Health (NIH) Emails to or from William B. Crews that contain any of the words: Fauci, Trump, Political, Covid, Redfield, or CDC, 2020 - [PDF 10 MB - 03-Feb-2025]

NEW Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Calendar of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Administrator Neomi Rao, May 14, 2018 to March 31, 2019 - [PDF 9 MB - 03-Feb-2025]

NEW Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) Agency Management Plans, 2021, 2024-2025 - [PDF 5.9 MB - 27-Jan-2025]

NEW Reports of Various National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations, 2015-2016 - [PDF 7.5 MB - 27-Jan-2025]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) Classification Guide for SHAMROCK; internal histories of SHAMROCK - [PDF 11 MB - 27-Jan-2025]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) Various Reports to Congress 2007-2009 - [PDF 5.6 MB - 27-Jan-2025]

NEW United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Each IG/A (audit) Weekly Report, Jan 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018 - [PDF 2.3 MB - 27-Jan-2025]

NEW Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Library Catalogue 2024 - [PDF 6.5 MB - 20-Jan-2025]

NEW Department of State Budget Sequestration Plan, 2013 - [PDF 400 KB - 20-Jan-2025]

NEW Table of Contents for Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Manual 2024 - [PDF 1.8 MB - 20-Jan-2025]

NEW National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Records concerning the potential shutdown of WWV/WWVB and WWVH time signal broadcast stations 2017-2019 - [PDF 16 MB - 20-Jan-2025]

NEW United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Legal Considerations Issue Spotter (for use during Activity Development) 2024 - [PDF 345 KB - 20-Jan-2025]

UPDATED List of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Inspector General (OIG) Investigations Closed during 2021 and 2022 - [PDF 6.1 MB - 20-Jan-2025]

NEW National Security Agency (NSA) Oral History of James W. Pryde, DEFSMAC Director, NSA Oral History. #12-88, 1988 - [PDF 6.3 MB - 20-Jan-2025]

NEW Title of Thesis: Classified Information Leaks: The Need for New Tools in the Plumber's Tool Box 2007. Released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - [PDF 2.3 MB - 13-Jan-2025]

NEW Title of Thesis: Controversial Interrogation Techniques: Must Use Tradecraft or Counterproductive Methods? 2009. Released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - [PDF 2 MB - 13-Jan-2025]

NEW Title of Thesis: Hollywood Soldier: Intelligence Support for SOFTWAR Operations 2010. Released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - [PDF 3.2 MB - 13-Jan-2025]

NEW Title of Thesis: India's Search for Energy Supplies and Potential Impact on U.S. Interests 2009. Released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - [PDF 1.1 MB - 13-Jan-2025]

NEW Title of Thesis: Non-Lethal Weapons: Weapons of Mass Disruption 2004. Released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - [PDF 2.6 MB - 13-Jan-2025]

NEW Title of Thesis: Strategic Influence and Persuasion: Semantic Infiltration and the Latest "War of Ideas" 2007. Released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)2 - [PDF 1.8 MB - 13-Jan-2025]

NEW Title of Thesis: Training the Enemy: Terrorist exploitation of privately owned third-party paramilitary training courses in the United States 2007. Released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - [PDF 7 MB - 13-Jan-2025]

NEW National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) grant application (mid-2023) for: Infrastructure Renewal and Speed Improvement Program (Washington, DC to New Jersey) - [PDF 1.3 MB - 06-Jan-2025]

NEW Reports of Several Department of the Interior (DOI) Inspector General (OIG) Closed Investigations 2014-2020 - [PDF 7.9 MB - 06-Jan-2025]

NEW Title of thesis: Anomalous Human Cognition: A Possible Role within the Crucible of Intelligence, 2010. Released by The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), 2023 - [PDF 8.5 MB - 06-Jan-2025]

NEW Department of the Treasury (USDT) Security Classification Guide Number 1, 2021 - [PDF 790 KB - 06-Jan-2025]

NEW Agreements between the US Marshals Service (USMS) and the Supreme Court regarding the Supreme Court Policy Dignitary Protection Unit 2022 - [PDF 760 KB - 06-Jan-2025]

NEW Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Management Alerts/Advisories 2016-2022 - [PDF 9.4 MB - 06-Jan-2025]

NEW The United States Mint, AE (American Eagle) Platinum & AE Palladium Interest and Preference Research, Contract #TM-HQ-11-C-0060, 2013, Draft Final Report, 2013 - [PDF 1.7 MB - 06-Jan-2025]

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