2.1: FOIA Requests

Continue to reduce long-standing backlogs and post commonly requested documents

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUESTS - FOIA is at the core of government transparency. Last year alone, the Department’s FOIA organizations received over 68,000 requests for information from the public for records on topics ranging from spending to manpower, correspondence to reports, travel files and wartime activities. The Department also continued to reduce long-standing backlogs, and post commonly requested documents, including copies of contracting materials. For more details, see their Web sites (www.defense.gov/pubs/foi/ and http://www.defense.gov/pubs/foi/dfoipo/),

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• FOIA Requesters

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