Another urgent request for your assistance. Please let me know which office is responsible for the agency-wide FOIA program in your agency, i.e., administration/management services; records management; legal affairs, etc. In advance, thank you! C

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2001

Answers

Carol- The Department of the Navy FOIA office is located under the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). The FOIA office is also a part of the Director of Navy Staff. Based on your choices, I would say the answer is under administration/management services. Doris Lama is the DON FOIA officer.

Mrs. Lama processes requests for the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) and SECNAV staff offices, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and CNO staff offices, General Counsel of the Navy, and the Naval Historical Center. She sets FOIA policy for the Department of the Navy, handles FOIA oversight complaints, authors SECNAVINST 5720.42F, Department of the Navy Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Program, conducts specialized training, and answers questions related to FOIA.

Charley

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2001

That act does not apply to us, but if it did I would like to see it in administration/management services.

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2001

At the Peace Corps, FOIA Officer is James Cuffe. I am the Privacy Officer. You can reach us both at the same address: The actual locations of these functions, FOIA/PA was split before I arrived here, FOIA is Ex Sec under the Director, PA is under the Office of Administrative Services, under Management (M/AS).

1111 20th Street, NW Washington, DC 20526

Also, visit our website www.peacecorps.gov for the FOIA information. Thanks. Mary Saucier

Peace Corps Privacy Act Officer Office of Administrative Services 1111 20th Street, NW M/AS 3401 Washington, DC 20526

202-692-1125 or 800-424-8580 ext 1125 Fax 202-692-1121(call before faxing)

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2001

FOIA at the OCC is under the Disclosure Services and Administrative Operations office in the Communications Division within the Public Affairs Department. Carol

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2001

At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the FOIA responsibility resides in the Office of Administrative Services under the Associate Director (Management), while the records responsibility resides in the Office of IT Budget and Strategic Planning under the Associate Director (Chief Information Officer).

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2001

At the Bureau of Land Management, the FOIA/PA policy person is located in the IRM Policy and Records Group within the IRM Directorate. In the same Group are the policy staff for Records, Data, and Security. These staff memebers have Bureauwide responsibilities.

The operational staff for Washington area work in FOIA/PA, Records, and Security are in the same Group. A similar structure is found in the stare offices.

Ted Weir BLM Records Administrator

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2001

The FOIA program for OSD is managed by the Director, Freedom of Information and Security Review, Washington Headquarters Services. The email for our POC is: david.maier@dfoisr.whs.mil His telephone number is: (703) 697-4026.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

Reference my reply above, OSD = Office of the Secretary of Defense. Sorry about the confusion on the use of the acronym.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

FOIA and Records Management are separate sections in the Office of the Secretary at the Federal Reserve Board. The two sections work closely to locate potentially responsive records. Review of records is carried out by staff in the Legal Division.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

Thank you all for your assistance. I had responses from 36 agencys (about 45 folks). The summary is that twenty-seven FOIA programs are under Administrative & Management Services divisions and nine are under Legal Affairs. For many agency's, it seems logical to combine all of the information management and public access functions under one office. Thanks again. My General Counsel's Office was pleased to get the results. C

-- Anonymous, August 27, 2001