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FOIA Library

Learn more about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room, which is part of the 1996 amendments to FOIA, mandating publicly accessible "electronic reading rooms" with agency FOIA response materials and other information routinely available to the public.

Please note that files more than five years old may not be compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you need an accessible version of a particular file, please contact us and we will provide one for you.

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Fact Sheet
Sep 27, 2018

Sleep Basics

.PDF | 419.03 KB

Fact sheet on the importance of sleep and how sleep problems can affect your everyday life

Fact Sheet
Sep 27, 2018

Depression

.PDF | 302.76 KB

A fact sheet that reviews the signs, symptoms, and effects, both mental and physical of depression.

Fact Sheet
Sep 27, 2018

Beating Isolation

.PDF | 327.21 KB

A fact sheet describing ways to help vetrans overcome the isolation associated with challenges of returning from deployment.

Fact Sheet
Sep 27, 2018

Conflict Resolution

.PDF | 312.09 KB

A fact sheet describing the strategies that can help vetrans communicate with families and friends while facing the challenges of returning from deploymnent.

Fact Sheet
Sep 27, 2018

Talking About Deployment

.PDF | 336.17 KB

A fact sheet for vetrans encouraging them to talk about deployment, how to start conversations about deploymnet, and the importance of talking about difficult things after you return from a deployment.

Fact Sheet
Aug 21, 2018

Proposed Health Care Clinical Attachments

.PDF | 78.01 KB

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (Section 1173(a)(2)(B)) identified electronic “Health Care Claims Attachments” as a transaction for which a standard was to be adopted. A proposed rule was published in 2005, but a final rule was never published due to questions about the maturity of the standards being ...

Fact Sheet
Jun 15, 2018

FOIA Exemptions

.PDF | 53.42 KB

Not all records are required to be released under the FOIA. Congress established nine exemptions from disclosure for certain categories of information to protect against certain harms, such as an invasion of personal privacy, or harm to law enforcement investigations. The FOIA authorizes agencies to withhold information when they reasonably foresee ...

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