Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint
Staff Freedom of Information Act
Requester Service Center

The Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff (OSD/JS) FOIA Requester Service Center supports all actions related to Freedom of Information requests submitted by the public for access to records under the control of the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff, to include specific Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities.

This office does not process FOIA requests for the entire Department of Defense (DoD). Please direct requests related to the Military Services, Combatant Commands, or other Defense Agencies to the appropriate organization/component that maintains the record(s) of interest.

Before submitting a FOIA request, please check to see if the information you seek is not already in our OSD/JS FOIA Library or other DoD web sites.

Please contact us at (866) 574-4970 if you have a question regarding which organization or component maintains the record(s) you are seeking.

Please be advised that system maintenance is scheduled to commence on Friday, December 12, 2025, at 6:00 P.M. and will conclude no later than Monday, December 15, 2025. During this scheduled maintenance, certain services may be intermittently unavailable, so there may be a delay in the automatic electronic acknowledgment. However, the delay does not affect the processing of your request, so please do not resubmit.

You may check the status of your request at any time by contacting the Office of the Secretary of War/Joint Staff FOIA Requester Service Center at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.osd-js-foia-requester-service-center@mail.mil. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your continued cooperation and understanding.