Freedom of Information Act

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FOIA Related Sites

FOIA Processing Fees
Fees are assessed depending on which group the request falls into:

Category 1: Commercial. Requesters pay all search, review, and duplication.

Category 2: Educational or Noncommercial Scientific Institution or News Media. Requesters get the first 100 copies free and pay for additional copies.

Category 3: Others. Requesters get the first two hours of search and the first 100 copies free.

FOIA

The Freedom of Information Act Program (DODR 5400.7) allows the general public including foreign citizens, military and civilian personnel acting as private citizens, to request records electronically or in writing from the Federal Government. Some records are released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act, and may therefore reflect deletion of some information in accordance with the FOIA's nine statutory exemptions or two law enforcement record exclusions. A consolidated list of such records is on Defense Link and the U.S. Air Force FOIA site. Currently the law allows 20 working days to process a FOIA request upon receipt of the request in the FOIA office.

Submitting a FOIA request?

Members of the public, including foreign citizens, military and civilian personnel acting as private citizens, organizations and businesses, and individual members of the Congress for themselves or constituents, may request records in writing. It is important to remember that the Freedom of Information Act applies only to federal agencies. It does not create a right of access to records held by Congress, the courts, state or local government agencies, or by private businesses or individuals. Each state has its own public access laws that should by consulted for access to state and local records.

FOIA Library

The Electronic Freedom of Information Act requires that certain documents of interest to the general public be published and made available electronically. The 17th Training Wing has determined that the records posted at the link below should be made available to the general public in electronic form as FOIA-processed (a)(2)(D) records.

Air Force Freedom of Information Act

The Air Force will not deliver unofficial mass mailings addressed to individuals or duty addresses. A mass mailing is defined as 50 or more pieces of mail received on the same day from the same mailer.

FOIA requestors who have questions concerning their requests should contact the Goodfellow Air Force Base FOIA Requester Service Center at foia@goodfellow.af.mil, or call (325) 654-FOIA.

If dissatisfied with the response received from the FOIA Requester Service Center, you may contact the Air Force FOIA Public Liaison Office, Ms. Anh Trinh, at usaf.pentagon.saf-cio-a6.mbx.af-foia@mail.mil or 703- 614-8500.

Our Requester Service Center processes FOIA requests for the 17th Training Wing and most Air Force tenant units at Goodfellow AFB except for Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 408, and Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps, Detachment 847, Angelo State University.

Seeking Classified Info

If you are only seeking a copy of a record or records that are currently classified, and would like the record reviewed for appropriate declassification and release, you should file a Mandatory Declassification Review request. Mandatory Declassification Review is a provision of Presidential Executive Order 13526 that allows members of the public to request a mandatory declassification review of a classified document in order to obtain a releasable version of the document. The desired document requested must be specified in sufficient detail that it can be readily located. The record in question may not be the subject of litigation. The mandatory declassification review process can be a very timely and in-depth, due to the classification of materials being reviewed by internal and outside agencies. MDR decisions can be administratively appealed to the Headquarters Air Force/AAII (Mandatory Declassification Review) or Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP).

Requests for review and release of classified records under the MDR process can be made to:

Headquarters Air Force/AAII (Mandatory Declassification Review)
1000 Air Force Pentagon
Washington, DC 20330-1000
Email: usaf.pentagon.saf-aa.mbx.mdr-workflow@mail.mil

FOIA Requests

Written FOIA requests may be sent to:

FOIA Requester Service Center
161 Nuchols Street Bldg. 337, Rm 108
Goodfellow AFB TX 76908-3348

Electronic FOIA request can be sent via email to foia@goodfellow.af.mil

Requesters should not use Government equipment, supplies, postage, telephones, or official mail channels to make FOIA requests. FOIA managers will process such requests and tell requesters that using government resources to make FOIA requests is not an authorized official use.

Describe the records needed, as specifically as possible, and let us know the cost you are willing to pay for administrative processing. Furnish any facts or clues about the time, place, persons, events, subjects, or other details of the information or records requested. That information will help us decide where to search and determine what records pertain to your request. It can also save you and the government time and money, and you may get requested records faster.

If you are making a FOIA request regarding IG records, please submit your FOIA request via FOIA PAL, https://efoia.af.mil/palMain.aspx, select "AETC-IMSC." If you have questions or issues, the contact information is below:

HQ AFIMSC/IZSI (FOIA)
2261 Hughes Avenue, Suite 133
JBSA-Lackland TX 78236-9853

Comm: 210-395-0995
DSN: 969-0995

Email: AFIMSC.FOIA.Workflow@us.af.mil

Release of E-mail Addresses

Air Force policy is to deny requests for lists of e-mail addresses (both personal and organizational) using FOIA exemption (b)(2)(high). We also rely on FOIA exemption (b)(6) when denying lists of personal e-mail addresses. High (b)(2) protects internal information, the disclosure of which would risk circumvention of a statute or agency regulation. Because DoD e-mail systems are to be used only for official and authorized purposes, the addresses are considered primarily internal. The regulations at issue that could be circumvented include DoD and AF regulations that require us to limit use of e-mail to authorized purposes, and to protect the security of your computer and information systems. Exemption (b)(6) protects information that if released would permit a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. This does not prohibit an organization from including a single e-mail address on a Web page of in correspondence.