Upon receipt of a perfected FOIA request, ONR releases the documents requested as quickly as possible unless they are exempt from mandatory release under section (b) of 5 U.S.C. 552. If one of the nine exemptions apply, we will consider whether or not a discretionary release is appropriate before we decide to assert any exemption.

If you have access rights under the Privacy Act, a FOIA exemption will only be cited if the information is exempt from mandatory release under both FOIA and the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and we determine that a discretionary release is not appropriate.