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The Freedom of Information Act , FOIA [5 USC 552(a)(2)(D)], requires that certain documents of interest to the general public be published electronically. The Directorate for Freedom of Information and Security Review is making these documents available to the general public in electronic form. The current list is shown below.

 Remarks to U.S. - Taiwan Business Council
This document contains the Deputy Secretary of Defense's remarks, as delivered, to the U.S. - Taiwan Business Council on March 11, 2002. (310K bytes)

 Cholesterol and Smoking
The Effects of Cessation of Smoking on Blood Lipids: Its Significance on Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease. (434K bytes)

 Paranormal Phenomena - Briefing on a Net Assessment Study
Briefing on paranormal phenomena is based on a net assessment study of the field that took into account Soviet and U.S. literature, institutions, personnel, and technology, and it includes a comparative analysis of both U.S. and USSR efforts. (1278K bytes)

 Final Report on Insurance Solicitation Practices on Department of Defense Installations
This report was conducted to study questionable insurance solicitation practices on DoD installations. In this redacted version of the report, the bracketed portions indicate material denied in accordance with 5 USC § 552(b)(6), because the release of the information could be expected to constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of the personal privacy of individuals.(6M bytes)

 Department of Defense Base Structure Report
This Base Structure Report provides an understanding of the scope and purpose of DoD base structure as it was at the end of Fiscal Year 1999 (September 30, 1999).(416K bytes)

 A Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation of 20,000 Persian Gulf Veterans.
As electronically republished with the permission of Military Medicine: The Official Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS), Volume 162, Number 3, March 1997, Pages 149-155, Copyright AMSUS, 1997.(200K bytes)

 DoD Humanitarian Assistance Activities Fiscal Year 1996 (405K bytes)

 DoD International Armaments Cooperation Policy (42K bytes)

 DoD Prescribing Psychologists. This is a report on a pilot program that was conducted to see if Psychologists could effectively prescribe medicine. (5.75MB)

  Office of the Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illness ANNUAL REPORT, November 1996 - November 1997 (7MB). Or, you may access a hypertext mark up language (.html) version of this report maintained on GulfLINK at: http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/annual_report/annual_report.htm

 Report Department of Defense National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1996, Section 554 Review of System for Correction of Military Records (1203K bytes)