DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OFFICE OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
1155 DEFENSE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1155

 

JUL 25 20l7
Ref: 

Mr. Gregory Korte

USA Today

1575 I Street NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20005

Dear Mr. Korte:

This is the ?nal response to your enclosed Freedom of Information Act (F OIA) request,
dated February 29, 2015. We received your request on March 2, 2015, and assigned it case
number We ask that you use this number when referring to your request.

The Of?ce ofthe Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller (USD-C), Of?ce ofthe
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs and the Executive Services
Directorate (BSD), each component of?ces within the Of?ce of the Secretary of Defense.
conducted searches of their records systems based on the information provided in your request.
After thorough searches of the electronic records and ?les of USD-C, ASD-LA, and BSD, no
records of the kind you described could be identi?ed. We believe that these search methods
were appropriate and could reasonably be expected to produce the requested records if they
existed. You may ?nd related information at 
and 

List/Acquisition Budget and Financial Matters/.

Your request is now closed in this of?ce. If you are not satis?ed with this response, you
may contact our OSD FOIA Public Liaison, Jim Hogan, at 571?372-0462 or by email at
OSD.FOIALiaison@mail.mil. Also, please note that the Of?ce of Government Information
Services (OGIS) offers services to requesters who have disputes with Federal agencies. If you
have concerns about the processing of your request, please contact OGIS at:

Of?ce of Government Information Services
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi 

College Park, MD 20740

E-mail: ogis@nara.gov

Telephone: 202-741?5770

Fax: 202-741-5769

Toll?free: 1?877-684-6448

You have the right to appeal to the appellate authority, Ms. Joo Chung, Director of
Oversight and Compliance, Of?ce ofthe Secretary of Defense, by writing directly to ODCMO

Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive, ATTN: FOIA
Appeals, Mailbox# 24, Alexandria, VA 22350?1700. Your appeal must be postmarked within
90 calendar days of the date of this response. Alternatively, you may use the OSD FOIA request
portal at or email your appeal to 
If you use email, please include the words Appeal? in the subject of the email. Please
also reference case number in any appeal correspondence.

If you have questions about the foregoing, please do not hesitate to contact the Action

Officer assigned to your request, Ms. Corynne Gerow at corvnnen.2erow.civ@mail.mil or
(571) 372-0410.

Sincerely,

Stephanie L. Carr
Chief

Enclosure:
As stated