Kentucky: Department for Military Affairs - Freedom of Information Act

The government has the responsibility to keep the public informed on how it conducts business. One of the tools available to the public to attain this type of information is access to government records.

The Freedom of Information Act are Records Access Laws pertaining to agency records. The FOIA is a federal statute which governs federal records, i.e. those maintained on behalf of a federal agency or Kentucky Department of Military Affairs (DMA).

Every government employee plays a vital role with regard to release of information to the public.

Authority to release records or deny access to records, does not exist at unit/office level. RAOs are trained to assess fees, apply waivers and protect non-Public data/information.

Authority to deny access to records is reserved to the following:

(1) Kentucky DMA Records - Military Records Branch Manager

(2) Federal Records - Chief, National Guard Bureau

All requests for federal records exempted from release under the FOIA must be forwarded to the National Guard Bureau with a recommendation to not release the records based on the appropriate citation from the FOIA.

Persons denied access to records have the right to appeal. Appellate Authorities are:

(1) State Records - KY DMA Executive Director

(2) Federal Records - Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Air Force

All requests for information under federal or state records access laws must be forwarded to a designated RAO:

(2) Federal Records - Assigned FOIA Officer in the KY Army National Guard Joint Force Headquarters or KY Air National Guard Air Wing.

(3) KY DMA State Appeals - KY DMA Executive Director forwards opinion to the KY Attorney General's office.

Submit an FOIA Request

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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)