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color="#000080" size="-1"><b>About this Site:</b> This official Department of the Navy website for the Navy's Freedom of Information Act Program is provided as a public service of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070521014051/http://ogc.navy.mil/">Office of the General Counsel</a> in cooperation with the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070521014051/mailto:foia@ogc.law.navy.mil"> SECNAV/CNO Freedom of Information Act Office (FOIA)</a>. The FOIA Office reports to the <a target="_top" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070521014051/http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/organization/org-cno.html">Director of Navy Staff</a>. Before contacting us read our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070521014051/http://foia.navy.mil/privacy.asp">Privacy Policy</a>. </font> </p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0" id="table6"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="50%"><font face="verdana" size="-2"> SECNAV/CNO FOIA Office<br> Chief of Naval Operations (DNS-36)<br> 2000 Navy Pentagon<br> Washington, DC 20350-2000<br> </font> </td> <td valign="top" align="right" width="50%"><font face="verdana" size="-2"> <img height="1" alt="Phone Numbers" hspace="0" src="/web/20070521014051im_/http://foia.navy.mil/wwwroot_Web2/lawinclude/skip.gif" width="1" align="left" border="0"> <b>1-202-685-6545</b><br> Fax: 1-202-685-6580<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070521014051/Mailto:foia@ogc.law.navy.mil"> Contact FOIA Office via E-mail</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070521014051/Mailto:ogc@ogc.law.navy.mil"> Contact Webmaster via E-mail</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070521014051/http://foia.navy.mil/comments.asp">Comments and Suggestions</a><br></font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>