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The news and events:NTSB Reiterates Its Commitment To Ridding Fatigue In Transportation During Sleep Awareness Week

NTSB Calls For Improved Safety Measures For Mobile Acetylene Trailers

NTSB To Open Docket On 2008 Chatsworth, California Rail Accident During Public Hearing Next Week

NTSB Sends Team To Amsterdam To Assist With 737 Aircraft Accident Investigation

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation

Here you will find one-stop shopping to request information that may be found in the FBI’s Central Records System. What kind of information?

... Information about an organization, business, investigation, historical event, or incident.
... Information about a third party.
... Information about a deceased person.
... Information about yourself.

Instructions for making requests are described in the Request Instructions accessible on the right hand menu. If you wish to make a request on another person (living or deceased), a place, business and/or organization, or a specific event, please access the “FOIPA Request Instructions.” Requests for information about yourself, either directly or through an attorney, are described in the “Privacy Act Instructions.”

Here you will also find one-stop browsing of the FBI’s FOIA Reading Room Index of our most frequently requested documents available for reading at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC…and a separate index of our ever expanding Electronic Reading Room, where you can read our most popular documents from the comfort of your own computer. Here you will find everything you wanted to know about spies, gangsters, famous people, history, and unusual case from our files.

Want to do research at The FBI Reading Room? It is located at FBIHQ, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC; hours, 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. You are required to make appointments 48 hours in advance of arriving; please call 202-324-4682 to make your appointment. However, if you would rather review the material in the comfort of your own home, all Reading Room documents have been converted to CD-roms which are available at the price of $15 each.


Department of Homeland Security

The agencies slated to become part of the Department of Homeland Security will be housed in one of four major directorates: Border and Transportation Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Science and Technology, and Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. Department of Homeland Security Border & Transportation Security Directorate The Border and Transportation Security Directorate will bring the major border security and transportation operations under one roof, including: The U.S. Customs Service (Treasury) The Immigration and Naturalization Service (part) (Justice) The Federal Protective Service (GSA) The Transportation Security Administration (Transportation) Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (Treasury) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (part)(Agriculture) Office for Domestic Preparedness (Justice) Emergency Preparedness & Response Directorate The Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate will oversee domestic disaster preparedness training and coordinate government disaster response. It will bring together: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Strategic National Stockpile and the National Disaster Medical Sysytem Nuclear Incident Response Team (Energy) Domestic Emergency Support Teams (Justice) National Domestic Preparedness Office (FBI) Science & Technology Directorate The Science and Technology Directorate will seek to utilize all scientific and technological advantages when securing the homeland. The following assets will be part of this effort: CBRN Countermeasures Programs (Energy) Environmental Measurements Laboratory (Energy) National BW Defense Analysis Center (Defense) Plum Island Animal Disease Center (Agriculture) Information Analysis & Infrastructure Protection Directorate The Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate will analyze intelligence and information from other agencies (including the CIA, FBI, DIA and NSA) involving threats to homeland security and evaluate vulnerabilities in the nation's infrastructure. It will bring together: Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (Commerce) Federal Computer Incident Response Center (GSA) National Communications System (Defense) National Infrastructure Protection Center (FBI) Energy Security and Assurance Program (Energy) Secret Service and Coast Guard will be located in the Department of Homeland Security, remaining intact and reporting directly to the Secretary. Secret Service Coast Guard In addition, the INS adjudications and benefits programs will report directly to the Deputy Secretary as the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.