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List of Military Technical Reports on any subject (fwd)
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Subject: List of Military Technical Reports on any subject
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 09:53:53 -0600
At a government agency called DTIC: Defense Technical Information
Center, there are a large number of government technical reports on
almost any subject under the sun, including the so-called smart drugs.
NOTE: Don't bother using the DTIC web site--in a nutshell, it's
worthless and omits the bulk of the two million technical reports in
the DTIC collection. Send a letter--you'll get much better results.
You'll have to select your own keywords for the exact subjects you're
interested in. I suggest you select no more than ten keywords or less
for each letter. Please select your keyword[s] carefully and include
plural[s] like I just did. Put an *OR* between each keyword or
subject term.
The fee is likely to be free or only a few bucks. You probably want
to include a statement in the letter such as *I agree to pay
reasonable fees associated with this request. Please notify me if the
cost will exceed $30.*, so that they won't delay the processing of
the request. Remember, they will try to dissuade you from asking for
such a list. If they send you a letter, and you don't respond, they
will withdraw your request and you won't get your information.
To get your bibliography (list) of technical reports, send a letter
of request as follows:
To: Defense Technical Information Center
Attn: DTIC-RSM (Kelly D. Akers, FOIA Manager)
8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 0944
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6128 USA
Phone: 703-767-9194
Dear Ms. Akers:
I request the following records under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act:
A computer generated technical report bibliography (all computerized
years) of reports on the subject(s)/keyword(s) of:
________________ OR _________________ OR ________________ OR
_______________ OR _________________ OR _______________
This is a request for DTIC records, please don't forward my request to
NTIS. Please include both classified and unclassified records in your
search. If any of the records are classified, please review them for
release, or the release of nonsensitive portions.
I am an individual, noncommercial requester and this request is not
being made for commercial purposes. [OR YOU MIGHT INSTEAD INDICATE IF
YOU ARE A COMMERCIAL REQUESTER, OR AN EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC
INSTITUTION, OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MEDIA] I also agree to pay up
to $35 for reasonable fees associated with this request.
Sincerely, ______________
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