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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2086-2. Full title: DD Form 2086-2, FOI Consultation and Request Summary, July 08. Function: Freedom of Information (FOI) Consultation and Request Summary. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 4 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 96.
The pdf is the primary distribution format. A fillable pdf accepts typed entries in defined field boxes and stores them in the file; a printable pdf is a flat image of the blank, meant for pen entry after printing. The distinction matters for legibility and for records that pass between offices.
What the form asks for
- 2. Type of action. Press space bar to mark X in first box if request, second box if appeal, third box if consultation.
- 3. Request category. X first box if commercial, second box if news media, third box if scientific/educational, or fourth box if other.
- 4. Action office.
- 5. Open date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 6. Close date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 7. Multi-track processing. X first box if simple, second box if complex, third box if request granted expedited processing.
- 8. Expedited processing and fee waiver adjudication. X first box if granted expedited processing, second box if denied.
- Days required to adjudicate expedited processing request.Number of calendar days required to adjudicate expedited processing request.
- X first box if granted fee waiver, second box if denied.
- Number of working days required to adjudicate fee waiver request.
- 9. Response time in day increments. X first box if 1-20 days, second box if 21-40 days, third box if 41-60 days, fourth box if 61-80 days, fifth box if 81-100 days, sixth box if 101-120 days, seventh box if 121-140 days, eighth box if 141-160 days, ninth box if 161-180 days, tenth box if 181-200 days, eleventh box if 201-300 days, twelfth box if 301-400 days, or thirteenth box if 401 or more days.
- 10. Actions taken. a. Disposition. X first box if full grant, second box if partial grant/denial, or third box if full denial based on exemption(s).
- b. Full denial based on reasons other than exemptions. X if no records.
- X if records referred.
- X if request withdrawn.
- X if fee related reason.
- X if records not reasonably described.
- X if improper request for other reasons.
- X if not agency records.
- X if duplicate request or appeal.
- X if request in litigation.
- X if other.
- X if appeal based solely on denial of request for expedited processing.
- If other, explain.
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2086-2?
- DD Form 2086-2, FOI Consultation and Request Summary, July 08
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?