What is DD Form 2086-2? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2086-2, FOI Consultation and Request Summary, July 08, and its job is straightforward: Freedom of Information (FOI) Consultation and Request Summary. That single line covers most of what people want to know before they download it.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
Where does the requirement come from? From not stated, with not stated responsible for the document itself. Those are the names to cite if anyone asks under what authority you filed.
Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.
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- X if request withdrawn.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.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 4 pages with roughly 96 fields to complete.
Why do two kinds of pdf exist? Because two kinds of user exist. One completes the form on screen and forwards a file; the other prints a blank and fills it by hand. The fillable release has interactive boxes, the printable release is a static image of the same page.
Is handwriting acceptable? Yes, but it is the weaker choice. Scanning flattens pen strokes and reproduction blurs them, while typed characters survive the whole chain intact. Print in capitals if you are working from a paper blank.
Is xfdl worth downloading? Only if you have the viewer. The format comes from IBM Lotus Forms, which carried Defense form distribution for a long stretch, and no ordinary pdf application will read it.
Do you pay for these? No. Free download, every format. What should you avoid? Filling the form inside a browser tab; the fields frequently do not save.
In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.
What is the first thing to check? The edition date on the face of the form. Does it read not stated? If not, the copy is superseded, and a superseded DD form is a real problem: Department-level revisions replace the blank for every service at once, so an old file on a shared drive is stale everywhere, not just in your office.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
Where does the completed form go? To the office named in not stated or in your organization's local procedure. Should you keep a copy? Always — a scan or a saved file costs nothing and spares you the whole exercise if the original disappears.
How do you find a form referenced inside this one? By its number alone. The DD sequence runs across the entire Department, so a number identifies exactly one document regardless of which service cited it.
Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.
Should you archive this file and reuse it next year? Better not. Forms are revised as directives are reissued, as data requirements shift and as statutory notice text is updated, and none of that reaches you directly. Download fresh, check the edition date.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, 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?