Indexing on Demand

The Indexing on Demand (IOD) program allows the public to identify for prioritization the final declassification processing and release of specific record entries that have completed a quality assurance review. The NDC initiated this program in August 2015 following discussions between NARA and several Open Government groups.

The following are lists of records that may be eligible for request through the IOD process, including entries that may have been in previous lists, as of May 16, 2024:

• IOD Military PDF
• IOD Military Excel

• IOD Civilian PDF
• IOD Civilian Excel

The following are previous lists of records that may be eligible for request through the IOD process:

• IOD Military 2019
• IOD Civilian 2019
• IOD Military 2018
• IOD Civilian 2018
• IOD Military 2017 
• IOD Civilian 2017 

Records that have completed IOD processing are listed here:

• IOD completed

Researchers are welcome to contact us by email at ndc@nara.gov to open an IOD request. Once we receive a request, we will survey the records to ensure that the entry is eligible to be worked as an IOD project and contact the researcher with an estimated time of completion.

Once an entry has completed the IOD process, it will be considered declassified, however it may still be subject to other access restrictions.