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Lawsuit Claims Failure To Comply With Public Disclosure Requirements
A nonprofit legal advocacy group is suing the Defense Department over its failure to make military review boards’ decisions accessible to the public, as required by law. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, claims that the department has not complied with a provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill, which requires the correction boards to make their final decisions available in electronic form with summaries and indexing. The Institute for Constitutional Military Law, representing service members and veterans, argues that the Pentagon’s website does not provide the required information, making it difficult for veterans to access their records and seek corrections. This was first reported by Federal News Network.