The Office of Information Counsel (OIC) is the DoD Office of General Counsel section dedicated to the practice of information law.  Among other areas, the OIC staff provides DoD-wide legal advice and assistance on a variety of information law areas, including the Freedom of Information Act; privacy; civil liberties; records management; rulemaking; public affairs; collections of information; and litigation support, inquiries, and investigations.  This practice area generally encompasses legal support concerning the creation, collection, use, maintenance, retention, safeguarding, disclosure of data and records.