1.   A private attorney hired by the city sided with Symington in opposing the creation of a records center.

2.   I wrote to the military records center in St. Louis, and I received a form letter back saying the Defense Department Privacy Program prohibits the release of information.

3.   Locations nationwide were considered for the records center, generating some strong competitive pitches from congressional and local delegations in the past two years.

4.   One of the auditors took advantage of a business trip to Nashville to make a detour to the records center there.

5.   The records center will not be a public facility where families can do genealogy research, Komis said.

6.   One initiative created a toll-free number for assistance on benefits and a national records center to consolidate paperwork.