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2019

Freedom of Information Act Annual Report

to the Attorney General of the United States

The Department of Education’s mission is to

promote student achievement and preparation for

global competitiveness by fostering educational

excellence and ensuring equal access.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OFFICE OF theExecutive Secretariat

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA)

SERVICE CENTER
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U.S. Department of Education

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ANNUAL REPORT

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT ..................................................................................................................4

MAKING A FOIA REQUEST..................................................................................................................................................4

ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS...............................................................................................................6

1. Agency-specific acronyms or terms used...................................................................................................6

2. Basic Terms Used in This Report and in FOIA Training ............................................................................8

3. The Nine FOIA Exemptions........................................................................................................................9

4. Principal Offices (POs)........................................................................................................................ 11

EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES..................................................................................................................................................12

FOIA REQUESTS.................................................................................................................................................................14

A. Received, Processed, and Pending FOIA Requests ........................................................................... 14

B. Disposition of FOIA Requests – All Processed Requests .................................................................... 16

C. Disposition of FOIA Requests – Other Reasons ......................................................................................18

D. Disposition of FOIA Requests – Number of Times Exemptions Applied .................................................20

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS...................................................22

A. Received, Processed, and Pending Administrative Appeals...................................................................... 22

B. Disposition of Administrative Appeals – All Processed Appeals.....................................................................24

C. (1) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Number of Times Exemptions Applied...................................................26

C. (2) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Reasons Other than Exemptions ...........................................................28

C. (3) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Other Reasons .................................................................................. 30

C. (4) Response Time for (Closed) Administrative Appeals ...............................................................................32

C. (5) Ten Oldest Pending Administrative Appeals .............................................................................................33

FOIA REQUESTS: Response Time for Processed and Pending Requests.................................................................37

A. Response Time for All Processed Perfected Requests ...........................................................................37

B. Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which Information Was Granted..........................................39
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C. (1) Response Time in (Business) Day Increments: Simple Requests................................................. 41

C. (2) Response Time in (Business) Day Increments: Complex Requests ................................................43

C. (3) Response Time in (Business) Day Increments: Expedited Processing ............................................45

D. Pending Requests – All Pending Perfected Requests ......................................................................... 47

E. Pending Requests – Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests............................................................ 49

REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING AND REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER ....................................................53

A. Requests for Expedited Processing...................................................................................................53

B. Requests for Fee Waiver...............................................................................................................55

FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS .......................................................................................................................................56

FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS......................................................................................................58

NUMBER OF TIMES SUBSECTION (C) USED............................................................................................................60

NUMBER OF SUBSECTION (A)(2) POSTINGS...........................................................................................................61

BACKLOGS, CONSULTATIONS, AND COMPARISONS.................................................................................................63

A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals ................................................................63

B. Consultations on Requests – Received, Processed, and Pending...................................................65

C. Consultation on Requests – Ten Oldest Consultations Received and Pending ................................. 67

D. (1) Comparison from Previous and Current Annual Report – Received and Processed....................70

D. (2) Comparison from Previous and Current Annual Report – Backlog ..............................................72

E. (1) Comparison of Administrative Appeals from Previous and

Current Annual Report ...................................................................................................................74

E. (2) ComparisonofAdministrativeAppeals from Previous andCurrentAnnualReports –Backlog.......76
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U.S. Department of Education

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT

1. The person to contact with questions about this report 

is: Gregory Smith, Director, FOIA Service Center

Office of the Executive Secretariat

Office of the Secretary

United States Department of Education

400 Maryland Ave, SW, LBJ 7W104

Washington, DC 20202-4503

2. The Internet address for this report on the World Wide Web (www)

is: http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/foia/foiatoc.html

3. To obtain a copy of this report in paper form contact the person identified in #1 above.

II. MAKING A FOIA REQUEST

1. Names, Addresses, and Contact Numbers for the Department of Education (ED) Freedom

of Information Act (FOIA) Officers, FOIA Analysts, and Regional FOIA Coordinators. FOIA

requests should be submitted directly to the FOIA Requester Service Center or, if known, to

the Regional FOIA Coordinators.

Chief FOIA Officer FOIA Analysts

Tracey St. Pierre, (202) 401-6701 Elise Cook

 Shahanga Lee

FOIA Requester Service Center Sandra Lewandowski

U.S. Department of Education Christie Swafford

400 Maryland Avenue, SW Tiffany Tucker

LBJ 7C102

Washington, DC 20202-4503

(202) 401-8365

FOIA Team Lead: Robert Wehausen

FOIA Appeals Coordinator: Arthur Caliguiran

Chief Privacy Officer: Ann Kim
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Region I: OCR Boston Office

FOIA Coordinator; 5 Post Office Square, 8th Floor, Boston, 

MA 02109; 

(617) 289-0111

Region II: OCR New York Office

FOIA Coordinator; 32 Old Slip, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10005; 

(646) 428-3807

Region III: OCR Philadelphia Office

FOIA Coordinator; 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107; 

(215) 656-8541

Region IV: OCR Atlanta Office

FOIA Coordinator; 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 19T10, Atlanta, GA 30303;

(404) 974-9406

Region V: OCR Chicago Office

FOIA Coordinator; 230 S. Dearborn Street, 37th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604;

(312) 730-1560

Region VI: OCR Dallas Office

FOIA Coordinator; 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 1620, Dallas, TX 75201; 

(214) 661-9623

Region VII: OCR Kansas City Office

FOIA Coordinator; 1010 Walnut Street, Suite 320, Kansas City MO

64106;

(816) 268-0550

Region VIII: OCR Denver Office

FOIA Coordinator; 1244 Speer Boulevard, Denver, CO 80204; 

(303) 844-5942

Region IX: OCR San Francisco Office

FOIA Coordinator; 50 United Nations Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94102; 

(415) 486-5555

Region X: OCR Seattle Office

FOIA Coordinator; 915 Second Avenue, Room 3310, Seattle, WA 98174; 

(206) 607-1600

Metro Region: OCR District of Columbia Office

FOIA Coordinator; OCR District of Columbia Office

FOIA Coordinator; 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 

20202-1475; 

(202) 786-0521

(202) 786-0521
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Region XII: OCR Cleveland Office

FOIA Coordinator; 1350 Euclid Avenue, Suite 325, Cleveland, OH

44115; 

(216) 522-4970

2. Information on how to make a FOIA Request and on how to make a Privacy Act request is

available from the ED FOIA website: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/foia/foiatoc.html

Responsive records are released in their entirety unless release is precluded on the basis

of nine statutory exemptions, as specified in the FOIA. In general, as a regulatory agency, 

some investigative records or portions of records are not released. In addition, if records

are part of an ongoing investigation or involved with litigation they may not be released or 

are only partially released. Personally identifiable information is also not released to anyone

except the individual to whom it applies. Certain information contained in grants and

contracts is withheld such as non-federal funding amounts and sources, business

proposals, and technical information unique to the submitter that falls within protected

business information.

III. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS:

1. Agency-specific acronyms or terms used:

a. The Department: Congress established the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on May

4, 1980, in the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88 of October

1979). Under this law, ED's mission is to: Strengthen the Federal commitment to assuring

access to equal educational opportunity for every individual; Supplement and complement

the efforts of states, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the states, the

private sector, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, communitybased organizations, parents, and students to improve the quality of education; Encourage

the increased involvement of the public, parents, and students in Federal education

programs; Promote improvements in the quality and usefulness of education through

Federally supported research, evaluation, and sharing of information; Improve the

coordination of Federal education programs; Improve the management of Federal

education activities; and, Increase the accountability of Federal education programs to the

President, the Congress, and the public.

b. Calendar Day – Every day shown on a calendar. A 24-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m.

and ending at 12:00 p.m. midnight.

c. Fees – an agency will charge processing fees based on how the documents will be used

and not on the category of the FOIA requester. All fees allowed will be charged to the first

requester, when there are multiple requesters for the same documents, and, unless

waived, all subsequent requesters will be charged duplication and special services fees

only. If a fee is not allowed by statute or regulation to be charged to the first requester, the

fee cannot be passed on to the next subsequent requester.

e. First-In-First-Out (FIFO) Processing Policy – an agency will process requests in the

order in which requests are received consistent with a multi-track processing system and

reasonable allocation of processing resources available for each track and the FOIA

program of the agency.
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f. FOIA/PA Request – a FOIA request is generally a request or access to records

concerning a third party, an organization, or a particular topic of interest. A Privacy Act

request is a request for records concerning oneself; such requests are also treated as

FOIA requests. (All requests for access to records, regardless of which law is cited by the

requester, are included in this report.)

g. Glomar Response – a Glomar response neither confirms nor denies the existence or nonexistence of responsive records to a request in order to protect law enforcement, privacy,

or other appropriate interests.

h. Initial Denial Authority – agency official who is delegated the authority to make release

determinations of documents and information contained in documents requested under the

FOIA on behalf of the agency.

i. Initial Request – a request to a federal agency for access to records under the Freedom

of Information Act.

j. Perjury Statement – a signed (notarization is not required) statement executed under the

penalty of law, usually associated with a request for the personal records of the requester,

attesting that they are the individual who they say they are.

k. Proper Request – a request that fits the definition of a FOIA request: reasonably describes

the agency records being sought and cites a willingness to pay assessable fees or justifies

the granting of a fee waiver. Proper requests do not use federal government resources in

making the request – federal government requests for agency documents for official

purposes are not FOIA requests.

l. Reasonably Described – a request is reasonably described if it enables a professional

agency employee familiar with the subject area to locate the record with a reasonable

amount of effort. An appeal is reasonably described if it adequately describes the action

taken by the agency regarding the request and the basis on why the action is not in

compliance with the statute or agency regulation.

m. Referral – transferring a FOIA request and/or document(s) that are under another

agency’s purview to another entity for processing. This also includes redirecting a

requester to the appropriate agency instead of referring the request.

n. Release – an agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request.

This sometimes is referred to as a “grant.”

o. Remanded – a request that is returned to the initial denial authority for reconsideration of

their release determination and further processing.

p. Request Disposition – an agency determination to take one of four actions on requests

for records:

i. Responsive records are released in full.

ii. Responsive records are released in part because some of the information in the

requested records is determined by the agency to be exempt under one or more of the

FOIA's exemptions.
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iii. Responsive records are denied in full because all of the information in the requested

records is determined by the agency to be exempt under one or more of the FOIA

exemptions.

iv. Determined by the agency not to process for other procedural reasons:

(1) No Records – After a thorough search of agency records, no records were found to

be responsive to the FOIA request or within the scope of the FOIA request.

(2) Duplicate Request – The request is a duplicate of a previously submitted request

by the same requester or organization represented by the requester.

(3) Fee Related – Request is not processed because there were fee issues. For

example, the requester was not willing to pay assessable FOIA processing fees or

the requester had delinquent fees from previous FOIA requests.

(4) Request Withdrawn – Requester withdraws their request.

(5) Not Reasonably Described – sufficient information has not been provided for a

professional agency employee familiar with the subject area to locate the record

with a reasonable amount of effort.

(6) Not a Proper Request – the requester is asking questions posing as a FOIA

request or a response would require the agency to create a record.

(7) Not an Agency Record – Documents requested in a FOIA request that are not

maintained, or possibly originated, by the Department or its components.

(8) Referred to an Appropriate Agency – request for records that are not held by a

Department agency and are more likely the documents of some other federal

agency other than the Department.

q. Working Days – days except Saturdays, Sundays, and federally recognized public

holidays.

2. Basic Terms Used in This Report and in FOIA Training:

a. Administrative Appeal – a request to a federal agency asking that it review at a higher

administrative level a FOIA determination made by the agency at the initial request level.

b. Average Number – the number obtained by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by the

quantity of numbers in the group. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the average number is 8.

c. Backlog – the number of requests or administrative appeals that are pending at an agency

at the end of the fiscal year that are beyond the statutory time period for a response.

d. Component – for agencies that process requests on a decentralized basis, a component is

an entity, also sometimes referred to as an office, division, bureau, center, or directorate,

within the agency that processes FOIA requests. The FOIA now requires that agencies

include in their Annual FOIA Report data for both the agency overall and for each principal

component of the agency.
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e. Consultation – the procedure whereby the agency responding to a FOIA request first

forwards a record to another agency for its review because that other agency has an

interest in the document. Once the agency in receipt of the consultation finishes its review

of the record, it responds back to the agency that forwarded it. That agency, in turn, will

then respond to the FOIA requester.

f. Exemption 3 Statute – a federal statute that exempts information from disclosure and

which the agency relies on to withhold information under subsection (b) (3) of the FOIA.

g. FOIA Request – a FOIA request is generally a request to a federal agency for access to

records concerning another person (i.e., a third-party request) or concerning an

organization or a particular topic of interest. FOIA requests also include requests made by

requesters seeking records concerning themselves (i.e., first-party requests) when those

requesters are not subject to the Privacy Act, such as non-U.S. citizens. Moreover,

because all first-party requesters should be afforded the benefit of both the access

provisions of the FOIA as well as those of the Privacy Act, FOIA requests also include any

first-party requests where an agency determines that it must search beyond its Privacy Act

systems of records or where a Privacy Act exemption applies, and the agency looks to

FOIA to afford the greatest possible access. All requests that require the agency to use

the FOIA in responding to the requester are included in this report. Additionally, a FOIA

request includes records referred to the agency for processing and direct response to the

requester. It does not, however, include records for which the agency has received a

consultation from another agency. (Consultations are reported separately in Section XII of

this report.)

h. Full Grant – an agency determination to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA

request.

i. Full Denial – an agency determination not to release any records in response to a FOIA

request because the records are exempt in their entireties under one or more of the FOIA

exemptions or because of a procedural reason such as when no records could be located.

j. Median Number – the middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the

median number is 7.

k. Multi-track Processing – a system in which simple requests requiring relatively minimal

review are placed in one processing track and more voluminous and complex requests are

placed in one or more other tracks. Requests granted expedited processing are placed in

yet another track. Requests in each track are processed on a first-in/first-out basis. The

tracks are:

i. Expedited Processing – an agency will process a FOIA request on an expedited basis

when a requester satisfies the requirements for expedited processing as set forth in the 

statute and in agency regulations;

ii. Simple Request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places

in its fastest (non-expedited) track based on the low volume and/or simplicity of records

requested; and

iii. Complex Request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing
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places in a slower track based on the high volume and/or complexity of records

requested.

l. Partial Grant / Partial Denial – in response to a FOIA request, an agency determination to

disclose portions of the records and to withhold other portions that are exempt under the

FOIA, or to otherwise deny a portion of the request for a procedural reason.

m. Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative

appeal for which an agency has not taken final action in all respects.

n. Perfected Request – a request for records that reasonably describes such records and is

made in accordance with published rules stating the time, place, fees (if any), and

procedures to be followed.

o. Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal – action on the request or the

appeal in all respects has been completed.

p. Range in Number of Days – the lowest and highest number of days to process requests

or administrative appeals.

q. Time Limits – the time period in the statute for an agency to respond to a FOIA request

(ordinarily twenty working days from receipt of a perfected FOIA request).

3. The Nine FOIA Exemptions:

a. Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations information;

b. Exemption 2: internal agency rules and practices;

c. Exemption 3: information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law;

d. Exemption 4: trade secrets and other confidential business information;

e. Exemption 5: inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal

privileges;

f. Exemption 6: information involving matters of personal privacy;

g. Exemption 7: records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, to the extent

that the production of those records (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with

enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial

adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential

source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or

prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or

prosecutions, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of

any individual;

h. Exemption 8: information relating to the supervision of financial institutions; and

i. Exemption 9: geological information on wells
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4. Principal Offices (POs) – In FY19, ED had the following program offices and/or processing

designations:

Component Abbreviation Component Name

Exec Sec Office of the Executive Secretariat

FSA Federal Student Aid

IES Institute of Education Sciences

IES-NAGB IES-National Assessment Governing Board

M Multiple Office Assigned 

OCIO Office of the Chief Information Officer

OCO Office of Communication and Outreach

OCR Office for Civil Rights (Headquarters)

OCR - Metro D.C. OCR District of Columbia

OCR - 1 Boston OCR Region I - Boston

OCR - 10 Seattle OCR Region X - Seattle

OCR - 12 Cleveland OCR Region XII - Cleveland

OCR - 2 New York OCR Region II - New York

OCR - 3 Philadelphia OCR Region III - Philadelphia

OCR - 4 Atlanta OCR Region IV - Atlanta

OCR - 5 Chicago OCR Region V - Chicago

OCR - 6 Dallas OCR Region VI - Dallas

OCR - 7 Kansas City OCR Region VII - Kansas City

OCR - 8 Denver OCR Region VIII - Denver

OCR - 9 San Francisco OCR Region IX - San Francisco

OCTAE Office of Career, Technical & Adult Education

OESE Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

OFO Office of Finance and Operations

OFO-CAM OFO - Contracts and Acquisitions Management

OGC Office of the General Counsel

OIG Office of Inspector General

OLCA Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs

OPE Office of Postsecondary Education

OPEPD Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development

OS Office of the Secretary

OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

OUS Office of the Under Secretary
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IV. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES 

Statute Type of Information

Withheld Case Citation Agency / Component

Number of 

Times

Relied upon

by Agency / 

Component

Total Number 

of

Times Relied 

upon

by Agency 

Overall

41 U.S.C. § 4702 (formerly at

41 U.S.C. § 253b(m)(1))

Contractor proposals that are in the 

posession or control of an 

executive agency and that have not 

been set forth or incorporated by 

reference into contracts

Sinkfield v. HUD, NO. 10-885, 2012 

U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35233, at *13-15 

(S.D. Ohio Mar. 15, 2012); Margolin 

v. NASA, No. 09-CV-00421, 2011 

WL 1303221, at *6 (D. Nev. Mar. 

31, 2011); Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep't 

of the Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d 21, 

30 (D.D.C. 2003), summary 

affirmance granted, No. 03-5257, 

2004 WL 1900562 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 

25, 2004).

FSA 1

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31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(2) Records pertaining to civil actions 

for false claims against the United 

States Government

N/A OIG 1

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28 U.S.C. § 652(d)

(Alternative Dispute

Resolution Act of 1998)

“[C]onfidential dispute

resolution

communications”

Yelder v. DOD, 577 F. Supp. 2d 

342, 347-48 (D.D.C. 2008)

OCR - 10 

Seattle

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20 U.S.C. § 1099c-1

(Higher Education Act)

Certain program review reports and 

institutional responses until the 

Department of Education issues a 

final program review determination.

Bagwell v. U.S. Dep't of Educ., 183 

F. Supp. 3d 109, 126-27 (D.D.C. 

2016).

FSA 3

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5 U.S.C. § 574(j) Dispute resolution communications N/A OCR - 10 

Seattle

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2
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41 U.S.C. § 2102 (amending 

41 U.S.C § 423(a)(1))* 

(Procurement Integrity Act)

Contractor bid or proposal 

information; source selection

Legal & Safety Employer Research, 

Inc. v. Dep't of the Army, No. Civ. 

S001748, 2001 WL 34098652, at 

*3-4 (E.D. Cal. May 4, 2001) 

(dictum).

FSA 2

2
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V.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS

Agency / Component

Number of 

Requests

Pending as of 

Start

of Fiscal Year

Number of

Requests 

Received

in Fiscal Year

Number of

Requests 

Processed

in Fiscal Year

Number of 

Requests

Pending as of End

of Fiscal Year

Exec Sec 55 321 261 115

FSA 158 311 343 126

IES 3 41 38 6

IES-NAGB 0 1 1 0

M 182 176 176 182

OCIO 1 8 8 1

OCO 10 6 11 5

OCR 122 173 149 146

OCR - Metro D.C. 19 77 62 34

OCR - 1 Boston 43 99 104 38

OCR - 10 Seattle 2 71 69 4

OCR - 12 Cleveland 1 15 16 0

OCR - 2 New York 62 87 89 60

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 1 71 65 7

OCR - 4 Atlanta 20 63 78 5

OCR - 5 Chicago 17 89 104 2

OCR - 6 Dallas 16 79 84 11

OCR - 7 Kansas City 17 40 42 15

OCR - 8 Denver 10 94 97 7

OCR - 9 San Francisco 3 82 82 3

OCTAE 0 6 6 0

OESE 30 71 79 22

OFO 20 38 37 21

OFO-CAM 5 34 32 7

OGC 25 29 11 43

OIG 5 56 45 16

OLCA 1 18 19 0

OPE 42 143 108 77

OPEPD 3 35 36 2

OS 132 65 73 124

OSERS 3 38 37 4
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OUS 26 11 6 31

AGENCY OVERALL 1,034 2,448 2,368 1,114

The Department of Education went through a reorganization in FY19. The following components were dissolved: OCFO-CAM, 

OCFO, ODS, OII, OM, and OM-OCPO. The following components were created: Exec Sec, OFO, and OFO-CAM. The Department of 

Education adjusted the number of requests pending at the start of the Fiscal Year accordingly. In addition, after reviewing its database, 

the Department of Education adjusted the number of requests pending at the start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: 

FSA, M, OCIO, OCO, OCR, Boston, New York, Dallas, Kansas City, OESE, OGC, OIG, OCLA, OPE, OPEPD, OS, OSERS, and OUS. 
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V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS

Agency / Component

Number 

of Full 

Grants

Number 

of 

Partial 

Grants / 

Partial 

Denials

Number of 

Full Denials 

Based on 

Exemptions

Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions

No 

Records

All Records 

Referred to 

Another 

Component 

or Agency

Request 

Withdrawn

FeeRelated 

Reason

Records 

not 

Reasonably 

Described

Improper 

FOIA 

Request 

for Other 

Reason

Not 

Agency 

Record

Duplicate 

Request

Other 

*Explain 

in Chart 

Below

TOTAL

Exec Sec 17 10 0 2 0 12 0 7 0 207 6 0 261

FSA 88 177 8 46 3 13 1 1 0 2 4 0 343

IES 9 20 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38

IES-NAGB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

M 25 84 1 28 0 19 5 2 0 0 2 10 176

OCIO 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

OCO 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11

OCR 30 80 6 9 0 13 0 4 0 0 7 0 149

OCR - Metro D.C. 4 40 1 6 0 7 0 1 0 0 3 0 62

OCR - 1 Boston 18 68 5 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 104

OCR - 10 Seattle 5 52 1 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 69

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 13 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16

OCR - 2 New York 3 67 3 3 0 8 2 1 0 0 2 0 89

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 5 50 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 0 65

OCR - 4 Atlanta 6 55 6 4 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 78

OCR - 5 Chicago 11 79 5 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 104

OCR - 6 Dallas 1 66 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 84

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 27 6 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 42

OCR - 8 Denver 3 76 7 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 97

OCR - 9 San Francisco 3 56 9 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 82

OCTAE 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6

OESE 11 36 3 21 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 79
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OFO 18 4 1 7 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 37

OFO-CAM 6 13 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 32

OGC 1 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

OIG 4 17 8 11 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 45

OLCA 16 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19

OPE 8 85 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 108

OPEPD 6 25 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 36

OS 12 36 0 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 73

OSERS 7 22 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 37

OUS 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

AGENCY OVERALL 326 1,276 80 232 4 136 17 32 0 212 39 14 2,368
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V.B.(2). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- "OTHER" REASONS FOR "FULL DENIALS 

BASED ON REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS"

Agency / Component Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from Chart B(1)

Number of Times 

"Other" Reason 

Was Relied Upon

TOTAL

Exec Sec N/A 0

0

FSA N/A 0

0

IES N/A 0

0

IES-NAGB N/A 0

0

M Litigation 10

10

OCIO N/A 0

0

OCO N/A 0

0

OCR N/A 0

0

OCR - Metro D.C. N/A 0

0

OCR - 1 Boston N/A 0

0

OCR - 10 Seattle N/A 0

0

OCR - 12 Cleveland N/A 0

0

OCR - 2 New York N/A 0

0

OCR - 3 Philadelphia N/A 0

0

OCR - 4 Atlanta N/A 0

0

OCR - 5 Chicago N/A 0

0
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OCR - 6 Dallas N/A0

0

OCR - 7 Kansas City N/A0

0

OCR - 8 Denver N/A0

0

OCR - 9 San FranciscoN/A0

0

OCTAE N/A0

0

OESE N/A0

0

OFO N/A0

0

OFO-CAM N/A0

0

OGC N/A0

0

OIG N/A0

0

OLCA N/A0

0

OPE Litigation1

1

OPEPD N/A0

0

OS Litigation3

3

OSERS N/A0

0

OUS N/A0

0

AGENCY OVERALL 14
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V.B.(3). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Agency / Component Ex. 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Ex. 4 Ex. 5 Ex. 6 Ex. 7(A) Ex. 7(B) Ex. 7(C) Ex. 7(D) Ex. 7(E) Ex. 7(F) Ex. 8 Ex. 9

Exec Sec 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

FSA 0 0 6 45 43 169 7 0 16 1 14 0 0 0

IES 0 0 0 15 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M 0 0 0 13 46 81 4 0 20 1 5 6 0 0

OCIO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

OCO 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR 0 0 0 3 14 62 31 0 68 1 4 0 0 0

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 0 0 0 1 41 14 0 41 0 1 0 0 0

OCR - 1 Boston 0 1 0 0 16 68 16 2 69 0 2 0 0 0

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0 3 0 12 53 14 0 53 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 4 14 9 0 14 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 0 0 0 0 0 65 12 1 65 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0 0 1 16 48 10 0 48 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 0 0 0 8 60 13 1 60 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 0 0 3 82 9 0 83 0 3 0 0 0

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 1 0 0 6 58 25 0 68 0 1 0 0 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 1 27 17 0 32 0 3 0 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver 0 0 0 0 14 81 10 0 81 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0 0 1 17 63 28 0 65 0 2 0 0 0

OCTAE 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OESE 0 0 0 13 8 34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

OFO 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 15 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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OIG 0 0 1 0 4 20 5 0 18 1 1 0 0 0

OLCA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPE 1 0 0 67 3 72 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 1 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

OS 0 0 0 0 21 36 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0

OSERS 0 0 0 8 3 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OUS 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 1 3 10 183 256 1,231 229 5 806 4 38 10 0 0
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VI.A. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS --

RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component

Number of Appeals

Pending as of Start

of Fiscal Year

Number of

Appeals Received

in Fiscal Year

Number of

Appeals Processed

in Fiscal Year

Number of Appeals

Pending as of End

of Fiscal Year

Exec Sec 0 7 7 0

FSA 25 14 16 23

IES 0 0 0 0

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0

M 9 7 11 5

OCIO 0 1 1 0

OCO 0 1 1 0

OCR 9 15 4 20

OCR - Metro D.C. 1 2 0 3

OCR - 1 Boston 0 2 1 1

OCR - 10 Seattle 1 2 2 1

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 1 4 3 2

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 1 2 2 1

OCR - 4 Atlanta 5 0 4 1

OCR - 5 Chicago 5 1 1 5

OCR - 6 Dallas 1 0 1 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver 2 0 0 2

OCR - 9 San Francisco 1 4 1 4

OCTAE 0 0 0 0

OESE 3 1 3 1

OFO 1 0 0 1

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0

OGC 4 12 2 14

OIG 1 1 1 1

OLCA 0 0 0 0

OPE 2 0 0 2

OPEPD 0 0 0 0

OS 2 1 1 2

OSERS 0 3 0 3

OUS 0 0 0 0
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AGENCY OVERALL 74 80 62 92

The Department of Education went through a reorganization in FY19. The following components were dissolved: OCFO-CAM, 

OCFO, ODS, OII, OM, and OM-OCPO. The following components were created: Exec Sec, OFO, and OFO-CAM. The Department 

of Education adjusted the number of appeals pending at the start of the Fiscal Year accordingly. In addition, after reviewing its 

database, the Department of Education adjusted the number of appeals pending at the start of the Fiscal Year for the following 

components: FSA, M, OCR, Chicago, OGC, OPE, and OS. 
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VI.B. DISPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS -- ALL PROCESSED APPEALS

Agency / Component Number Affirmed on 

Appeal

Number Partially 

Affirmed & Partially 

Reversed/Remanded on 

Appeal

Number Completely 

Reversed/Remanded on 

Appeal

Number of Appeals 

Closed for Other 

Reasons

TOTAL

Exec Sec 2 0 1 4 7

FSA 1 7 3 5 16

IES 0 0 0 0 0

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 0

M 4 4 1 2 11

OCIO 0 0 0 1 1

OCO 0 1 0 0 1

OCR 1 1 0 2 4

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 1 Boston 1 0 0 0 1

OCR - 10 Seattle 1 1 0 0 2

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 2 1 0 0 3

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 1 1 0 2

OCR - 4 Atlanta 1 1 0 2 4

OCR - 5 Chicago 1 0 0 0 1

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 1 0 0 1

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0 0 1 1

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 0

OESE 0 2 0 1 3

OFO 0 0 0 0 0
25

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 2 0 0 2

OIG 1 0 0 0 1

OLCA 0 0 0 0 0

OPE 0 0 0 0 0

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 0

OS 0 1 0 0 1

OSERS 0 0 0 0 0

OUS 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 15 23 6 18 62
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VI.C.(1). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Agency / Component Ex. 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Ex. 4 Ex. 5 Ex. 6 Ex. 7(A) Ex. 7(B) Ex. 7(C) Ex. 7(D) Ex. 7(E) Ex. 7(F) Ex. 8 Ex. 9

Exec Sec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSA 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OESE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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OIG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OLCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OS 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

OSERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 0 0 2 4 17 24 3 0 9 0 0 1 0 0
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VI.C.(2). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS

Agency / Component No 

Records

Records 

Referred 

at Initial 

Request 

Level

Request 

Withdrawn

FeeRelated 

Reason

Records 

not 

Reasonably 

Described

Improper 

Request 

for Other 

Reasons

Not 

Agency 

Record

Duplicate 

Request 

or Appeal

Request in 

Litigation

Appeal 

Based 

Solely on 

Denial of 

Request 

for 

Expedited 

Processing

Other 

*Explain in 

chart 

below

Exec Sec 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

FSA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

IES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

OCIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

OCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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OESE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OIG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OLCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OSERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
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VI.C.(3). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- "OTHER" REASONS

Agency / Component Description of "Other" Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart 

C(2)

Number of Times 

"Other" Reason 

Was Relied Upon

TOTAL

Exec Sec Moot 2

2

FSA Moot 3

3

IES N/A 0

0

IES-NAGB N/A 0

0

M Moot 1

1

OCIO N/A 0

0

OCO N/A 0

0

OCR Moot 1

1

OCR - Metro D.C. N/A 0

0

OCR - 1 Boston N/A 0

0

OCR - 10 Seattle N/A 0

0

OCR - 12 Cleveland N/A 0

0

OCR - 2 New York N/A 0

0

OCR - 3 Philadelphia N/A 0

0

OCR - 4 Atlanta Moot 1

1

OCR - 5 Chicago N/A 0

0

OCR - 6 Dallas N/A 0 0
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OCR - 7 Kansas City N/A0

0

OCR - 8 Denver N/A0

0

OCR - 9 San FranciscoN/A0

0

OCTAE N/A0

0

OESE N/A0

0

OFO N/A0

0

OFO-CAM N/A0

0

OGC N/A0

0

OIG N/A0

0

OLCA N/A0

0

OPE N/A0

0

OPEPD N/A0

0

OS N/A0

0

OSERS N/A0

0

OUS N/A0

0

AGENCY OVERALL8
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VI.C.(4). RESPONSE TIME FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component Median Number of Days Average Number of 

Days Lowest Number of Days Highest Number of Days

Exec Sec 4.00 6.71 1.00 26.00

FSA 508.00 449.50 24.00 848.00

IES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

IES-NAGB 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

M 289.00 489.91 78.00 1,812.00

OCIO 26.00 26.00 26.00 26.00

OCO 81.00 81.00 81.00 81.00

OCR 37.50 49.50 8.00 115.00

OCR - Metro D.C. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OCR - 1 Boston 42.00 42.00 42.00 42.00

OCR - 10 Seattle 170.00 170.00 112.00 228.00

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OCR - 2 New York 122.00 152.67 29.00 307.00

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 107.50 107.50 56.00 159.00

OCR - 4 Atlanta 284.00 266.75 47.00 452.00

OCR - 5 Chicago 143.00 143.00 143.00 143.00

OCR - 6 Dallas 201.00 201.00 201.00 201.00

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OCR - 8 Denver 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OCR - 9 San Francisco 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

OCTAE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OESE 728.00 534.00 <1 874.00

OFO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OFO-CAM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OGC 117.50 117.50 111.00 124.00

OIG 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

OLCA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OPE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OPEPD 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OS 316.00 316.00 316.00 316.00

OSERS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OUS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

AGENCY OVERALL 118.50 283.13 <1 1,812.00
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VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component 10th Oldest 

Appeal 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd Oldest Appeal

Exec Sec

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSA

Date of Appeal 2017-10-022017-09-262017-09-062017-04-032017-02-122016-11-212016-10-212016-05-032014-11-282014-03-07

Number of Days 

Pending 500 504 518 627 661 717 737 856 1213 1397

IES

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IES-NAGB

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-08-142019-08-132019-04-252018-08-312018-05-02

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 32 33 109 270 355

OCIO

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCO

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR

Date of Appeal 2019-07-092019-04-222018-04-102018-02-272018-02-132018-02-132018-02-132018-01-052018-01-042017-10-16

Number of Days 

Pending 58 112 371 401 410 410 410 436 437 491

OCR - Metro D.C.

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-09-042018-10-232018-01-30

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 235 420

OCR - 1 Boston Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-06-25
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Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67

OCR - 10 Seattle

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2018-10-16

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 240

OCR - 12 Cleveland

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 2 New York

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-05-292018-12-12

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 201

OCR - 3 Philadelphia

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-02-13

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 159

OCR - 4 Atlanta

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2018-08-21

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 278

OCR - 5 Chicago

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2018-11-262018-05-082018-03-202018-01-092017-08-15

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 213 351 386 434 533

OCR - 6 Dallas

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2018-09-202018-01-19

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 257 427

OCR - 9 San Francisco

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-06-262019-05-202019-04-262018-08-15

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 92 108 282
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Pending

OCTAE

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OESE

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2018-05-24

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 339

OFO

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2018-04-30

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 357

OFO-CAM

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC

Date of Appeal 2019-08-142019-08-132019-07-312019-07-092019-06-172019-02-112019-02-042017-06-282016-08-052016-07-12

Number of Days 

Pending 32 33 42 58 73 161 166 566 790 808

OIG

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2018-01-18

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 428

OLCA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPE

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2017-07-262017-03-27

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 547 632

OPEPD

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OS

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2018-11-262017-08-15

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 533
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OSERS

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-09-252019-09-102019-07-15

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 54

OUS

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL

Date of Appeal 2017-04-032017-03-272017-02-122016-11-212016-10-212016-08-052016-07-122016-05-032014-11-282014-03-07

Number of Days 

Pending 627 632 661 717 737 790 808 856 1213 1397
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VII.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Exec Sec <1 1.37 <1 21 61 185.18 4 592 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FSA 15 13.61 <1 25 129 186.43 23 826 105 105 105 105

IES 9 11.53 <1 25 57.5 73.88 37 130 N/A N/A N/A N/A

IES-NAGB 21 21 21 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

M 16.5 18.54 <1 135 191.5 285.8 26 1196 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCIO 11 105 2 580 47.5 47.5 31 64 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCO 17 17 14 20 104.5 109 40 217 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR 9 10.1 <1 25 221 207.58 26 653 38 38 38 38

OCR - Metro D.C. 13 17.14 <1 64 80 103.9 27 405 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 1 Boston 8 16.35 <1 519 135.5 194.08 29 904 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 10 Seattle 9 10.16 <1 22 13 13.33 7 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 12 Cleveland 11 11.57 3 23 44 66.44 26 180 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 2 New York 15 30.8 <1 450 114 177.56 26 821 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 10 10.39 <1 20 30 43.5 26 88 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 4 Atlanta 13 11.89 <1 36 109 155.05 31 640 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 5 Chicago 19 15.49 <1 21 30 30.29 7 47 2 2 2 2

OCR - 6 Dallas 13 12.43 <1 25 203.5 178.44 <1 389 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 7 Kansas City 6 7.95 <1 25 84 215.67 20 543 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 8 Denver 12 12.44 <1 25 28 29.65 <1 58 5.5 5.5 <1 11

OCR - 9 San Francisco 8 9.1 <1 25 30 32.6 1 68 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCTAE 13 13 12 14 36.5 35.25 <1 68 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OESE 10.5 11.15 <1 24 100 115.13 30 483 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OFO 13 12.93 3 23 134.5 207.6 29 568 N/A N/A N/A N/A
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OFO-CAM 14.5 13.35 <1 25 45 76.92 28 200 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 19 19 19 19 215.5 271.2 55 498 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 19.5 16.47 2 25 73 98.5 30 278 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OLCA 14 14.13 4 23 81.5 76 33 108 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OPE 17 15.06 2 25 58 92.68 18 380 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OPEPD 12 11.58 1 25 57 82.8 28 219 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OS 6.5 10.25 4 22 392 403.3 27 2137 118 118 118 118

OSERS 9 11.78 3 25 39.5 61.93 21 316 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OUS N/A N/A N/A N/A 378.5 384.83 49 630 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 9 11.64 <1 580 112 190.46 <1 2137 24.57 45.67 <1 118
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VII.B. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR PERFECTED REQUESTS IN WHICH INFORMATION WAS 

GRANTED

Agency / Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Exec Sec 10.5 9.94 <1 21 58 114.44 4 592 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FSA 18 15.72 1 25 133.5 187.83 23 826 105 105 105 105

IES 11.5 12.45 <1 25 61 77.57 37 130 N/A N/A N/A N/A

IES-NAGB 21 21 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

M 19 29.3 6 135 173 290.77 27 1196 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCIO 16 154 4 580 47.5 47.5 31 64 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCO 20 20 20 20 116 113 53 167 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR 12 12.38 <1 23 193.5 199.94 26 653 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - Metro D.C. 12 16 <1 49 80 101.31 27 256 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 1 Boston 8 8.81 1 24 122.5 192.72 29 904 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 10 Seattle 10.5 10.87 <1 22 13 13.33 7 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 12 Cleveland 10 11 3 23 43 68.62 26 180 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 2 New York 15 35.56 2 450 91 181.81 26 821 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 10 10.49 <1 20 30 43.5 26 88 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 4 Atlanta 11 11.56 1 36 106 155.83 31 640 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 5 Chicago 19 16.73 2 21 30 30.29 7 47 2 2 2 2

OCR - 6 Dallas 15 12.84 1 25 254 193.62 <1 389 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 7 Kansas City 7 9.6 <1 25 52 52 20 84 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 8 Denver 14 13.48 <1 25 28.5 32.79 26 58 5.5 5.5 <1 11

OCR - 9 San Francisco 9 9.71 1 25 32 40.5 30 68 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCTAE 14 14 14 14 41 47 32 68 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OESE 12 13.37 6 24 77 109.04 30 483 N/A N/A N/A N/A
40

OFO 18 16.29 7 23 74 122.93 29 241 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OFO-CAM 20 18.75 12 25 51 81.36 28 200 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 19 19 19 19 193.5 246.5 55 488 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 18.5 16.06 5 25 146 151.33 30 278 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OLCA 15 15.23 4 23 81.5 76 33 108 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OPE 17.5 16.11 6 25 56 88.45 18 380 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OPEPD 12 12.81 2 25 57 82.8 28 219 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OS N/A N/A N/A N/A 399 442.21 34 2137 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSERS 7.5 11.12 3 25 37 58.92 21 316 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OUS N/A N/A N/A N/A 378.5 345.75 49 577 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 13 14.86 <1 580 108 185.43 <1 2137 6.5 29.5 <1 105
41

VII.C. PROCESSED SIMPLE REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency / Component <1-20

Days

21-40

Days

41-60

Days

61-80

Days

81-100 

Days

101-120 

Days

121-140 

Days

141-160 

Days

161-180 

Days

181-200 

Days

201-300 

Days

301-400 

Days

401+

Days TOTAL

Exec Sec 242 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 243

FSA 52 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66

IES 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30

IES-NAGB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

M 18 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26

OCIO 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6

OCO 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

OCR 58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61

OCR - Metro D.C. 16 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21

OCR - 1 Boston 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 66

OCR - 10 Seattle 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63

OCR - 12 Cleveland 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

OCR - 2 New York 38 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 49

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59

OCR - 4 Atlanta 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36

OCR - 5 Chicago 94 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95

OCR - 6 Dallas 57 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63

OCR - 7 Kansas City 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39

OCR - 8 Denver 66 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78

OCR - 9 San Francisco 71 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77

OCTAE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

OESE 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40

OFO 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15

OFO-CAM 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20

OGC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
42

OIG 26 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34

OLCA 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15

OPE 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35

OPEPD 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26

OS 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

OSERS 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23

OUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 1,180 118 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1,307
43

VII.C. PROCESSED COMPLEX REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency / Component <1-20

Days

21-40

Days

41-60

Days

61-80

Days

81-100 

Days

101-120 

Days

121-140 

Days

141-160 

Days

161-180 

Days

181-200 

Days

201-300 

Days

301-400 

Days

401+

Days TOTAL

Exec Sec 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11

FSA 0 37 39 31 13 12 14 8 11 11 41 23 35 275

IES 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M 0 16 13 7 11 4 5 10 7 2 26 13 34 148

OCIO 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

OCO 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8

OCR 0 9 11 4 1 2 5 2 4 3 24 9 9 83

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 9 5 7 3 6 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 40

OCR - 1 Boston 0 4 5 3 5 1 2 3 1 1 7 1 5 38

OCR - 10 Seattle 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9

OCR - 2 New York 0 5 1 8 5 2 0 0 1 3 7 5 2 39

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 7 7 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 6 2 3 41

OCR - 5 Chicago 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

OCR - 6 Dallas 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 0 18

OCR - 7 Kansas City 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

OCR - 8 Denver 2 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17

OCR - 9 San Francisco 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

OCTAE 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

OESE 0 6 9 2 4 6 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 39

OFO 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 4 20

OFO-CAM 0 6 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12

OGC 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 10
44

OIG 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8

OLCA 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

OPE 1 22 16 6 6 4 5 2 1 2 5 3 0 73

OPEPD 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10

OS 0 5 1 3 3 4 7 1 1 1 3 6 29 64

OSERS 0 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14

OUS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6

AGENCY OVERALL 13 176 139 85 68 50 48 35 37 30 138 70 134 1,023
45

VII.C. PROCESSED REQUESTS GRANTED EXPEDITED PROCESSING -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency / Component <1-20

Days

21-40

Days

41-60

Days

61-80

Days

81-100 

Days

101-120 

Days

121-140 

Days

141-160 

Days

161-180 

Days

181-200 

Days

201-300 

Days

301-400 

Days

401+

Days TOTAL

Exec Sec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

IES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 5 Chicago 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OESE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46

OIG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OLCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

OSERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
47

VII.D. PENDING REQUESTS -- ALL PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Number 

Pending

Median 

Number of 

Days

Average 

Number of 

Days

Number 

Pending

Median 

Number of 

Days

Average 

Number of 

Days

Number 

Pending

Median 

Number of 

Days

Average 

Number of 

Days

Exec Sec 5 201 210 106 222.5 294 2 28.5 28

FSA 6 97 162 105 28 127 0 N/A N/A

IES 1 37 37 5 41 57 0 N/A N/A

IES-NAGB 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

M 7 296 259 171 239 268 0 N/A N/A

OCIO 1 3 3 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OCO 1 736 736 4 350 361 0 N/A N/A

OCR 4 95 169 140 222 245 0 N/A N/A

OCR - Metro D.C. 9 40 89 24 49.5 104 1 16 16

OCR - 1 Boston 8 295.5 314 29 250 361 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 N/A N/A 4 6.5 7 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 2 New York 33 241 268 26 291.5 297 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 5 2 3 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 4 Atlanta 2 11.5 11 3 192 294 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 5 Chicago 1 5 5 1 93 93 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 6 Dallas 3 20 39 6 86.5 130 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 7 Kansas City 5 372 319 6 382.5 342 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 8 Denver 5 23 154 2 10 10 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 N/A N/A 2 8 8 0 N/A N/A

OCTAE 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OESE 4 14 126 18 147 197 0 N/A N/A

OFO 3 33 76 17 242 211.2 0 N/A N/A
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OFO-CAM 1 32 32 6 28.5 80 0 N/A N/A

OGC 2 440 440 39 210 237 0 N/A N/A

OIG 8 103.5 224 8 184 143 0 N/A N/A

OLCA 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OPE 0 N/A N/A 77 125 168 0 N/A N/A

OPEPD 0 N/A N/A 2 45 45 0 N/A N/A

OS 3 376 281 118 372 348 1 330 330

OSERS 0 N/A N/A 4 221 237 0 N/A N/A

OUS 4 485.5 548 27 359 364 0 N/A N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 121 161 218 951 196 246 4 30 100
49

VII.E. PENDING REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / Component 10th Oldest 

Request 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd Oldest Request

Exec Sec

Date of Receipt 2017-03-032017-03-012017-03-012017-02-282017-02-242017-02-212017-02-082017-02-082016-05-192016-02-02

Number of Days 

Pending 648 650 650 651 653 655 664 664 844 920

FSA

Date of Receipt 2017-09-122017-09-122017-08-232017-08-172017-08-022017-07-112017-06-052017-05-012017-04-172017-03-27

Number of Days 

Pending 514 514 527 531 542 558 583 607 617 632

IES

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-09-232019-09-182019-08-072019-08-012019-07-022019-01-30

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 5 8 37 41 62 169

IES-NAGB

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M

Date of Receipt 2017-06-132017-06-132017-06-132017-05-312017-05-302017-05-252017-05-102017-03-292017-03-242017-02-23

Number of Days 

Pending 577 577 577 586 587 589 590 630 633 654

OCIO

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-09-30

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCO

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2018-12-132018-12-062017-10-102017-07-262016-10-24

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 200 205 495 547 736

OCR

Date of Receipt 2017-09-142017-09-122017-09-052017-08-302017-08-142017-08-012017-07-182017-06-162017-05-082016-12-06

Number of Days 

Pending 512 514 517 520 533 543 553 574 602 707

OCR - Metro D.C.

Date of Receipt 2019-04-112019-03-182019-03-112019-01-232018-09-102018-09-102018-08-212018-07-272018-06-122018-01-24

Number of Days 

Pending 119 137 142 174 265 265 278 295 327 424

OCR - 1 Boston Date of Receipt 2017-06-052017-04-242017-04-032017-03-242017-02-282017-01-302016-12-122016-11-092016-11-032016-10-22
50

Number of Days 

Pending 583 612 627 633 651 671 703 724 728 736

OCR - 10 Seattle

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-09-232019-09-232019-09-182019-09-16

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 8 10

OCR - 12 Cleveland

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 2 New York

Date of Receipt 2017-09-182017-09-142017-09-132017-08-232017-08-212017-08-152017-06-092017-01-262016-07-262015-10-01

Number of Days 

Pending 417 512 513 527 529 533 579 673 798 1002

OCR - 3 Philadelphia

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-09-302019-09-302019-09-262019-09-192019-09-17

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 9

OCR - 4 Atlanta

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-09-272019-09-172019-09-102018-12-262017-01-02

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 14 192 689

OCR - 5 Chicago

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-09-232019-05-17

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 93

OCR - 6 Dallas

Date of Receipt N/A2019-09-092019-09-042019-08-302019-06-182019-05-132019-05-132019-05-062018-08-222018-08-01

Number of Days 

Pending 0 15 18 20 53 81 97 97 276 291

OCR - 7 Kansas City

Date of Receipt 2019-07-012018-11-162018-07-052018-05-092018-04-092018-03-132018-01-242017-12-082017-10-172017-08-09

Number of Days 

Pending 62 218 311 350 372 391 424 454 490 537

OCR - 8 Denver

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A2019-09-302019-09-252019-09-052019-09-042019-08-052018-05-082018-03-29

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 3 17 18 23 351 379

OCR - 9 San Francisco

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-09-202019-09-16

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10
51

Pending

OCTAE

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OESE

Date of Receipt 2019-02-282019-02-042018-08-242018-06-292018-06-292018-05-302017-11-272017-11-202017-10-232017-09-21

Number of Days 

Pending 129 166 275 313 314 336 463 467 486 507

OFO

Date of Receipt 2018-10-152018-10-112018-08-312018-07-192018-06-202018-06-182018-06-152018-05-162018-05-042018-03-13

Number of Days 

Pending 241 243 270 301 321 323 324 345 353 391

OFO-CAM

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A2019-09-122019-09-122019-08-202019-08-192019-08-142019-02-192018-10-03

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 12 12 28 29 32 156 248

OGC

Date of Receipt 2018-01-242018-01-232017-12-262017-12-062017-10-062017-09-122017-08-212017-07-262017-06-232017-03-29

Number of Days 

Pending 424 425 443 456 464 514 529 547 569 587

OIG

Date of Receipt 2019-04-252019-04-172019-02-012018-12-182018-12-122018-11-302018-11-212018-10-222017-03-272016-10-06

Number of Days 

Pending 109 115 167 197 201 209 215 236 632 747

OLCA

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPE

Date of Receipt 2018-04-062018-03-312018-03-262018-03-142017-12-182017-12-142017-11-202017-11-162017-10-162017-05-30

Number of Days 

Pending 373 377 382 390 448 450 467 469 491 587

OPEPD

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-08-212019-07-01

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 63

OS

Date of Receipt 2017-04-102017-04-052017-04-052017-04-042017-03-292017-03-272017-03-202017-03-152017-03-152017-02-21

Number of Days 

Pending 622 625 625 626 630 632 637 640 640 656
52

OSERS

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-08-272019-02-142018-08-132017-10-25

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 158 284 484

OUS

Date of Receipt 2017-07-212017-07-192017-07-132017-06-262017-06-152017-06-092017-06-082017-03-032016-09-212016-04-19

Number of Days 

Pending 550 552 556 568 575 579 580 648 758 866

AGENCY OVERALL

Date of Receipt 2016-11-032016-10-242016-10-222016-10-062016-09-212016-07-262016-05-192016-04-192016-02-022015-10-01

Number of Days 

Pending 728 736 736 747 758 798 844 866 920 1002
53

VIII.A. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Agency / Component Number Granted Number Denied

Median Number 

of Days to 

Adjudicate

Average Number 

of Days to 

Adjudicate

Number 

Adjudicated 

Within Ten 

Calendar Days

Exec Sec 2 0 10.5 10.5 1

FSA 1 56 2 6.75 50

IES 0 1 13 13 0

IES-NAGB 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

M 0 4 7.5 80 2

OCIO 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OCO 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OCR 1 8 2 8.33 5

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 1 20 20 0

OCR - 1 Boston 0 2 1 1 2

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 2 New York 0 1 1 1 1

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 1 1 1 1

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 5 Chicago 1 1 1 1 2

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 3 3 6.33 2

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 8 Denver 2 0 8.5 8.5 1

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OCTAE 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OESE 0 4 14 12.25 1

OFO 0 1 1 1 1

OFO-CAM 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OGC 0 6 6 6 5

OIG 0 1 3 3 1

OLCA 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OPE 0 2 23 23 0

OPEPD 0 2 4 4 2

OS 0 3 22 119.67 0

OSERS 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OUS 0 0 N/A N/A N/A
54

AGENCY OVERALL 7 97 3 13.24 77
55

VIII.B. REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER

Agency / Component Number Granted Number Denied

Median Number 

of Days to 

Adjudicate

Average Number 

of Days to 

Adjudicate

Exec Sec 24 0 19 26.46

FSA 69 0 24 38.94

IES 5 0 1 12.8

IES-NAGB 0 0 N/A N/A

M 47 0 21 60.43

OCIO 2 0 30 30

OCO 0 0 N/A N/A

OCR 23 0 20 27.39

OCR - Metro D.C. 5 0 52 42.2

OCR - 1 Boston 2 0 65.5 65.5

OCR - 10 Seattle 2 0 12.5 12.5

OCR - 12 Cleveland 1 0 49 49

OCR - 2 New York 2 0 15 15

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 1 1 1

OCR - 5 Chicago 3 0 20 26.67

OCR - 6 Dallas 3 0 3 21.67

OCR - 7 Kansas City 2 0 5.5 5.5

OCR - 8 Denver 3 0 9 6.67

OCR - 9 San Francisco 1 0 7 7

OCTAE 0 0 N/A N/A

OESE 5 0 14 20.6

OFO 3 0 22 32.33

OFO-CAM 0 0 N/A N/A

OGC 8 0 2.5 3.5

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A

OLCA 6 0 3.5 7.67

OPE 16 1 18 23.88

OPEPD 2 0 2.5 2.5

OS 19 0 21 28.26

OSERS 5 0 12 12.8

OUS 5 0 49 32.4

AGENCY OVERALL 263 2 19 33.94
56

IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS

Agency / Component

PERSONNEL COSTS

Number of "FullTime FOIA 

Employees"

Number of 

"Equivalent FullTime FOIA 

Employees"

Total Number of 

"Full-Time FOIA 

Staff"

Processing Costs Litigation-Related 

Costs Total Costs

Exec Sec 8 0 8 $799,500.00 $0.00 $799,500.00

FSA 4 1.5 5.5 $526,812.00 $116,494.45 $643,306.45

IES 0 0.3 0.3 $45,000.00 $0.00 $45,000.00

IES-NAGB 0 0.1 0.1 $1,067.00 $0.00 $1,067.00

M 0 0 0 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

OCIO 0 0.2 0.2 $219,569.00 $0.00 $219,569.00

OCO 0 1 1 $96,172.00 $0.00 $96,172.00

OCR 0 4.25 4.25 $511,667.00 $19,124.00 $530,791.00

OCR - Metro D.C. 1 0.7 1.7 $184,577.00 $0.00 $184,577.00

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0.21 0.21 $23,591.42 $0.00 $23,591.42

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0.47 0.47 $51,234.27 $0.00 $51,234.27

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0.5 0.5 $55,134.25 $0.00 $55,134.25

OCR - 2 New York 0 2.76 2.76 $277,727.71 $0.00 $277,727.71

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0.55 0.55 $63,265.00 $0.00 $63,265.00

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 1 1 $386,213.00 $0.00 $386,213.00

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 2.35 2.35 $230,139.10 $0.00 $230,139.10

OCR - 6 Dallas 1 0 1 $117,761.00 $0.00 $117,761.00

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0.8 0.8 $104,256.00 $0.00 $104,256.00

OCR - 8 Denver 0 2 2 $194,270.00 $0.00 $194,270.00

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0.65 0.65 $90,000.00 $0.00 $90,000.00

OCTAE 0 0.1 0.1 $15,235.00 $0.00 $15,235.00
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OESE 1 1.2 2.2 $238,443.49 $0.00 $238,443.49

OFO 0 2.75 2.75 $303,550.25 $0.00 $303,550.25

OFO-CAM 0 0.25 0.25 $15,710.25 $0.00 $15,710.25

OGC 0 3.6 3.6 $90,979.80 $397,245.50 $488,225.30

OIG 1 0.75 1.75 $97,300.00 $0.00 $97,300.00

OLCA 0 0.1 0.1 $5,751.00 $0.00 $5,751.00

OPE 0 3 3 $532,003.00 $0.00 $532,003.00

OPEPD 0 1.15 1.15 $125,378.45 $0.00 $125,378.45

OS 0 3.4 3.4 $493,932.00 $4,950.00 $498,882.00

OSERS 0 1.9 1.9 $118,291.00 $0.00 $118,291.00

OUS 0 0.1 0.1 $7,432.00 $0.00 $7,432.00

AGENCY OVERALL 16 37.64 53.64 $6,021,961.99 $537,813.95 $6,559,775.94
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X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

Agency / Component Total Amount of Fees 

Collected

Percentage of Total 

Costs

Exec Sec $87.67 0.01%

FSA $307.59 0.06%

IES $42.04 0.09%

IES-NAGB $0.00 0.00%

M $0.00 0.00%

OCIO $0.00 0.00%

OCO $0.00 0.00%

OCR $0.00 0.00%

OCR - Metro D.C. $0.00 0.00%

OCR - 1 Boston $0.00 0.00%

OCR - 10 Seattle $274.56 0.54%

OCR - 12 Cleveland $0.00 0.00%

OCR - 2 New York $0.00 0.00%

OCR - 3 Philadelphia $101.00 0.16%

OCR - 4 Atlanta $0.00 0.00%

OCR - 5 Chicago $0.00 0.00%

OCR - 6 Dallas $1,181.00 1.00%

OCR - 7 Kansas City $0.00 0.00%

OCR - 8 Denver $149.98 0.08%

OCR - 9 San Francisco $0.00 0.00%

OCTAE $0.00 0.00%

OESE $0.00 0.00%

OFO $69.46 0.02%

OFO-CAM $601.97 3.83%

OGC $0.00 0.00%

OIG $0.00 0.00%

OLCA $0.00 0.00%

OPE $515.74 0.10%

OPEPD $0.00 0.00%

OS $0.00 0.00%

OSERS $426.73 0.36%

OUS $0.00 0.00%
59

AGENCY OVERALL $3,757.74 0.06%
60

XI.A. NUMBER OF TIMES SUBSECTION (C) USED

Agency / Component Number of Times Subsection Used

Exec Sec 0

FSA 0

IES 0

IES-NAGB 0

M 0

OCIO 0

OCO 0

OCR 0

OCR - Metro D.C. 0

OCR - 1 Boston 0

OCR - 10 Seattle 0

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0

OCR - 2 New York 0

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0

OCR - 5 Chicago 0

OCR - 6 Dallas 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0

OCR - 8 Denver 0

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0

OCTAE 0

OESE 0

OFO 0

OFO-CAM 0

OGC 0

OIG 0

OLCA 0

OPE 0

OPEPD 0

OS 0

OSERS 0

OUS 0

AGENCY OVERALL 0
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XI.B. NUMBER OF SUBSECTION (A)(2) POSTINGS

Agency / Component

Number of Records 

Posted by the FOIA 

Office

Number of Records 

Posted by Program 

Offices

Exec Sec 20 0

FSA 0 0

IES 0 0

IES-NAGB 0 0

M 0 0

OCIO 0 0

OCO 0 0

OCR 0 3,786

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 0

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 0 0

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 0

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver 0 0

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0

OCTAE 0 0

OESE 0 0

OFO 0 0

OFO-CAM 0 0

OGC 0 0

OIG 0 0

OLCA 0 20

OPE 0 0

OPEPD 0 0

OS 0 0

OSERS 0 136

OUS 0 0
62

AGENCY OVERALL 20 3,942
63

XII.A. BACKLOGS OF FOIA REQUESTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component

Number of Backlogged 

Requests as of End of 

Fiscal Year

Number of Backlogged 

Appeals as of End of 

Fiscal Year

Exec Sec 104 0

FSA 62 22

IES 4 0

IES-NAGB 0 0

M 162 5

OCIO 0 0

OCO 5 0

OCR 136 18

OCR - Metro D.C. 29 2

OCR - 1 Boston 33 1

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 1

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 51 2

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 1

OCR - 4 Atlanta 2 1

OCR - 5 Chicago 1 5

OCR - 6 Dallas 7 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City 11 0

OCR - 8 Denver 3 2

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 4

OCTAE 0 0

OESE 16 1

OFO 15 1

OFO-CAM 5 0

OGC 34 14

OIG 11 1

OLCA 0 0

OPE 65 2

OPEPD 2 0

OS 121 2

OSERS 4 1

OUS 31 0
64

AGENCY OVERALL 914 86
65

XII.B. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND 

PENDING CONSULTATIONS

Agency / Component

Number of 

Consultations Received 

from Other Agencies 

that were Pending at the 

Agency as of Start

of the Fiscal Year

Number of

Consultations Received

from Other Agencies 

During the Fiscal Year

Number of 

Consultations Received 

from Other Agencies 

that were Processed by 

the Agency During the 

Fiscal Year

Number of 

Consultations Received 

from Other Agencies 

that were Pending at the 

Agency as of End

of the Fiscal Year

Exec Sec 0 5 3 2

FSA 0 2 2 0

IES 0 0 0 0

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0

M 0 0 0 0

OCIO 0 0 0 0

OCO 0 0 0 0

OCR 0 0 0 0

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 0 0 0

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0 0 0

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0 0 0

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 0 0 0 0

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 0 0 0

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 0 0

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 0 0 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver 0 2 2 0

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0 0 0

OCTAE 0 0 0 0

OESE 0 2 1 1

OFO 1 1 2 0

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 2 1 1

OIG 0 0 0 0

OLCA 0 0 0 0

OPE 0 0 0 0

OPEPD 0 0 0 0

OS 0 1 1 0
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OSERS 0 0 0 0

OUS 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 1 15 12 4

The Department of Education went through a reorganization in FY19. The following components were dissolved: OCFO-CAM, 

OCFO, ODS, OII, OM, and OM-OCPO. The following components were created: Exec Sec, OFO, and OFO-CAM. The Department 

of Education adjusted the number of consults pending at the start of the Fiscal Year for OFO accordingly. 
67

XII.C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES 

AND PENDING AT THE AGENCY

Agency / Component 10th Oldest 

Consultation 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd Oldest Consultation

Exec Sec

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-08-29 2018-12-24

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 193

FSA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IES

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IES-NAGB

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCIO

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCO

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - Metro D.C.

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 1 Boston

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 10 Seattle

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 12 Cleveland

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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OCR - 2 New York

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 3 Philadelphia

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 4 Atlanta

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 5 Chicago

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 6 Dallas

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 9 San Francisco

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCTAE

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OESE

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2019-08-28

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22

OFO

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFO-CAM

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2019-04-30

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106

OIG Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
69

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OLCA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPE

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OPEPD

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OS

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OSERS

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OUS

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-08-292019-08-282019-04-30 2018-12-24

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 22 106 193
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XII.D.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT --

REQUESTS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

Agency / Component

NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED

Number Received 

During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual 

Report

Number Received 

During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual 

Report

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

Exec Sec 255 321 245 261

FSA 291 311 234 343

IES 41 41 39 38

IES-NAGB 1 1 1 1

M 219 176 204 176

OCIO 6 8 7 8

OCO 24 6 21 11

OCR 260 173 239 149

OCR - Metro D.C. 125 77 128 62

OCR - 1 Boston 123 99 163 104

OCR - 10 Seattle 98 71 100 69

OCR - 12 Cleveland 53 15 71 16

OCR - 2 New York 197 87 177 89

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 96 71 97 65

OCR - 4 Atlanta 101 63 100 78

OCR - 5 Chicago 157 89 161 104

OCR - 6 Dallas 100 79 91 84

OCR - 7 Kansas City 61 40 51 42

OCR - 8 Denver 89 94 86 97

OCR - 9 San Francisco 123 82 121 82

OCTAE 1 6 1 6

OESE 94 71 72 79
71

OFO 95 38 91 37

OFO-CAM 23 34 21 32

OGC 37 29 27 11

OIG 53 56 51 45

OLCA 9 18 7 19

OPE 132 143 104 108

OPEPD 0 35 0 36

OS 137 65 113 73

OSERS 30 38 34 37

OUS 10 11 1 6

AGENCY OVERALL 3,041 2,448 2,858 2,368
72

XII.D.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT 

ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED REQUESTS

Agency / Component

Number of Backlogged 

Requests as of End of the 

Fiscal Year from Previous 

Annual Report

Number of Backlogged 

Requests as of End of the 

Fiscal Year from Current 

Annual Report

Exec Sec 28 104

FSA 170 62

IES 0 4

IES-NAGB 0 0

M 141 162

OCIO 2 0

OCO 12 5

OCR 111 136

OCR - Metro D.C. 8 29

OCR - 1 Boston 42 33

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 48 51

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0

OCR - 4 Atlanta 16 2

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 1

OCR - 6 Dallas 8 7

OCR - 7 Kansas City 10 11

OCR - 8 Denver 2 3

OCR - 9 San Francisco 1 0

OCTAE 0 0

OESE 24 16

OFO 12 15

OFO-CAM 2 5

OGC 20 34

OIG 3 11

OLCA 1 0

OPE 26 65

OPEPD 0 2

OS 146 121

OSERS 2 4
73

OUS 22 31

AGENCY OVERALL 857 914
74

XII.E.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL 

REPORT -- APPEALS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

Agency / Component

NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED

Number Received 

During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual 

Report

Number Received 

During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual 

Report

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

Exec Sec 3 7 4 7

FSA 9 14 7 16

IES 0 0 0 0

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0

M 4 7 4 11

OCIO 1 1 1 1

OCO 0 1 0 1

OCR 12 15 3 4

OCR - Metro D.C. 3 2 3 0

OCR - 1 Boston 1 2 1 1

OCR - 10 Seattle 2 2 1 2

OCR - 12 Cleveland 2 0 2 0

OCR - 2 New York 3 4 3 3

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 1 2 1 2

OCR - 4 Atlanta 4 0 5 4

OCR - 5 Chicago 3 1 2 1

OCR - 6 Dallas 1 0 1 1

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 1 0

OCR - 8 Denver 2 0 0 0

OCR - 9 San Francisco 1 4 0 1

OCTAE 0 0 0 0

OESE 1 1 1 3
75

OFO 3 0 3 0

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0

OGC 7 12 3 2

OIG 2 1 1 1

OLCA 0 0 0 0

OPE 0 0 0 0

OPEPD 0 0 0 0

OS 4 1 4 1

OSERS 2 3 2 0

OUS 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 71 80 53 62
76

XII.E.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM 

PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED APPEALS

Agency / Component

Number of Backlogged 

Appeals as of End of the 

Fiscal Year from Previous 

Annual Report

Number of Backlogged 

Appeals as of End of the 

Fiscal Year from Current 

Annual Report

Exec Sec 0 0

FSA 25 22

IES 0 0

IES-NAGB 0 0

M 7 5

OCIO 0 0

OCO 0 0

OCR 8 18

OCR - Metro D.C. 1 2

OCR - 1 Boston 0 1

OCR - 10 Seattle 1 1

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0

OCR - 2 New York 1 2

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 1 1

OCR - 4 Atlanta 4 1

OCR - 5 Chicago 5 5

OCR - 6 Dallas 1 0

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0

OCR - 8 Denver 1 2

OCR - 9 San Francisco 1 4

OCTAE 0 0

OESE 3 1

OFO 1 1

OFO-CAM 0 0

OGC 3 14

OIG 1 1

OLCA 0 0

OPE 2 2

OPEPD 0 0

OS 2 2

OSERS 0 1
77

OUS 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 68 86