2022 

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 THE SECRETARY

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA)

SERVICE CENTER
U.S. Department of Education

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022

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Table of Contents

I. Basic Information Regarding Report ..................................................................................... 1

II. Making a FOIA Request.......................................................................................................... 1

III. Acronyms, Definitions, and Exemptions ............................................................................. 3

1. Agency-Specific Acronyms or Terms Used......................................................................... 3

2. Basic Terms Used in This Report and in FOIA Training ..................................................... 5

3. The Nine FOIA Exemptions ................................................................................................ 7

4. Principal Offices (POs)........................................................................................................ 8

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes ............................................................................................................ 9

V. FOIA Requests......................................................................................................................10

V.A. FOIA Requests — Received, Processed and Pending FOIA Requests .......................10

V.B.(1). Disposition of FOIA Requests — All Processed Requests ......................................12

V.B.(2). Disposition of FOIA Requests — “Other” Reasons for “Full Denials Based on 

Reasons Other Than Exemptions”........................................................................................14

V.B.(3). Disposition of FOIA Requests — Number of Times Exemptions Applied................16

VI. Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests..............................18

VI.A. Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests — Received, 

Processed, and Pending Administrative Appeals ................................................................. 18

VI.B. Disposition of Administrative Appeals — All Processed Appeals................................. 20

VI.C.(1). Reasons for Denial on Appeal — Number of Times Exemptions Applied ..............22

VI.C.(2). Reasons for Denial on Appeal — Reasons Other Than Exemptions .....................24

VI.C.(3). Reasons for Denial on Appeal — “Other” Reasons................................................26

VI.C.(4). Response Time for Administrative Appeals............................................................28

VI.C.(5). Ten Oldest Pending Administrative Appeals ..........................................................30

VII. FOIA Requests: Response Time for Processed and Pending Requests ......................34

VII.A. FOIA Requests — Response Time for All Processed Perfected Requests ................34

VII.B. Processed Requests — Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which 

Information Was Granted......................................................................................................36

VII.C.(1). Processed Simple Requests — Response Time in Day Increments.....................38

VII.C.(2). Processed Complex Requests — Response Time in Day Increments..................40

VII.C.(3). Processed Requests Granted Expedited Processing — Response Time in 

Day Increments.....................................................................................................................42

VII.D. Pending Requests — All Pending Perfected Requests ..............................................44

VII.E. Pending Requests — Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests ................................. 46
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VIII. Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waiver..............................50

VIII.A. Requests for Expedited Processing ...........................................................................50

VIII.B. Requests for Fee Waiver............................................................................................52

IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs ................................................................................................. 54

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests...........................................................................56

XI. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used and Number of Times Subsection (A)(2) 

Postings.....................................................................................................................................58

XI.A. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used........................................................................58

XI.B. Number of Subsection (A)(2) Postings.........................................................................60

XII. Backlog, Consultations, and Comparisons .....................................................................62

XII.A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals............................................62

XII.B. Consultations on FOIA Requests — Received, Processed, and Pending 

Consultations ........................................................................................................................64

XII.C. Consultations on FOIA Requests — Ten Oldest Consultations Received from 

Other Agencies and Pending at the Agency .........................................................................66

XII.D.(1). Comparison of Numbers of Requests from Previous and Current Annual 

Report — Requests Received and Processed......................................................................69

XII.D.(2). Comparison of Numbers of Requests from Previous and Current Annual 

Report — Backlogged Requests...........................................................................................71

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

Current Annual Report — Appeals Received and Processed...............................................73

XII.E.(2). Comparison of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and 

Current Annual Report — Backlogged Appeals....................................................................75
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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:

Deborah O. Moore, Ph.D., Chief FOIA Officer

U.S. Department of Education

400 Maryland Ave, SW, LBJ 7W106 

Washington, DC 20202-4503

(202) 401-8365

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: Deborah O. Moore, Ph.D.

Director, FOIA Service Center: Gregory Smith, (202) 453-6362

FOIA Public Liaison: Robert Wehausen, (202) 205-0733

FOIA Appeals Coordinator: Arthur Caliguiran, (202) 401-8365

FOIA Service Center: 

U.S. Department of Education

400 Maryland Avenue, SW

LBJ 7W104

Washington, DC 20202-4503

(202) 401-8365

FOIA Analysts:

Elise Cook

Sandra Lewandowski

DeShawn Middleton

Christie Swafford

Michael Tobias

Tiffany Tucker
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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; 1201 Elm Street, Suite 1000, Dallas, TX 75270;

(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; 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-1475;

(202) 786-0521

Region XII: OCR Cleveland Office

FOIA Coordinator; 1350 Euclid Avenue, Suite 325, Cleveland, OH 44115;

(216) 522-4970
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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, community- based 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.

d. 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.

e. 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.)
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f. Glomar Response – a Glomar response neither confirms nor denies the existence or 

non- existence of responsive records to a request in order to protect law enforcement, 

privacy, or other appropriate interests.

g. 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.

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

of Information Act.

i. 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.

j. 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.

k. 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.

l. 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.

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

request. This sometimes is referred to as a “grant.” 

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

of their release determination and further processing.

o. 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.

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:
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(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.

p. 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
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iii. Complex Request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing 

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 FY2022, ED had the following program offices and/or processing designations:

Component Abbreviation Component Name

Exec Sec Office of the Secretary

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

30 USC 

§ 3730(b)(2)

Records pertaining to civil actions for false claims against the United States 

Government N/A OIG 1 1 
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V. FOIA Requests

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

FSA 16 151 75 92

Exec Sec 238 964 493 709

IES 1 19 11 9 

IES-NAGB 0 1 0 1 

M 93 135 85 143

OCIO 0 1 0 1 

OCO 0 4 1 3 

OCR 90 163 104 149

OCR - Metro D.C. 11 57 50 18

OCR - 1 Boston 3 37 34 6 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 23 15 8 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 1 5 3 3 

OCR - 2 New York 30 70 47 53

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 57 52 5 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 14 28 24 18

OCR - 5 Chicago 5 71 65 11

OCR - 6 Dallas 13 62 60 15

OCR - 7 Kansas City 8 3 0 11

OCR - 8 Denver 3 131 126 8 

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 68 45 23

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 

OESE 9 35 22 22

OFO 5 14 14 5 
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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

OFO-CAM 2 17 6 13

OGC 85 36 23 98

OIG 7 61 64 4 

OLCA 5 9 1 13

OPE 87 80 18 149

OPEPD 2 9 8 3 

OS 65 53 9 109

OSERS 0 5 5 0 

OUS 26 3 2 27

AGENCY OVERALL 819 2372 1462 1729

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: Exec Sec, FSA, M, OCIO, OCO, OCR, Atlanta, OESE, OFO-CAM, OGC, OIG, 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

FSA 24 9 0 20 2 9 0 6 0 0 1 4 75

Exec Sec 13 8 2 28 0 25 0 76 0 264 75 2 493

IES 5 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

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

M 11 11 0 11 0 24 2 8 0 1 0 17 85

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

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

OCR 12 30 12 9 2 18 0 9 0 0 3 9 104

OCR - Metro 

D.C. 0 41 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 50

OCR - 1 

Boston 0 30 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 34

OCR - 10 

Seattle 0 10 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15

OCR - 12 

Cleveland 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

OCR - 2 

New York 1 36 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 47

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 0 40 2 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 52

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 1 18 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 24

OCR - 5 

Chicago 1 50 3 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 65
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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

OCR - 6 

Dallas 2 47 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 60

OCR - 7 

Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCR - 8 

Denver 1 105 11 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 126

OCR - 9 

San 

Francisco 

0 40 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 45

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

OESE 8 6 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22

OFO 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 14

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

OGC 12 3 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 23

OIG 4 17 1 19 1 2 0 14 0 2 4 0 64

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

OPE 0 9 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 18

OPEPD 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8

OS 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 9

OSERS 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 106 521 43 135 6 116 7 129 0 267 95 37 1462
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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

FSA Litigation 4 4 

Exec Sec Litigation 2 2 

IES N/A 0 0 

IES-NAGB N/A 0 0 

M Litigation 17 17

OCIO N/A 0 0 

OCO N/A 0 0 

OCR Litigation 9 9 

OCR - Metro D.C. N/A 0 0 

OCR - 1 Boston Litigation 1 1 

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 

OCR - 6 Dallas N/A 0 0 

OCR - 7 Kansas City N/A 0 0 

OCR - 8 Denver N/A 0 0 

OCR - 9 San Francisco N/A 0 0 

OCTAE N/A 0 0 

OESE N/A 0 0 

OFO N/A 0 0 

OFO-CAM N/A 0 0 
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Agency/Component Description of “Other” Reasons for Denials from Chart B(1)

Number of Times 

“Other” Reason 

Was Relied Upon

TOTAL

OGC Litigation 1 1 

OIG N/A 0 0 

OLCA N/A 0 0 

OPE N/A 0 0 

OPEPD Litigation 2 2 

OS Litigation 1 1 

OSERS N/A 0 0 

OUS N/A 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 37
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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

FSA 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 

Exec Sec 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 

IES 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 1 9 9 1 0 2 1 2 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 0 0 2 5 41 7 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 0 0 0 0 41 15 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0 0 0 9 29 15 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0 0 0 4 11 8 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 

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

OCR - 2 New York 0 0 0 0 0 36 27 0 35 1 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0 0 1 7 42 15 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 0 0 0 1 18 5 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 0 0 3 53 13 0 53 1 1 0 0 0 

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 0 0 0 2 49 24 0 49 0 1 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 6 105 15 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0 0 0 12 42 12 0 42 0 1 0 0 0 

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

OESE 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OFO 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 
17

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

OIG 0 1 1 3 6 16 0 0 13 0 2 0 0 0 

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

OPE 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

OSERS 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2 1 14 70 537 159 0 487 4 10 0 0 0 
18

VI. Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests

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

FSA 16 12 7 21

Exec Sec 0 14 14 0 

IES 0 0 0 0 

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 

M 4 1 5 0 

OCIO 0 0 0 0 

OCO 0 0 0 0 

OCR 10 4 11 3 

OCR - Metro D.C. 2 3 3 2 

OCR - 1 Boston 2 0 2 0 

OCR - 10 Seattle 1 1 2 0 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 1 0 1 

OCR - 2 New York 2 0 2 0 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 1 3 1 3 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 3 1 1 3 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 2 1 1 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 9 San Francisco 1 1 1 1 

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 

OESE 1 0 1 0 
19

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

OFO 0 0 0 0 

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 

OGC 5 4 5 4 

OIG 0 1 1 0 

OLCA 0 0 0 0 

OPE 0 1 1 0 

OPEPD 0 1 1 0 

OS 1 1 2 0 

OSERS 0 0 0 0 

OUS 1 0 1 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 50 51 62 39
20

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

FSA 0 2 0 5 7 

Exec Sec 6 0 6 2 14

IES 0 0 0 0 0 

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 0 

M 0 1 0 4 5 

OCIO 0 0 0 0 0 

OCO 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR 0 2 1 8 11

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 1 0 2 3 

OCR - 1 Boston 1 0 0 1 2 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 1 0 1 2 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 2 New York 1 0 1 0 2 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 1 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 1 0 0 1 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 

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 1 0 0 1 

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 0 

OESE 1 0 0 0 1 

OFO 0 0 0 0 0 

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 0 
21

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

OGC 0 1 0 4 5 

OIG 0 0 0 1 1 

OLCA 0 0 0 0 0 

OPE 0 0 0 1 1 

OPEPD 0 0 0 1 1 

OS 0 1 1 0 2 

OSERS 0 0 0 0 0 

OUS 0 1 0 0 1 

AGENCY OVERALL 10 13 9 30 62
22

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

FSA 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 

Exec Sec 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

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

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

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

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 1 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
23

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

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

OUS 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 0 0 0 2 8 14 3 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 
24

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

FSA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 

Exec Sec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 

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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

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

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

OCR 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

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

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

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
25

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

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

OESE 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 

OIG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

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

OPE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 14
26

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

FSA Moot 4 4 

Exec Sec Moot 1 1 

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 N/A 0 0 

OCR - Metro D.C. Moot 2 2 

OCR - 1 Boston N/A 0 0 

OCR - 10 Seattle Moot 1 1 

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 

OCR - 6 Dallas N/A 0 0 

OCR - 7 Kansas City N/A 0 0 

OCR - 8 Denver N/A 0 0 

OCR - 9 San Francisco N/A 0 0 

OCTAE N/A 0 0 

OESE N/A 0 0 

OFO N/A 0 0 

OFO-CAM N/A 0 0 
27

Agency/Component Description of “Other” Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C(2)

Number of Times 

“Other” Reason 

Was Relied Upon

TOTAL

OGC Moot 3 3 

OIG Moot 1 1 

OLCA N/A 0 0 

OPE Moot 1 1 

OPEPD N/A 0 0 

OSERS N/A 0 0 

OUS N/A 0 0 

OS N/A 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 14
28

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

FSA 103 587.86 16 2060

Exec Sec 2.5 5.93 <1 37

IES N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

M 680 539.8 33 784

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

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

OCR 109 214.27 37 724

OCR - Metro D.C. 13 82 12 221

OCR - 1 Boston 203 203 115 291

OCR - 10 Seattle 441 441 120 762

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

OCR - 2 New York 508 508 270 746

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 24 24 24 24

OCR - 4 Atlanta 1020 1020 1020 1020

OCR - 5 Chicago N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 6 Dallas 87 87 87 87

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

OCR - 8 Denver N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 9 San Francisco 794 794 794 794

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

OESE 10 10 10 10

OFO N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

OGC 346 372.6 52 686

OIG 40 40 40 40
29

Agency/Component Median Number of Days Average Number of Days Lowest Number of Days Highest Number of Days

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

OPE 74 74 74 74

OPEPD 38 38 38 38

OS 109.5 109.5 81 158

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

OUS 132 132 132 132

AGENCY OVERALL 90 259.76 <1 2060
30

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

Agency/ 

Component

Date/Days 

Pending

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal

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

Appeal

FSA

Date of Appeal 2021-04-19 2021-02-22 2021-02-01 2020-09-22 2020-09-21 2020-09-11 2020-03-23 2020-02-12 2019-11-29 2019-08-15 

Number of Days 

Pending 364 403 417 503 504 510 630 657 706 778 

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 

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/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 

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-20 2021-11-30 2020-11-19 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 457 463 

OCR - Metro D.C. 

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-14 2019-09-04 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 765 

OCR - 1 Boston 

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 
31

Agency/ 

Component

Date/Days 

Pending

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal

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

Appeal

OCR - 10 Seattle 

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 - 12 Cleveland 

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-05-18 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 

OCR - 2 New York 

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 - 3 Philadelphia 

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-14 2022-04-19 2019-10-28 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 115 728 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-07-08 2021-07-26 2020-12-16 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 297 445 

OCR - 5 Chicago 

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 - 6 Dallas 

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-05-19 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 

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/A N/A N/A 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-07-12 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 
32

Agency/ 

Component

Date/Days 

Pending

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal

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

Appeal

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/A N/A 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OFO

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 

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-30 2022-07-27 2021-08-19 2019-08-14 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 47 279 779 

OIG

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 

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/A N/A N/A 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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/A N/A N/A 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
33

Agency/ 

Component

Date/Days 

Pending

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal

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

Appeal

OSERS

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 

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 2020-09-22 2020-09-21 2020-09-11 2020-03-23 2020-02-12 2019-11-29 2019-10-28 2019-09-04 2019-08-15 2019-08-14 

Number of Days 

Pending 503 504 510 630 657 706 728 765 778 779 
34

VII. FOIA Requests: Response Time for Processed and Pending Requests

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

FSA 7.00 6.60 <1 17 88.00 118.54 25 1371 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Exec Sec 1.00 1.08 <1 20 108.00 205.71 25 1357 38.00 38.00 38 38

IES 16.00 16.00 16 16 74.50 95.80 52 215 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

M 2.50 6.10 <1 20 144.00 394.87 26 1387 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

OCO N/A N/A N/A N/A 70.00 70.00 70 70 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR 1.50 4.62 <1 20 121.00 200.05 24 1269 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - Metro D.C. 5.00 6.60 <1 18 61.00 80.40 22 245 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 1 Boston 10.00 10.16 1 20 30.50 56.50 23 155 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 10 Seattle 17.50 16.50 10 20 22.50 25.33 21 35 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 12 Cleveland N/A N/A N/A N/A 29.00 36.00 26 53 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 2 New York 8.00 8.15 1 15 29.00 114.42 10 697 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 13.00 12.00 <1 20 23.00 23.00 23 23 6.00 6.00 6 6 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 7.00 13.07 <1 63 58.50 99.90 26 422 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 5 Chicago 16.50 13.33 <1 20 28.00 28.33 26 31 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 6 Dallas 13.00 12.93 4 20 32.00 151.20 17 643 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

OCR - 8 Denver 5.00 5.80 <1 18 30.50 38.40 21 75 9.00 9.00 9 9 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 8.00 8.83 1 17 32.50 47.10 4 131 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCTAE N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
35

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

OESE 8.50 8.50 3 14 93.50 108.56 27 372 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OFO 11.00 11.00 11 11 74.00 98.36 27 210 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OFO-CAM 9.00 9.00 8 10 50.00 60.25 21 120 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 3.00 3.00 1 5 86.00 199.35 35 833 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 7.00 7.15 <1 20 47.00 89.10 21 257 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

OPE 11.00 11.00 8 14 289.00 265.27 25 611 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OPEPD 3.00 3.00 3 3 97.00 85.57 26 134 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OS 11.00 11.00 11 11 258.50 496.38 85 1351 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSERS N/A N/A N/A N/A 88.00 102.75 46 189 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OUS N/A N/A N/A N/A 545.00 545.00 545 545 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 2.00 5.67 <1 63 88.00 182.10 4 1387 9.00 17.67 6 38
36

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

FSA 9.00 9.00 9 9 87.50 141.94 25 1371 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Exec Sec 12.50 12.50 5 20 114.00 160.79 41 418 N/A N/A N/A N/A

IES N/A N/A N/A N/A 74.00 106.50 52 215 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

M N/A N/A N/A N/A 154.50 384.59 53 1387 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

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

OCR 10.00 10.00 10 10 138.00 203.73 24 1269 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - Metro D.C. 9.00 9.00 1 18 61.50 83.50 22 245 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 1 Boston 12.00 10.96 1 20 31.00 60.86 23 155 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 10 Seattle 15.00 15.40 10 20 22.00 25.80 21 35 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 12 Cleveland N/A N/A N/A N/A 29.00 36.00 26 53 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 2 New York 7.50 7.91 1 15 27.00 129.87 10 697 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 14.00 12.97 <1 20 23.00 23.00 23 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 4 Atlanta 7.00 14.17 <1 63 75.00 126.00 28 422 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 5 Chicago 17.00 13.77 <1 20 28.00 28.33 26 31 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 6 Dallas 13.00 13.20 4 20 31.50 159.71 17 643 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

OCR - 8 Denver 5.00 5.70 <1 18 30.50 40.25 21 75 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 7.00 8.58 1 17 36.00 51.89 18 131 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

OESE 13.50 13.50 13 14 99.00 98.17 38 184 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OFO 11.00 11.00 11 11 109.00 115.00 56 210 N/A N/A N/A N/A
37

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

OFO-CAM N/A N/A N/A N/A 120.00 120.00 120 120 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC N/A N/A N/A N/A 74.00 196.80 35 833 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 10.00 11.31 4 20 86.50 104.62 28 257 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

OPE N/A N/A N/A N/A 154.00 261.67 90 611 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OPEPD N/A N/A N/A N/A 108.00 96.50 36 134 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OS 11.00 11.00 11 11 1351.00 1351.00 1351 1351 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSERS N/A N/A N/A N/A 51.00 51.00 46 56 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OUS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 9.00 10.05 <1 63 87.00 157.38 10 1387 N/A N/A N/A N/A
38

VII.C.(1). 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

FSA 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

Exec Sec 367 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 367

IES 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

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

M 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

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 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16

OCR - Metro D.C. 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15

OCR - 1 Boston 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25

OCR - 10 Seattle 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 

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

OCR - 2 New York 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48

OCR - 4 Atlanta 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

OCR - 5 Chicago 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60

OCR - 6 Dallas 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44

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

OCR - 8 Denver 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114

OCR - 9 San Francisco 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35

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

OESE 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 

OFO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

OFO-CAM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 
39

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

OGC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

OIG 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40

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

OPE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

OPEPD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

OS 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 845 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 847
40

VII.C.(2). 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

FSA 0 5 7 14 11 7 3 3 4 1 3 0 1 59

Exec Sec 0 5 6 5 7 5 3 3 0 2 3 3 7 49

IES 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10

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

M 0 5 4 5 9 4 5 2 2 0 5 1 25 67

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

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

OCR 0 9 11 7 8 4 8 4 5 3 8 5 7 79

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 9 8 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 35

OCR - 1 Boston 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 

OCR - 2 New York 3 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19

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

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 

OCR - 6 Dallas 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 15

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

OCR - 8 Denver 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

OCR - 9 San Francisco 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

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

OESE 0 2 3 2 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 18

OFO 0 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 11

OFO-CAM 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 
41

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

OGC 0 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 20

OIG 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 10

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

OPE 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 5 2 15

OPEPD 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 

OS 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 8 

OSERS 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 

OUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 

AGENCY OVERALL 6 95 59 61 53 33 30 18 16 8 31 18 55 483
42

VII.C.(3). 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

FSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Exec Sec 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

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

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 

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

OCR - 8 Denver 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

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 
43

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

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

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 
44

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

FSA 1 35 35 90 119.5 122 0 N/A N/A

Exec Sec 63 189 325 633 177 252 2 584 584

IES 0 N/A N/A 8 110.5 109 0 N/A N/A

IES-NAGB 0 N/A N/A 1 13 13 0 N/A N/A

M 34 185.5 263 100 164.5 258 0 N/A N/A

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

OCO 1 96 96 2 86 86 0 N/A N/A

OCR 53 110 205 88 226.5 348 1 800 800

OCR - Metro D.C. 2 21.5 21 16 26 70 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 1 Boston 6 8 27 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 10 Seattle 2 26.5 26 6 37.5 35 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 12 Cleveland 2 619.5 619 1 5 5 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 2 New York 8 39.5 107 45 315 386 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 2 81 81 3 12 22 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 4 Atlanta 2 41.5 41 16 289 334 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 5 Chicago 1 11 11 8 27 56 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 6 Dallas 1 26 26 14 101 284 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 7 Kansas City 1 711 711 10 600.5 528 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 8 Denver 1 1105 1105 7 21 169 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 9 San Francisco 16 14 11 7 9 8 0 N/A N/A

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

OESE 0 N/A N/A 20 122 166 0 N/A N/A

OFO 0 N/A N/A 5 170 158 0 N/A N/A
45

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

OFO-CAM 0 N/A N/A 12 172 197 0 N/A N/A

OGC 2 1171.5 1171 95 488 515 1 201 201

OIG 3 2 31 1 527 527 0 N/A N/A

OLCA 1 53 53 12 227 312 0 N/A N/A

OPE 34 81 91 115 322 350 0 N/A N/A

OPEPD 0 N/A N/A 3 33 26 0 N/A N/A

OS 2 360 360 107 273 275 0 N/A N/A

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

OUS 0 N/A N/A 27 695 591 0 N/A N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 238 103.5 216 1452 199 281 4 500.5 542
46

VII.E. Pending Requests — Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests

Agency/ 

Component

Date/Days 

Pending

10th 

Oldest 

Request

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

Request

FSA

Date of Receipt 2021-11-08 2021-11-03 2021-11-03 2021-11-03 2021-11-03 2021-10-20 2021-09-27 2021-07-20 2021-07-07 2021-05-19 

Number of Days 

Pending 224 227 227 227 227 237 253 301 310 340 

Exec Sec 

Date of Receipt 2017-10-10 2017-10-02 2017-09-25 2017-09-20 2017-09-20 2017-09-20 2017-09-20 2017-09-18 2017-09-12 2017-09-12 

Number of Days 

Pending 1239 1244 1249 1252 1252 1252 1252 1254 1258 1258 

IES 

Date of Receipt N/A N/A 2022-09-22 2022-06-24 2022-05-11 2022-05-06 2022-04-13 2022-03-23 2022-02-11 2022-01-06 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 7 69 99 102 118 133 160 185 

IES-NAGB

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-13 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 

M 

Date of Receipt 2019-11-14 2019-11-14 2019-09-30 2019-09-18 2019-09-11 2019-09-11 2019-06-14 2019-04-22 2018-12-20 2018-11-13 

Number of Days 

Pending 716 716 747 755 760 760 821 859 949 966 

OCIO

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-02 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 

OCO

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-06-13 2022-05-17 2022-05-16 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 95 96 

OCR

Date of Receipt 2019-03-14 2019-01-29 2018-10-22 2018-06-28 2018-02-13 2018-01-30 2018-01-30 2018-01-29 2018-01-23 2017-11-08 

Number of Days 

Pending 885 916 981 1060 1154 1164 1164 1165 1169 1218 

OCR - Metro D.C. 

Date of Receipt 2022-08-24 2022-08-24 2022-08-24 2022-07-06 2022-06-09 2022-03-09 2022-02-02 2022-01-25 2022-01-18 2022-01-03 

Number of Days 

Pending 27 27 27 62 79 143 154 173 178 188 

OCR - 1 Boston 

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-29 2022-09-29 2022-09-27 2022-09-13 2022-08-31 2022-03-31 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 2 2 14 14 22 127 
47

Agency/ 

Component

Date/Days 

Pending

10th 

Oldest 

Request

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

Request

OCR - 10 Seattle 

Date of Receipt N/A N/A 2022-09-12 2022-09-09 2022-09-09 2022-08-24 2022-08-08 2022-07-22 2022-07-20 2022-07-12 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 15 16 16 27 39 50 52 58 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-22 2022-06-24 2018-02-02 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 69 1161 

OCR - 2 New York 

Date of Receipt 2019-12-16 2019-11-04 2019-10-11 2019-05-21 2019-03-14 2019-02-11 2018-12-10 2018-10-29 2018-09-27 2018-03-23 

Number of Days 

Pending 695 723 738 838 885 907 948 976 997 1127 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-27 2022-09-14 2022-09-08 2022-06-24 2022-02-25 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 17 69 151 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 

Date of Receipt 2021-09-22 2021-09-20 2021-06-28 2021-06-16 2021-03-05 2021-02-16 2020-05-08 2019-12-10 2019-12-04 2019-09-27 

Number of Days 

Pending 256 258 316 323 394 407 597 699 703 748 

OCR - 5 Chicago 

Date of Receipt N/A 2022-09-29 2022-09-29 2022-09-16 2022-09-13 2022-08-23 2022-08-23 2022-06-28 2022-04-07 2021-12-21 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 2 2 11 14 28 28 67 122 195 

OCR - 6 Dallas 

Date of Receipt 2022-06-09 2022-05-31 2022-04-01 2022-02-09 2021-04-07 2020-06-12 2020-05-22 2020-05-13 2019-06-18 2019-05-06 

Number of Days 

Pending 79 86 126 162 371 573 587 594 819 849 

OCR - 7 Kansas City

Date of Receipt 2022-02-17 2021-10-21 2020-08-27 2020-07-31 2020-02-21 2020-02-10 2019-12-03 2019-10-18 2019-07-25 2019-07-01 

Number of Days 

Pending 156 236 520 539 651 659 704 734 793 810 

OCR - 8 Denver 

Date of Receipt N/A 2022-09-30 2022-09-27 2022-09-26 2022-09-26 2022-08-31 2022-01-20 2021-10-26 2019-10-18 2018-05-08 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 1 4 5 5 22 176 233 734 1096 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco

Date of Receipt 2022-09-12 2022-09-12 2022-09-12 2022-09-09 2022-09-09 2022-09-09 2022-09-09 2022-09-09 2022-09-08 2022-09-06 

Number of Days 

Pending 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 19 
48

Agency/ 

Component

Date/Days 

Pending

10th 

Oldest 

Request

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

Request

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 2022-03-29 2022-03-22 2022-03-07 2022-01-24 2021-11-16 2021-11-12 2021-09-30 2021-04-14 2020-12-03 2020-04-06 

Number of Days 

Pending 129 134 145 174 219 221 250 366 454 620 

OFO

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-08-03 2022-08-03 2022-05-16 2022-01-31 2022-01-26 2021-07-06 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 42 42 96 169 172 311 

OFO-CAM 

Date of Receipt 2022-01-27 2022-01-27 2022-01-27 2022-01-27 2022-01-27 2022-01-25 2021-12-21 2021-12-21 2021-12-07 2021-03-10 

Number of Days 

Pending 171 171 171 171 171 173 195 195 205 391 

OGC

Date of Receipt 2018-05-06 2018-05-03 2018-05-02 2018-04-21 2018-04-17 2017-12-14 2017-12-06 2017-11-02 2017-10-31 2017-08-18 

Number of Days 

Pending 1097 1099 1100 1107 1111 1194 1200 1222 1224 1274 

OIG

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-29 2022-09-28 2022-05-17 2020-08-25 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 95 522 

OLCA 

Date of Receipt 2022-03-03 2022-02-22 2022-01-25 2021-11-16 2021-10-28 2021-10-15 2020-06-22 2020-05-24 2020-03-12 2020-02-19 

Number of Days 

Pending 147 154 173 219 231 240 567 586 637 646 

OPE

Date of Receipt 2020-05-13 2020-05-08 2020-04-27 2020-04-23 2020-04-23 2020-01-06 2019-11-14 2019-09-30 2019-05-21 2019-05-09 

Number of Days 

Pending 594 597 606 608 608 683 716 747 838 846 

OPEPD

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-13 2022-08-15 2022-08-15 

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 34 34 

OS

Date of Receipt 2020-10-13 2020-10-11 2020-09-22 2020-08-26 2020-08-19 2020-08-11 2020-07-20 2020-07-20 2020-05-26 2020-02-26 

Number of Days 

Pending 489 489 503 521 526 532 548 548 586 648 
49

Agency/ 

Component

Date/Days 

Pending

10th 

Oldest 

Request

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

Request

OSERS

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 

OUS

Date of Receipt 2019-11-14 2019-11-14 2019-10-22 2019-08-05 2019-07-31 2019-05-22 2019-04-04 2018-12-21 2018-12-20 2017-12-21 

Number of Days 

Pending 716 716 732 786 789 837 870 939 940 1197 

AGENCY OVERALL

Date of Receipt 2017-10-02 2017-09-25 2017-09-20 2017-09-20 2017-09-20 2017-09-20 2017-09-18 2017-09-12 2017-09-12 2017-08-18 

Number of Days 

Pending 1244 1249 1252 1252 1252 1252 1254 1258 1258 1274 
50

VIII. Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waiver

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

FSA 0 13 13 10.92 5 

Exec Sec 2 48 12 12.54 19

IES 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

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

M 0 14 14 29.07 4 

OCIO 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OCO 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OCR 0 14 9.5 10.5 8 

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 3 13 12 1 

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 3 9 10 2 

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

OCR - 2 New York 0 2 8 8 2 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 1 4 11 11 2 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 2 17.5 17.5 0 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 3 2 8 2 

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 1 14 14 0 

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

OCR - 8 Denver 1 1 10 10 1 

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 2 5.5 5.5 2 

OCTAE 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OESE 0 7 14 13.57 1 

OFO 0 2 10.5 10.5 1 
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Agency/Component Number Granted Number Denied Median Number of 

Days to Adjudicate

Average Number of 

Days to Adjudicate

Number Adjudicated 

Within Ten Calendar 

Days

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

OGC 1 2 17 15 1 

OIG 0 3 7 10.33 2 

OLCA 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OPE 0 2 13 13 0 

OPEPD 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OS 0 11 9 9.73 9 

OSERS 0 1 10 10 1 

OUS 0 1 7 7 1 

AGENCY OVERALL 5 139 12 13.24 64
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VIII.B. Requests for Fee Waiver

Agency/Component Number Granted Number Denied Median Number of Days to 

Adjudicate

Average Number of Days 

to Adjudicate

FSA 55 9 9 9.03

Exec Sec 141 34 9 9.66

IES 2 4 10 9.83

IES-NAGB 0 0 N/A N/A

M 43 9 9 13.67

OCIO 0 0 N/A N/A

OCO 2 0 8.5 8.5

OCR 30 6 8 7.86

OCR - Metro D.C. 4 2 10 11.17

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0 N/A N/A

OCR - 10 Seattle 4 1 10 9.2

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

OCR - 2 New York 2 2 8.5 10

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 1 0 17 17

OCR - 4 Atlanta 3 1 12 10.75

OCR - 5 Chicago 5 1 10 8.83

OCR - 6 Dallas 1 4 6 6.4

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

OCR - 8 Denver 5 3 6.5 11.88

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

OCTAE 0 0 N/A N/A

OESE 9 2 10 9.82

OFO 3 0 8 29.67

OFO-CAM 0 0 N/A N/A

OGC 9 6 9 9.73
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Agency/Component Number Granted Number Denied Median Number of Days to 

Adjudicate

Average Number of Days 

to Adjudicate

OIG 2 0 5 5 

OLCA 2 0 17 17

OPE 18 11 10 10.14

OPEPD 2 1 7 5.67

OS 25 5 7.5 8.27

OSERS 0 0 N/A N/A

OUS 1 0 19 19

AGENCY OVERALL 369 101 9 9.99
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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 LitigationRelated Costs Total Costs

FSA 5 2.00 7.00 692088.32 0.00 692088.32

Exec Sec 14 0.00 14.00 1613590.00 0.00 1613590.00

IES 0 0.25 0.25 44075.00 0.00 44075.00

IES-NAGB 0 0.01 0.01 7500.00 0.00 7500.00

M 0 0.00 0.00 694.34 0.00 694.34

OCIO 0 0.20 0.20 11442.60 0.00 11442.60

OCO 0 0.50 0.50 43975.30 0.00 43975.30

OCR 11 5.00 16.00 1565459.52 0.00 1565459.52

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 2.75 2.75 229652.00 0.00 229652.00

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0.50 0.50 50364.84 0.00 50364.84

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0.44 0.44 52646.81 0.00 52646.81

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0.50 0.50 62605.00 0.00 62605.00

OCR - 2 New York 0 2.42 2.42 270686.07 0.00 270686.07

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 0.75 0.75 123556.00 0.00 123556.00

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 1.00 1.00 141229.00 0.00 141229.00

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 2.18 2.18 256449.25 0.00 256449.25

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 1.00 1.00 136701.00 0.00 136701.00

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0.10 0.10 1430.00 0.00 1430.00

OCR - 8 Denver 0 1.10 1.10 124000.00 0.00 124000.00

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0.50 0.50 80000.00 0.00 80000.00

OCTAE 0 0.03 0.03 4923.00 0.00 4923.00

OESE 1 1.95 2.95 234250.00 0.00 234250.00

OFO 0 2.50 2.50 477735.00 0.00 477735.00
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Agency/Component

PERSONNEL COSTS

Number of “FullTime FOIA 

Employees” 

Number of 

“Equivalent FullTime FOIA 

Employees” 

Total Number 

of “Full-Time 

FOIA Staff” 

Processing Costs LitigationRelated Costs Total Costs

OFO-CAM 0 0.25 0.25 25444.00 0.00 25444.00

OGC 0 2.55 2.55 312756.00 163407.00 476163.00

OIG 1 1.33 2.33 423512.00 0.00 423512.00

OLCA 0 0.20 0.20 2134.00 0.00 2134.00

OPE 0 10.00 10.00 992903.00 0.00 992903.00

OPEPD 0 0.85 0.85 65196.65 0.00 65196.65

OS 3 0.10 3.10 415754.00 4168.00 419922.00

OSERS 0 0.50 0.50 120103.50 0.00 120103.50

OUS 0 0.35 0.35 27499.10 0.00 27499.10

AGENCY OVERALL 35 41.81 76.81 8610355.30 167575.00 8777930.30

Component “M” represents a request that is assigned to multiple components. As a result, personnel and costs are already allocated 

to each respective component.
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X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests

Agency/Component Total Amount of Fees Collected Percentage of Total Costs

FSA 19515.84 314264.7300

Exec Sec 0.00 0.00

IES 0.00 0.00

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 0.00 0.00

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0.00 0.00

OCR - 2 New York 0.00 0.00

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0.00 0.00

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0.00 0.00

OCR - 5 Chicago 0.00 0.00

OCR - 6 Dallas 0.00 0.00

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0.00 0.00

OCR - 8 Denver 0.00 0.00

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0.00 0.00

OCTAE 0.00 0.00

OESE 0.00 0.00

OFO 0.00 0.00

OFO-CAM 0.00 0.00

OGC 0.00 0.00

OIG 0.00 0.00
57

Agency/Component Total Amount of Fees Collected Percentage of Total Costs

OLCA 0.00 0.00

OPE 0.00 0.00

OPEPD 0.00 0.00

OS 0.00 0.00

OSERS 0.00 0.00

OUS 0.00 0.00

AGENCY OVERALL 19515.84 303.0700
58

XI. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used and Number of Times Subsection (A)(2) Postings

XI.A. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used

Agency/Component Number of Times Subsection Used

FSA 0 

Exec Sec 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 
59

Agency/Component Number of Times Subsection Used

OGC 0 

OIG 0 

OLCA 0 

OPE 0 

OPEPD 0 

OS 0 

OSERS 0 

OUS 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 0 
60

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

FSA 0 235

Exec Sec 15 0 

IES 0 195

IES-NAGB 0 0 

M 0 0 

OCIO 0 42

OCO 0 51

OCR 0 75

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 46

OESE 0 612

OFO 0 10

OFO-CAM 0 0 

OGC 0 11
61

Agency/Component Number of Records Posted by the FOIA 

Office 

Number of Records Posted by Program 

Offices

OIG 0 30

OLCA 0 0 

OPE 0 182

OPEPD 0 72

OS 0 0 

OSERS 0 302

OUS 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 15 1863
62

XII. Backlog, Consultations, and Comparisons

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

FSA 78 20

Exec Sec 673 0 

IES 7 0 

IES-NAGB 0 0 

M 124 0 

OCIO 0 0 

OCO 3 0 

OCR 131 2 

OCR - Metro D.C. 11 1 

OCR - 1 Boston 2 0 

OCR - 10 Seattle 5 0 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 2 1 

OCR - 2 New York 43 0 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 2 2 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 15 3 

OCR - 5 Chicago 5 0 

OCR - 6 Dallas 12 1 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 11 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 5 0 

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 1 

OCTAE 0 0 

OESE 20 0 

OFO 5 0 
63

Agency/Component Number of Backlogged Requests as of End 

of Fiscal Year

Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End 

of Fiscal Year

OFO-CAM 12 0 

OGC 96 3 

OIG 2 0 

OLCA 13 0 

OPE 143 0 

OPEPD 2 0 

OS 108 0 

OSERS 0 0 

OUS 27 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 1557 34
64

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

FSA 0 1 0 1 

Exec Sec 0 2 1 1 

IES 0 0 0 0 

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 

M 0 3 3 0 

OCIO 0 1 1 0 

OCO 0 1 0 1 

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 0 0 0 

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0 0 0 

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 

OESE 0 0 0 0 

OFO 0 4 4 0 
65

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

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 

OGC 0 2 2 0 

OIG 0 1 1 0 

OLCA 1 0 1 0 

OPE 0 0 0 0 

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 

OS 0 7 7 0 

OSERS 0 0 0 0 

OUS 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 1 22 20 3 
66

XII.C. Consultations on FOIA Requests — Ten Oldest Consultations Received from Other Agencies and Pending 

at the Agency

Agency/Component Date/Days 

Pending

10th Oldest 

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

FSA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-02 

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 

Exec Sec 

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-20 

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 

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 2022-09-14 

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 

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 

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 
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Agency/Component Date/Days 

Pending

10th Oldest 

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

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 N/A 

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

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 N/A 

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

OIG

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 

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 
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Agency/Component Date/Days 

Pending

10th Oldest 

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

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/A N/A 2022-09-20 2022-09-14 2022-09-02 

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 19 
69

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

FSA 262 151 304 75

Exec Sec 461 964 456 493

IES 40 19 44 11

IES-NAGB 1 1 2 0 

M 108 135 234 85

OCIO 3 1 4 0 

OCO 3 4 3 1 

OCR 250 163 258 104

OCR - Metro D.C. 52 57 52 50

OCR - 1 Boston 25 37 22 34

OCR - 10 Seattle 16 23 20 15

OCR - 12 Cleveland 9 5 12 3 

OCR - 2 New York 37 70 31 47

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 40 57 41 52

OCR - 4 Atlanta 33 28 29 24

OCR - 5 Chicago 54 71 54 65

OCR - 6 Dallas 50 62 47 60

OCR - 7 Kansas City 1 3 2 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 81 131 83 126

OCR - 9 San Francisco 36 68 39 45

OCTAE 2 0 3 0 

OESE 70 35 76 22

OFO 50 14 53 14
70

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

OFO-CAM 34 17 33 6 

OGC 52 36 26 23

OIG 78 61 83 64

OLCA 11 9 16 1 

OPE 158 80 107 18

OPEPD 26 9 23 8 

OS 71 53 89 9 

OSERS 30 5 37 5 

OUS 8 3 16 2 

AGENCY OVERALL 2151 2372 2292 1462
71

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

FSA 10 78

Exec Sec 194 673

IES 0 7 

IES-NAGB 0 0 

M 85 124

OCIO 0 0 

OCO 0 3 

OCR 78 131

OCR - Metro D.C. 8 11

OCR - 1 Boston 0 2 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 5 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 1 2 

OCR - 2 New York 28 43

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 2 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 11 15

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 5 

OCR - 6 Dallas 9 12

OCR - 7 Kansas City 8 11

OCR - 8 Denver 3 5 

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 0 

OCTAE 0 0 

OESE 5 20

OFO 2 5 

OFO-CAM 2 12

OGC 81 96
72

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

OIG 2 2 

OLCA 5 13

OPE 79 143

OPEPD 1 2 

OS 61 108

OSERS 0 0 

OUS 24 27

AGENCY OVERALL 697 1557
73

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

FSA 8 12 17 7 

Exec Sec 7 14 7 14

IES 0 0 0 0 

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 

M 1 1 3 5 

OCIO 1 0 1 0 

OCO 0 0 0 0 

OCR 15 4 13 11

OCR - Metro D.C. 2 3 1 3 

OCR - 1 Boston 3 0 4 2 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 1 0 2 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 1 1 0 

OCR - 2 New York 1 0 0 2 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 3 2 1 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 3 1 1 1 

OCR - 5 Chicago 1 0 1 0 

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 2 0 1 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 1 0 3 0 

OCR - 9 San Francisco 0 1 1 1 

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 

OESE 3 0 2 1 

OFO 1 0 1 0 
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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

OFO-CAM 0 0 1 0 

OGC 4 4 4 5 

OIG 1 1 1 1 

OLCA 0 0 0 0 

OPE 0 1 0 1 

OPEPD 0 1 0 1 

OS 2 1 1 2 

OSERS 1 0 3 0 

OUS 1 0 0 1 

AGENCY OVERALL 56 51 68 62
75

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

FSA 15 20

Exec Sec 0 0 

IES 0 0 

IES-NAGB 0 0 

M 4 0 

OCIO 0 0 

OCO 0 0 

OCR 5 2 

OCR - Metro D.C. 2 1 

OCR - 1 Boston 1 0 

OCR - 10 Seattle 1 0 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 1 

OCR - 2 New York 2 0 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 1 2 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 3 3 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 1 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 0 0 

OCR - 9 San Francisco 1 1 

OCTAE 0 0 

OESE 0 0 

OFO 0 0 

OFO-CAM 0 0 
76

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

OGC 5 3 

OIG 0 0 

OLCA 0 0 

OPE 0 0 

OPEPD 0 0 

OS 1 0 

OSERS 0 0 

OUS 1 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 42 34