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2023 

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 

FOIA SERVICE CENTER
U.S. Department of Education

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ANNUAL REPORT 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 

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):.................................................................................................9 

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes ..........................................................................................................10 

V. FOIA Requests......................................................................................................................11 

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

........................................................................................................................................11 

V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS.........13 

V.B.(2). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- "OTHER" REASONS FOR "FULL

DENIALS BASED ON REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS" ................................15 

V.B.(3). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS

APPLIED .........................................................................................................................17 

VI. Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests..............................19 

VI.A. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA

REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE

APPEALS........................................................................................................................20 

VI.B. DISPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS -- ALL PROCESSED APPEALS

........................................................................................................................................22 

VI.C.(1). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS

APPLIED .........................................................................................................................24 

VI.C.(2). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- REASONS OTHER THAN

EXEMPTIONS.................................................................................................................26 

VI.C.(3). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- "OTHER" REASONS ......................28 

VI.C.(4). RESPONSE TIME FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ...................................30 

VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS .................................32 

VII. FOIA Requests: Response Time for Processed and Pending Requests ......................39 

VII.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED

REQUESTS ....................................................................................................................39 

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VII.B. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR PERFECTED REQUESTS 

IN WHICH INFORMATION WAS GRANTED..................................................................41 

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

........................................................................................................................................43 

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

INCREMENTS ................................................................................................................46 

VII.C. PROCESSED REQUESTS GRANTED EXPEDITED PROCESSING --

RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS.....................................................................48 

VII.D. PENDING REQUESTS -- ALL PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS .................50 

VII.E. PENDING REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS .52 

VIII. Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waiver..............................59 

VIII.A. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING...................................................59 

VIII.B. Requests for Fee Waiver......................................................................................61 

IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs .................................................................................................63 

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests...........................................................................65 

XI. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used and Number of Subsection (A)(2) Postings....67 

XI.A. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used..................................................................67 

XI.B. Number of Subsection (A)(2) Postings...................................................................69 

XII. Appeals, Consultations and Comparisons ......................................................................71 

XII.A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals......................................71 

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

PENDING CONSULTATIONS ........................................................................................73 

XII.C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS 

RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND PENDING AT THE AGENCY .................75 

XII.D.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND 

CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- REQUESTS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED ...........80 

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

CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED REQUESTS.....................................82 

XII.E.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM 

PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- APPEALS RECEIVED AND 

PROCESSED..................................................................................................................84 

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

PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED APPEALS............86 

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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 

2. The Internet address for this report 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 information for the Department of Education (ED) 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officers, FOIA Analysts, and Regional FOIA 

Coordinators. FOIA requests should be submitted on the FOIA Public Access Link: 

https://foiaxpress.pal.ed.gov/app/Home.aspx. 

Chief FOIA Officer 

Deborah O. Moore, Ph.D., (deborah.moore@ed.gov) 

Director of Privacy and Appeals: Arthur Caliguiran, (arthur.caliguiran@ed.gov) 

Director of Outreach and Administrative Search: D. Camilla Perry, 

(camilla.perry@ed.gov) 

Director of Operations and FOIA Public Liaison: Robert Wehausen, 

(robert.wehausen@ed.gov) 

FOIA Service Center 

U.S. Department of Education 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW 

LBJ 7W104 

Washington, DC 20202-4503 

(202) 401-8365 

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FOIA Analysts 

Elise Cook (elise.cook@ed.gov) 

Amanda Deplitch (amanda.deplitch@ed.gov) 

Sandra Lewandowski (sandra.lewandowski@ed.gov) 

Daniel McCusker (daniel.mccusker@ed.gov) 

DeShawn Middleton (deshawn.middleton@ed.gov) 

Christie Swafford (christie.swafford@ed.gov) 

Michael Tobias (michael.tobias@ed.gov) 

Tiffany Tucker (tiffany.tucker@ed.gov) 

Administrative Search Lead 

Giancarlo Benavides (giancarlo.benavides@ed.gov) 

OCR Regions 

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

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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 

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. 

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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.) 

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.” 

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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: 

(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. 

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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. 

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. 

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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 

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; 

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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 FY2023, ED had the following program offices and/or processing designations: 

Component Abbreviation Component Name 

FSA Federal Student Aid 

FSC FOIA Service Center 

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 

ODS Office of the Deputy Secretary 

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 

20 U.S.C. 

§ 1099c-1 

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 1 

2 

M 

1 

20 U.S.C. 

§ 9573 

Certain individually 

identifiable 

information that 

has been collected 

or retained under 

the Education 

Sciences Reform 

Act. 

N/A IES 

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44 U.S.C. 

§ 3501 

Data or 

information 

acquired under a 

pledge of 

N/A IES 

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confidentiality for 

exclusively 

statistical 

purposes. 

50 U.S.C Intelligence Assassination OCR 

§ 3507 sources and Archives & Rsch. 

(formerly methods; certain Ctr. v. CIA, No. 18-

at 50 information 5280, 2019 WL 

U.S.C. § pertaining to 691517 (D.C. Cir. 

403g) Agency functions 

or employees, 

specifically: “the 

organization or 

functions of the 

Agency, or of the 

names, official 

titles, salaries, or 

numbers of 

personnel 

employed by the 

Agency” 

Feb. 15, 2019) (per 

curiam); ACLU v. 

DOJ, 681 F.3d 61, 

72-75 (2d Cir. 

2012); Berman v. 

CIA, 501 F.3d 1136, 

1137-38, 1140 (9th 

Cir. 2007); Makky 

v. Chertoff, 489 F. 

Supp. 2d 421, 442 

(D.N.J. 2007), aff’d 

on other grounds, 

541 F. 3d 205 (3d 

Cir. 2008). 

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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 

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FSA 114 108 146 76 

FSC 682 1029 665 1046 

IES 19 14 22 11 

IES-NAGB 1 1 0 2 

M 162 73 79 156 

OCIO 1 3 1 3 

OCO 4 3 1 6 

OCR 138 165 160 143 

OCR - Metro D.C. 19 104 84 39 

OCR - 1 Boston 11 109 99 21 

OCR - 10 Seattle 8 52 34 26 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 4 21 18 7 

OCR - 2 New York 53 184 166 71 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 5 109 108 6 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 18 85 82 21 

OCR - 5 Chicago 11 153 150 14 

OCR - 6 Dallas 16 60 63 13 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 11 22 1 32 

OCR - 8 Denver 9 133 133 9 

OCR - 9 San Francisco 24 112 131 5 

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 

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ODS 0 1 1 0 

OESE 35 20 34 21 

OFO 9 20 15 14 

OFO-CAM 21 3 10 14 

OGC 101 20 9 112 

OIG 4 78 69 13 

OLCA 13 9 3 19 

OPE 111 67 53 125 

OPEPD 10 8 13 5 

OS 83 37 24 96 

OSERS 3 6 8 1 

OUS 30 7 3 34 

AGENCY OVERALL 1730 2816 2385 2161 

The following component was created in FY23: ODS. In FY23, EXEC SEC was renamed to FSC. 

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, FSC, IES, M, OCO, 

OCR, OCR-Metro, OCR-Reg 1, OCR-Reg 12, OCR-Reg 6, OCR-Reg 8, OCR-Reg 9, OESE, OFO, 

OFO-CAM, OGC, OPE, OPEPD, OS, OSERS, and OUS. 

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 

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FSA 80 20 1 7 0 11 1 3 0 0 7 16 146 

FSC 53 25 17 47 7 123 0 51 0 285 54 3 665 

IES 3 6 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 

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

M 14 20 1 15 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 14 79 

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

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

OCR 14 40 76 7 0 15 0 3 0 2 3 0 160 

OCR -

Metro D.C. 1 76 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 84 

OCR - 1 

Boston 1 89 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 99 

OCR - 10 

Seattle 3 23 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 34 

OCR - 12 

Cleveland 0 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 

OCR - 2 

New York 3 150 2 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 166 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 2 94 4 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 108 

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 0 61 2 2 0 10 0 1 0 0 6 0 82 

OCR - 5 

Chicago 2 130 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 9 0 150 

OCR - 6 

Dallas 4 53 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 

OCR - 7 

Kansas City 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

OCR - 8 

Denver 3 101 19 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 133 

14 
 OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 1 113 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 131 

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

ODS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

OESE 19 9 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 34 

OFO 9 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 

OFO-CAM 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 

OGC 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 

OIG 0 20 1 26 0 2 0 17 0 1 2 0 69 

OLCA 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 

OPE 10 23 0 6 0 7 0 3 0 0 3 1 53 

OPEPD 1 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 13 

OS 0 7 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 

OSERS 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 

OUS 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 228 1096 137 167 7 233 2 87 0 291 101 36 2385 

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 

15 
FSA Litigation 16 16 

FSC Litigation 3 3 

IES N/A 0 0 

IES-NAGB N/A 0 0 

M Litigation 14 14 

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 

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 

16 
ODS N/A 0 0 

OESE N/A 0 0 

OFO N/A 0 0 

OFO-CAM N/A 0 0 

OGC Litigation 1 1 

OIG N/A 0 0 

OLCA N/A 0 0 

OPE Litigation 1 1 

OPEPD Litigation 1 1 

OS N/A 0 0 

OSERS N/A 0 0 

OUS N/A 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 36 

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 1 0 2 20 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 

FSC 0 0 0 3 4 38 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 

IES 0 0 2 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

17 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M 0 0 1 1 11 18 1 0 1 0 1 1 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 1 0 6 115 11 1 42 1 2 0 0 0 

OCR -

Metro D.C. 0 0 0 0 0 77 54 0 76 1 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 1 

Boston 0 0 0 0 12 90 57 0 87 1 1 0 0 0 

OCR - 10 

Seattle 0 0 0 0 3 23 17 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 12 

Cleveland 0 0 0 1 2 15 8 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 2 

New York 0 0 0 0 1 151 142 0 149 1 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 3 97 41 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 0 0 0 0 3 63 19 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 5 

Chicago 0 0 0 0 6 130 114 0 130 0 1 0 0 0 

OCR - 6 

Dallas 0 0 0 0 2 55 31 0 52 1 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 7 

Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

18 
 

 

 

OCR - 8 

Denver 0 0 0 0 11 102 25 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 0 0 0 2 10 116 31 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 

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

ODS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OESE 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OFO 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OGC 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG 0 0 0 0 9 20 1 0 17 0 6 0 0 0 

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

OPE 0 0 0 16 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OS 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 

OSERS 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 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 5 32 95 1193 555 1 975 6 12 2 0 0 

VI. Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests 

19 
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 21 10 12 19 

FSC 1 11 12 0 

IES 0 1 1 0 

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 

M 2 2 3 1 

OCIO 0 0 0 0 

OCO 0 0 0 0 

OCR 2 8 7 3 

OCR - Metro D.C. 3 1 3 1 

OCR - 1 Boston 0 1 0 1 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 1 1 0 2 

OCR - 2 New York 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 2 1 2 1 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 3 0 2 1 

20 
OCR 

- 5 Chicago 0 2 0 2 

OCR - 6 Dallas 1 0 0 1 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 0 2 0 2 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 1 0 0 1 

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 

ODS 0 0 0 0 

OESE 0 0 0 0 

OFO 0 0 0 0 

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 

OGC 2 1 2 1 

OIG 0 4 4 0 

OLCA 0 0 0 0 

OPE 0 0 0 0 

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 

OS 0 0 0 0 

OSERS 0 0 0 0 

OUS 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 39 45 48 36 

21 
 

 

After reviewing their databases, the following components adjusted the number of appeals pending as of the start of the fiscal year: FSC, M, OCR, 

OCR – Metro D.C., OCR – 3, and OGC. 

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 5 2 5 12 

FSC 7 1 4 0 12 

IES 1 0 0 0 1 

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 0 

M 0 0 0 3 3 

OCIO 0 0 0 0 0 

OCO 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR 4 3 0 0 7 

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

OCR - 1 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 2 New York 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 2 

22 
OCR 

- 4 Atlanta 0 2 0 0 2 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 0 

ODS 0 0 0 0 0 

OESE 0 0 0 0 0 

OFO 0 0 0 0 0 

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 0 

OGC 1 0 0 1 2 

OIG 4 0 0 0 4 

OLCA 0 0 0 0 0 

OPE 0 0 0 0 0 

OPEPD 0 0 0 0 0 

OS 0 0 0 0 0 

OSERS 0 0 0 0 0 

OUS 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 19 14 6 9 48 

23 
 

 

 

 

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 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

FSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

IES 0 0 1 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 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 2 7 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 

OCR -

Metro D.C. 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 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 

24 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 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 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 

ODS 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 

OIG 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 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 

25 
 

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 0 0 1 1 7 20 2 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 

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 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

FSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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 0 0 3 

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

26 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 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 

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

ODS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

27 
 

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

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 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 

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 

28 
FSA Moot 1 1 

FSC N/A 0 0 

IES N/A 0 0 

IES-NAGB N/A 0 0 

M Moot 3 3 

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 

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 

29 
ODS N/A 0 0 

OESE N/A 0 0 

OFO N/A 0 0 

OFO-CAM N/A 0 0 

OGC Moot 1 1 

OIG N/A 0 0 

OLCA N/A 0 0 

OPE N/A 0 0 

OPEPD N/A 0 0 

OS N/A 0 0 

OSERS N/A 0 0 

OUS N/A 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 5 

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 719.5 527.17 61 1011 

30 
FSC 1.00 22.75 <1 262 

IES 21 21 21 21 

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

M 59 78 46 129 

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

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

OCR 34 140.29 <1 517 

OCR - Metro D.C. 819 563.67 16 856 

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

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

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

OCR - 2 New York N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 165 165 121 209 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 318 318 159 477 

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

OCR - 6 Dallas N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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

31 
 

 

ODS N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OESE N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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

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

OGC 515.5 515.5 8 1023 

OIG 18.5 14.5 1 20 

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

OPE N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OPEPD N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OS N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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

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

AGENCY OVERALL 60 241.29 <1 1023 

VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS 

Agency / 

Component 

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal 

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

Appeal 

FSA 

Date of 

Appeal 

2022-

04-26 

2022-

04-13 

2022-

03-10 

2021-

11-18 

2021-

09-07 

2021-

08-18 

2021-

05-26 

2021-

04-19 

2021-

02-22 

2021-

02-01 

32 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 359 368 392 468 518 531 589 616 656 670 

FSC 

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 

2022-

10-18 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 238 

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 

33 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

2023-

07-21 

2023-

04-24 

2023-

03-16 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 110 137 

OCR -

Metro D.C. 

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

02-17 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 

OCR - 1 

Boston 

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2022-

11-09 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 222 

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 

2022-

11-07 

2022-

05-18 

34 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 343 

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 N/A N/A 

2023-

06-15 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2021-

07-26 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 548 

OCR - 5 

Chicago 

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

03-24 

2023-

02-07 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 163 

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 0 342 

35 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

2023-

09-12 

2023-

08-16 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 31 

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 0 306 

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 

ODS 

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 

36 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

07-07 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 

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 

37 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

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 

2022-

04-13 

2022-

03-10 

2021-

11-18 

2021-

09-07 

2021-

08-18 

2021-

07-26 

2021-

05-26 

2021-

04-19 

2021-

02-22 

2021-

02-01 

38 
 

 

 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 368 392 468 518 531 548 589 616 656 670 

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 50.50 110.00 <1 340 175.00 197.03 <1 1513 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

FSC 1.00 38.03 <1 854 1.00 87.64 <1 1161 128.00 128.00 128 128 

IES <1 <1 <1 <1 182.00 178.48 1 391 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 545.00 430.08 16 772 241.00 400.88 <1 1351 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCIO N/A N/A N/A N/A 119.00 119.00 119 119 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCO N/A N/A N/A N/A 81.00 81.00 81 81 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR 4.50 40.79 <1 589 219.00 324.56 2 1495 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR -

Metro D.C. 116.00 116.00 74 158 29.00 51.63 <1 314 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 1 

Boston 12.00 29.28 <1 557 14.50 14.17 3 29 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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OCR - 10 

Seattle 61.50 72.69 8 156 95.00 104.39 2 273 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 12 

Cleveland 12.00 76.14 6 448 12.00 41.45 4 238 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 2 

New York 10.00 10.00 10 10 16.00 25.26 <1 245 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 10.00 17.30 <1 129 14.50 17.00 <1 118 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 7.00 16.44 <1 166 13.50 82.86 <1 549 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 5 

Chicago 19.00 15.25 4 22 19.00 16.30 <1 27 17.00 17.00 17 17 

OCR - 6 

Dallas 18.00 13.60 5 20 20.00 53.38 3 698 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 7 

Kansas City 6.00 6.00 6 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 8 

Denver 6.00 7.90 1 49 9.00 15.98 1 138 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 1.50 1.50 <1 3 7.00 10.02 <1 72 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 

ODS 1.00 1.00 1 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OESE 244.00 220.67 6 412 251.00 223.13 2 445 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OFO 8.00 8.00 8 8 143.00 144.36 20 286 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OFO-CAM N/A N/A N/A N/A 296.00 298.00 1 641 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

40 
 

OGC 426.00 426.00 426 426 370.50 420.62 43 1137 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OIG 8.00 13.85 <1 77 83.00 87.50 19 172 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OLCA N/A N/A N/A N/A 145.00 192.00 51 380 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OPE 284.00 410.73 10 900 475.00 452.90 28 790 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OPEPD N/A N/A N/A N/A 177.50 194.83 <1 366 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OS 1.00 103.62 1 423 403.50 495.06 26 1292 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OSERS <1 <1 <1 <1 156.00 209.29 89 349 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OUS 844.00 844.00 820 868 825.00 825.00 825 825 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 5.00 46.54 <1 900 20.00 117.83 <1 1513 72.50 72.50 17 128 

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 249.00 240.60 112 340 205 234.09 <1 1513 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

FSC 116.00 320.60 <1 782 184.50 232.64 1 1161 128.00 128.00 128 128 

IES N/A N/A N/A N/A 262.00 256.56 68 391 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

IES-NAGB N/A N/A N/A N/A <1 <1 <1 <1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

M 263.00 330.00 127 600 382.00 595.00 36 1351 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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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 11.00 10.00 <1 19 349.00 406.25 17 1495 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR -

Metro D.C. 116.00 116.00 74 158 29.00 51.23 <1 314 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 1 

Boston 12.00 19.92 <1 245 15.00 16.40 5 29 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 10 

Seattle 57.00 71.70 8 156 88.50 102.62 2 273 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 12 

Cleveland 9.50 14.17 6 27 12.00 41.44 4 238 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 2 

New York 10.00 10.00 10 10 16.00 25.01 <1 245 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 11.00 18.07 <1 129 15.00 19.33 1 118 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 9.00 18.28 <1 166 18.00 93.91 <1 549 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 5 

Chicago 19.50 16.17 4 22 19.00 16.87 <1 27 17.00 17.00 17 17 

OCR - 6 

Dallas 18.00 13.60 5 20 20.00 57.37 3 698 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 7 

Kansas City 6.00 6.00 6 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCR - 8 

Denver 6.00 7.78 1 49 10.50 20.62 1 138 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

42 
 

 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 1.50 1.50 <1 3 7.00 9.96 <1 72 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 

ODS 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 328.00 328.00 244 412 253.50 237.46 2 445 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OFO 8.00 8.00 8 8 160.50 174.40 36 286 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OFO-CAM N/A N/A N/A N/A 360.00 347.57 113 641 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OGC N/A N/A N/A N/A 324.00 281.00 187 332 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OIG 21.00 29.67 <1 77 127.00 101.20 34 172 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 256.50 256.50 152 361 532.00 490.68 107 790 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OPEPD N/A N/A N/A N/A 270.50 257.50 127 366 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OS N/A N/A N/A N/A 753.00 749.43 265 1232 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OSERS N/A N/A N/A N/A 218.50 223.83 89 349 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 10.00 31.86 <1 782 24.50 137.73 <1 1513 72.50 72.50 17 128 

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

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 

FSA 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 12 

FSC 211 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 10 231 

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 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 13 

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 57 8 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 82 

OCR -

Metro D.C. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 

OCR - 1 

Boston 80 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 93 

OCR - 10 

Seattle 2 1 5 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 

OCR - 12 

Cleveland 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 

OCR - 2 

New York 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 65 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 52 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 59 

44 
 

 

 

 

 

OCR - 5 

Chicago 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 

OCR - 6 

Dallas 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 

OCR - 7 

Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

OCR - 8 

Denver 77 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 

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

ODS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

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

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

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 1 1 

OIG 35 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 

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

OPE 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 4 11 

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

OS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 

OSERS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

OUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 

45 
 

 

 

 

 

 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 620 33 16 15 7 4 10 6 1 1 12 7 32 764 

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 

FSA 10 4 7 3 8 9 8 12 9 7 29 16 9 131 

FSC 247 10 17 8 4 15 6 5 8 3 17 16 26 382 

IES 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 6 3 0 21 

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

M 3 1 5 3 2 6 4 4 2 1 6 9 19 65 

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

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

OCR 4 4 3 4 3 6 4 2 4 2 9 7 23 75 

OCR -

Metro D.C. 32 17 9 4 6 3 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 81 

OCR - 1 

Boston 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 

OCR - 10 

Seattle 3 1 1 1 4 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 18 

OCR - 12 

Cleveland 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 

46 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCR - 2 

New York 106 32 8 7 4 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 164 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 28 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 14 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 22 

OCR - 5 

Chicago 136 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 

OCR - 6 

Dallas 31 15 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 58 

OCR - 7 

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

OCR - 8 

Denver 40 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 116 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 

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

ODS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OESE 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 0 7 8 3 31 

OFO 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 14 

OFO-CAM 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 9 

OGC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 8 

OIG 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 

OLCA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 

47 
 

 

 

OPE 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 7 23 39 

OPEPD 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 12 

OS 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 8 16 

OSERS 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 7 

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 790 119 58 44 39 55 40 40 35 19 93 78 122 1532 

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 

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

FSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 

48 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 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 

ODS 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 

49 
 

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 

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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

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 0 N/A N/A 73 73 178.4 0 N/A N/A 

FSC 175 343 368.59 861 280 319.54 1 1387 1387 

IES 1 383 383 10 137.5 187.2 0 N/A N/A 

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IES-NAGB 0 N/A N/A 2 140 140 0 N/A N/A 

M 49 352 399.47 98 329 365.53 0 N/A N/A 

OCIO 0 N/A N/A 3 3 5.33 0 N/A N/A 

OCO 2 335.5 335.5 4 257.5 249.5 0 N/A N/A 

OCR 115 229 331.3 28 217 354.96 0 N/A N/A 

OCR -

Metro D.C. 8 105.5 115.38 31 124 154.97 0 N/A N/A 

OCR - 1 

Boston 16 30 44.75 5 116 132.6 0 N/A N/A 

OCR - 10 

Seattle 12 121 114.58 14 81 122.64 0 N/A N/A 

OCR - 12 

Cleveland 1 1420 1420 5 14 58.6 0 N/A N/A 

OCR - 2 

New York 9 284 334.56 62 350 438.76 0 N/A N/A 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 3 1 132.33 2 92 92 0 N/A N/A 

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 6 33 84.17 15 501 447.67 0 N/A N/A 

OCR - 5 

Chicago 1 7 7 11 14 115.55 0 N/A N/A 

OCR - 6 

Dallas 0 N/A N/A 13 199 335.54 0 N/A N/A 

OCR - 7 

Kansas City 5 159 279 27 130 343.41 0 N/A N/A 

51 
 

 

OCR - 8 

Denver 4 74.5 376 5 426 390.4 0 N/A N/A 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 0 N/A N/A 5 46 33.8 0 N/A N/A 

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

ODS 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 

OESE 0 N/A N/A 21 155 284.81 0 N/A N/A 

OFO 1 195 195 13 94 152.15 0 N/A N/A 

OFO-CAM 0 N/A N/A 14 421 424.29 0 N/A N/A 

OGC 4 708 727.5 105 627 647.93 1 450 450 

OIG 11 10 24.55 1 776 776 0 N/A N/A 

OLCA 2 557 557 17 381 395.12 0 N/A N/A 

OPE 105 326 333.82 18 373 338.67 0 N/A N/A 

OPEPD 0 N/A N/A 5 31 57.8 0 N/A N/A 

OS 2 450 450 92 480.5 430.8 0 N/A N/A 

OSERS 0 N/A N/A 1 110 110 0 N/A N/A 

OUS 0 N/A N/A 34 692 660.97 0 N/A N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 532 253 328.8 1595 290 347.15 2 918.5 918.5 

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

52 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agency / 

Component 

10th 

Oldest 

Request 

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

Request 

FSA 

Date of 

Receipt 

2022-

01-14 

2022-

01-11 

2022-

01-03 

2021-

11-19 

2021-

11-15 

2021-

11-15 

2021-

11-08 

2021-

11-03 

2021-

11-03 

2021-

05-19 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 429 432 438 467 471 471 475 478 478 594 

FSC 

Date of 

Receipt 

2017-

12-11 

2017-

12-06 

2017-

11-30 

2017-

11-15 

2017-

11-03 

2017-

10-27 

2017-

10-10 

2017-

10-10 

2017-

10-10 

2017-

09-12 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 1456 1459 1463 1473 1480 1485 1498 1498 1498 1517 

IES 

Date of 

Receipt 

2023-

09-06 

2023-

06-23 

2023-

03-27 

2023-

03-16 

2023-

03-15 

2022-

09-22 

2022-

05-11 

2022-

04-13 

2022-

03-23 

2022-

02-11 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 17 68 130 137 138 255 348 368 383 410 

IES-NAGB 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

09-05 

2022-

09-13 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 262 

M 

Date of 

Receipt 

2019-

11-14 

2019-

11-14 

2019-

09-30 

2019-

09-11 

2019-

09-11 

2019-

08-13 

2019-

06-14 

2019-

04-22 

2018-

12-20 

2018-

11-13 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 972 972 1003 1016 1016 1036 1077 1115 1198 1224 

53 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCIO 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

09-28 

2023-

09-26 

2023-

09-13 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12 

OCO 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

03-16 

2023-

01-26 

2022-

06-13 

2022-

05-17 

2022-

05-16 

2022-

05-13 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 137 171 326 344 345 346 

OCR 

Date of 

Receipt 

2019-

07-30 

2019-

06-21 

2019-

03-15 

2019-

03-14 

2019-

01-29 

2018-

06-28 

2018-

01-30 

2018-

01-23 

2017-

11-08 

2017-

11-08 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 1046 1072 1141 1142 1173 1317 1423 1428 1477 1477 

OCR -

Metro D.C. 

Date of 

Receipt 

2022-

11-07 

2022-

09-19 

2022-

09-07 

2022-

09-01 

2022-

07-06 

2022-

06-09 

2022-

03-09 

2022-

02-02 

2022-

01-18 

2022-

01-03 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 224 258 266 269 310 328 393 417 428 438 

OCR - 1 

Boston 

Date of 

Receipt 

2023-

08-03 

2023-

08-01 

2023-

07-27 

2023-

07-17 

2023-

07-05 

2023-

05-02 

2023-

04-13 

2023-

04-04 

2022-

11-08 

2022-

05-02 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 40 42 45 53 61 104 116 124 223 355 

OCR - 10 

Seattle 

Date of 

Receipt 

2023-

03-22 

2023-

02-09 

2023-

02-06 

2023-

01-31 

2022-

12-29 

2022-

11-22 

2022-

11-02 

2022-

10-18 

2022-

09-12 

2022-

09-09 

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Number 

of Days 

Pending 133 161 164 168 189 214 227 238 263 264 

OCR - 12 

Cleveland 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

09-12 

2023-

09-11 

2023-

09-11 

2023-

08-24 

2022-

11-02 

2018-

02-02 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 13 14 14 25 227 1420 

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 951 979 994 1094 1142 1164 1206 1234 1255 1386 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

09-28 

2023-

09-28 

2023-

09-21 

2023-

01-17 

2022-

02-25 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 178 395 

OCR - 4 

Atlanta 

Date of 

Receipt 

2022-

05-18 

2022-

05-04 

2021-

09-30 

2021-

09-20 

2021-

06-28 

2021-

06-16 

2020-

05-08 

2019-

12-10 

2019-

12-04 

2019-

09-27 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 343 353 501 509 567 575 851 955 959 1004 

OCR - 5 

Chicago 

Date of 

Receipt 

2023-

09-28 

2023-

09-21 

2023-

09-20 

2023-

09-20 

2023-

09-11 

2023-

09-08 

2023-

06-02 

2022-

06-28 

2022-

04-07 

2021-

12-21 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 1 6 7 7 14 15 82 315 372 445 

55 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCR - 6 

Dallas 

Date of 

Receipt 

2023-

08-03 

2023-

07-21 

2023-

05-01 

2022-

12-14 

2022-

11-09 

2022-

06-09 

2022-

02-09 

2020-

05-22 

2019-

06-18 

2019-

05-06 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 35 49 94 199 222 328 412 841 1056 1079 

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 406 487 774 793 906 914 960 990 1049 1065 

OCR - 8 

Denver 

Date of 

Receipt N/A 

2023-

09-28 

2023-

09-26 

2023-

09-19 

2023-

07-28 

2023-

03-03 

2022-

01-20 

2021-

10-26 

2019-

10-18 

2018-

05-08 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 1 3 8 44 146 426 484 990 1354 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

09-20 

2023-

09-19 

2023-

07-26 

2023-

07-25 

2023-

07-05 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 46 47 61 

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 

ODS 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

56 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OESE 

Date of 

Receipt 

2022-

06-10 

2022-

05-26 

2022-

03-22 

2022-

01-12 

2021-

11-16 

2021-

10-26 

2021-

09-30 

2021-

04-14 

2020-

12-03 

2020-

04-06 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 327 337 384 430 470 484 501 619 708 858 

OFO 

Date of 

Receipt 

2023-

06-06 

2023-

06-05 

2023-

05-16 

2023-

03-21 

2022-

12-20 

2022-

12-20 

2022-

12-20 

2022-

05-16 

2022-

04-05 

2022-

01-26 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 80 81 94 134 195 195 195 345 374 422 

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-

08-09 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 421 421 421 421 421 423 445 445 455 538 

OGC 

Date of 

Receipt 

2018-

08-14 

2018-

06-26 

2018-

05-03 

2018-

05-02 

2018-

04-21 

2018-

04-17 

2017-

11-02 

2017-

12-14 

2017-

12-06 

2017-

10-31 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 1242 1320 1357 1358 1365 1369 1418 1453 1459 1483 

OIG 

Date of 

Receipt 

2023-

09-16 

2023-

09-15 

2023-

09-15 

2023-

09-15 

2023-

09-15 

2023-

09-15 

2023-

09-13 

2023-

06-30 

2023-

03-21 

2020-

08-25 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 63 134 776 

57 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OLCA 

Date of 

Receipt 

2022-

03-25 

2022-

03-03 

2022-

02-22 

2022-

01-25 

2021-

11-16 

2020-

07-01 

2020-

06-22 

2020-

05-26 

2020-

03-12 

2020-

02-19 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 381 397 404 423 470 812 821 840 892 908 

OPE 

Date of 

Receipt 

2020-

12-03 

2020-

11-17 

2020-

07-14 

2020-

07-14 

2020-

07-14 

2020-

07-13 

2020-

04-27 

2020-

05-13 

2020-

05-08 

2019-

09-30 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 708 719 806 806 806 807 838 848 851 1003 

OPEPD 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

09-27 

2023-

08-30 

2023-

08-16 

2023-

03-29 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 31 128 

OS 

Date of 

Receipt 

2021-

01-08 

2020-

12-23 

2020-

12-16 

2020-

11-03 

2020-

10-13 

2020-

09-22 

2020-

08-26 

2020-

08-19 

2020-

08-11 

2020-

07-20 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 685 694 699 728 743 757 775 780 786 802 

OSERS 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

2023-

04-24 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 

OUS 

Date of 

Receipt 

2019-

11-29 

2019-

11-14 

2019-

11-14 

2019-

10-22 

2019-

09-18 

2019-

08-05 

2019-

04-04 

2018-

12-21 

2018-

12-20 

2017-

12-21 

58 
 

 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 948 972 972 988 1011 1042 1127 1197 1198 1448 

AGENCY 

Date of 

Receipt 

2017-

11-15 

2017-

11-08 

2017-

11-08 

2017-

11-03 

2017-

10-31 

2017-

10-27 

2017-

10-10 

2017-

10-10 

2017-

10-10 

2017-

09-12 

OVERALL Number 

of Days 

Pending 1473 1477 1477 1480 1483 1485 1498 1498 1498 1517 

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 10 1 1.5 10 

FSC 0 54 1 22.09 48 

IES 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

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

M 0 13 1 13.15 12 

OCIO 0 1 <1 <1 1 

OCO 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OCR 0 15 <1 1.6 14 

59 
OCR - Metro D.C. 0 9 <1 0.56 9 

OCR - 1 Boston 0 2 3 3 2 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 2 <1 <1 2 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0 3 <1 0.33 3 

OCR - 2 New York 0 3 1 2.67 3 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0 3 1 3 3 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 3 <1 4.33 2 

OCR - 5 Chicago 1 4 11 10.6 2 

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 12 1 1.67 12 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 4 1 1.5 4 

OCR - 8 Denver 0 7 1 1.14 7 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 0 6 3.5 4.17 5 

OCTAE 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

ODS 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OESE 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OFO 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

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

OGC 0 4 0.5 2 4 

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OLCA 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

60 
OPE 0 3 <1 0.33 3 

OPEPD 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OS 0 6 1 1.67 6 

OSERS 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OUS 0 2 1.5 1.5 2 

AGENCY OVERALL 1 166 1 9.46 154 

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 62 10 1 3.22 

FSC 173 64 1 4.38 

IES 2 0 N/A N/A 

IES-NAGB 0 0 N/A N/A 

M 42 6 1 4.35 

OCIO 0 1 N/A N/A 

OCO 0 0 N/A N/A 

OCR 22 9 1 16.16 

OCR - Metro D.C. 7 4 1 0.55 

61 
OCR - 1 Boston 3 1 6.5 5.75 

OCR - 10 Seattle 2 5 N/A 2.14 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 3 4 1 0.57 

OCR - 2 New York 6 2 1 1.12 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 6 2 <1 2.38 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 3 2 N/A 1.4 

OCR - 5 Chicago 7 7 1 4.29 

OCR - 6 Dallas 4 7 1 2.27 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 2 1 1 1.67 

OCR - 8 Denver 2 8 1 7.3 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 2 4 1 2.33 

OCTAE 0 0 N/A N/A 

ODS 0 0 N/A N/A 

OESE 3 2 1 1.6 

OFO 9 2 1 3.45 

OFO-CAM 0 0 N/A N/A 

OGC 9 6 1 4.33 

OIG 1 0 N/A N/A 

OLCA 2 1 N/A 0.33 

OPE 5 10 1 2.27 

62 
OPEPD 1 0 10 10 

OS 18 4 1 2.68 

OSERS 1 0 1 1 

OUS 5 0 1 3.8 

AGENCY OVERALL 402 162 1 4.39 

IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs 

Agency / 

Component 

PERSONNEL COSTS 

Number of 

"Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees" 

Number of 

"Equivalent 

Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees" 

Total 

Number 

of "FullTime 

FOIA 

Staff" 

Processing 

Costs 

LitigationRelated 

Costs 

Total Costs 

FSA 4 2.00 6.00 694122.89 9685.00 703807.89 

FSC 12 0.29 12.29 2734832.85 0.00 2734832.85 

IES 0 0.25 0.25 40000.00 0.00 40000.00 

IES-NAGB 0 0.25 0.25 38504.00 0.00 38504.00 

M 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

OCIO 0 0.20 0.20 15412.00 0.00 15412.00 

OCO 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

OCR 9 1.04 10.04 1221401.60 0.00 1221401.60 

63 
 

 

 

 

OCR - Metro D.C. 1 0.80 1.80 232000.00 0.00 232000.00 

OCR - 1 Boston 0 1.00 1.00 101055.00 0.00 101055.00 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 1.00 1.00 113249.05 0.00 113249.05 

OCR - 12 

Cleveland 0 0.75 0.75 104115.00 0.00 104115.00 

OCR - 2 New York 0 2.93 2.93 311544.88 0.00 311544.88 

OCR - 3 

Philadelphia 0 1.20 1.20 140407.05 0.00 140407.05 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0 1.50 1.50 148856.00 0.00 148856.00 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 2.00 2.00 225000.00 0.00 225000.00 

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 1.00 1.00 143086.00 0.00 143086.00 

OCR - 7 Kansas 

City 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

OCR - 8 Denver 0 1.10 1.10 127500.00 0.00 127500.00 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 0 0.60 0.60 85000.00 0.00 85000.00 

OCTAE 0 0.50 0.50 8603.75 0.00 8603.75 

ODS 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

OESE 1 1.95 2.95 425421.00 0.00 425421.00 

OFO 0 0.25 0.25 19486.00 0.00 19486.00 

OFO-CAM 0 1.50 1.50 201938.00 0.00 201938.00 

OGC 1 0.90 1.90 235843.20 33490.65 269333.85 

64 
 

OIG 1 1.00 2.00 261199.00 0.00 261199.00 

OLCA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

OPE 0 3.45 3.45 385994.45 0.00 385994.45 

OPEPD 0 0.61 0.61 72706.58 30657.69 103364.27 

OS 3 0.50 3.50 451934.56 0.00 451934.56 

OSERS 0 0.41 0.41 119668.00 0.00 119668.00 

OUS 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 32 28.53 60.63 8658880.86 73833.34 8732714.20 

Component “M” represents a request that is assigned to multiple 

components. As a result, personnel and costs are already allocated 

to each respective component. OCR-7 Kansas City had no resources 

to process requests, as a result, OCR processed their requests. ODS 

had no resources to process requests, as a result, OS processed their 

requests. 

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests 

Agency / 

Component 

Total Amount 

of Fees 

Collected 

Percentage of 

Total Costs 

FSA 0.00 0.0000 

65 
FSC 0.00 0.0000 

IES 0.00 0.0000 

IES-NAGB 0.00 0.0000 

M 0.00 0.0000 

OCIO 0.00 0.0000 

OCO 0.00 0.0000 

OCR 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - Metro D.C. 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - 1 Boston 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - 2 New York 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - 6 Dallas 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0.00 0.0000 

OCR - 8 Denver 74.98 0.0600 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 0.00 0.0000 

OCTAE 0.00 0.0000 

66 
ODS 0.00 0.0000 

OESE 0.00 0.0000 

OFO 0.00 0.0000 

OFO-CAM 0.00 0.0000 

OGC 0.00 0.0000 

OIG 0.00 0.0000 

OLCA 0.00 0.0000 

OPE 0.00 0.0000 

OPEPD 0.00 0.0000 

OS 0.00 0.0000 

OSERS 0.00 0.0000 

OUS 0.00 0.0000 

AGENCY OVERALL 74.98 0.0000 

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

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

Agency / Component Number of Times Subsection 

Used 

FSA 0 

FSC 0 

67 
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 

ODS 0 

68 
 

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 

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 0 122 

FSC 17 0 

IES 0 73 

69 
IES-NAGB 0 0 

M 0 0 

OCIO 0 0 

OCO 0 0 

OCR 0 0 

OCR - Metro D.C. 0 48 

OCR - 1 Boston 0 32 

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 27 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 0 

OCR - 6 Dallas 0 56 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 0 0 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 0 66 

OCTAE 0 0 

ODS 0 0 

OESE 0 707 

70 
OFO 0 4 

OFO-CAM 0 0 

OGC 0 0 

OIG 0 0 

OLCA 0 0 

OPE 0 329 

OPEPD 0 0 

OS 0 6 

OSERS 0 0 

OUS 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 17 1470 

XII. Appeals, 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 56 19 

FSC 992 0 

IES 9 0 

71 
IES-NAGB 1 0 

M 143 1 

OCIO 0 0 

OCO 6 0 

OCR 135 3 

OCR - Metro D.C. 37 1 

OCR - 1 Boston 15 1 

OCR - 10 Seattle 25 0 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 3 2 

OCR - 2 New York 59 0 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 2 1 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 18 1 

OCR - 5 Chicago 5 2 

OCR - 6 Dallas 11 1 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 30 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 6 1 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 3 1 

OCTAE 0 0 

ODS 0 0 

OESE 19 0 

72 
OFO 11 0 

OFO-CAM 14 0 

OGC 108 1 

OIG 3 0 

OLCA 18 0 

OPE 117 0 

OPEPD 4 0 

OS 93 0 

OSERS 1 0 

OUS 34 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 1978 35 

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 1 0 1 0 

73 
FSC 1 4 5 0 

IES 0 1 1 0 

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 

M 0 1 1 0 

OCIO 0 1 1 0 

OCO 1 1 2 0 

OCR 0 2 2 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 

74 
 

 

ODS 0 0 0 0 

OESE 0 0 0 0 

OFO 0 4 4 0 

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 

OGC 0 3 3 0 

OIG 0 0 0 0 

OLCA 0 0 0 0 

OPE 0 0 0 0 

OPEPD 0 1 1 0 

OS 0 3 3 0 

OSERS 0 0 0 0 

OUS 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 3 21 24 0 

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 

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

FSA 

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

75 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSC 

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 

76 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

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 

77 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

ODS 

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 

78 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

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 

79 
 

 

 

AGENCY 

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

OVERALL Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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 151 108 75 146 

FSC 964 1029 493 665 

IES 19 14 11 22 

IES-NAGB 1 1 0 0 

M 135 73 85 79 

OCIO 1 3 0 1 

OCO 4 3 1 1 

OCR 163 165 104 160 

OCR - Metro D.C. 57 104 50 84 

80 
OCR - 1 Boston 37 109 34 99 

OCR - 10 Seattle 23 52 15 34 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 5 21 3 18 

OCR - 2 New York 70 184 47 166 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 57 109 52 108 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 28 85 24 82 

OCR - 5 Chicago 71 153 65 150 

OCR - 6 Dallas 62 60 60 63 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 3 22 0 1 

OCR - 8 Denver 131 133 126 133 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 68 112 45 131 

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 

ODS 0 1 0 1 

OESE 35 20 22 34 

OFO 14 20 14 15 

OFO-CAM 17 3 6 10 

OGC 36 20 23 9 

OIG 61 78 64 69 

OLCA 9 9 1 3 

OPE 80 67 18 53 

81 
OPEPD 9 8 8 13 

OS 53 37 9 24 

OSERS 5 6 5 8 

OUS 3 7 2 3 

AGENCY OVERALL 2372 2816 1462 2385 

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 78 56 

FSC 673 992 

IES 7 9 

IES-NAGB 0 1 

M 124 143 

OCIO 0 0 

OCO 3 6 

OCR 131 135 

82 
OCR - Metro D.C. 11 37 

OCR - 1 Boston 2 15 

OCR - 10 Seattle 5 25 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 2 3 

OCR - 2 New York 43 59 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 2 2 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 15 18 

OCR - 5 Chicago 5 5 

OCR - 6 Dallas 12 11 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 11 30 

OCR - 8 Denver 5 6 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 0 3 

OCTAE 0 0 

ODS 0 0 

OESE 20 19 

OFO 5 11 

OFO-CAM 12 14 

OGC 96 108 

OIG 2 3 

OLCA 13 18 

83 
 

OPE 143 117 

OPEPD 2 4 

OS 108 93 

OSERS 0 1 

OUS 27 34 

AGENCY OVERALL 1557 1978 

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 11 10 7 12 

FSC 15 11 14 12 

IES 0 1 0 1 

IES-NAGB 0 0 0 0 

M 3 2 5 3 

OCIO 0 0 0 0 

84 
OCO 0 0 0 0 

OCR 3 8 11 7 

OCR - Metro D.C. 3 1 3 3 

OCR - 1 Boston 0 1 2 0 

OCR - 10 Seattle 1 0 2 0 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 1 1 0 0 

OCR - 2 New York 0 0 2 0 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 3 1 1 2 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 1 0 1 2 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 2 0 0 

OCR - 6 Dallas 2 0 1 0 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 0 2 0 0 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 1 0 1 0 

OCTAE 0 0 0 0 

ODS 0 0 0 0 

OESE 0 0 1 0 

OFO 0 0 0 0 

OFO-CAM 0 0 0 0 

OGC 3 1 5 2 

85 
OIG 1 4 1 4 

OLCA 0 0 0 0 

OPE 1 0 1 0 

OPEPD 1 0 1 0 

OS 1 0 2 0 

OSERS 0 0 0 0 

OUS 0 0 1 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 51 45 62 48 

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 20 19 

FSC 1 0 

IES 0 0 

IES-NAGB 0 0 

M 1 1 

86 
OCIO 0 0 

OCO 0 0 

OCR 2 3 

OCR - Metro D.C. 2 1 

OCR - 1 Boston 0 1 

OCR - 10 Seattle 0 0 

OCR - 12 Cleveland 1 2 

OCR - 2 New York 0 0 

OCR - 3 Philadelphia 1 1 

OCR - 4 Atlanta 3 1 

OCR - 5 Chicago 0 2 

OCR - 6 Dallas 1 1 

OCR - 7 Kansas City 0 0 

OCR - 8 Denver 0 1 

OCR - 9 San 

Francisco 1 1 

OCTAE 0 0 

ODS 0 0 

OESE 0 0 

OFO 0 0 

OFO-CAM 0 0 

87 
OGC 1 1 

OIG 0 0 

OLCA 0 0 

OPE 0 0 

OPEPD 0 0 

OS 0 0 

OSERS 0 0 

OUS 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 34 35 

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