U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 

ANNUAL REPORT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 

 Disclosure Services 

January 5, 2010 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

The Departmental Offices (DO) 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) 

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) 

Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) 

Financial Management Service (FMS) 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

United States Mint (MINT) 

Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) 

Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) 

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) 
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ANNUAL REPORT 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 

CONTENTS 

I. Basic Information Regarding Report 

II. Making a FOIA Request 

III. Acronyms, Definitions, and Exemptions 

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes 

V. FOIA Requests 

VI. Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests 

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

VIII. Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waiver 

IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs 

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests 

XI. FOIA Regulations 

XII. Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisons 

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT. 

This is the Fiscal Year 2009 FOIA Report for the Department of the Treasury. For purposes of 

administering the FOIA, the Department is divided into 10 bureaus. Each bureau is responsible 

for those records under its control, and each bureau will post its report on its own web site. 

Disclosure Services prepared the report in collaboration with the bureau FOIA Officers. 
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Questions about the report may be directed to: 

1. Hugh Gilmore, Departmental Disclosure Officer 

Disclosure Services 

Ph: 202/622-0930; Fax: 202/622-3895 

Address: 

FOIA Request 

Disclosure Services 

Department of the Treasury 

Washington, DC 20220 

2. Treasury Department FOIA Home Page: www.treas.gov/foia/ 

3. Paper copies of this report may be obtained by contacting Disclosure Services 

or by downloading from the Treasury FOIA website at: 

http://www.treas.gov/foia/reports/index.html, “FY 2009 FOIA Report to the Attorney 

General.”

 
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II. MAKING A FOIA REQUEST. 

The Department of the Treasury’s Guide to Accessing Treasury Records is available at 

www.treas.gov/foia/, or by contacting Disclosure Services, as described above. 

1. Names, addresses, and numbers of Treasury bureau FOIA officers. 

Departmental Offices (DO) 

Hugh Gilmore 

Disclosure Services 

Ph: 202/622-0930 

Fax: 202/622-3895 

Address: 

FOIA Request 

Department of the Treasury 

Washington, DC 20220 

Comptroller of the Currency (CC)

Frank Vance 

Ph: 202/874-4700 

Fax: 202/874-5274 

Address: 

Disclosure (FOIA) Office 

Washington, DC 20219 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

 Bureau (TTB)

Helen Belt 

Ph: 202/927-8210 

Fax: 202/927-8525 

Address: 

Disclosure Services 

1310 G Street, NW, Suite 200-E 

Washington, DC 20220

Bureau of Engraving & Printing (BEP)

James Braun 

Ph: 202/874-3733 

Fax: 202/874-2951 

Address: 

FOIA OFFICE 

Room 419-A 

14th & C Streets, SW 

Washington, DC 20228

Financial Management Service (FMS)

Cynthia Sydnor 

Ph: 202/874-0765 

Fax: 202/874-2391 

Address: 

Disclosure Branch 

401 14th Street, SW 

Washington, DC 20227

Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD)

Denise Nelson 

Ph: 304/480-8402

Fax: 304/480-8188 

Address: 

FOIA Request 

200 3rd Street, Rm. A4-A 

Parkersburg, WV 26106
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Marie Twarog 

Phone: 770-234-4374 

Fax: 770-234-4346 

Address: (Headquarters only) 

Internal Revenue Service 

FOIA Requests 

Headquarters Disclosure Office 

Room 2012 

1111 Constitution Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20224-0001 

Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)

Marilyn K. Burton 

Ph: 202/906-6467 

Fax: 202/906-6353 

Address: 

FOIA Requests 

1700 G Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20552

United States Mint (Mint)

Kathleen Saunders-Mitchell 

Ph: 202/354-7292 

Fax: 202/756-6100 

Address: 

FOIA Request 

801 9th Street, NW – 8th Floor 

Washington, DC 20220

Treasury Inspector General for 

 Tax Administration (TIGTA) 

Amy P. Jones 

Ph: 202/927-7044 

Fax: 202/622-3339 

Address: FOIA Request 

TIGTA Chief Counsel 

1125 15TH Street, NW, Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20005

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

 (FinCEN) 

Amanda Michanczyk 

Ph: 703/905-3537 

Fax: 703/905-3885 

Address: FOIA Request 

PO Box 39 

Vienna, VA 22183

 

2. Brief description of why some requests are not granted and an overview of certain 

general categories of the Department’s records to which the FOIA exemptions apply. 

The most common reasons reported by the bureaus regarding why requests for records could not 

be granted were: (1) protecting personal privacy; (2) deliberative process privilege; (3) the 

records reflected the internal practices involved in investigations or inspections; (4) the records 

contained confidential taxpayer information and other statutorily protected information; and (5) 

the records contained contractor confidential and proprietary commercial information. Others: 

records did not exist; procedural requirements were not followed. 

 
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III. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS 

 1. Agency-specific acronyms or terms used in this Report: 

 

BEP Bureau of Engraving and Printing 

BPD Bureau of the Public Debt 

DO Departmental Offices 

FinCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

FMS Financial Management Service 

IRS Internal Revenue Service 

MINT United States Mint 

OCC Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 

OTS Office of Thrift Supervision 

TIGTA Treasury Inspector General (Tax Administration) 

TTB Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 

 2. Basic Terms Used in This Report 

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.

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.
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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 which require 

the agency to utilize 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 decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA 

request. 

i. Full Denial – an agency decision 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 place in 

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

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. 
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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 the records requested. 

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 the records requested. 

l. Partial Grant/Partial Denial – in response to a FOIA request, an agency decision 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 which 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 – a request or administrative 

appeal for which an agency has taken final action in all respects.

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 20 working days from receipt of a "perfected" FOIA request). 

3. Descriptions of 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 
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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 

i. Exemption 9: geological information on wells 

IV.EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES 

A. Exemption 3 Statutes Relied upon to Withhold Information 
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Statute 

Type of Information 

Withheld Case Citation Component 

Number of 

Times Relied 

upon per 

Component 

Total 

Number 

of Times 

Relied 

upon per 

Agency 

26 U.S.C. 

6103 

 same as below. DO 1 

1987 

Taxpayer Information 

Church of Scientology Int’l v. United 

Stats Dep’t of Justice, 30 F.3d 224, 

235 (1st Cir. 1994). TTB 18 

 OCC 

 BEP 

Tax Return Information FMS 44 

Confidential Returns and 

Return Information: 26 

USC § 6103 prohibits 

the disclosure of (1) tax 

returns and return 

information of third 

party taxpayers (section 

6103(a)); (2) the 

standards used for 

selection of returns for 

examination (section 

6103(b)(2)); and (3) a 

requester’s own return 

information if the release 

would seriously impair 

federal tax 

administration (section 

6103(e)(7)). 

White v. IRS, 707 F.2d 897 (6th Cir. 

1983); Church of Scientology v. IRS, 

484 U.S. 9 (1987); Aronson v. IRS, 

973 F.2d 962 (1st Cir. 1992); 

Stebbins v. Sullivan, No. 90-5361, 

slip op. at 1 (D.C. Cir. July 22, 1992); 

Wishart v. Commissioner, C-97-

20614-SW (N.D. Cal., decided August 

6, 1998); Gillin v. IRS, No. 90-31 

(D.N.H. Apr. 15, 1991), aff’d, 980 

F.2d 819 (1st Cir. 1992); Casa 

Investors, Ltd. v. Gibbs, No. 88-2485, 

1990 WL 180703 (D.D.C. Oct. 11, 

1990); White v. IRS, 707 F.2d 897 

(6th Cir. 1983); Chamberlain v. 

Kurtz, 589 F.2d 827 (5th Cir.1979), 

cert. denied, 444 U.S. 842 (1979); 

and others.

IRS 1886 

 MINT 

 BPD 

 OTS 

 TIGTA 38 

 FinCEN 

 

 

31 U.S.C. 

5319 

 DO 

198 

 TTB 

 OCC 

 BEP 

 FMS 
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Bank Secrecy Act 

Records: Prohibits the 

disclosure of records. 

Generally used to 

withhold Currency 

Transaction Reports. 

Small v. IRS, 820 F. Supp. 163 

(D.N.J. 1992) 

IRS 70 

 MINT 

 BPD 

 OTS 

 TIGTA 

BSA Records 

Small v. IRS, 820 F. Supp. 163 

(D.N.J. 1992) FinCEN 128 

 

26 U.S.C. 

6105 

 DO 

3 

 TTB 

 OCC 

 BEP 

 FMS 

Confidential information 

arising under treaty 

obligations. 

Tax Analysts v. IRS, 217 F. Supp. 2d 

23 (D.D.C. 2002)

IRS 3 

 MINT 

 BPD 

 OTS 

 TIGTA 

 FinCEN 

 

Rule 6(e) of 

the Federal 

Rules of 

Criminal 

Procedure 

 DO 

16 

 TTB 

 OCC 

 BEP 

 FMS 

Part of the Federal Rules 

of Criminal Procedure – 

Grand Jury Secrecy: 

regulates matters 

occurring before the 

Grand Jury. Used to 

withhold records used in 

Grand Jury proceedings. 

Fund for Constitutional Gov’t v. 

National Archives & Records Service, 

656 F. 2nd 856, 867 (D.C. Cir. 1981); 

Walston v. U.S. Department of 

Justice, 799 F. Supp. 193, 195 

(D.D.C. 1992). 

IRS 15 

 MINT 

 BPD 

 OTS 

 TIGTA 1 

 FinCEN 
13

 

18 U.S.C. 701 

 DO 

41 

 TTB 

 OCC 

 BEP 

 FMS 

Official Badges, 

identification cards. 

Prohibits the 

reproduction of official 

identification media. 

Used to withhold copies 

of IRS employee 

identification badges and 

pocket commissions. 

Not litigated 

IRS 41 

 MINT 

 BPD 

 OTS 

 TIGTA 

 FinCEN 

 

 

41 U.S.C. 253 

(b) 

 DO 

9 

 TTB 

 OCC 

 BEP 

 FMS 

Protects the solicitations 

of unsuccessful bidders 

in a competitive 

proposal. This provision 

is used to withhold the 

unsuccessful bidder’s 

contract proposal as well 

as information in the 

winning solicitation that 

was not incorporated into 

the contract. 

Hornbostel v. Dept of Interior, 

No.02-0523, 2003 WL 23303294 

(D.D.C., 2003)

IRS 9 
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 MINT 

 BPD 

 OTS 

 TIGTA 

 FinCEN 

 
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V. FOIA REQUESTS. 

 A. Received, Processed and Pending FOIA Requests. 

 

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 

DO 1557 1099 890 1766

TTB 8 86 93 1

OCC 23 2693 2681 35

BEP 0 71 71 0

FMS 9 322 329 2

IRS 983 14405 14507 881

MINT 1 76 75 2

BPD 0 119 119 0

OTS 57 818 831 44

TIGTA 16 220 218 18

FinCEN 2 166 166 2

 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 2656 20075 19980 2751
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B. (1) Disposition of FOIA Requests – All Processed Requests (continued below) 

 Number 

of Full 

Grants 

Number of 

Partial 

Grants/Partial 

Denials 

Number of 

Full Denials 

Based on 

Exemptions 

DO 111 162 21

TTB 21 35 12

OCC 2295 87 65

BEP 25 16 4

FMS 45 63 52

IRS 4914 2191 133

MINT 33 8 2

BPD 38 10 0

OTS 460 180 54

TIGTA 15 76 7

FinCEN 11 25 101

 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 7968 2853 451

 Disposition of FOIA Requests (continued from above) 

Number of Full Denials Based of 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

113 30 24 224 118 44 0 15 28 890

12 4 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 93

116 43 24 1 4 22 20 4 0 2681

15 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 71

58 23 4 25 9 1 46 1 2 329

1463 165 132 188 1032 4126 74 89 0 14507

14 2 1 0 0 11 4 0 0 75

42 13 0 0 2 0 14 0 0 119

58 5 42 3 2 5 13 9 0 831

24 15 4 3 0 63 5 6 0 218

24 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 166

 

1939 304 235 447 1170 4280 179 124 30 19980
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B. (2) Disposition of FOIA Requests – “Other” Reasons for “Full Denials Based on Reasons 

Other than Exemptions (from Section V. B(1) Chart 

 

Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from 

Chart B(1) & Number of Times Those Reasons 

Were Relied Upon TOTAL 

DO Still interested letter uninterested -28 28

TTB 0

OCC 0

BEP 0

FMS 

Documents available next month - 1 

Sent to FMS in error - 1 

 2

IRS 0

MINT 0

BPD 0

OTS 0

TIGTA 0

FinCEN 0

 
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B. (3) Disposition of FOIA Requests - Number of Times Exemptions Applied: 

 

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 

DO 9 56 11 64 60 127 1 0 26 7 7 6 6 0

TTB 0 1 18 18 10 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

OCC 0 2 0 49 39 35 2 2 2 3 3 2 113 0

BEP 1 3 0 9 3 12 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0

FMS 0 2 45 3 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IRS 0 116 1960 38 518 560 400 0 896 38 806 3 0 0

MINT 0 1 0 2 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 200 55 126 3 0 12 0 4 0 186 0

TIGTA 0 16 38 1 10 2 0 0 73 8 7 3 0 0

FinCEN 0 12 128 0 3 22 0 0 18 3 19 0 1 0

 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 10 209 2200 389 702 1006 410 2 1028 59 849 17 306 0

 
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VI. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA 

REQUESTS 

A. Received, Processed and Pending Administrative Appeals 

 

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 

DO 13 36 20 29

TTB 7 7 9 5

OCC 8 28 12 24

BEP 1 7 8 0

FMS 1 7 8 0

IRS 42 241 223 60

MINT 0 3 3 0

BPD 0 3 3 0

OTS 0 8 8 0

TIGTA 4 20 23 1

FinCEN 0 4 4 0

 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 76 364 321 119

B. Disposition of Administrative Appeals – All Processed Appeals 

 

Number 

Affirmed 

on Appeal 

Number of Partially 

Affirmed & Partially 

Reversed/ Remanded on 

Appeal 

Number of Completely 

Reversed/Remanded 

on Appeal 

Number of 

Appeals 

Closed for 

Other Reasons TOTAL 

DO 16 0 4 0 20

TTB 5 4 0 0 9

OCC 2 2 2 6 12

BEP 1 5 1 1 8

FMS 5 2 1 0 8

IRS 220 1 0 2 223

MINT 2 0 0 1 3

BPD 2 1 0 0 3

OTS 3 5 0 0 8

TIGTA 10 12 1 0 23

FinCEN 4 0 0 0 4

 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 270 32 9 10 321
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C. (1) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Number of Times Exemptions Applied 

 

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 

DO 0 0 3 3 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TTB 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

BEP 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IRS 0 4 62 12 34 24 23 1 34 2 21 1 0 0

MINT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

TIGTA 0 2 11 0 1 0 0 1 18 1 1 0 0 0

FinCEN 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 10 83 23 51 36 24 2 53 3 23 1 8 0

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

 

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 

DO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

TTB 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 

BEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

FMS 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

IRS 37 0 0 8 2 13 0 1 0 0 40 

MINT 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BPD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OTS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

TIGTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

 

TOTAL 51 1 1 9 2 13 0 1 0 0 49 
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C. (3) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – “Other” Reasons from Section VI. C (2) Chart 

 

Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from 

Chart B(1) & Number of Times Those Reasons 

Were Relied Upon TOTAL 

DO records already released 1

TTB 0

OCC not a FOIA 6

BEP Appeal was not filed timely 1

FMS 0

IRS 

Untimely Appeal-12; Records Already 

Released-13; Imperfect FOIA Request-3; 

Adequate Search-12 40

MINT 0

BPD 0

OTS 

No grounds 

1

TIGTA 0

FinCEN 0

C. (4) Response Time for Administrative Appeals 

 

Median Number 

of Days 

Average 

Number of 

Days 

Lowest Number 

of Days 

Highest Number of 

Days 

DO 39 63 20 167

TTB 130.0 71.89 1 260

OCC <1 4.5 <1 36

BEP 20 18.25 9 20

FMS 14 13 7 20

IRS 64 69.5 8 181

MINT 9 10 2 19

BPD 10 11 8 11

OTS 22 25 7 47

TIGTA 13 32 1 335

FinCEN 6.5 7 6 9

AGENCY 

OVERALL: 50.5 61.3 0 335
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Response Time 

for 

Administrative 

Appeals 

10th 

Oldest 

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

DO Date of Receipt 7/3/2008 7/3/2008 4/18/2008 2/25/2008 9/18/2007 5/4/2007 11/4/2004 11/4/2004 11/24/2004 12/27/1995 

 # of Days Pending 454 454 530 583 743 880 1791 1791 1783 4881 

TTB Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 5/4/2009 11/15/2008 77/7/2007 4/30/2007 2/21/2007 

 # of Days Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 80 200 680 820 860 

OCC Date of Receipt 8/18/2009 8/18/2009 8/18/2009 7/29/2009 7/15/2009 7/15/2009 7/8/2009 5/7/2009 4/28/2009 4/3/2009 

 # of Days Pending 30 30 36 44 50 54 59 101 108 125 

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

 # of Days Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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

 # of Days Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

IRS Date of Receipt 5/18/2009 5/18/2009 5/15/2009 5/14/2009 5/12/2009 4/24/2009 4/24/2009 4/22/2009 3/9/2009 1/15/2008 

# of Days Pending 135 135 138 139 141 159 159 161 205 624 

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

# of Days Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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

 # of Days Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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

 # of Days Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

TIG 

TA Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/18/2009 

 # of Days Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 07 

FIN 

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

# of Days Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 
23

 

VII. FOIA REQUESTS: RESPONSE TIME FOR PROCESSED AND PENDING 

REQUESTS 

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

 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 

DO 0 0 0 0 147 360 2 3668 82 88 2 178

TTB 9 10.5 1 29 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0

OCC 4 9 1 10 6 13 1 20 2 3 1 5

BEP 7 7.8 1 20 26 17.9 1 27 0 0 0 0

FMS 0 0 0 0 5 7 1 31 0 0 0 0

IRS 0 0 0 0 15 24.8 <1 988 14 27.1 5 66

MINT 0 0 0 0 35 12.9 1 71 29 29 5 53

BPD 0 0 0 0 3 5.2 1 37 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 0 9 30 <1 583 0 0 0 0

TIGTA 15 17 <1 73 31 31 <1 90 0 0 0 0

FinCEN 2 2.3 1 5 7 10.2 1 50 0 0 0 0

 

Agency 

Overall 6 10.8 0 73 14 47.6 0 3668 74 81.6 0 178
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B. Processed Requests – Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which Information Was 

Granted 

 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 

DO 0 0 0 0 81 219 2 2179 87 88 2 163

TTB 9.5 7 0 16 14 24 14 36 0 0 0 0

OCC 10 15 2 20 11 17 1 20 5 9 2 10

BEP 10 7.6 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FMS 0 0 0 0 13 14 1 31 0 0 0 0

IRS 0 0 0 0 17 28.2 <1 988 19 30.3 5 66

MINT 0 0 0 0 5 12.7 1 71 0 0 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 0 4 6.4 1 37 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 0 3 16 <1 569 0 0 0 0

TIGTA 22 27 1 73 32 34 15 90 0 0 0 0

FinCEN 2 2 1 3 7 10 2 28 0 0 0 0

 

Agency 

Overall 12 16.1 0 73 16 29.7 0 2179 75.5 75.6 0 163

C. Processed Requests – Response Time in Day Increments 

Simple Requests 

 

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

DO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TTB 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18

OCC 2681 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2681

BEP 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61

FMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IRS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MINT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TIGTA 139 41 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 196

FinCEN 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111

 

Agency 

Overall 3010 41 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3067
25

Complex Requests 

 

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

DO 5 13 17 25 38 18 34 38 12 11 102 34 131 478

TTB 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

OCC 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21

BEP 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

FMS 318 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 329

IRS 7231 1580 651 192 72 35 16 15 6 10 26 24 70 9928

MINT 62 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76

BPD 118 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119

OTS 537 149 60 26 17 6 5 4 4 1 13 5 4 831

TIGTA 9 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22

FinCEN 53 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 110

 

Agency 

Overall 8362 1780 734 244 128 59 55 57 22 22 141 63 260 11927

Requests Granted Expedited Processing 

 

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 

DO 60 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95

TTB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150

BEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FMS 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

IRS 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

MINT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

BPD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TIGTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Agency 

Overall 227 36 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 265
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D. Pending Requests 

 1. 

 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 

DO 0 0 0 452 265 542 42 90 93

TTB 2 14 14 1 14 14 0 0 0

OCC 35 4 14 10 6 13 5 0 9

BEP 0 7 7.8 0 20 16.9 0 0 0

FMS 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0

IRS 0 0 0 881 12 27.5 0 0 0

MINT 0 0 0 2 11 11 0 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 44 28 69 0 0 0

TIGTA 18 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0

FinCEN 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0

 

Agency 

Overall 55 9.5 8.5 1394 21 191.1 47 90 85

E. Pending Request – Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Request 

 10th Oldest 

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

DO 

Date of 

Receipt 4/17/2002 4/3/2002 1/28/2002 1/28/2002 6/15/2001 4/26/2001 4/24/2001 2/21/2001 1/31/2001 9/9/1999 

 

# of 

Days 

Pending 2721 2735 2799 2799 3027 3077 3079 3141 3161 3671 

TTB 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/10/2009 

 

# of 

Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14 
27

OCC 

Date of 

Receipt 9/30/2009 9/29/2009 9/25/2009 9/24/2009 9/18/2009 9/23/2009 9/17/2009 9/16/2009 9/11/2009 9/10/2009 

 

# of 

Days 

Pending 0 1 3 6 5 7 10 11 13 20 

BEP 

Date of 

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

 

# of 

Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

FMS 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/30/2009 9/28/2009 

 

# of 

Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 2 

IRS 

Date of 

Receipt 05/28/08 05/13/08 04/28/08 03/19/08 03/14/08 02/02/08 12/13/07 12/12/07 08/24/06 07/13/2006 

 

# of 

Days 

Pending 337 347 358 386 389 418 450 451 775 805 

MINT 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/28/2009 9/22/2009 

 

# of 

Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3 20 

BPD 

Date of 

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

 

# of 

Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OTS 

Date of 

Receipt 6/10/2009 6/10/2009 5/29/2009 5/19/2009 5/19/2009 5/19/2009 5/12/2009 2/17/2009 2/5/2009 2/25/2008 

 

# of 

Days 

Pending 83 83 91 98 98 98 103 163 170 431 

TIGTA 

Date of 

Receipt 9/8/2009 9/8/2009 9/2/2009 9/1/2009 9/1/2009 8/27/2009 8/26/2009 8/24/2009 8/24/2009 8/18/2009 

 

# of 

Days 

Pending 4 16 4 1 17 13 13 12 12 13 

FinCEN 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/30/2009 9/24/2009 

 

# of 

Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 5 
28

VIII. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING AND REQUESTS FOR FEE 

WAIVER 

A. Requests for Expedited Processing 

 

Number 

Granted 

Number 

Denied 

Median 

Number of 

Days to 

Adjudicate 

Average 

Number of 

Days to 

Adjudicate 

DO 57 28 7 10

TTB 0 0 0 0

OCC 103 66 0 1

BEP 0 0 0 0

FMS 11 0 1 3

IRS 6 7 0 11.2

MINT 1 1 29 29

BPD 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 0

TIGTA 0 2 12 12

FinCEN 0 0 0 0

 

Agency 

Overall 178 104 7 10.5

B. Requests for Fee Waiver 

 

Number 

Granted 

Number 

Denied 

Median Number of 

Days to Adjudicate 

Average Number of 

Days to Adjudicate 

Number Adjudicated Within 

Ten Calendar Days 

DO 66 44 40 42 24

TTB 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 24 25 0 1 49

BEP 2 1 3 3 0

FMS 0 8 1 3 7

IRS 70 29 7 16.8 54

MINT 1 1 14.1 14.1 0

BPD 0 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 0 0

TIGTA 1 5 8 10 5

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0

 

Agency 

Overall 164 113 17 28.6 139
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IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS 

 Personnel Costs 

 

Number of 

"Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees" 

Number of 

"Equivalent 

Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees" 

Total 

Number of 

"Full-Time 

FOIA Staff" 

Processing 

Costs 

LitigationRelated 

Costs Total Costs 

DO 20 5.9 25.9 $1,814,057 $151,568 $ 1,965,625.00 

TTB 1 4 5 $129,214.00 0 $129,214.00

OCC 6 2 8 $949,342.00 0 $ 949,342.00 

BEP 2 2 4 $2,678,282.00 0 $2,678,282.00

FMS 0 4 4 $374,511.00 $25,000.00 $399,511.00

IRS 10 55.7 65.7 $8,807,197.88 $757,431.36 $9,564,629.24

MINT 2 0 2 $193,439.00 0 $193,439.00

BPD 1 0.2 1.2 $145,000.00 0 $145,000.00

OTS 2 3 5 $402,103.00 0 $402,103.00

TIGTA 0 3.41 3.41 $ 442,091.00 0 $ 442,091.00 

FinCEN 1 0.7 1.7 $168,857.00 0 $168,857.00

 

Agency 

Overall 45 80.91 125.91 $16,104,093.88 $933,999.36 $17,038,093.24

. 
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X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS 

 

Total Amount of Fees 

Collected Percentage of Total Costs 

DO $ 189,912.00 10%

TTB $ 5,046.00 4%

OCC $ 355,030.70 37.40%

BEP $ 835.86 0%

FMS $ 14,436.00 4%

IRS $ 257,352.05 3%

MINT $ 451.00 0%

BPD $ 261.48 0%

OTS $ 35,179.29 8.75%

TIGTA $ 35.40 0%

FinCEN 0 0%

 

Agency 

Overall $ 858,539.78 5%

 
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XI. FOIA REGULATIONS 

DO: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/31cfr1_09.html 

TTB: http://www.ttb.gov/foia/ 

OCC: http://www.occ.treas.gov/foia/foia.htm 

BEP: http://www.moneyfactory.gov/foia.html 

FMS: http://fms.treas.gov/foia 

IRS: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getcfr.cgi?TITLE=26&PART=601&SECTION=702&TYPE=TEXT 

MINT: www.usmint.gov 

BPD: http://www.treasurydirect.gov/foia.htm 

OTS: http://www.ots.treas.gov/?p=FreedomOfInformationAct 

TIGTA: http://www.treas.gov/tigta/important_foia.shtml 

FinCEN: http://www.fincen.gov/foia/foia_fees.html and 

http://www.fincen.gov/foia/foia_policies.html 
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XII. BACKLOGS, CONSULTATIONS, AND COMPARISIONS 

A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals 

 

Number of 

Backlogged 

Appeals as of End 

of Fiscal Year 

Number of 

Backlogged 

Requests as of 

End of Fiscal 

Year 

DO 13 382

TTB 5 0

OCC 0 0

BEP 0 0

FMS 0 0

IRS 60 182

MINT 0 0

BPD 0 0

OTS 0 21

TIGTA 0 0

FinCEN 0 0

 

Agency 

Overall 78 585
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B. Consultations on FOIA Requests – Received, Processed, and Pending 

Consultations 

 

Number of 

Consultations 

Received from 

Other Agencies 

that Were Pending 

as of the 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 

During the 

Fiscal Year 

Number of 

Consultations 

Received from 

Other Agencies that 

Were Pending as of 

the End of the 

Fiscal Year 

DO 0 19 13 6 

TTB 0 0 0 0 

OCC 0 0 0 0 

BEP 0 0 0 0 

FMS 1 24 24 1 

IRS 0 47 47 0 

MINT 0 0 0 0 

BPD 0 0 0 0 

OTS 0 0 0 0 

TIGTA 1 2 2 1 

FinCEN 0 3 3 0 

 

Agency 

Overall 2 95 89 8 

 
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C. Consultations on FOIA Requests – Ten Oldest Consultations received from other 

agencies and Pending 

 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd Oldest 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/28/2009 9/18/2009 7/14/2009 6/18/2009 3/3/2009 11/19/2008

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 8 56 79 181 292

TTB 

Date of 

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

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCC 

Date of 

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

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

BEP 

Date of 

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

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

FMS 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/30/2009

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1

IRS 

Date of 

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

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

MINT 

Date of 

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

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

BPD 

Date of 

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

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OTS 

Date of 

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

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 
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TIGTA 

Date of 

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

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

FinCEN 

Date of 

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

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

Agency 

Overall 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/28/2009 9/18/2009 7/14/2009 6/18/2009 3/3/2009 11/19/2008

 

# of Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 8 56 79 181 292

 
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D. Comparison of Numbers of requests from previous and current annual report – 

requests received, processed, and backlogged 

. 

Number of Requests Received Number of Requests Processed 

 

Number of Requests 

Received During 

Fiscal Year from Last 

Year's Annual Report 

Number of Requests 

Received During 

Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual 

Report 

Number of Requests 

Processed During 

Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual 

Report 

Number of Requests 

Processed During 

Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report 

DO 902 1099 620 890

TTB 121 86 120 93

OCC 3197 2693 3210 2681

BEP 83 69 85 71

FMS 262 322 257 329

IRS 14898 14405 15590 14507

MINT 103 76 106 75

BPD 141 119 141 119

OTS 779 818 800 831

TIGTA 253 220 246 218

FinCEN 168 166 177 166

 

Agency 

Overall 20907 20073 21352 19980

 
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Number of 

Backlogged 

Requests as of End 

of Fiscal Year from 

Previous Annual 

Report 

Number of 

Backlogged 

Requests as of End 

of Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual 

Report 

DO 355 382

TTB 0 0

OCC 0 0

BEP 0 0

FMS 0 0

IRS 331 182

MINT 0 0

BPD 0 0

OTS 32 21

TIGTA 0 0

FinCEN 0 0

 

Agency 

Overall 718 585

 
38

E. Comparison of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current 

Annual Report – Appeals Received, Processed, and Backlogged. 

Number of Appeals Received Number of Appeals Processed 

 

Number of Appeals Received 

During Fiscal Year from Last 

Year's Annual Report 

Number of Appeals 

Received During Fiscal 

Year from Current Annual 

Report 

Number of Appeals 

Processed During Fiscal 

Year from Last Year's 

Annual Report 

Number of Appeals 

Processed During Fiscal 

Year from Current 

Annual Report 

DO 12 36 9 20

TTB 6 7 1 9

OCC 21 28 13 12

BEP 2 7 1 8

FMS 8 7 7 8

IRS 262 241 247 223

MINT 1 3 1 3

BPD 0 3 0 3

OTS 1 8 1 8

TIGTA 18 20 19 23

FinCEN 3 4 11 4

 

Agency 

Overall 334 364 310 321

 

Number of Backlogged 

Appeals as of End of 

Fiscal Year from Previous 

Annual Report 

Number of Backlogged 

Appeals as of End of 

Fiscal Year from Current 

Annual Report 

DO 12 13

TTB 6 5

OCC 5 0

BEP 0 0

FMS 0 0

IRS 28 60

MINT 0 0

BPD 0 0

OTS 0 0

TIGTA 3 0

FinCEN 0 0

 

Agency 

Overall 54 78
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F. Discussion of Other FOIA Activities 

http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvement-plan.pdf 

DO: Acquired additional contractor FOIA support during Summer 09 and backfilled a 

FOIA FTE. Utilized summer interns to facilitate administrative FOIA process. 

Successfully implemented detailee support for FOIA administration from Treasury 

bureaus during 2009. 

OCC: acquired new software for FOIA tracking February 2009 allowing electronic 

submissions of requests. 

OTS: Utilized summer interns to facilitate administrative FOIA process