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HHS FOIA Quarterly Open Pending Reports - EOQ1 FY 2018 - December 31, 2017








  
  
    

  
      



**Instructions:** HHS OpDiv FOIA Offices are required to submit the Age of Open, Pending Initial FOIA Requests report to the ASPA Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts Division for fiscal year quarter immediately preceding the following due dates: January 9, 2018, April 10, 2018, July 10, 2018, and October 9, 2018. For the purpose of this report, the term "days" equates to workdays. The data should reflect the status of the open, pending requests on the last day of the reporting quarter. Therefore, the report for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2018 (October-December 2017) is due on January 9, 2018. This data collection supports the HHS strategic FOIA goal of improving processing times for all FOIA requests.

HHS Age of Open Pending Initial FOIA Requests - Simple Track

**Simple Track**
			**<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 PENDING****OS**
			90
			55
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**145****ACF**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			70
			**70****ACL**
			2
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**2****CDC**
			11
			4
			2
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**17****CMS**
			217
			16
			5
			3
			0
			2
			1
			0
			0
			0
			2
			0
			0
			**246****FDA**
			71
			20
			5
			12
			6
			1
			5
			1
			1
			1
			6
			5
			5
			**139****HRSA**
			3
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**3****IHS**
			5
			9
			3
			2
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			1
			17
			1
			0
			**38****NIH**
			79
			36
			15
			20
			10
			4
			2
			2
			2
			1
			9
			0
			0
			**180****OIG**
			20
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**20****PH (OASH and AHRQ)**
			23
			17
			9
			13
			18
			8
			11
			3
			6
			1
			15
			2
			0
			**126****SAMHSA**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			1
			2
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**3****Simple Total**
			**521**
			**157**
			**39**
			**50**
			**34**
			**15**
			**20**
			**8**
			**9**
			**4**
			**49**
			**8**
			**75**
			**989**

HHS Age of Open Pending Initial FOIA Requests - Complex Track

**Complex Track**
			**<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 PENDING****OS**
			0
			28
			145
			66
			58
			63
			49
			45
			57
			50
			117
			44
			101
			**823****ACF**
			0
			7
			22
			8
			15
			5
			4
			1
			5
			5
			6
			12
			18
			**108****ACL**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**0****CDC**
			72
			19
			6
			4
			4
			4
			1
			0
			2
			0
			3
			2
			13
			**130****CMS**
			628
			264
			169
			105
			68
			57
			60
			41
			46
			48
			119
			85
			178
			**1868****FDA**
			265
			221
			178
			239
			123
			130
			130
			113
			89
			94
			435
			259
			510
			**2786****HRSA**
			13
			4
			1
			0
			2
			0
			1
			0
			0
			0
			1
			0
			0
			**22****IHS**
			2
			6
			0
			1
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**9****NIH**
			11
			40
			26
			48
			14
			14
			6
			5
			6
			12
			15
			18
			6
			**221****OIG**
			14
			12
			11
			9
			8
			3
			2
			3
			1
			2
			4
			0
			1
			**70****PH (OASH and AHRQ)**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**0****SAMHSA**
			10
			4
			7
			3
			0
			5
			1
			2
			0
			0
			3
			4
			0
			**39****Complex Total**
			**1015**
			**605**
			**565**
			**483**
			**292**
			**281**
			**254**
			**210**
			**206**
			**211**
			**703**
			**424**
			**827**
			**6076**

HHS Age of Open Pending Initial FOIA Requests - Expedited Track

**Expedited Track**
			**<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 PENDING****OS**
			1
			0
			0
			7
			4
			1
			0
			0
			0
			1
			3
			1
			1
			**19****ACF**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**0****ACL**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**0****CDC**
			3
			2
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			2
			**7****CMS**
			4
			3
			3
			3
			5
			1
			4
			1
			5
			1
			4
			7
			19
			**60****FDA**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			2
			**2****HRSA**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**0****IHS**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**0****NIH**
			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****PH (OASH and AHRQ)**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**0****SAMHSA**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			**0****Expedited Total**
			**8**
			**5**
			**3**
			**10**
			**9**
			**2**
			**4**
			**1**
			**5**
			**2**
			**7**
			**8**
			**24**
			**88**

HHS Age of Open Pending Initial FOIA Requests - Total

**FY 2016 EOQ1**
			**<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 PENDING****Simple Total**
			521
			157
			39
			50
			34
			15
			20
			8
			9
			4
			49
			8
			75
			**989****Complex Total**
			1015
			605
			565
			483
			292
			281
			254
			210
			206
			211
			703
			424
			827
			**6076****Expedited Total**
			8
			5
			3
			10
			9
			2
			4
			1
			5
			2
			7
			8
			24
			**88****GRAND TOTAL PENDING**
			**1544**
			**767**
			**607**
			**543**
			**335**
			**298**
			**278**
			**219**
			**220**
			**217**
			**759**
			**440**
			**926**
			**7153**

                    
  


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