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HHS Fiscal Year 2013 Freedom of Information Annual Report








  
  
    

  
      



I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT

**1. Name, title, address, and telephone number of person(s) to be contacted with questions about the Report.**
Garfield Daley
Acting Director, Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts Division
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
United Sates Department of Health and Human Services
330 C Street, S.W., Room 2221
Washington D.C. 20201
(202) 690-7453

**2.** **ELECTRONIC ADDRESS FOR THIS REPORT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB**

**3. ADDRESS FOR PAPER COPIES OF THIS REPORT**
Contact Robert Eckert at the address or telephone number listed above.
**Copies of the annual reports of a number of individual HHS Operating Divisions can be found by contacting the responsible component shown in Section II below, or by locating a FOIA link at the following websites:

Administration for Community Living (ACL)
	Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
	Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
	Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
	Indian Health Service (IHS)
	National Institute of Health (NIH)
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)
	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)II. HOW TO MAKE A FOIA REQUEST

Requests may be submitted electronically:

Submit a FOIA RequestHHS and OPDIV Freedom of Information Officers/FOIA Requester Service Centers
	**Health and Human Services (HHS)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	Mary E. Switzer Building, Room 2206
	330 C Street, S.W.
	Washington, D.C. 20201
	Phone: 202-690-7453

	**Administration for Children and Families (ACF)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	901 D Street, S.W.
	7th Floor West Aerospace Building
	Washington, D.C. 20447
	Phone: 202-401-9215

	**Administration for Community Living (ACL)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	Washington, D.C. 20201
	Phone: 202-357-3540

	**Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	540 Gaither Road
	The Eisenberg Building, Room 3129
	Rockville, Maryland 20850
	Phone: 301-427-1866

	**Administration on Aging (AOA)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	Washington, D.C. 20201
	Phone: 202-357-3540

	**Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and/or
	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS D-54
	Atlanta, Georgia 30333
	Phone: (770) 488-6399

	**Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	North Building, Room N2-20-06
	7500 Security Boulevard
	Baltimore, Maryland 21244
	Phone: 410-786-5353

	**Food and Drug Administration (FDA)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	12420 Parklawn Drive, Room 1050
	Rockville, MD 20850
	Phone: 301-827-6567

	**Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	Parklawn Building, Room 14-15
	5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20857
	Phone: 301-443-3376

	**Indian Health Service (IHS)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450
	Twinbrook II, Metro Plaza Building
	Rockville, Maryland 20857
	Phone: 301-443-1116

	**National Institutes of Health (NIH)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	Building 31, Room 5B35 9000 Rockville Pike
	Bethesda, Maryland 20892
	Phone: 301-496-5633

	**Office of Inspector General (OIG)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	Cohen Building, Suite 1062
	330 Independence Ave, S.W.
	Washington, D.C. 20201
	Phone: 202-619-2541

	**Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	Room 17-66, Parklawn Building
	5600 Fishers Lane
	Rockville, MD 20857
	Phone: 301-443-5252

	**Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 920
	Bethesda, MD 20814
	Phone: 301-492-4800

	**Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)**
	Freedom of Information Officer
	1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 8-1042
	Rockville, Maryland 20857
	Phone: 240-276-2137
	Brief description of why some requests are not granted: Documents requested were protected by an exemption and release would have caused harm to the interest protected by the exemption. Information withheld may include home addresses and phone numbers, social security numbers, medical records, proprietary business records, investigatory records, that if released may interfere with open investigations, and drafts of documents.
	HHS FOIA Regulations
	Title 45, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 199Back to Top

III. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS:

**1. Agency-specific acronyms or other terms:**

**OS** - Office of the Secretary, HHS
	**ACF** - Administration for Children and Families
	**ACL** - Administration for Community Living
	**AHRQ** - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
	**CDC** - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
	**CMS** - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
	**FDA** - Food and Drug Administration
	**HHS** - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
	**HRSA** - Health Resources and Services Administration
	**IHS** - Indian Health Service
	**NIH** - National Institutes of Health
	**OASH** - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
	**OIG** - Office of the Inspector General
	**OPHS** - Office of Public Health and Science
	**SAMHSA** - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration**Basic definitions of terms :****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.
	**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.
	**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.
	**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 report data for both the AGENCY
	OVERALL and for each principal component of the agency.
	**Consultation** – the procedure whereby the agency responding to a FOIA request first forwards a record to another agency for its review because that 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.
	**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.
	**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.)
	**Full Grant** - an agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request.
	**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.
	**Median Number** - Median Number – the middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the median number is 7.
	**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.

**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.
	**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.
	**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.

**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.
	**Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal** – a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has not taken final action in all respects.
	**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
	**Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal** – a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has taken final action in all respects.
	**Range in Number of Days** – the lowest and highest number of days to process requests or administrative appeals.
	**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).

**Concise descriptions of the nine FOIA exemptions:**

	**Exemption 1:** classified national defense and foreign relations information
		**Exemption 2:** internal agency rules and practices
		**Exemption 3:** information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law
		**Exemption 4:** trade secrets and other confidential business information
		**Exemption 5:** inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal privileges
		**Exemption 6:** information involving matters of personal privacy
		**Exemption 7:** records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, to the extent that the production of those records
		could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings,
			would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication,
			could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,
			could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source,
			would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or
			could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual
		**Exemption 8:** information relating to the supervision of financial institutions
		**Exemption 9:** geological information on wellsBack to Top

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes

Statute
			Type of Information
			Withheld
			Case Citation
			Agency / Component
			Total Number of
			Times Relied upon
			by AGENCY
			OVERALL**41 U.S.C. § 4702**
			Contractor proposals that are in the possession or control of an executive agency and that have not been set forth or incorporated by reference into contracts.
			Sinkfield v. HUD, No. 10-885, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35233, at *13-15 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 15, 2012); Margolin v. NASA, No. 09-CV-00421, 2011 WL 1303221, at *6 (D. Nev. Mar. 31 , 2011);Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d 21, 30 (D.D.C. 2003), summary affirmance granted, No. 03-5257, 2004 WL 1900562 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 25, 2004).
			FDA – 5
			CDC – 11
			CMS – 14
			OASH – 10
			40**5 U.S.C. app. § 107(a)**
			Financial Disclosure information pertaining to certain government employees
			Meyeroff v. EPA, 958 F. 3d 1498, 1500-02 (9th Cir. 1992); Concepcion v. FBI, 606 F. Supp. 2d 14, 33 (D.D.C. 2009), renewed motion fir summary judgment granted in part on other grounds, 699 F. Supp. 2d 106 (D.D.C. 2010); Glascoe v. DOJ, No. 04-0486, 2005 WL 1139269, at *1 (D.D.C. May 15, 2005).
			FDA – 2
			CDC – 1
			CMS – 1
			OASH – 1
			5**21 U.S.C. § 331(j)**
			Certain information "concerning any methods or process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection"
			Anderson v. HHS., 907 F.2d 936, 950 (10th Cir. 1990)
			FDA – 55
			55**21 U.S.C. § 350d(a)(4)**
			Food Registration Documents
			N/A
			FDA- 6
			6**42 U.S.C. § 242m(d)**
			Guaranteed confidentiality of establishment or person supplying the information or described in it is identifiable.
			N/A
			CDC – 3
			3**42 U.S.C. § 262a(h)**
			Enhanced control of dangerous biological agents and toxins/bio-terrorism information
			N/A
			CDC – 6
			NIH – 1
			OIG – 5
			OS – 3
			15**42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(d)**
			National Stockpile
			N/A
			CDC – 1
			1**5 U.S.C. § 574(j)**
			Confidential communications with agency Ombudsman (3rd party neutral)
			N/A
			NIH – 1
			1**22 U.S.C. § 288a(c)**
			Privileges, exemptions, and immunities of international organizations
			N/A
			NIH – 1
			1**35 U.S.C. § 202(c)(5)**
			Invention Utilization Reports
			N/A
			NIH – 1
			1**Inspector General Act of 1978**
			Complaints by employees; disclosure of identity, reprisals
			N/A
			OIG – 3
			3**18 U.S.C. § 3509(d)**
			Certain records containing identifying information pertaining to children involved in criminal proceedings
			Tampico v. EOUSA, No. 04-2285, slip op.at 8 (D.D.C. Apr. 29, 2005)
			OIG – 1
			1**Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e)
			, enacted by Act of July 30, 1977,
			Pub. L. No. 95-78, 91 Stat. 319**
			Certain records pertaining to grand jury proceedings
			Sussmanv. USMS, 494 F. 3d 1106, 1113 (D.C. Cir 2007); Fund for Constitutional Gov't v. Nat'l Archives & Records Serv., 656 F. 2d 856, 867-68 (D.C. Cir 1981); Durham v. U.S. Atty. Gen., No. 06-843, 2008 WL 620744, at *2 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 3, 2008); Cozen O'connor v. U.S. Dep't of Treasury, 570 F. Supp. 2d 749, 776 (E.D. Pa. 2008).
			OIG – 1
			1**42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4)(A)**
			Medical records presented to a special master or the court in National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
			Long v. DOJ, No. 06CV1086, 2011 WL 113925 @*10 (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 25, 2011)
			HRSA – 4
			4**42 U.S.C. § 11137(b)**
			Adverse reports of helath practitioners conduct
			N/A
			HRSA – 4
			3**Public Law 107-347**
			Data that are required for exclusively statistical purposes under a pledge of confidentiality
			N/A
			SAMHSA – 4
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V. A. FOIA REQUESTS – RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS

Agency / Component
			Number of Requests
			Pending as of Start
			of Fiscal Year
			Number of
			Requests Received
			in Fiscal Year
			Number of
			Requests Processed
			in Fiscal Year
			Number of Requests
			Pending as of End
			of Fiscal Year**OS**
			402
			1,301
			1,313
			390**ACF**
			242
			233
			322
			153**ACL**
			0
			18
			18
			0**AHRQ**
			6
			0
			6
			0**CDC**
			587
			1,032
			1,039
			580**CMS**
			3,701
			51,364
			51,682
			3,383**FDA**
			2,575
			9,990
			9,702
			2,863**HRSA**
			91
			302
			312
			81**IHS**
			6
			124
			102
			28**NIH**
			96
			1,210
			1,236
			70**OASH**
			208
			440
			505
			143**OIG**
			18
			714
			726
			6**SAMHSA**
			77
			188
			162
			103**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			8,009
			66,916
			67,125
			7,8001. OS FOIA Office converted over to a new FOIA tracking system, it was determined that the actual number of requests pending for FY2012 should have been 402, instead of 394.
2. In early fiscal year 2013, all FOIA requests received and assigned to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality was transferred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health for processing.

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

Comp-
			onent
			Numb-
			er of Full Grants
			Numb-
			er of Partial Grants
			/
			Partial Denials
			Numb-
			er of Full Denials Based on Exemp-
			tions
			Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemp- tions
			TOTALNo Records
			All
			Records Referred
			to Anot-
			her Comp
			onent or Agency
			Re- quest With-
			drawn
			Fee-
			Related Reason
			Records not Reason-
			ably Desc-
			ribed
			Im- proper FOIA Re- quest for Other Reason
			Not Agency Record
			Dupli-
			cate Re-quest
			Other *Ex-
			plain in Chart Below**OS**
			172
			224
			23
			56
			656
			18
			1
			12
			48
			65
			6
			32
			1,313**ACF**
			65
			102
			1
			26
			17
			70
			2
			2
			9
			14
			8
			6
			322**ACL**
			16
			2
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			18**AHRQ**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			6
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			6**CDC**
			230
			280
			30
			183
			66
			42
			11
			8
			15
			15
			13
			146
			1,039**CMS**
			30,976
			852
			5,314
			7,985
			2,458
			644
			366
			211
			542
			81
			529
			1,724
			51,682**FDA**
			7,426
			186
			194
			616
			24
			791
			59
			7
			58
			1
			145
			195
			9,702**HRSA**
			258
			30
			3
			5
			7
			3
			0
			0
			0
			4
			2
			0
			312**IHS**
			53
			27
			1
			6
			4
			4
			0
			0
			0
			5
			0
			2
			102**NIH**
			772
			102
			11
			113
			15
			175
			6
			17
			6
			13
			6
			0
			1,236**OASH**
			134
			208
			17
			67
			31
			32
			1
			5
			2
			3
			5
			0
			505**OIG**
			146
			98
			118
			106
			16
			47
			5
			6
			62
			77
			21
			24
			726**SAMHSA**
			70
			80
			2
			5
			3
			1
			0
			0
			0
			0
			1
			0
			162**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			40,318
			2,191
			5,714
			9,168
			3,303
			1,827
			451
			268
			742
			278
			736
			2,129
			67,125

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V. B.(2). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS – "OTHER" REASONS FOR "FULL DENIALS BASED ON REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS"

Component
			Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from Chart B(1)
			Number of Times "Other" Reason Was Relied Upon
			TOTAL**OS**
			Referred to website
			4
			32Administrative Closure - Based on Response and Non Response to Continued Interest calls and Correspondence
			24In litigation
			4**ACF**
			Administratively Closed - Based on response/non-response due to continued interest calls and correspondence
			6
			6**ACL**
			N/A
			0
			0**AHRQ**
			N/A
			0
			0**CDC**
			Administratively Closed - Based on response/non-response due to continued interest calls and correspondence
			146
			146**CMS**
			Administrative Closures - Based on response/non-response due to continued interest calls and correspondence
			1,724
			1,724**FDA**
			Available on the Internet
			195
			195**HRSA**
			N/A
			0
			0**IHS**
			N/A
			0
			2Information on website
			2**NIH**
			N/A
			0
			0**OASH**
			N/A
			0
			0**OIG**
			Administratively Closed - Based on response/non-response due to continued interest calls and correspondence
			20
			24Records on website
			4**SAMHSA**
			N/A
			0
			0**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			
			
			2,129Back to Top

**V.B.(3). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS** – **NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED**

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**OS**
			0
			0
			3
			78
			111
			173
			22
			0
			78
			1
			0
			3
			0
			0**ACF**
			0
			0
			0
			25
			16
			89
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**ACL**
			0
			0
			0
			1
			1
			3
			1
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**AHRQ**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**CDC**
			0
			3
			22
			103
			58
			230
			1
			0
			2
			0
			2
			1
			0
			0**CMS**
			0
			2
			15
			65
			26
			5,954
			6
			3
			716
			73
			25
			1
			0
			0**FDA**
			0
			1
			57
			184
			31
			45
			156
			0
			17
			7
			2
			2
			0
			0**HRSA**
			0
			0
			6
			36
			5
			30
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			3
			0
			0**IHS**
			0
			0
			0
			12
			13
			3
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**NIH**
			0
			0
			4
			18
			26
			45
			9
			0
			4
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**OASH**
			0
			0
			11
			90
			14
			165
			8
			0
			92
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**OIG**
			0
			1
			10
			81
			62
			187
			80
			1
			162
			0
			24
			0
			0
			0**SAMHSA**
			0
			0
			1
			65
			3
			75
			0
			0
			1
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			0
			7
			129
			758
			366
			6,999
			283
			4
			1,072
			81
			53
			10
			0
			0

VI. A. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS – RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

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**OS**
			211
			199
			222
			188**CMS**
			94
			116
			59
			151**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			305
			315
			281
			339VI. B. DISPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS – ALL PROCESSED APPEALS

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**OS**
			51
			17
			6
			148
			222**CMS**
			16
			2
			21
			20
			59**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			67
			19
			27
			168
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VI. C. (1). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL – NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

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**OS**
			0
			0
			4
			11
			17
			14
			5
			0
			9
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**CMS**
			0
			2
			0
			4
			1
			31
			0
			0
			5
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0AGENCY OVERAL
			0
			2
			4
			15
			18
			45
			5
			0
			14
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0

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

Com-ponent
			No Records
			Records Referred at Initial Request Level
			Request With- drawn
			Fee-Related Reason
			Records not Reason- ably Described
			Improper Request for Other Reasons
			Not Agency Record
			Dup- licate Request or Appeal
			Request in Liti- gation
			Appeal Based Solely on Denial of Request for Expe- dited Pro- cessing
			Other *Explain in chart below**OS**
			17
			8
			41
			1
			0
			0
			1
			3
			3
			1
			29**CMS**
			9
			0
			19
			0
			0
			0
			3
			2
			2
			0
			0**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			26
			8
			60
			1
			0
			0
			4
			5
			5
			1
			29

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

Component
			Description of "Other" Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C(2)
			Number of Times "Other" Reason Was Relied Upon
			TOTAL**OS**
			Administrative Closure - Based on Response and Non Response to Continued Interest calls and Correspondence
			2
			29Appeal Moot
			26Appeal Untimely
			1**CMS**
			N/A
			0
			0**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			
			
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VI. C. (4). RESPONSE TIME FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Component
			Median Number of Days
			Average Number of Days
			Lowest Number of Days
			Highest Number of Days**OS**
			178.00
			510.00
			<1
			1,670.00**CMS**
			105.00
			189.00
			6.00
			750.00**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			141.00
			349.00
			3.00
			1,210.00VI. C. (5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Component
			10th Oldest Appeal
			9th
			8th
			7th
			6th
			5th
			4th
			3rd
			2nd
			Oldest AppealOS: Date of Appeal
			2008- 10-09
			2008- 09-15
			2008- 09-10
			2008- 09-09
			2008- 09-09
			2008- 06-24
			2008- 06-11
			2008- 06-11
			2008- 02-20
			2008- 02-08OS: Number of Days Pending
			1297
			1315
			1318
			1319
			1319
			1374
			1383
			1383
			1463
			1471CMS: Date of Appeal
			2011- 10-11
			2011- 08-29
			2011- 08-29
			2011- 08-19
			2011- 08-11
			2011- 07-12
			2011- 06-24
			2011- 06-01
			2011- 06-01
			2011- 04-28CMS: Number of Days Pending
			495
			524
			524
			530
			536
			558
			569
			586
			586
			609AGENCY
			OVERALL: Date of Appeal
			2008- 10-09
			2008- 09-15
			2008- 09-10
			2008- 09-09
			2008- 09-09
			2008- 06-24
			2008- 06-11
			2008- 06-11
			2008- 02-20
			2008- 02-08AGENCY
			OVERALL: Number of Days Pending
			1297
			1315
			1318
			1319
			1319
			1374
			1383
			1383
			1463
			1471VII. A. FOIA REQUESTS – RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED REQUESTS

Component
			Simple: Med- ian Num-ber of Days
			Simple: Aver-age Num- ber of Days
			Simple: Low- est Num- ber of Days
			Simple: High- est Num- ber of Days
			Com- plex: Med- ian Num- ber of Days
			Com- plex: Aver- age Num- ber of Days
			Com- plex: Low- est Num- ber of Days
			Com- plex: High- est Num- ber of Days
			Expe- dited Pro- cess- ing: Med- ian Num- ber of Days
			Expe- dited Pro- cess- ing: Aver- age Num- ber of Days
			Expe- dited Pro-cess-ing: Low- est Num- ber of Days
			Expe- dited Pro-cess- ing: High- est Num- ber of Days**OS**
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			1
			71
			<1
			1453
			1
			46
			1
			303**ACF**
			488
			536
			1
			1260
			60
			119
			1
			992
			182
			182
			156
			207**ACL**
			14
			13
			1
			60
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**AHRQ**
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**CDC**
			21
			90.21
			1
			1041
			52
			150
			1
			1541
			97
			97
			97
			97**CMS**
			11
			18
			1
			634
			2
			36
			1
			717
			37
			102
			1
			512**FDA**
			9
			27.6
			1
			1220
			78
			168.8
			1
			1465
			22
			173.7
			1
			495**HRSA**
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			64
			76
			1
			252
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**IHS**
			10
			15
			1
			30
			44
			61
			15
			107
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**NIH**
			12
			15
			1
			93
			43
			70
			1
			742
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**OASH**
			6
			8
			1
			20
			108
			220
			21
			886
			30
			30
			30
			30**OIG**
			2
			4
			1
			20
			9
			23
			1
			277
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**SAMHSA**
			100
			132
			1
			710
			168
			199
			1
			570
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			10
			29
			N/A
			1260
			63
			99
			N/A
			1541
			30
			98
			N/A
			512

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VII. B. PROCESSED REQUESTS – RESPONSE TIME FOR PERFECTED REQUESTS IN WHICH INFORMATION WAS GRANTED

Component
			Simple: Med- ian Num-ber of Days
			Simple: Aver-age Num- ber of Days
			Simple: Low- est Num- ber of Days
			Simple: High- est Num- ber of Days
			Com- plex: Med- ian Num- ber of Days
			Com- plex: Aver- age Num- ber of Days
			Com- plex: Low- est Num- ber of Days
			Com- plex: High- est Num- ber of Days
			Expe- dited Pro- cess- ing: Med- ian Num- ber of Days
			Expe- dited Pro- cess- ing: Aver- age Num- ber of Days
			Expe- dited Pro-cess-ing: Low- est Num- ber of Days
			Expe- dited Pro-cess- ing: High- est Num- ber of Days**OS**
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			46
			122
			1
			1040
			162
			162
			21
			303**ACF**
			350
			414
			1
			1244
			92
			131
			1
			992
			182
			182
			156
			207**ACL**
			18
			26
			17
			60
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**AHRQ**
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**CDC**
			31
			87.8
			1
			1006
			80
			200.5
			1
			1541
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**CMS**
			15
			17
			1
			616
			113
			136
			1
			717
			36
			88
			1
			360**FDA**
			9
			27.5
			1
			1220
			78.5
			169.9
			1
			1465
			22
			173.7
			1
			495**HRSA**
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			64
			76
			1
			252
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**IHS**
			21
			35
			1
			70
			85
			110
			55
			165
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**NIH**
			15
			17
			1
			93
			51
			74
			3
			742
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**OASH**
			8
			8
			1
			20
			107
			224
			21
			819
			30
			30
			30
			30**OIG**
			3
			4
			1
			19
			23
			37
			1
			277
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**SAMHSA**
			91
			123
			1
			710
			150
			183
			1
			570
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			9
			75
			N/A
			1244
			64
			133
			N/A
			1541
			36
			127
			1
			495

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

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**OS**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**ACF**
			23
			2
			2
			0
			3
			3
			2
			0
			2
			3
			10
			24
			102
			176**ACL**
			17
			0
			1
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			18**AHRQ**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**CDC**
			213
			54
			26
			14
			17
			10
			10
			10
			6
			6
			14
			10
			31
			421**CMS**
			40,613
			3,614
			751
			329
			192
			116
			92
			86
			72
			54
			486
			274
			84
			46,763**FDA**
			436
			493
			544
			436
			431
			471
			493
			533
			460
			420
			1,430
			105
			149
			6,401**HRSA**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**IHS**
			15
			21
			19
			3
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			58**NIH**
			796
			198
			38
			8
			6
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			1,046**OASH**
			206
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			206**OIG**
			453
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			453**SAMHSA**
			23
			5
			7
			0
			3
			2
			4
			4
			4
			6
			5
			5
			5
			73**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			42,795
			4,387
			1,388
			790
			652
			602
			601
			633
			544
			489
			1,945
			418
			371
			55,615

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

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**OS**
			918
			77
			51
			33
			17
			21
			16
			11
			9
			12
			41
			25
			73
			1,304**ACF**
			37
			20
			15
			6
			3
			6
			4
			10
			7
			5
			20
			5
			6
			144**ACL**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**AHRQ**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**CDC**
			199
			71
			62
			50
			26
			13
			19
			11
			10
			11
			43
			26
			76
			617**CMS**
			3,899
			162
			82
			65
			54
			65
			70
			46
			55
			65
			195
			111
			37
			4,906**FDA**
			32
			74
			124
			137
			167
			173
			154
			180
			166
			115
			692
			347
			840
			3,201**HRSA**
			77
			34
			36
			32
			22
			22
			32
			13
			17
			10
			6
			1
			0
			302**IHS**
			7
			6
			4
			3
			4
			2
			5
			4
			5
			0
			0
			0
			0
			40**NIH**
			49
			44
			24
			24
			18
			7
			3
			3
			5
			3
			4
			3
			3
			190**OASH**
			0
			59
			36
			27
			20
			12
			11
			5
			7
			8
			28
			22
			63
			298**OIG**
			180
			52
			14
			8
			6
			4
			4
			1
			1
			1
			2
			0
			0
			273**SAMHSA**
			8
			3
			6
			4
			3
			9
			3
			8
			3
			3
			19
			12
			8
			89**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			5,406
			602
			454
			389
			340
			334
			321
			292
			285
			233
			1,050
			552
			1,106
			11,364

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

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**OS**
			6
			1
			0
			0
			1
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			1
			0
			9**ACF**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			1
			0
			0
			1
			0
			0
			2**ACL**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**AHRQ**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**CDC**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			1
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			1**CMS**
			1
			5
			1
			1
			0
			0
			2
			0
			1
			0
			0
			2
			0
			13**FDA**
			1
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			1**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**OASH**
			0
			1
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			1**OIG**
			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**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			8
			7
			1
			1
			2
			0
			2
			1
			1
			0
			1
			3
			0
			27

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VII. D. PENDING REQUESTS – ALL PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Component
			Simple: Number Pending
			Simple: Median Number of Days
			Simple: Average Number of Days
			Complex: Number Pending
			Complex: Median Number of Days
			Complex: Average Number of Days
			Expedited Processing: Number Pending
			Expedited Processing: Median Number of Days
			Expedited Processing: Average Number of Days**OS**
			0
			0
			0
			463
			1
			371
			12
			1
			295**ACF**
			38
			488
			330
			112
			60
			157
			1
			30
			30**ACL**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**AHRQ**
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0**CDC**
			23
			158
			211
			555
			168
			233
			0
			0
			0**CMS**
			3598
			14
			78
			54
			146
			168
			0
			0
			0**FDA**
			629
			32
			78.7
			2182
			136
			192.1
			1
			478.5
			478.5**HRSA**
			0
			0
			0
			81
			80
			130
			0
			0
			0**IHS**
			0
			0
			0
			22
			31
			87
			0
			0
			0**NIH**
			45
			11
			14
			25
			31
			72
			0
			0
			0**OASH**
			29
			6
			190
			208
			108
			242
			6
			30
			176**OIG**
			0
			0
			0
			6
			7
			16
			0
			0
			0**SAMHSA**
			25
			100
			155
			76
			168
			129
			0
			0
			0**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			4387
			15
			81
			3784
			138
			163
			20
			28
			244

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

Component
			10th Oldest Request
			9th
			8th
			7th
			6th
			5th
			4th
			3rd
			2nd
			Oldest RequestOS: Date of Receipt
			2010- 02-25
			2010- 01-12
			2010- 01-12
			2010- 01-11
			2010- 01-08
			2010- 01-04
			2009- 10-22
			2009- 10-16
			2009- 10-05
			2008- 03-04OS: Number of Days Pending
			937
			969
			969
			970
			971
			975
			1027
			1031
			1040
			1454ACF: Date of Receipt
			2008- 09-18
			2008- 09-18
			2008- 09-18
			2008- 08-28
			2008- 08-12
			2008- 06-12
			2008- 06-12
			2008- 05-09
			2008- 05-02
			2008- 02-27ACF: Number of Days Pending
			490
			490
			490
			509
			520
			548
			570
			642
			794
			808ACL: Date of Receipt
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AACL: Number of Days Pending
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0AHRQ: Date of Receipt
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AAHRQ: Number of Days Pending
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0CDC: Date of Receipt
			2010- 03-16
			2010- 03-15
			2010- 03-15
			2010- 01-27
			2010- 01-13
			2009- 10-30
			2009- 10-02
			2009- 06-26
			2008- 09-23
			2008- 07-25CDC: Number of Days Pending
			891
			892
			892
			924
			933
			982
			1001
			1069
			1259
			1300CMS: Date of Receipt
			2011- 04-13
			2011- 03-30
			2011- 03-08
			2011- 03-03
			2011- 03-03
			2011- 03-03
			2011- 02-09
			2011- 02-08
			2011- 01-19
			2011- 01-18CMS: Number of Days Pending
			649
			664
			664
			665
			665
			674
			674
			678
			678
			679FDA: Date of Receipt
			2009- 07-21
			2009- 07-01
			2009- 06-30
			2009- 06-19
			2009- 06-09
			2009- 05-08
			2009- 02-20
			2008- 06-26
			2008- 05-28
			2008- 05-09FDA: Number of Days Pending
			1048
			1067
			1068
			1075
			1083
			1104
			1159
			1321
			1342
			1354HRSA: Date of Receipt
			2012- 09-28
			2012- 09-28
			2012- 03-19
			2012- 02-28
			2012- 02-28
			2012- 02-24
			2011- 12-27
			2011- 11-10
			2011- 10-12
			2011- 01-24HRSA:Number of Days Pending
			252
			252
			388
			402
			402
			404
			444
			473
			495
			677IHS: Date of Receipt
			2013- 07-29
			2013- 07-11
			2013- 07-05
			2013- 07-05
			2013- 06-26
			2013- 06-12
			2013- 04-23
			2013- 04-16
			2013- 04-16
			2013- 03-05IHS: Number of Days Pending
			45
			57
			61
			61
			68
			78
			114
			119
			119
			149NIH: Date of Receipt
			2013- 07-17
			2013- 06-13
			2013- 06-10
			2013- 06-10
			2013- 06-10
			2013- 06-06
			2013- 04-30
			2013- 04-18
			2012- 12-31
			2011- 03-22NIH: Number of Days Pending
			53
			76
			79
			79
			79
			81
			99
			115
			190
			636OASH: Date of Receipt
			2011- 05-19
			2011- 05-11
			2011- 04-28
			2011- 04-27
			2011- 03-15
			2011- 03-09
			2011- 03-04
			2011- 01-03
			2010- 11-03
			2010- 08-20OASH: Number of Days Pending
			617
			623
			632
			633
			664
			668
			671
			715
			758
			811OIG: Date of Receipt
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			2013-09-26
			2013-09-23
			2013-09-19
			2013-09-13
			2013-08-28
			2013-07-15OIG: Number of Days Pending
			0
			0
			0
			0
			2
			5
			7
			8
			23
			55SAMHSA: Date of Receipt
			2012- 07-23
			2012- 07-17
			2012- 07-05
			2012- 07-03
			2012- 06-25
			2012- 06-12
			2012- 06-07
			2012- 03-15
			2012- 02-27
			2011- 10-25SAMHSA: Number of Days Pending
			310
			314
			322
			324
			330
			339
			342
			402
			415
			504AGENCY
			OVERALL: Date of Receipt
			2009- 06-19
			2009- 06-09
			2009- 05-08
			2009- 02-20
			2008- 09-23
			2008- 07-25
			2008- 06-26
			2008- 05-28
			2008- 05-09
			2008- 03-04AGENCY
			OVERALL: Number of Days Pending
			1075
			1083
			1104
			1159
			1259
			1300
			1321
			1342
			1354
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VIII. A. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Component
			Number Granted
			Number Denied
			Median Number of Days to Adjudicate
			Average Number of Days to Adjudicate
			Number Adjudicated Within Ten Calendar Days**OS**
			3
			2
			4
			5
			4**ACF**
			0
			1
			1
			1
			1**ACL**
			0
			0
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**AHRQ**
			0
			0
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**CDC**
			1
			9
			1.5
			2.9
			10**CMS**
			50
			29
			6
			12
			54**FDA**
			1
			347
			12
			12.9
			97**HRSA**
			0
			6
			10
			10
			6**IHS**
			0
			0
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**NIH**
			0
			3
			4
			4
			3**OASH**
			0
			2
			3
			3
			2**OIG**
			0
			20
			4
			4
			20**SAMHSA**
			0
			0
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			55
			419
			9
			12
			197VIII. B. Requests for Fee Waiver

Agency / Component
			Number Granted
			Number Denied
			Median Number of Days to Adjudicate
			Average Number of Days to Adjudicate**OS**
			1
			1
			N/A
			N/A**ACF**
			0
			2
			8
			8**ACL**
			0
			0
			N/A
			N/A**AHRQ**
			0
			0
			N/A
			N/A**CDC**
			1
			0
			64
			64**CMS**
			80
			13
			4
			8**FDA**
			392
			5
			10
			20.6**HRSA**
			2
			4
			12
			12**IHS**
			0
			0
			N/A
			N/A**NIH**
			0
			6
			3
			4.67**OASH**
			0
			0
			N/A
			N/A**OIG**
			0
			10
			2
			3**SAMHSA**
			0
			0
			N/A
			N/A**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			476
			41
			9
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IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs

Agency / Component
			Personnel: Number of "Full-Time FOIA Employees"
			Personnel: Number of "Equivalent Full-Time FOIA Employees"
			Personnel: Total Number of "Full-Time FOIA Staff"
			Costs: Processing Costs
			Costs: Litigation-Related Costs
			Costs: Total Costs**OS**
			11
			0
			11
			$1,071,012.00
			$192,053.00
			$1,263,065.00**ACF**
			3
			0
			3
			$368,000.00
			$0.00
			$368,000.00**ACL**
			0
			0.1
			0.1
			$14,160.00
			$0.00
			$14,160.00**AHRQ**
			0
			0
			0
			$0.00
			$0.00
			$0.00**CDC**
			12
			0
			12
			$1,557,513.49
			$1,700.00
			$1,559,213.49**CMS**
			21
			62
			83
			$7,015,272.00
			$57,470.00
			$7,072,742.00**FDA**
			82
			52.15
			134.15
			$33,570,981.00
			$1,462,953.00
			$35,033,934.00**HRSA**
			3
			1.5
			4.5
			$497,411.00
			$0.00
			$497,411.00**IHS**
			2
			1
			3
			$369,945.00
			$0.00
			$369,945.00**NIH**
			17
			14.31
			31.31
			$3,336,857.90
			$26,340.00
			$3,363,197.90**OASH**
			6
			1
			7
			$1,161,075.00
			$332,450.00
			$1,493,525.00**OIG**
			3
			2
			5
			$286,000.00
			$5,000.00
			$291,000.00**SAMHSA**
			2
			3
			5
			$253,000.00
			$0.00
			$253,000.00**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			162
			137.06
			299.06
			$49,501,227.39
			$2,077,966.00
			$51,579,193.39

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests

Component
			Total Amount of Fees Collected
			Percentage of Total Costs**OS**
			$239.00
			0.02%**ACF**
			$0.00
			0.00%**ACL**
			$0.00
			0.00%**AHRQ**
			$0.00
			0.00%**CDC**
			$52,111.15
			3.35%**CMS**
			$326,643.00
			4.66%**FDA**
			$577,039.00
			1.72%**HRSA**
			$1,922.50
			0.39%**IHS**
			$0.00
			0.00%**NIH**
			$21,935.44
			0.66%**OASH**
			$1,748.00
			0.15%**OIG**
			$13,617.00
			4.76%**SAMHSA**
			$0.00
			0.00%**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			$995,255.09
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XII. A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals

Agency / Component
			Backlogged Requests as of End of Fiscal Year
			Backlogged Appeals as of End of Fiscal Year**OS**
			364
			177**ACF**
			141
			0**ACL**
			0
			0**AHRQ**
			0
			0**CDC**
			494
			0**CMS**
			1,426
			145**FDA**
			2,334
			0**HRSA**
			71
			0**IHS**
			22
			0**NIH**
			26
			0**OASH**
			128
			0**OIG**
			2
			0**SAMHSA**
			91
			0**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			5,099
			322XII. B. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS – RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING CONSULTATIONS

Agency / Component
			Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Pending at the Agency as of Start
			of the Fiscal Year
			Consultations Received from Other Agencies During the Fiscal Year
			Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Processed by the Agency During the Fiscal Year
			Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Pending at the Agency as of End
			of the Fiscal Year**OS**
			0
			3
			3
			0**ACF**
			0
			0
			0
			0**ACL**
			0
			0
			0
			0**AHRQ**
			0
			0
			0
			0**CDC**
			0
			0
			0
			0**CMS**
			0
			0
			0
			0**FDA**
			0
			27
			27
			0**HRSA**
			0
			0
			0
			0**IHS**
			0
			0
			0
			0**NIH**
			0
			7
			7
			0**OASH**
			0
			3
			3
			0**OIG**
			0
			3
			3
			0**SAMHSA**
			0
			0
			0
			0**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			0
			43
			43
			0XII. C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS – TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND PENDING AT THE AGENCY

Component
			10th Oldest
			Consultation
			9th
			8th
			7th
			6th
			5th
			4th
			3rd
			2nd
			Oldest
			ConsultationOS: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AOS: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0ACF: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AACF: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0ACL: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AACL:Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0AHRQ: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AAHRQ: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0CDC: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/ACDC: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0CMS: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/ACMS: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0FDA: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AFDA: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0HRSA: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AHRSA: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0IHS: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AIHS: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0NIH: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/ANIH: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0OASH: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AOASH: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0OIG: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AOIG: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0SAMHSA: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/ASAMHSA: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0AGENCY
			OVERALL: Date
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AAGENCY
			OVERALL: Number of Days
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0
			0Back to Top

XII. D. (1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT – REQUESTS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

Component
			Requests Recieved: Number Received During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report
			Requests Recieved: Number Received During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
			Requests Processed: Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report
			Requests Processed: Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report**OS**
			1,129
			1,301
			1,099
			1,313**ACF**
			285
			233
			225
			322**ACL**
			18
			18
			18
			18**AHRQ**
			57
			0
			57
			6**CDC**
			1,123
			1,032
			899
			1,039**CMS**
			53,424
			51,364
			53,744
			51,682**FDA**
			9,598
			9,990
			10,492
			9,702**HRSA**
			277
			302
			219
			312**IHS**
			107
			124
			132
			102**NIH**
			1,147
			1,210
			1,130
			1,236**OASH**
			465
			440
			462
			505**OIG**
			664
			714
			656
			726**SAMHSA**
			173
			188
			123
			162**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			68,467
			66,916
			69,256
			67,125XII. D. (2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT – BACKLOGGED REQUESTS

Component
			Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report
			Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report**OS**
			365
			364**ACF**
			220
			141**ACL**
			0
			0**AHRQ**
			0
			0**CDC**
			501
			494**CMS**
			1,706
			1,426**FDA**
			2,575
			2,334**HRSA**
			58
			71**IHS**
			6
			22**NIH**
			33
			26**OASH**
			194
			128**OIG**
			9
			2**SAMHSA**
			73
			91**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			5,740
			5,099Back to Top

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

Component
			Appeals Received: Number Received During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report
			Appeals Received: Number Received During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
			Appeals Processed: Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report
			Appeals Processed: Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report**OS**
			200
			199
			192
			222**CMS**
			111
			116
			53
			59**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			311
			315
			245
			281XII. E. (2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT – BACKLOGGED APPEALS

Component
			Backlogged Appeals as of End of the Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report
			Backlogged Appeals as of End of the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report**OS**
			187
			177**CMS**
			87
			145**AGENCY
			OVERALL**
			274
			322Back to Top

                    
  


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