U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 

ANNUAL REPORT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 

 Disclosure Services 

February 1, 2008 
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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 2007 

CONTENTS 

I. Basic Information Regarding Report 

II. How to Make a FOIA Request 

III. Definition of Terms 

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes 

V. Initial FOIA/PA Access Requests 

VI. Appeals of Initial Denials of FOIA/PA Requests 

VII. Compliance with Time Limits/Status of Pending Requests 

VIII. Additional Information/Explanation 

IX. Costs/FOIA Staffing 

X. Fees 

XI. FOIA Regulations 

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT. 

This is the Fiscal Year 2007 FOIA Report for the Department of the Treasury. For purposes of 

administering the FOIA, the Department is divided into 11 bureaus, including the Departmental 

Offices. 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 Treasury report in collaboration 

with the bureau FOIA Officers. 
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Questions about the report may be directed to: 

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 

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

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

or by visiting the Treasury FOIA website at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reports/index.html, 

“FY 2007 FOIA Report to the Attorney General.”

II. How To Make A FOIA Request for Treasury Department records. 

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

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

II.A. 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 
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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 Hofmann 

Ph: 304/480-8402

Fax: 304/480-8188 

Address: 

FOIA Request 

200 3rd Street, Rm. A4-A 

Parkersburg, WV 26106 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Gregory G. Turner 

Ph: 313/234-1809 

Fax: 313/234-1878 

Address: 

Internal Revenue Service 

FOIA Requests 

985 Michigan Avenue 

Detroit, MI 48226-1128 

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 
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

 (FinCEN) 

Amanda Michanczyk 

Ph: 703/905-3537 

Fax: 703/905-3885 

Address: FOIA Request 

PO Box 39 

Vienna, VA 22183

 

 

II.B. Brief description of Treasury Department’s response-time ranges. 

For a breakdown of each bureau’s response times, see Section VII of this report, “Compliance with 

Time Limits/Status of Pending Requests.” 

 

II.C. Brief description of why some requests are not granted. 

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. 

III. Definition of Terms. 

A. Agency-specific: 

 

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 

B. Basic Terms Used in This Report 

1. FOIA/PA request -- Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act request. A FOIA request is 

generally a request for access to records concerning a third party, an organization, or a particular 
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topic of interest. A Privacy Act request is a request for records concerning oneself; such requests 

are also treated as FOIA requests. (All requests for access to records, regardless of which law is 

cited by the requester, are included in this report.) 

2. Initial Request -- a request to a federal agency for access to records under the Freedom of 

Information Act. 

3. Appeal -- a request to a federal agency asking that it review at a higher administrative level a 

full denial or partial denial of access to records under the Freedom of Information Act, or any other 

FOIA determination such as a matter pertaining to fees. 

4. Processed Request or Appeal -- a request or appeal for which an agency has taken a final action 

on the request or the appeal in all respects. 

5. 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 in each track are processed on a first-in/first-out basis. A requester 

who has an urgent need for records may request expedited processing (see below). 

6. Expedited processing -- an agency will process a FOIA request on an expedited basis when a 

requester has shown an exceptional need or urgency for the records which warrants prioritization 

of his or her request over other requests that were made earlier. 

7. Simple request -- a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in its fastest 

(non-expedited) track based on the volume and/or simplicity of records requested. 

8. Complex request -- a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in a 

slower track based on the volume and/or complexity of records requested. 

9. Grant -- an agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request. 

10. Partial grant -- an agency decision to disclose a record in part in response to a FOIA request, 

deleting information determined to be exempt under one or more of the FOIA's exemptions: or a 

decision to disclose some records in their entireties, but to withhold others in whole or in part. 

 

11. Denial -- an agency decision not to release any part of a record or records in response to a 

FOIA request because all the information in the requested records is determined by the agency to 

be exempt under one or more of the FOIA's exemptions, or for some procedural reason (such as 

because no record is located in response to a FOIA request). 
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12. Time limits -- the time period in the Freedom of Information Act for an agency to respond to a 

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

13. "Perfected" request -- a FOIA request for records which adequately describes the records 

sought, which has been received by the FOIA office of the agency or agency component in 

possession of the records, and for which there is no remaining question about the payment of 

applicable fees. 

14. Exemption 3 statute -- a separate federal statute prohibiting the disclosure of a certain type of 

information and authorizing its withholding under FOIA subsection b)(3). 

15. Median number -- the middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the median 

number is 7. 

16. 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. 

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes Relied on by the Department During Current Fiscal Year. 

 

STATUTE TYPE OF INFORMATION UPHELD BY COURTS 

5 U.S.C. 7114 Delineates the rights and duties of a labor organization 

which is the exclusive representative of the employees in 

the unit it represents. 

Dublin v. Dept. of the Treasury,

555 F. Supp. 408, 412 (N.D. Ga. 

1981), aff’d, 697 F.2d 1093 

(unpublished table decision); 

NTEU v. OPM, No. 76-695, slip 

op at 49 (D.D.C. July 9, 1979) 

41 U.S.C. 253b(b) 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 the 

Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d 21 

(D.D.C. 2003) 

18 U.S.C. 701 Official Badges, identification cards. Prohibits the 

reproduction of official identification media. Used to 

withhold copies of the IRS employee identification badges 

and pocket commissions. 

Not litigated 

26 U.S.C. 6103 Confidentiality of Returns and Return Information: 

Prohibits the disclosure of (1) tax returns and return 

information of 3rd 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)). 

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, 
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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); 

Chamberlain v. Kurtz, 589 F.2d 

at 827 (5th Cir). 

26 U.S.C. 6105 Confidentiality of information arising under treaty 

obligations. 

Tax Analysts v. IRS, No. 99-0372, 

2002 WL 1791162 (D.D.C. Aug. 

6, 2002) 

31 U.S.C. 5319 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) 

Rule 6(e) 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) 

31 U.S.C. § 

5318(g) 

Office of Thrift Supervision Criminal Referral Form Lee v. Bankers Trust Co., 166 

F.3d 540 (2d Cir. 2000); Cotton 

v. Private Bank and Trust Co., 

235 F. Supp.2d 809 (N.D. Ill. 

2002)

31 U.S.C. § 

5318(g)(3) 

Used to withhold records used in Grand Jury proceedings. 

Regulates matters occurring before the Grand Jury. 

Whitney National Bank v. 

Karam., 306 F.Supp.2d 678 (S.D. 

Tex.2004)

12 U.S.C. § 

1829b 

Currency Transaction Reports, Foreign Bank Account 

Reports, Currency and Monetary Instrument Reports, 

Suspicious Activity Reports, and Registration of Money 

Services Businesses. 

Not litigated. 

12 U.S.C. 1951-

1959 

Currency Transaction Reports, Foreign Bank Account 

Reports, Currency and Monetary Instrument Reports, 

Suspicious Activity Reports, and Registration of Money 

Services Businesses. 

Not litigated.

31 U.S.C. 5311-

5331 

Currency Transaction Reports, Foreign Bank Account 

Reports, Currency and Monetary Instrument Reports, 

Suspicious Activity Reports, and Registration of Money 

Services Businesses. 

Not litigated.
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V. Initial FOIA/PA Access Requests. 

 A. Number of initial requests. 

Bureau Number of 

Requests 

Pending as of End of 

Preceding Year 

Number of 

Requests 

Received in 

Current Year 

Number of 

Requests 

Processed in 

Current Year 

Number of 

Requests 

Pending as of 

End of 

Current Year 

DO 1,573 688 986 1,275

TTB 6 84 85 5

OCC 20 3,719 3,739 0

BEP 4 64 66 2

FMS 8 188 192 4

IRS 2,070 17,894 18,289 1,675

MINT 8 70 74 4

BPD 3 114 117 0

OTS 103 4,739 4,761 81

TIGTA 28 258 277 9

FinCEN 101 109 199 11

TOTAL 3,924 27,927 28,785 3,066
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B. Disposition of initial requests (continued on next page) 

Bureau Total 

Grants 

Total 

Partial 

Grants 

Total 

Denials

No 

Records

Referrals Request 

Withdrawn 

FeeRelated 

Reason 

Records 

not 

Reasonably 

Described 

DO 250 263 12 60 23 47 7 156

TTB 18 20 18 20 3 2 1 0

OCC 3,432 42 27 93 71 36 6 3

BEP 28 22 6 7 1 1 1 0

FMS 50 49 40 35 2 0 5 2

IRS 6,844 2,289 242 3,393 195 253 325 0

MINT 31 17 0 11 1 2 1 1

BPD 24 19 3 24 18 0 0 0

OTS 4,532 91 18 21 6 63 10 1

TIGTA 15 111 10 32 3 3 5 5

FinCEN 14 27 92 36 0 30 0 0

TOTAL 15,238 2,950 468 3,732 323 437 361 168
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B. Disposition of Initial Requests (continued from previous page) 

Bureau Not a 

Proper 

FOIA 

Request 

Not an 

Agency 

Record 

Duplicate Lack of ID or 

3rd Party 

Authorization 

No Response 

from 

Requester 

Mail 

Returned 

Litigation Info on 

Internet

Appeal 

Filed 

DO 0 5 27 0 112 19 3 2 0

TTB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

OCC 10 5 2 0 12 0 0 0 0

BEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FMS 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

IRS 4,098 0 325 0 0 0 0 0 325

MINT 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0

BPD 9 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 8

TIGTA 73 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 4,202 49 369 6 124 19 3 3 333
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a. Number of times each FOIA exemption used: 

 

Bureau (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)(A) (7)(B) (7)(C) (7)(D) (7)(E) (7)(F) (8) (9)

DO 10 7 24 41 24 26 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0

TTB 0 6 24 12 7 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 0 0 0 24 36 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 55 0

BEP 0 1 0 11 5 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

FMS 1 13 36 8 2 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IRS 0 83 1,960 41 489 493 451 4 771 49 939 7 0 0

MINT 0 2 0 2 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BPD 0 8 0 11 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 3 0 94 39 79 4 0 6 1 7 0 84 0

TIGTA 0 25 55 1 44 3 3 1 116 18 27 2 0 0

FinCEN 0 12 82 10 5 26 1 0 44 0 42 0 0 0

TOTAL 11 160 2,181 255 660 747 465 5 951 68 1,015 9 139 0
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VI. Appeals of initial denials of FOIA/PA requests (continued on next page) 

Bureau Number of 

Appeals 

Received in 

Current 

Year 

Number of 

Appeals 

Processed in 

Current 

Year

Number of

Appeals 

Completely 

Upheld in 

Current Year

Number of 

Appeals 

Partially 

Reversed in 

Current Year 

Number of 

Appeals 

Completely 

Reversed

DO 12 11 6 5 0

TTB 4 2 1 1 0

OCC 10 10 3 7 0

BEP 0 0 0 0 0

FMS 5 5 0 0 1

IRS 239 267 247 18 2

MINT 0 0 0 0 0

BPD 5 5 5 0 0

OTS 9 10 4 3 3

TIGTA 16 20 11 6 1

FinCEN 8 2 2 0 0

TOTAL 308 332 279 40 7
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4. Other reasons for non-disclosure on appeals (Continued from previous page) 

Bureau No 

Records

Referrals WithdrawnFeeRelatedRecords 

Not 

reasonably 

Described

Not a 

Proper 

FOIA or 

Appeal

Not an 

Agency 

Record

Duplicate 

Request

DO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TTB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FMS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IRS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mint 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TIGTA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
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a. Number of times each FOIA exemption was used in an appeal 

 

Bureau (1) (2) 3) (4) (5) (6) (7)(A) (7)(B) (7)(C) (7)(D) (7)(E) (7)(F) (8) (9) 

DO 5 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TTB 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

OCC 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

BEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 12 86 5 57 26 37 4 42 8 40 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 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

TIGTA 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0

FinCEN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

TOTAL 5 15 92 10 69 28 38 4 54 8 42 0 9 0
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VII. Compliance with time limits/status of pending requests 

A. Median Time for Processing Requests 

 * Simple request limited to the Office of Tax Policy 

Bureau 

 

Simple Requests

 

Complex Requests

 Requests Accorded 

Expedited Processing

Number 

of 

Requests 

Processed 

Median 

Number of 

Days to 

Process 

Number 

of 

Requests 

Processed

Median 

Number of 

Days to 

Process 

Number 

of 

Requests 

Processed 

Median 

Number of 

Days to 

Process 

DO* 302 2 684 977 0 n/a

TTB 51 16 34 42 0 n/a

OCC 3,669 2 70 20 0 n/a

BEP 49 3 17 9 0 n/a

FMS 0 n/a 192 11.5 0 n/a

IRS 0 n/a 18,289 27 0 n/a

MINT 0 n/a 74 15 0 n/a

BPD 0 n/a 117 3.5 0 n/a

OTS 0 n/a 4,761 6 0 n/a

TIGTA 240 9 37 56 0 n/a

FinCEN 138 35 61 115 0 n/a

 TOTAL 4,449 n/a 24,336 n/a 0 n/a
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B. Status of pending requests 

Bureaus Number of Requests Pending as 

of End of Fiscal Year 

Median Number of Days 

Pending 

DO 1,275 110

TTB 5 34

OCC 0 n/a

BEP 2 11

FMS 4 11.5

IRS 1,675 18

Mint 4 185

BPD 0 n/a

OTS 81 90

TIGTA 9 4

FinCEN 11 22

TOTAL 3,066 n/a

VIII. Additional Information/Explanation. 

 

 N/A
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IX. Costs/FOIA Staffing 

Bureaus Staffing Levels Total Costs 

(staff and resources combined) 

Number of 

Full Time 

Personnel 

Number of 

Personnel 

with Part 

Time or 

Occasional 

FOIA Duties 

(in Total 

Work-Years) 

Total 

Number of 

Personnel 

(in WorkYears) 

FOIA 

Processing 

(including 

appeals) 

Litigationrelated 

activities 

Total Costs 

DO 7 16.39 23.39 $734,030 $215,275 $949,305

TTB 1 .33 1.33 94,125 0 94,125

OCC 6 4 10 862,738 0 862,738

BEP 2 .40 2.40 165,800 0 165,800

FMS 0 .60 .60 74,905 0 74,905

IRS 6 66 72 8,792,758 378,772 9,171,530

MINT 1 0 1 99,532 0 99,532

BPD 1 .20 1.20 135,000 0 135,000

OTS 2 1.5 3.5 261,901 0 261,901

TIGTA 5 .23 5.23 265,000 3,575 268,575

FinCEN 1 .55 1.55 142,753 0 142,753

TOTAL 32 90.20 122.20 $11,628,542 $597,622 $12,226,164 

X. FOIA Fees 

FOIA Fees 

Total Fees collected Percentage of Total Costs 

TOTAL $543,542.00 4.44% 

XI. Treasury Department FOIA Implementing Regulations. 

 The Department’s FOIA regulations can be found at 31 CFR Part 1, Subpart A. The 

regulations can be accessed at: www.treas.gov/foia/foiaregs.pdf. 
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XII. Report on FOIA Executive Order Implementation 

Summary: The Department of the Treasury continues to make progress reducing the 

agency backlog of FOIA requests which was the major underpinning under its Performance 

Improvement Plan. In 2006, we set its performance goals milestones for a 5% mid-year 

reduction milestone on December 31 and 10% reduction in backlog on June 30. The 

overall Treasury backlog reduced from 2147 cases to 1292 cases or about 40% average 

decrease across the entire agency. 

All the respective components reached the 10% milestone in June of 2007 and continued to 

maintain that level of reduction until the end of the calendar year in 2007. 

 Departmental Offices 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if applicable. 

Not applicable. 

B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, with respect to each improvement area. 

Departmental Offices began with a baseline of 891 backlogged requests in June 

2006. Following the FOIA Improvement Plan, the reduction of requests exceeded 

the goal for a decrease of about 19% in June 2007. The plan calls for maintaining 

the reduction; however, continued reductions added to a total of 33% reduction by 

the fiscal year end and a decrease to 607 backlogged requests which is 23% above 

the floor of 10% reduction according to the plan. 

One of the major technological improvements improving FOIA administration was 

the Enterprise Content Management approach to information technology solutions 

for redaction of information from records. This technological advance has provided 

an advantage to increase efficiency in FOIA administration. 

The oldest requests are also tracked and addressed on a rolling basis to avoid 

stagnation of requests. 

C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 
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D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

activities (optional) 

The Main FOIA home page has been redesigned using input from our customer 

National Security Archives in efforts to help make the site more user-friendly and 

organized. The FOIA homepage was organized with links to the FOIA homepages 

of bureaus for requester convenience. 

E. Concise descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

(1) Protects matters “(A) specifically authorized under criteria established by an 

Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy 

and (B) are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive order.” 

(2) related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency; 

(3) specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than section 552b of this 

title), provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the 

public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue, or (B) establishes 

particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be 

withheld; 

(4) Trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person 

and privileged or confidential; 

(5) Inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be 

available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency; 

(6) Personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; 

(7)(A) Authorizes the withholding of "records or information compiled for law 

enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that production of such law 

enforcement records or information...could reasonably be expected to interfere with 

enforcement proceedings." 

(7)(B) Protects "records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes (the 

disclosure of which) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial 

adjudication. 

(7)(C) Provides protection for personal information in law enforcement records the 

disclosure of which "could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 
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(7)(D) Provides protection for "records or information compiled for law 

enforcement purposes which could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity 

of a confidential source and information furnished by a confidential source. 

(7)(E) Provides protection to all law enforcement information which "would 

disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or 

prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcements investigations or 

prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention 

of the law." 

(7)(F) Permits the withholding of information necessary to protect the physical 

safety of "any individual" when disclosure of information about him "could 

reasonably be expected to endanger his life or physical safety." 

 

(8) Records contained in or related to examination, operation, or condition reports 

prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of any agency responsible for regulation or 

supervision of financial institutions. 

F. Additional Statistics 

1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

DO 

Requests 

3/8; 

7/16 

3/12 2/10; 

2/29; 

8/28 

1/8; 

1/31; 

2/21; 

4/24 

0 0 0 0 0 0 

This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 

 

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and 

currently pending, in the appropriate column below 

 

Unable to report at this time. 
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ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled by 

year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from other agencies as of 

January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was received by your 

agency. 

Unable to report at this time.

G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

 Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvement-plan.pdf 

 Tax Tobacco and Trade (TTB) 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if 

applicable. 

Not applicable 

B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, with respect to each improvement area. 

Tax Tobacco and Trade (TTB) has met the milestones of the FOIA Improvement Plan for 

FY07. TTB accomplished this by close attention to review and quickly responding to 

backlog requests. Using a fast-track feature of its multi-track processing helped to reduce 

and eliminate the backlog by more than 10%. 

TTB also took measures in establishing a FOIA requester Service Center which enables 

requesters to obtain the status of their FOIA requests and appropriate information about 

TTB’s response. 

TTB has a representative at the FOIA Council meetings which was created from the FOIA 

Improvement Plan. The FOIA Council is designed to set up governance and sponsorship 

within Treasury and set goals and objectives. It is also a forum to share best practices in 

FOIA administration and TTB has provided suggestions on improving the FOIA 

administration. The FOIA Council also requires monthly reporting to establish governance 

for the agency hierarchy. 

C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 
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D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

activities (optional) 

 None. 

E. Concise Descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

 See Part E in Departmental Offices above. 

F. Additional Statistics 

1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

TTB 

Requests 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/20;8/15; 

8/22;9/5; 

9/6 

This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 

 

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and 

currently pending, in the appropriate column below 

 

Unable to report at this time. 

ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled by 

year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from 

other agencies as of January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was 

received by your agency. 

Unable to report at this time.
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G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

 Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvement-plan.pdf 

 Office of Comptroller of the Currency 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if applicable. 

Not applicable. 

B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, with respect to each improvement area. 

The Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) met all the FOIA Improvement 

Plan milestones in FY07. The OCC did not have a backlog baseline in June 2006 

largely because of affirmative disclosure processing of requests in the bureau. OCC 

uses information technology to provide rapid responses to reduce the amount of 

requests and searches for records. The OCC has always taken advantage of 

available technology to assist it in its disclosure efforts. This has proven to be an 

efficient method of overall backlog prevention. Currently the OCC is working to 

seek additional methods of making information available to the public via the use of 

technology in addition to the host of other traditional methods of disclosure which 

include: e-mail, Internet postings, fax transmissions, first class mail delivery, hand 

delivery, etc... 

C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 

D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

activities (optional) 

 None. 

E. Concise Descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

 See Part E in Departmental Offices above. 
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F. Additional Statistics 

1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

OCC 

Requests 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 

 

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and currently 

pending, in the appropriate column below 

 

Unable to report at this time. 

ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled 

by year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from other 

agencies as of January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was 

received by your agency. 

Unable to report at this time.

G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvement-plan.pdf

 Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if applicable. 

Not applicable. 
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B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, with respect to each improvement area. 

 The Bureau of Engraving and Printing follows the Treasury implementation of the 

FOIA Improvement Plan. Although the major underpinning of the plan was to 

reduce the backlog, BEP did not have a baseline backlog in June 2006 and has 

prevented a backlog from festering during FY07. Close attention to FOIA 

administration, strict adherence to a multi-track system, and attendance of a BEP 

representative at the FOIA Council has paid off with application of best practices in 

FOIA administration. 

C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 

D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

activities (optional). 

BEP has revised and updated the FOIA webpage to include procedures for 

submitting FOIA and PA requests and appeals. 

E. Concise Descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

 See Part E in Departmental Offices above. 

F. Additional Statistics 

1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

BEP 

Requests 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 

 

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and 

currently pending, in the appropriate column below 
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Unable to report at this time. 

ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled by 

year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from 

other agencies as of January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was 

received by your agency. 

Unable to report at this time. 

G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvement-plan.pdf

 Financial Management Service 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if applicable. 

Not applicable. 

B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, with respect to each improvement area. 

Financial Management Service (FMS) had a minimal baseline of 4 backlog requests in June 

2006. This backlog was eliminated by the June 2007 milestone according to the FOIA 

Improvement Plan. So, FMS in effect exceeded the plan’s 10% reduction goal. 

C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 

D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

activities (optional). 

None. 

E. Concise Descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

 See Part E in Departmental Offices above. 

F. Additional Statistics 
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1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

FMS 

Requests 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 

 

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and 

currently pending, in the appropriate column below 

Unable to report at this time. 

 

ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled by 

year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from other agencies as of 

January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was received by your 

agency. 

Unable to report at this time.

G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvement-plan.pdf

 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if applicable. 

Not applicable. 
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B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, with respect to each improvement area. 

 Since the adoption of the Department of Treasury FOIA Improvement Plan, the 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has emphasized processing of backlog cases with 

the result that the backlog inventory was 605 requests as of September 30, 2007, a 

decrease of 43% from initial IRS backlog baseline of 1054. IRS maintained this 

level through the end of the calendar year. This represents a 33% reduction over and 

above the Treasury 10% improvement floor goal for 2007. 

 The IRS is an active participant in the FOIA Council meetings which was 

established in the FOIA Improvement plan. The IRS submits monthly performance 

measures according to the governance process of the FOIA Council. Additionally, 

IRS continually reviews its oldest cases on a revolving basis in accordance with 

best practice principles. 

C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 

D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

activities (optional). 

The open FOIA ending inventory on September 30, 2007 reflects a 19% reduction 

from the ending inventory reported on September 30, 2006. 

 The IRS piloted an automated FOIA case processing system in two disclosure offices 

during FY2007 as technological solutions to FOIA administration. The technology utilizes 

document imaging and centralized receipt for all FOIA/PA requests to create an electronic 

database for case files with online redaction tools. 

. 

E. Concise Descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

 See Part E in Departmental Offices above. 

F. Additional Statistics 

1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

IRS 

Requests 

0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 (3); 

7/1;8/1; 

11/1(2); 

12/1(2) 

1/2 0 0 
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This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 

 

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and 

currently pending, in the appropriate column below 

 

Unable to report at this time. 

ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled 

by year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from other 

agencies as of January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was 

received by your agency. 

Unable to report at this time.

G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvement-plan.pdf

 United States Mint 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if applicable. 

Not applicable. 

B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, with respect to each improvement area. 

The Mint did not have a backlog baseline in June 2006. The Mint attributes the 

success of avoiding a backlog in 2007 to prevention measures through applying best 

practices in FOIA administration. The Mint is a regular participant in the FOIA 

Council created under the Improvement Plan. 

The Mint has used the FOIA Council as a tool to share information and provide 

reporting statistics to enhance governance. Continued application of these tools has 

allowed The Mint to meet the milestones in 2007 and with repetitive habit will help 

prevent backlogs in years to come. 
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C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 

D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

 activities (optional). 

 None. 

E. Concise Descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

 See Part E in Departmental Offices above. 

F. Additional Statistics 

1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

The Mint 

Requests 

0 0 0 8/31; 

9/21; 

11/7 

0 7/31; 

11/26

3/3; 

4/20; 

4/23; 

6/22 

6/23 0 0 

This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 

 

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and 

currently pending, in the appropriate column below 

 

Unable to report at this time. 
33

ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled 

by year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from other 

agencies as of January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was 

received by your agency. 

Unable to report at this time.

G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvementplan.pdf

 Bureau of Public Debt (BPD) 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if applicable. 

Not applicable. 

B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, 

with respect to each improvement area. 

 The Bureau of Public Debt has met its obligations under the milestones enumerated 

in the FOIA Improvement Plan by maintaining a zero baseline in June 2006 and 

avoiding the accumulation of backlog requests by preventing requests from 

stagnating. The BPD accomplishes this through multi-track processing and 

efficient FOIA Administration. 

BPD participates in the FOIA Council via telephone conference to stay connected 

to monthly reporting requirements, governance, and policy/regulatory/statutory 

changes. 

C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 

D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

activities (optional). 

 None. 
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E. Concise Descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

 See Part E in Departmental Offices above. 

F. Additional Statistics 

1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

BPD 

Requests 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 

 

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and 

currently pending, in the appropriate column below 

Unable to report at this time. 

 

ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled 

by year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from other 

agencies as of January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was 

received by your agency. 

Unable to report at this time. 

G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvement-plan.pdf
35

 

 Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if applicable. 

Not applicable. 

B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, with respect to each improvement area. 

OTS was able to achieve a reduction of 5% and subsequently exceed the 10% 

milestone by June 30 to 74 requests and achieved an additional reduction by 

September 30 to 65 requests and maintain this to the end of the calendar year. OTS 

began with a baseline of 95 backlogged requests in June of 2006. But by September 

2007, that amount had fallen to 65 – a reduction of 32%. It exceeded the FOIA 

Improvement Plan’s 10% milestone floor by 22%. 

C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 

D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

activities (optional). 

 None. 

E. Concise Descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

 See Part E in Departmental Offices above. 

F. Additional Statistics 

1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

OTS 

Requests 

0 0 0 0 0 0 12/14 12/21 1/3;1/26 

3/6;3/21 

4/11;4/24 

5/4;5/8 

0 

This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 
36

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and 

currently pending, in the appropriate column below 

Unable to report at this time. 

 

ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled 

by year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from other 

agencies as of January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was 

received by your agency. 

Unable to report at this time.

G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvementplan.pdf

 Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if applicable. 

Not applicable. 

B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, 

 with respect to each improvement area. 

 The Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration has meet all the milestones 

under the FOIA Improvement Plan. The June 2006 baseline for TIGTA contained a 

backlog of 20 requests. By June 2007, the volume of these backlogged cases 

dwindled to 13. But by September 30, 2007, the backlog case load was eliminated 

to 0. TIGTA not only exceeded the FOIA Improvement Plan’s goal of a 10% 

reduction, it had a 100% success at the end of the fiscal year. 

 TIGTA’s information technology solution to FOIA administration is FOIAXpress. 

This software system provides FOIA processing and document management 

allowing the FOIA personnel to have the tracking tools necessary to meet the FOIA 

improvement implementation goals. This technology is especially helpful in 
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managing labor-intensive, administrative steps such as preparing and sending 

search memos to TIGTA’s offices that may possess responsive records. The 

software also features online storage capacity and redaction tools which streamlines 

the FOIA review process and increases efficiency. TIGTA FOIA personnel attend 

annual seminars concerning updates and upgrades on the technology to maximize 

its use. 

C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 

D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

activities (optional). 

 None. 

E. Concise Descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

 See Part E in Departmental Offices above. 

F. Additional Statistics 

1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

TIGTA 

Requests 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/16(2); 

10/18;10/22 

10/23 (3); 

10/25;10/26 

11/1 

This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 

 

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and 

currently pending, in the appropriate column below 

Unable to report at this time. 
38

 

ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled 

by year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from other 

agencies as of January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was 

received by your agency. 

Unable to report at this time.

G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvement-plan.pdf

 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Fin CEN) 

A. Description of Supplement /modification of agency improvement plan if applicable. 

Not applicable. 

B. Report on Agency implementation of its plan, including its performance in meeting 

milestones, with respect to each improvement area. 

FinCEN began the FOIA improvement process with a baseline of 69 backlogged 

cases in June 2006. FinCEN achieved the mid-year goal and by June 2007 had 

decreased the backlog case load to 7 requests. Fin CEN successfully maintained 

this reduction and by September 30 the backlog case load was down to a 

manageable 5 requests. During the 07 calendar year, FinCEN achieved a 93% 

reduction. 

FinCEN used upgraded technology to combine multiple inventories into one 

tracking system to better organize FOIA administration. 

C. Identification and discussion of any deficiency in meeting plan milestones (if 

applicable) 

Not applicable. 

D. Additional narrative statement regarding other executive order-related 

activities (optional). 

 None. 
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E. Concise Descriptions of the FOIA exemptions. 

 See Part E in Departmental Offices above. 

F. Additional Statistics 

1. Ten Oldest Pending FOIA requests 

Calendar 

Year 

1993 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

FinCEN 

Requests 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/17;7/19 

7/23;8/1; 

8/29;9/4; 

9/5;9/7; 

9/11;9/24 

This is the first annual report to request the consultation data specified in Part F. 

Consequently, several components (bureaus) did not have the tracking system to 

compute this data so that it can be reported for FY07. These components, however, are 

now preparing to collect this data so that it can be reported for FY08. 

 

2. Consultations 

i) Number of Consultations Received, Processed, and Pending

Please provide the number of consultations received, processed, and 

currently pending, in the appropriate column below 

Unable to report at this time. 

ii) Ten Oldest Pending Consultations Received From Other Agencies 

Using the template provided below, please list in the appropriate column labeled 

by year, each of your ten oldest pending consultations received from other 

agencies as of January 1, 2008. Please list the consultations by the date it was 

received by your agency. 

Unable to report at this time.

G. Attachment: Agency Improvement Plan (in current form) 

 

Available on-line at: http://www.treas.gov/foia/reading-room/foia-improvement-plan.pdf