U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

ANNUAL REPORT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012

Disclosure Services

December 7, 2012
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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)

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ANNUAL REPORT

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012

CONTENTS

I. Basic Information Regarding Report

II. Making a FOIA Request

III. Acronyms, Definitions, and Exemptions

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes

V. FOIA Requests 

VI. Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests

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

VIII. Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waiver

IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests

XI. FOIA Regulations

XII. Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisons

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT.

This is the Fiscal Year 2012 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Report for the Department of the 

Treasury. For purposes of the FOIA this year, the Department was divided into 101 bureaus. Each 

bureau is responsible for those records under its control, and each bureau will post its report on its own 

web site. Disclosure Services prepared this report in collaboration with the bureau FOIA Officers. 

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 This report also includes information for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Although CFPB is not a Treasury 

bureau, Treasury was responsible for CFPB’s FOIA administration for a portion of FY 12. The data for Departmental Offices (DO) 

also includes data for the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), a separate agency whose FOIA requests were processed in 

FY12 by DO. 
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Questions about this 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 downloading from the Treasury FOIA website at: [insert Web site after posting]
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MAKING A FOIA REQUEST.

The Department of the Treasury’s Guide to Accessing Treasury Records is available at www.treas.gov/foia/, or 

by contacting Disclosure Services, as described above. 

1. Contact information for Treasury bureau FOIA officers.

Departmental Offices (DO) 

Hugh Gilmore

Disclosure Services

Ph: 202/622-0930

Fax: 202/622-3895

Address:

FOIA Request

Department of the Treasury

Washington, DC 20220

Comptroller of the Currency (CC)

Frank Vance

Ph: 202/874-4700

Fax: 202/874-5274

Address:

Disclosure (FOIA) Office 

Washington, DC 20219

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

 Bureau (TTB)

Quinton Mason

Ph: 202/882-9904

Fax: 202/453-2331

Address:

Disclosure Services

1310 G Street, NW, Box 12

Washington, DC 20005

Bureau of Engraving & Printing (BEP)

Sonya White & Sherrylyn Bell

Ph: 202/874-3733

Fax: 202/874-2951

Address:

FOIA OFFICE 

Room 419-A

14th & C Streets, SW

Washington, DC 20228

Financial Management Service (FMS)

Cynthia Sydnor

Ph: 202/874-0765

Fax: 202/874-2391

Address:

Disclosure Branch

401 14th Street, SW

Washington, DC 20227

Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD)

Denise Nelson

Ph: 304/480-8402

Fax: 304/480-8188

Address:

FOIA Request

200 3rd Street, Rm. A4-A

Parkersburg, WV 26106
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Marie Twarog

Phone: 770-234-4374

Fax: 770-234-4346

Address: (Headquarters only)

Internal Revenue Service

FOIA Requests

Headquarters Disclosure Office

Room 2012

1111 Constitution Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20224-0001

United States Mint (Mint)

Kathleen Saunders-Mitchell

Ph: 202/354-7292

Fax: 202/756-6100

Address:

FOIA Request

801 9th Street, NW – 8th Floor

Washington, DC 20220

Treasury Inspector General for 

 Tax Administration (TIGTA)

Amy P. Jones

Ph: 202/927-7044

Fax: 202/622-3339

Address: FOIA Request

TIGTA Chief Counsel

1125 15TH Street, NW, Suite 700

Washington, DC 20005

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

 (FinCEN)

Amanda Michanczyk

Ph: 703/905-3537

Fax: 703/905-3885

Address: FOIA Request

PO Box 39

Vienna, VA 22183

Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau (CFPB)

Martin Michalosky

Ph: 202/435-7198

Fax: 202/435-7244

Address: Chief FOIA Officer

Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

(Attn: 1801 L Street)

Washington, DC 20220

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

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

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

include: (1) protecting personal privacy; (2) deliberative process privilege; (3) the records reflected the internal 

practices involved in investigations or inspections; (4) the records contained confidential taxpayer information 

and other statutorily protected information; and (5) the records contained contractor confidential and proprietary 

commercial information. Others: records did not exist; procedural requirements were not followed.
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III. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS

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

 

BEP Bureau of Engraving and Printing

BPD Bureau of the Public Debt

CFPB Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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

TIGTA Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

TTB Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 

2. Basic Terms Used in This Report

a. Administrative Appeal – a request to a federal agency asking that it review at a higher administrative 

level a FOIA determination made by the agency at the initial request level.

b. Average Number – the number obtained by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by the quantity of 

numbers in the group. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the average number is 8.

c. Backlog – the number of requests or administrative appeals that are pending at an agency at the end of 

the fiscal year that are beyond the statutory time period for a response.

d. Component – for agencies that process requests on a decentralized basis, a “component” is an entity, 

also sometimes referred to as an Office, Division, Bureau, Center, or Directorate, within the agency that 

processes FOIA requests. The FOIA now requires that agencies include in their Annual FOIA Report 

data for both the agency overall and for each principal component of the agency.

e. Consultation – the procedure whereby the agency responding to a FOIA request first forwards a record 

to another agency for its review because that other agency has an interest in the document. Once the 

agency in receipt of the consultation finishes its review of the record, it responds back to the agency that 

forwarded it. That agency, in turn, will then respond to the FOIA requester.

f. Exemption 3 Statute – a federal statute that exempts information from disclosure and which the agency 

relies on to withhold information under subsection (b)(3) of the FOIA.

g. FOIA Request – a FOIA request is generally a request to a federal agency for access to records 

concerning another person (i.e., a “third-party” request), or concerning an organization, or a particular 

topic of interest. FOIA requests also include requests made by requesters seeking records concerning 
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themselves (i.e., “first-party” requests) when those requesters are not subject to the Privacy Act, such 

as non-U.S. citizens. Moreover, because all first-party requesters should be afforded the benefit of both 

the access provisions of the FOIA as well as those of the Privacy Act, FOIA requests also include any 

first-party requests where an agency determines that it must search beyond its Privacy Act “systems of 

records” or where a Privacy Act exemption applies, and the agency looks to FOIA to afford the greatest 

possible access. All requests which require the agency to utilize the FOIA in responding to the requester 

are included in this Report.

Additionally, a FOIA request includes records referred to the agency for processing and direct response 

to the requester. It does not however, include records for which the agency has received a consultation 

from another agency. (Consultations are reported separately in Section XII of this Report.)

h. Full Grant – an agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request.

i. Full Denial – an agency decision not to release any records in response to a FOIA request because the 

records are exempt in their entireties under one or more of the FOIA exemptions, or because of a 

procedural reason, such as when no records could be located.

j. Median Number – the middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the median number 

is 7.

k. Multi-track processing – a system in which simple requests requiring relatively minimal review are 

placed in one processing track and more voluminous and complex requests are placed in one or more 

other tracks. Requests granted expedited processing are placed in yet another track. Requests in each 

track are processed on a first in/first out basis.

i. Expedited processing – an agency will process a FOIA request on an expedited basis 

when a requester satisfies the requirements for expedited processing as set forth in the 

statute and in agency regulations.

ii. Simple request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in 

its fastest (non-expedited) track based on the low volume and/or simplicity of the records 

requested.

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

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

l. Partial Grant/Partial Denial – in response to a FOIA request, an agency decision to disclose portions 

of the records and to withhold other portions that are exempt under the FOIA, or to otherwise deny a 

portion of the request for a procedural reason.
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m. Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal for which 

an agency has not taken final action in all respects.

n. Perfected Request – a request for records which reasonably describes such records and is made in 

accordance with published rules stating the time, place, fees (if any) and procedures to be followed.

o. Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal for 

which an agency has taken final action in all respects.

p. Range in Number of Days – the lowest and highest number of days to process requests or 

administrative appeals.

q. Time Limits – the time period in the statute for an agency to respond to a FOIA request (ordinarily 20 

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

3. Descriptions of the nine FOIA exemptions:

a. Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations information

b. Exemption 2: information that is related solely to the internal rules and practices of an agency

c. Exemption 3: information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law

d. Exemption 4: trade secrets and other confidential business information

e. Exemption 5: inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal privileges

f. Exemption 6: information involving matters of personal privacy

g. Exemption 7: records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, to the extent that the 

production of those records (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, 

(B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be 

expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to 

disclose the identity of a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law 

enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement 

investigations or prosecutions, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical 

safety of any individual

h. Exemption 8: information relating to the regulation or supervision of financial institutions

i. Exemption 9: geological information on wells
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IV.EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES

A. Exemption 3 Statutes Relied upon to Withhold Information

 

Statute 

Type of 

Information 

Withheld

Case Citation Component

Number of 

Times Relied 

upon per 

Component

Total Number of 

Times Relied 

upon per Agency

None DO 1

26 U.S.C. 6103 None FMS 29 2554

IRS 2446

OCC 2

Certain tax 

information

information

The Church of 

Scientology of 

California v. IRS

TIGTA

57

None TTB 19
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Statute 

Type of 

Information 

Withheld

Case Citation Component

Number of 

Times Relied 

upon per 

Component

Total Number of 

Times Relied 

upon per Agency

31 U.S.C. 

5319

Reports 

pertaining to 

monetary 

instruments 

transactions 

filed under 

subchapter II of 

chapter 53 of 

title 31 and 

records of those 

reports.

Cuban v. Securities and 

Exchange Commission, 

2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 

71064 *45 (D.D.C. July 

1, 2011) (SARs); Berger 

v. Internal Revenue 

Service, 487 F. Supp. 2d 

482, 496-97 (D. N.J. 

2007, aff'd on other 

grounds, 288 F. App's 

829 (3d Cir. 2008), cert. 

denied, 129 S. Ct. 2789 

(U.S. 2009); Sciba v. 

Bd. Of Governors of the 

Fed. Reserve Sys., No 

04-1011, 2005 WL 

3201206, at *6 (D.D.C. 

Nov. 4, 2005) ( SARs 

and CTRs); Davis v. 

U.S. Dept. of Justice, 

2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 

27467 *14 (D.D.C. 

March 21, 2003) (BSA 

records); Maydak v. 

U.S. Department of 

Justice, 2004 U.S. Dist. 

Lexis 27538 *12 

(D.D.C. Aug. 23, 2004) 

(CTRs); Radcliffe v. 

Internal Revenue 

Service, 536 F. Supp.2d 

423, 431 (S.D.N.Y. 

2008) (CTRs); Linn v. 

U.S. Department of 

Justice, 1995 WL 

631847 *30 (D.D.C. 

Aug. 22, 1995) (CTRs); 

Small v. Internal 

Revenue Service, 820 F. 

Supp. 163 (D.N.J. 

1992); Vosburgh v. 

Internal Revenue 

Service, 1994 WL 

564699 *4 (D.Ore. July 

5, 1994) (CTRs).

FinCEN 197 250

Small v. IRS, 820 F. 

Supp 163 (D.N.J. 1992) IRS 53
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Statute 

Type of 

Information 

Withheld

Case Citation Component

Number of 

Times Relied 

upon per 

Component

Total Number of 

Times Relied 

upon per Agency

41 U.S.C. 

4702(b)

Contractor 

proposals that 

are in 

possession or 

control of an 

executive 

agency and that 

have not been 

set forth or 

incorporated by 

reference into 

contracts

Hornbostel v. US Dept 

of the Interior

MINT 3

4

BPD 1

26 U.S.C. 

6105

Certain tax 

convention 

information

Tax Analysts v. IRS,217 

F.Supp.2d 23(D.D.C. 

2002)

IRS 55

55

Certain records 

related to 

IRS 2

Rule 6(e) of 

the Federal 

Rules of 

Criminal 

Procedure 

P.L. 95-78, 

91 Stat. 319

Grand Jury 

proceedings

2
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V. FOIA REQUESTS.

 A. Received, Processed and Pending FOIA Requests.

Number of Requests 

Pending as of Start of 

Fiscal Year

Number of Requests 

Received in Fiscal Year

Number of Requests 

Processed Fiscal Year

Number of Requests 

Pending as of End of 

Fiscal Year

BEP 72 57 57 7

BPD 23 117 117 2

CFPB 84 184 176 16

DO 2315 1221 1297 155

FinCEN 2 252 254 0

FMS 24 281 259 46

IRS 822 12137 12198 761

MINT 6 128 127 7

OCC 676 1933 1924 76

TIGTA 15 227 226 16

TTB 0 73 70 3

AGENCY 

OVERALL

1184 16610 16705 1089

 2 BEP had one case in suspense end FY11; perfected 3 BPD had one case in suspense end of FY11; perfected

4 CFPB had three cases in suspense end FY11; perfected

5 DO had 52 appeals inadvertently mixed in pending at FY start; six cases in suspense end FY11; closed

6 OCC had seven cases in suspense end FY11; perfected
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B. (1) Disposition of FOIA Requests – All Processed Requests (continued below)

Number 

of Full 

Grants

Number of 

Partial 

Grants/Partial 

Denials

Number of Full 

Denials Based 

on Exemptions

Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions

No 

Records

All 

Records 

Referred to 

Another 

Component 

or Agency

Request 

Withdrawn

Fee-Related 

Reason

Records 

not 

Reasonably 

Described

Improper 

FOIA 

Request 

for Other 

Reason

Not 

Agency 

Record

Duplicate 

Request

Other

*Explain 

in chart 

below

TOTAL

BEP 12 20 0 13 3 2 1 5 0 0 1 0 57

BPD 9 17 4 44 12 2 0 1 5 22 1 0 117

CFPB 50 65 5 23 2 5 2 2 3 17 2 0 176

DO 103 192 234 44 349 96 202 0 1 2 68 6 1297

FinCEN 10 71 117 41 2 0 0 0 9 4 0 0 254

FMS 30 98 1 21 2 48 1 0 2 44 12 0 259

IRS 4272 2772 214 793 46 128 142 639 2687 35 470 0 12198

MINT 56 15 2 28 5 2 3 1 7 3 5 0 127

OCC 1339 133 78 75 10 46 1 11 64 117 19 31 1924

TIGTA 14 84 21 18 24 3 2 0 50 8 2 0 226

TTB 16 21 10 14 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 70

Agency 

Overall 5911 3488 686 1114 457 333 356 660 2831 252 580 37 16705

B. (2) Disposition of FOIA Requests – “Other” Reasons for “Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than 

Exemptions (from Section V. B (1) Chart

Component

Description of "Other" Reasons for 

Denials from Chart B (1) & Number of 

Times Those Reasons Were Relied 

upon.

TOTAL

DO Aggregated similar requests- 6 6

OCC

NOT FOIA- 17, Records previously 

furnished- 3

N0-Records exist-11

31

Agency Overall 37
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B. (3) Disposition of FOIA Requests - Number of Times Exemptions Applied:

Ex. 

1

Ex. 

2 Ex 3. Ex. 4

Ex. 

5

Ex. 6 Ex. 

7(A)

Ex. 

7(B)

Ex. 

7(C)

Ex. 

7(D)

Ex. 

7(E)

Ex. 

7(F)

Ex. 

8

Ex. 

9

BEP N/A 2 N/A 4 7 15 N/A N/A N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

BPD N/A N/A 1 5 1 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

CFPB N/A 3 N/A 4 26 56 5 N/A 2 3 1 N/A 5 N/A

DO 5 2 7 13 27 50 1 N/A 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

FinCEN N/A N/A 197 2 5 18 1 1 29 7 41 1 3 N/A

FMS N/A N/A 29 7 4 56 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 N/A N/A N/A

IRS N/A 86 2463 31 518 420 368 7 1051 58 1100 16 N/A N/A

MINT N/A 1 3 3 4 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 1 N/A N/A

OCC N/A 2 2 89 46 53 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 174 N/A

TIGTA N/A N/A 48 2 6 91 6 N/A 92 16 13 N/A N/A N/A

TTB N/A 1 19 17 13 20 2 N/A 1 N/A 3 N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 5 97 2769 177 657 799 383 8 1179 85 1161 18 182 N/A
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VI. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS

A. Received, Processed, and Pending Administrative Appeals

Number of 

Appeals Pending 

as of Start of 

Fiscal Year

Number of Appeals 

Received in Fiscal 

Year

Number of Appeals 

Processed in Fiscal Year

Number of Appeals Pending 

as of End of Fiscal Year

BEP 0 0 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 0

CFPB 0 12 8 4

DO 52 23 22 53

FinCEN 0 14 13 1

FMS 2 6 7 1

IRS 4 184 178 10

MINT 0 3 3 0

OCC 12 47 54 5

TIGTA 3 23 25 1

TTB 0 1 1 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL

73 313 311 75

B. Disposition of Administrative Appeals – All Processed Appeals

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

BEP 0 0 0 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 0 0

CFPB 6 1 1 0 8

DO 9 6 4 3 22

FinCEN 11 1 0 1 13

FMS 5 2 0 0 7

IRS 178 0 0 0 178

MINT 2 1 0 0 3

OCC 11 25 10 8 54

TIGTA 17 6 1 1 25

TTB 0 1 0 0 1

AGENCY 

OVERALL

239 43 16 13 311
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C. (1) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Number of Times Exemptions Applied 

Ex.

1

Ex. 

2

Ex 

3.

Ex. 

4

Ex. 

5

Ex. 

6

Ex. 

7(A)

Ex. 

7(B)

Ex. 

7(C)

Ex. 

7(D)

Ex. 

7(E)

Ex. 

7(F)

Ex. 

8

Ex. 

9

BEP 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

CFPB 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DO 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

FinCEN 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0

FMS 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IRS 1 4 67 0 29 14 10 1 15 4 15 1 0 0

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

OCC 0 0 0 9 9 18 0 0 12 0 0 1 8 0

TIGTA 0 0 9 0 1 21 3 0 22 0 4 0 0 0

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL

1 4 90 11 44 61 13 1 51 4 22 2 9 0

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

No 

Records

Records 

Referred at 

Initial 

Request 

Level

Request 

Withdrawn

FeeRelated 

Reason

Records not 

Reasonably 

Described

Improper 

FOIA 

Request 

for Other 

Reason

Not 

Agency 

Record

Duplicate 

Request

Other

*Explain 

in chart 

below

BEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CFPB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DO 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

FMS 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

IRS 48 6 0 2 0 15 0 0 11

MINT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3

TIGTA 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

TTB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Agency 

Overall

54 6 1 3 0 17 5 1 14
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C(2) 

cont.....

Request in litigation Appeal Denial /Expedited Processing

BEP N/A N/A

BPD N/A N/A

CFPB N/A N/A

DO N/A 1

FINCEN N/A N/A

IRS N/A N/A

FMS N/A N/A

MINT N/A N/A

OCC N/A N/A

TIGTA N/A N/A

TTB N/A N/A

overall N/A 1

C. (3) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – “Other” Reasons from Section VI. C (2) Chart

Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from Chart B 

(1) & Number of Times Those Reasons Were Relied 

Upon.

TOTAL

OCC

Not FOIA-1; 

3

Records previously furnished-2

IRS 9-late filed, 11

2-not authorized

Overall 14

C. (4) response Time for Administrative Appeals

Median Number of 

Days

Average Number of Days Lowest Number of Days Highest Number of Days

BEP 0 0 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 0

CFPB 19.50 18.25 10 24

DO 25 70 3 255

FinCEN 12 14 3 34

FMS 19 18 13 20

IRS 17 18 3 62

MINT 17 14 6 19

OCC 44 86 0 537

TIGTA 16 16 2 21

TTB 13 13 13 13

AGENCY 

OVERALL 18 33 0 537
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C. (5) Ten Oldest Pending Administrative Appeals

10th Oldest 

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

Oldest 

Appeal

BEP 

TTB

BPD

MINT

Date of 

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

Number of 

Days 

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

CFPB 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/11/`1 9/10/12 9/7/12 8/23/12

Number of 

Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 13 14 15 25

DO 

Date of 

Receipt 7/15/11 6/13/11 6/10/11 6/7/11 4/15/10 4/6/11 12/29/10 11/30/10 11/03/10 6/8/08

Number of 

Days 

Pending 316 340 341 344 381 388 458 479 498 1125

FinCEN 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12/9/19

Number of 

Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8

FMS 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12/7/10

Number of 

Days 

Pending N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 57

IRS 

Date of 

Receipt 9/26/12 9/24/12 9/24/12 9/21/12 9/21/12 9/20/12 9/17/12 9/17/12 9/14/12 9/6/12

Number of 

Days 

Pending 3 5 5 6 6 7 10 10 11 17

OCC 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A 9/24/12 9/18/12 8/27/12 8/27/12 8/27/12 7/31/12 7/27/12 1/19/11

Number of 

Days 

Pending N/A N/A 4 8 23 23 23 42 296 428

TIGTA 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/26/12

Number of 

Days 

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

Agency 

Overall

Date of 

Receipt 7/15/11 6/13/11 6/10/11 6/7/11 4/15/10 4/6/11 12/29/10 11/30/10 11/03/10 6/8/08

Number of 

Days 

Pending 316 340 341 344 381 388 458 479 498 1125
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VII. FOIA REQUESTS: RESPONSE TIME FOR PROCESSED AND PENDING REQUESTS

A. Processed Requests

 

Simple Complex Expedited Processing

Median 

Number of 

Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Median 

Number of 

Days

Average 

Number

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number

of Days

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

BEP 2 6 1 34 14 19 23 45 3 3 3 3

BPD 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 34 13 10.3 1 20

CFPB 8 8.5 1 39 48 48.5 1 180 0 0 0 0

DO 199 39 0 398 1268 54 0 2536 562 587 230 895

FinCEN 1 1 0 6 5 6 0 64 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FMS 12 12 1 118 9 12 1 46 0 0 0 0

IRS 0 0 0 0 17 21.87 0 757 8 10 11 22

MINT 8 10 1 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCC 3 9 0 254 26 39 0 187 21 26 0 139

TIGTA 4 4 1 8 16 15 1 109 10 12 7 20

TTB 5 7.25 2 19 13 14.23 1 30 2 2 2 2

Agency 

Overall

5 17.26 0 398 14 25.75 0 2536 6 31.8 0 895

B. Processed Requests – Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which Information Was Granted

Simple Complex Expedited Processing

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

Median 

Number of 

Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number of 

Days

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Lowest 

Number 

of Days

Highest 

Number 

of Days

BEP 8 10 2 18 10 15 22 44 N/A N/A N/A N/A

BPD 0 0 0 0 7 9.92 1 34 16 15 1 20

CFPB 8 10.32 1 39 24 35.79 1 114 0 0 0 0

DO 200 80 2 398 1268 181 0 2536 562 587 230 895

FinCEN 1 1 0 4 3 6 0 64 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FMS 14 16 3 118 20 19 2 46 N/A N/A N/A N/A

IRS N/A N/A N/A N/A 17 22.8 0 757 7 7 11 11

MINT 8 10 1 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCC 3 8 0 254 34 51 4 197 22 27 0 107

TIGTA 0 0 0 0 20 25 4 109 12 12 7 19

TTB 3 4.43 2 10 15 15.85 2 30 2 2 2 2

Agency 

Overall

5 12.8 0 398 17 32.06 0 2536 10 22.18 0 895
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C. Processed Requests – Response Time in Day Increments

Simple Requests

1-20 

Days

21-40 

Days

41-

60 

Days

61-80 

Days

81-

100 

Days

101-

120 

Days

121-

140 

Days

141-

160 

Days

161-

180 

Days

181-

200 

Days

201-

300 

Days

301-

400 

Days

401+ 

Days

TOTAL

BEP 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33

BPD 115 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117

CFPB 90 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104

DO 81 12 6 3 3 1 2 2 2 0 5 4 0 121

FinCEN 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133

FMS 188 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 208

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

MINT 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127

OCC 1526 152 24 12 8 6 4 3 2 1 2 0 0 1740

TIGTA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

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

Agency 

Overall

2289 205 30 15 11 8 6 5 4 1 7 4 0 2585

Complex Requests

1-20 

Days

21-40 

Days

41-60 

Days

61-80 

Days

81-

100 

Days

101-

120 

Days

121-

140 

Days

141-

160 

Days

161-

180 

Days

181-

200 

Days

201-

300 

Days

301-

400 

Days

401+ 

Days

TOTAL

BEP 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17

BPD 115 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117

CFPB 22 14 12 0 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 59

DO 801 73 48 36 26 27 12 12 9 12 28 14 37 1135

FinCEN 119 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120

FMS 38 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51

IRS 5516 1829 520 160 49 26 24 12 8 4 13 11 7 8179

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

OCC 46 32 17 6 4 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 116

TIGTA 180 28 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 217

TTB 41 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57

Agency 

Overall

6890 2011 601 207 85 64 38 26 18 18 41 25 44 10068
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Requests Granted Expedited Processing

1-20 

Days

21-40 

Days

41-

60 

Days

61-80 

Days

81-

100 

Days

101-

120 

Days

121-

140 

Days

141-

160 

Days

161-

180 

Days

181-

200 

Days

201-

300 

Days

301-

400 

Days

401+ 

Days

TOTAL

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

BPD 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

CFPB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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

IRS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

MINT 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

OCC 47 31 9 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 97

TIGTA 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

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

Agency 

Overall

77 31 9 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 131

D. Pending Requests

1.

Simple Complex Expedited Processing

Number 

Pending

Median 

Number 

of Days

Average 

Number 

of Days

Number 

Pending

Median Number of 

Days

Average 

Number of 

Days

Number 

Pending

Median Number 

of Days

Average 

Number of 

Days

BEP 0 0 0 4 9 10.25 N/A N/A N/A

BPD N/A N/A N/A 2 9.5 9.5 N/A N/A N/A

CFPB 6 22.5 18 10 18 27 N/A N/A N/A

DO 25 46 120 206 263 446 2 283 283

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

FMS 8 13 12 3 121 100 N/A N/A N/A

IRS 0 0 0 761 13 22.04 0 0 120

MINT 6 11 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCC 75 5 7 2 14 14 3 15 13

TIGTA 0 0 0 15 3 5 1 3 3

TTB 0 0 0 3 24 25 N/A N/A N/A

Agency

overall

120 21 31 1006 13 109 6 3 101.33
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E. Pending Requests – Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests

Date of 

Receipt 

of Ten 

Oldest 

Pending

10th Oldest 

Request and 

Number of 

Days Pending

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

Request

and 

Number 

of Days 

Pending

BEP N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9/24/12

4

9/17/12

9 days

9/17/12

9 days

8/31/12

19 days

BPD N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9/26/2012

3 days

9/7/2012

16 days

CFPB 9/7/2012

15

8/29/2012

21

8/29/2012

21 days

8/24/2012

24 days

8/24/2012

24 days

8/23/2012

25 days

8/21/2012

27 days

8/16/2012

30 days

7/30/12

43 days

4/4/12

124 days

DO 3/5/2007

1429 days

2/13/2007

1443 days

1/22/2007

1459 days

10/3/2005

1799 days

9/12/2005

1814 days

8/8/2005

1839 days

6/9/2005

1881 days

12/6/2004

2014 days

11/18/2003

2288 days

10/30/2003

2301 days

FinCEN N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

FMS 9/19/2012

7 days

9/19/2012

7 days

9/19/2012

7days

9/11/2012

13 days

9/6/2012

16 days

9/5/2012

17 days

9/4/2012

18 days

7/1720/12

52 days

4/9/2012

121 days

3/29/2012

128 days

IRS 12/28/2011

191 days

11/29/2011

211

10/31/2011

230 days

9/29/2011

251 days

8/26/2011

274 days

7/25/2011

298 days

7/7/2010

311 days

6/7/2011

331 days

5/6/2011

352 days

9/27/10

504 days

MINT N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9/19/2012

8 days

9/19/2012

8 days

9/18/2012

9 days

9/12/2012

13 days

9/12/2012

13 days

8/28/2012

24 days

OCC 9/11/2012

13 days

9/11/2012

13 days

9/11/2012

13 days

9/7/2012

15 days

8/31/2012

19 days

8/30/2012

20

8/17/2012

29 days

8/6/2012

38

7/24/2012

47 days

7/20/2012

49 days

TIGTA 9/26/2012 

2 days

9/25/2012 

 3 days

9/25/2012 

 3 days

9/21/2012 

5 days

9/21/2012

 5 days

9/17/2012 

9 days

9/12/2012

12 days

9/12/2012

12 days

9/11/2012

13 days

9/11/2012

13 days

TTB N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A N/A

9/5/2012

18

8/31/2012

19

8/29/12

22

Agency 

Overall

3/15/2007

1429

2/13/2007

1443

1/22/2007

1459 days

10/3/2005

1799 days

9/12/2005

1814 days

8/8/2005

1839 days

6/9/2005

1881 days

12/6/2004

2014 days

11/18/2003

2288 days

10/30/2003

2301 days

VIII. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING AND REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER

A. Requests for Expedited Processing

Number Granted Number Denied Median Number 

of Days to 

Adjudicate

Average Number of 

Days to Adjudicate

Number 

Adjudicated Within 

Ten Calendar Days

BEP 1 2 5 4 3

BPD 12 1 16 10.3 6

CFPB 0 8 6.5 11.12 5

DO 5 47 6 2 51

FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0

FMS 0 3 8 8 2

IRS 3 18 7 6 20

MINT 2 4 5 6 2

OCC 108 116 0 0 219

TIGTA 8 4 2 6 11

TTB 1 3 7 6 4

Agency 

Overall

140 206 5 1.79 323
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B. Requests for Fee Waiver

Number Granted Number Denied Median Number of 

Days to Adjudicate

Average Number of Days 

to Adjudicate

BEP 1 5 1 2

BPD 13 0 16 10.3

CFPB 4 7 1 .55

DO 15 445 65 65

FinCEN 0 0 0 0

FMS 1 3 7 8

IRS 74 42 6 17

MINT 2 7 8 14

OCC 4 8 0 2.5

TIGTA 10 6 1 3

TTB 0 4 5 5

Agency 

Overall

124 527 6 49.58
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IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS

PERSONNEL COSTS

Number of 

"Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees"

Number of 

"Equivalent 

Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees"

Total 

Number 

of "FullTime 

FOIA 

Staff"

Processing Costs Litigation-Related 

Costs

Total Costs

BEP 0 04.55 4.55 $356,941.20 $0.00 $356,941.20

BPD 1 0.20 1.20 $ 160,000 $0.00 $160,000

CFPB 4 0.12 4.12 $397,139 $0.00 $397,139

DO 15 5.10 20.10 $2,524,941 $112,399.64 $2,637,340.64

FinCEN 0 1.22 1.22 $145,430 $0 $145,430

FMS 0 6 6 $557,185.78 $0 $557,185.78

IRS 10.85 53.63 64.48 $8,974,782.85 $240,427.08 $9,215,209.93

MINT 1 1 2 $201,081.67 $0.00 $201,081.67

OCC 9 2.00 11.00 $167,069 $0.00 $167,069

TIGTA 0 3.31 3.31 $477,085 .00 $477,085

TTB 1 .36 1.36 $149,923.99 $0.00 $149,923.99

Agency 

Overall

41.85 77.49 119.34 $14,111,579.49 $352,826.72 $14,464,406.21

X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

Total Amount of Fees Collected Percentage of Total Costs

BEP $600.61 .17%

BPD $0 0

CFPB $2,602 .66%

DO $28,901.76 1.14%

FinCEN $0 0

FMS $16,187.36 2.91%

IRS $260,520.34 2.90%

MINT $472.71 . 24%

OCC $165,910 99.31%

TIGTA $773.28 .16%

TTB $0 0%

Agency Overall $475,968.06 3.37%
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XI. FOIA REGULATIONS

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

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

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

BEP: http://www.moneyfactory.gov/section.cfm/14

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

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

MINT: www.usmint.gov

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

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2001/julqtr/pdf/3lcfr1.7.pdf

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

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

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

CFPB: http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/07/28/2011-19038/disclosure-of-records-and-information
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XII. BACKLOGS, CONSULTATIONS, AND COMPARISIONS

A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals

Number of Backlogged Requests 

as of End of Fiscal Year 

(FY2012)

Number of Backlogged Appeals 

as of End of Fiscal Year 

(FY2012)

BEP N/A N/A

BPD N/A N/A

CFPB 6 0

DO 155 27

FinCEN N/A N/A

FMS 3 1

IRS 118 0

MINT N/A N/A

OCC 0 4

TIGTA N/A N/A

TTB N/A N/A

Agency 

Overall

282 32

Note: N/A applies to components with no backlog carried forward from prior year.

3. Discuss/explain the backlog here (optional).

Treasury continues to eliminate our FOIA request backlog and achieved a 15.3% reduction 

overall this year.
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B. Consultations on FOIA Requests – Received, Processed, and Pending Consultations

Number of 

Consultations 

Received from Other 

Agencies that Were 

Pending at Your 

Agency as of Start of 

the Fiscal Year 

(FY2012)

Number of 

Consultations Received

from Other Agencies 

During the Fiscal Year 

(FY2012)

Number of Consultations 

Received from Other 

Agencies that Were 

Processed by Your 

Agency During the Fiscal 

Year (FY2012)

Number of 

Consultations 

Received from Other 

Agencies that Were 

Pending at Your 

Agency as of End of 

the Fiscal Year 

(FY2012)

BEP 0 0 0 0

BPD 0 0 0 0

CFPB 0 2 2 0

DO 19 38 40 17

FinCEN 0 10 10 0

FMS 2 63 57 8

IRS 9 206 212 3

MINT 0 0 0 0

OCC 0 0 0 0

TIGTA 0 4 4 0

TTB 0 1 1 0

Agency 

Overall

30 324 326 28
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C. Consultations on FOIA Requests – Ten Oldest Consultations received from other agencies and Pending at your 

Agency

10th Oldest 

Consultation and 

Number of Days 

Pending

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

Consultation 

and Number 

of 

Days 

Pending

BEP 

BPD

CFPB

Date 

Received

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

Number of 

Days 

Pending

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

DO Date 

Received

N/A N/A 9/28/2012 9/27/2012 9/25/2012 9/5//2012 2/1/2012 1/25/2012 8/23/2011 2/1/2011

Number of 

Days 

Pending

0 days 0days 1 days 2 days 4 days 18 days 141 days 265 days 278days 420 days

FinCEN Date 

Received

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

Number of 

Days 

Pending

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

FMS Date 

Received

N/A N/A 9/27/2012 9/5/2012 9/5/2012 8/22/2012 7/18/2012 7/17/2012 7/17/2012 3/29/2012

Number of 

Days 

Pending

N/A N/A 1 17 17 26 51 52 52 days 128 days

IRS Date 

Received

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/5/2012 9/5/2012 8/302012

Number of 

Days 

Pending

N/A 0 days 0 days 0 days 0 days 0 days 0 days 17 days 17days 20 days

OCC

TIGTA

MINT

TTB

Date 

Received

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

Number of 

Days 

Pending

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

Agency 

Overall

Date 

Received

8/30/2012 8/22/2012 7/18/2012 7/17/2012 7/17/2012 3/29/2012 2/1/2012 1/25/2012 8/23/2011 2/1/2011

Number of 

Days 

Pending

20 days 26 days 51 days 52 days 52 days 128 days 141 days 265 days 278 days 420 days
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D. Comparison of numbers of requests from previous and current annual report – requests received, 

processed, and backlogged

Number Received During 

Fiscal Year from Last 

Year's Annual Report 

(FY2011)

Number Received 

During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report 

(FY2012)

Number Processed During 

Fiscal Year from Last 

Year's Annual Report 

(FY2011)

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year 

from Current Annual 

Report (FY2012)

BEP 65 57 59 57

BPD 187 117 187 117

CFPB 18 184 7 176

DO 938 1221 999 1297

FinCEN 195 252 194 254

FMS 301 281 290 2259

IRS 12242 12137 12028 12198

MINT 83 128 81 127

OCC /OTS 2453 1933 2535 1924

TIGTA 219 227 227 226

TTB 75 73 76 70

Agency 

Overall

16776 16610 16683 16705

Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal 

Year from Previous Annual Report (FY2011)

Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the 

Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report 

(FY2012)

BEP 0 0

BPD 0 0

CFPB 3 6

DO 178 155

FinCEN 0 0

FMS 0 3

IRS 146 118

MINT 0 0

OCC 6 0

TIGTA 0 0

TTB 0 0

Agency 

Overall

333 282
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E. Comparison of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current Annual 

Report – Appeals Received, Processed, and Backlogged.

NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED

E (1) Number Received 

During Fiscal Year 

from Last Year's 

Annual Report 

(FY2011)

Number Received During 

Fiscal Year from Current 

Annual Report (FY2012)

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual 

Report (FY2011)

Number Processed During Fiscal 

Year from Current Annual Report 

(FY2012)

BEP 1 0 1 0

BPD 5 0 5 0

CFPB 0 12 0 8

DO 57 23 37 22

FinCEN 10 14 10 13

FMS 3 6 1 7

IRS 199 184 230 178

MINT 4 3 4 3

OCC 35 47 35 54

TIGTA 24 23 21 25

TTB 5 1 5 1

Agency 

Overall

3477 313 3548 311

 7 OTS had 4 received.

8 OTS had 5 processed.
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E (2) Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of the 

Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report (FY2011)

Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End 

of the Fiscal Year from Current Annual 

Report (FY2012)

BEP 0 0

BPD 0 0

CFPB 0 0

DO 34 27

FinCEN 0 0

FMS 0 1

IRS 4 0

MINT 0 0

OCC 13 4

TIGTA 0 0

TTB 0 0

Agency 

Overall

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F. Discussion of Other FOIA Activities (Optional)

1. Provide any further agency efforts to improve FOIA administration

a. Treasury implemented a Citizen Web portal in April FY11 for online FOIA request submission 

which allows requesters to submit online rather than through email boxes. The information is 

directly populated into the cloud tracking system.

b. Benefits of this portal are a decrease in the amount of imperfect requests because of the required 

fields; faster citizen input for requests; and less data entry, which results in less of an 

encumbrance on the intake process. In FY12, the public submitted 6 times more online requests 

than the previous fiscal year FY11.

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