U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

ANNUAL REPORT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011

Disclosure Services

December 5, 2011
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)

Tresury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

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

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ANNUAL REPORT

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011

CONTENTS

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

Basic Information Regarding Report

Making a FOIA Request

Acronyms, Definitions, and Exemptions

Exemption 3 Statutes

FOIA Requests

Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests

FOIA Requests: Response Time for Processed and Pending Requests

Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waiver

FOIA Personnel and Costs

Fees Collected for Processing Requests

FOIA Regulations

Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisons

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT.

This is the Fiscal Year 2011 FOIA Report for the Department of the Treasury. For purposes of administering the FOIA, the 

Department is 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 the report in collaboration with the bureau FOIA Officers.

 1 Although the number of bureaus discussed in this report may appear to be greater than 10, OTS was abolished in FY11 and CFPB is not a Treasury 

bureau; Treasury was responsible for CFPB’s FOIA administration for a portion of FY 11.
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 downloading from the Treasury 

FOIA website at: http://www.treasury.gov/FOIA/Pages/reports_index2.aspx
II. MAKING A FOIA REQUEST.

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

Disclosure Services, as described above.

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

Departmental Offices(DO)

Hugh Gilmore

Disclosure Services

Ph: 202/622-0930

Fax: 202/622-3895

Address:

FOIA Request

Department of the Treasury

Washington, DC 20220

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

Financial Management Service (FMS)

Cynthia Sydnor

Ph: 202/874-0765

Fax: 202/874-2391

Address:

Disclosure Branch

401 14th Street, SW

Washington, DC 20227

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Marie Twarog

Ph: 707/234-4374

Fax: 707/234-4346

Address: (Headquarters only)

Internal Revenue Service

FOIA Requests

Headquarters Disclosure Office

Room 2012

1111 Constitution Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20224-0001

Comptroller of the Currency (CC)

Frank Vance

Ph: 202/874-4700

Fax: 202/874-5274

Address:

Disclosure (FOIA) Office

Washington, DC 20219

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

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

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.

III. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS

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

BEP

BPD

CFPB

DO

FinCEN

FMS

IRS

MINT

OCC

OTS

TIGTA

TTB

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Bureau of the Public Debt

Consumer Financial Protection Board

Departmental Offices

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Financial Management Service

Internal Revenue Service

United States Mint

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Office of Thrift Supervision

Treasury Inspector General (Tax Administration)

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

2. Definition of 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 "thirdparty" request), or concerning an organization, or a particular topic of

interest. FOIA requests also include requests made by requesters

seeking records concerning themselves (i.e., "first-party" requests)

when those requesters are not subject to the Privacy Act, such as nonU.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 recieved 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 minial 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 multitrack processing places in its fastest (non-expedited) track based

on the low volume and/or simplicity of the records requested.

iii. Complex Request - a FOIA request that an agency using

multi-track processing places in a slower track based on the

high volume and/or complexity of the records requested.

l. Partial Grant/Partial Denial - in response to a FOIA request, an
agency decision to disclose portions of the records and to withhold

other portions that are exempt under the FOIA, or to otherwise deny a

portion of the request for a procedural reason.

m. 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.

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 had taken final action in

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 twenty working days from receipt of a

perfected FOIA request).

3. Include the following concise descriptions of the nine FOIA exemptions:

a. Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations

information

b. Exemption 2: internal agency rules and practices

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

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 supervision of financial

institutions

i. Exemption 9: geological information on wells
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

26 U.S.C. §

6103

Certain tax return 

information

and certain tax 

convention 

information

Church of Scientology v. 

IRS, 484 U.S. 9, 15 (1987) 

(26 U.S.C. § 6103); Pac. 

Fisheries, Inc. v. IRS, No. 

09-35618, 2010 WL 

3611645, at *2 (9th Cir. 

September 15, 2010) 

(unpublished disposition)

DO

FMS

IRS

TIGTA

TTB

5

40

1804

48

12

1909

31 U.S.C. § 

5319

(Bank Secrecy 

Act)

Reports 

pertaining to 

monetary

instruments 

transactions filed 

under subchapter 

II of chapter 53 

of title 31 and 

records of those 

reports

Hulstein v. DEA, No. 10-

4112, 2011 U.S. Dist. 

LEXIS 25788, at *7-8 

(N.D. Iowa Mar. 11, 2011); 

Berger v. IRS, 487 F. Supp. 

2d 482, 496-97 (D.N.J. 

2007), aff'd on other 

grounds, 288 F. App'x 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).

FinCEN

IRS 

138

21 159

41 U.S.C. § 

253b(m)(1)

Contractor 

proposals that are 

in the possession 

or control of an 

executive agency 

and that have not 

been set forth or 

Margolin v. NASA, No. 09-

CV-00421-LRH-VPC, 

2011 WL 1303221, at *6 

(D. Nev. Mar. 31, 2011); 

Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep't of 

the Interior, 305 F. Supp. 

2d 21, 30 (D.D.C. 2003), 

IRS 

MINT

44

1 45
incorporated by 

reference into 

contracts

summary affirmance 

granted, No. 03-5257, 2004 

WL 1900562 (D.C. Cir. 

Aug. 25, 2004).

41 U.S.C. 

2102(a), 

recodifies 41 

U.S.C. 423(a)

Contracts / RFP’s 

and bids pre-

award

DO33

21 U.S.C. 

1904(e)(3)

Investigative 

Information DO

11

5 U.S.C. app.3

§ 7(b)

Complaints by 

employees, 

disclosure of 

identity, reprisals

TIGTA22

Fed. R. Crim. 

P. 6(e), 

enacted by Act 

of July 30, 

1977, Pub. L. 

No. 95-78, 91 

Stat. 319

Certain records 

pertaining to 

grand jury 

proceedings

Sussman v. USMS, 494 

F.3d 1106, 1113 (D.C. Cir. 

2007) Fund for 

Constitutional Gov't v. Nat'l 

Archives & Records Serv., 

656 F.2d 856, 867-68 (D.C. 

Cir. 1981) Durham v. U.S. 

Atty. Gen., No. 06-843, 

2008 WL 620744, at *2 

(E.D. Tex. Mar. 3, 2008) 

Cozen O'Connor v. U.S. 

Dep't of Treasury, 570 F. 

Supp. 2d 749, 776 (E.D. Pa. 

2008) 

TIGTA11
V. FOIA REQUESTS

A. Received, Processed and Pending FOIA Requests.

Number of Requests 

Pending as of Start of 

Fiscal Year

Number of Requests 

Received in Fiscal Year

Number of Requests 

Processed in Fiscal Year

Number of Requests 

Pending as of End of 

Fiscal Year

BEP 0 65 59 6

BPD 1 187 187 1

CFPB 0 18 7 11

DO 350 938 999 289

FinCEN 1 195 194 2

FMS 13 301 290 24

IRS 608 12242 12028 822

MINT 4 83 81 6

OCC 103 1797 1839 60

OTS 40 656 696 0

TIGTA 23 219 227 15

TTB 1 75 76 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL

1144 16776 16683 1236
Disposition of FOIA Requests - All Processed Requests

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

FeeRelated 

Reason

Records not 

Reasonably 

Described

Improper 

FOIA 

Request 

for Other 

Reason

Not 

Agency 

Record

Duplicate 

Request

Other

*Explain in 

chart 

below

TOTAL

BEP 26 10 0 19 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 59

BPD 31 23 0 80 31 1 0 0 3 17 1 0 187

CFPB 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 7

DO 102 202 23 173 207 128 27 1 23 67 38 8 999

FinCEN 13 50 90 36 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 194

FMS 40 98 32 25 4 11 34 4 9 29 3 1 290

IRS 4226 2248 184 1026 41 196 148 665 2845 37 412 0 12028

MINT 32 19 2 19 1 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 81

OCC 1273 148 81 47 11 38 2 8 1 139 18 73 1839

OTS 266 68 9 202 20 53 0 0 0 0 0 78 696

TIGTA 27 95 10 27 16 8 2 1 32 4 5 0 227

TTB 6 21 10 16 6 3 2 6 3 1 2 0 76

Agency 

Overall

6042 2983 442 1671 339 441 218 685 2926 297 479 160 16683
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 GLOMAR- 1, no forwarding address1, aggregated- 68

FMS Records available next month - 1 1

OCC NOT FOIA- 16, Records lost- 2, No 

written authorization to access 

records- 4, No proof of ID25, Appealed prior to determination- 1, 

Records previously furnished- 1, 

Handled via phone exclusively- 4, 

Records destroyed/records retention4, Closed w/o determination-15, 

Records referred at initial request 

level- 1

73

OTS Requests were merged with OCC on 

July 1, 2011 as part of the Dodd-Frank 

Act.

78

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 N/A N/A 5 1 6 1 N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

BPD N/A N/A 1 4 2 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

CFPB N/A 1 N/A N/A 2 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

DO 9 18 9 29 35 53 3 N/A 11 4 4 N/A 3 N/A

FinCEN N/A 3 138 2 2 12 N/A N/A 22 3 26 N/A N/A N/A

FMS N/A N/A 40 12 3 102 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

IRS N/A 152 1869 38 441 502 303 3 850 51 826 7 1 N/A

MINT N/A N/A 1 6 9 12 N/A N/A 1 N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A

OCC N/A 3 N/A 78 51 67 3 N/A 7 N/A N/A N/A 164 N/A

OTS N/A N/A N/A 25 4 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A 3 N/A 24 N/A

TIGTA N/A 6 51 N/A 10 30 6 N/A 101 10 12 1 N/A N/A

TTB N/A 4 12 7 15 17 N/A N/A N/A 1 1 N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL

9 187 2121 206 575 831 316 3 993 69 873 8 192 0
VI. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS

A. Received, Processed & 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 1 1 0

BPD 0 5 5 0

CFPB 0 0 0 0

DO 32 57 37 52

FinCEN 0 10 10 0

FMS 0 3 1 2

IRS 35 199 230 4

MINT 0 4 4 0

OCC 12 35 35 12

OTS 1 4 5 0

TIGTA 0 24 21 3

TTB 0 5 5 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL

80 347 354 73

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 1 0 0 1

BPD 3 1 1 0 5

CFPB 0 0 0 0 0

DO 23 4 6 4 37

FinCEN 9 1 0 0 10

FMS 1 0 0 0 1

IRS 218 1 3 8 230

MINT 2 1 0 1 4

OCC 1 15 11 8 35

OTS 1 1 1 2 5

TIGTA 11 7 1 2 21

TTB 4 1 0 0 5

AGENCY 

OVERALL

273 33 23 25 354
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

DO 0 1 1 4 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

FinCEN 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0

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

IRS 0 5 84 2 42 33 32 0 37 2 38 0 0 0

MINT 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

OTS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

TIGTA 0 0 3 0 2 5 1 0 16 1 1 0 0 0

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL

0 9 99 15 55 47 33 1 54 4 42 0 4 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 24 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 5

FinCEN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FMS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IRS 20 6 0 1 2 32 0 0 18

MINT 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCC 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5

OTS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

TIGTA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

TTB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Agency 

Overall

47 6 5 7 3 32 1 1 29
C.(3)Reasons for Denial on Appeal - "Other" Reasons from Section VI.C(2)Chart

Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from 

Chart B (1) & Number of Times Those Reasons 

Were Relied Upon.

TOTAL

DO Administrative closure/ Imperfect Request - 1, no 

response to appeal - 1,Untimely filed - 3

5

IRS late filed - 13, not authorized - 5 18

OCC Not FOIA - 1,

Records not exist - 1,

Without determination - 2,

Improper Request - 1

5

OTS Court approved protective order - 1 1

C. (4) Response Time For Administrative Appeals

Median Number of Days Average Number of 

Days

Lowest Number of Days Highest Number of Days

BEP 10 10 10 10

BPD 18 17 14 20

CFPB N/A N/A N/A N/A

DO 100 39 2 229

FinCEN 14 13 5 22

FMS 9 9 9 9

IRS 21 28 3 314

MINT 14 14 9 19

OCC 8 9 3 17

OTS 19 85 17 340

TIGTA 10 10 3 20

TTB 51 44 12 80

AGENCY 

OVERALL 25 25.27 2 340

C.(5) Ten Oldest Pending Administrative Appeals

10th Oldest 

Appeal

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

Appeal

BEP Date of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

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
BPD Date of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

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 of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

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 of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

6/17/10 5/4/10 11/17/09 11/9/09 11/5/09 6/8/08 4/29/08 3/4/08 9/20/07 4/6/07

Number of 

Days 

Pending

325 356 473 479 481 849 878 918 1036 1155

FinCEN Date of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

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 of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/14/11 9/2/11

Number of 

Days 

Pending

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 13 20

IRS Date of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/23/11 9/19/11 9/19/11 8/25/11

Number of 

Days 

Pending

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6 10 10 26

MINT Date of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

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

OCC Date of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

8/9/11 7/27/11 7/27/11 7/8/11 6/28/11 6/13/11 1/19/11 12/7/10 5/20/10 10/6/09

Number of 

Days 

Pending

38 47 47 60 67 78 179 207 344 503

OTS Date of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

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

TIGTA Date of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/27/11 9/22/11 9/20/11
Number of 

Days 

Pending

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 7 9

TTB Date of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

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 of 

Receipt of 

Ten Oldest 

Appeals

5/4/10 11/17/09 11/9/09 11/5/09 10/6/09 6/8/08 4/29/08 3/4/08 9/20/07 4/6/07

Number of 

Days 

Pending

356 473 479 481 503 849 878 918 1036 1155
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 3 7.0 1 32 8 12.0 25 48 N/A N/A N/A N/A

BPD 6 7.4 1 30 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

CFPB 13 11.0 6 13 13 13.0 6 91 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DO 2 23.0 0 280 36 240.0 0 3205 30 169.0 6 1126

FinCEN 1 1.0 0 6 4 5.0 0 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FMS 9 9.0 1 20 25 26.0 23 30 14 15.0 14 16

IRS N/A N/A N/A N/A 14 19.0 0 604 18 21.0 0 42

MINT 8 10.0 1 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCC 3 8.8 1 130 33 47.7 7 126 8 15.1 1 116

OTS 7 15.0 0 519 11 23.0 0 233 N/A N/A N/A N/A

TIGTA 13 14.0 9 20 18 17.0 0 111 3 3.0 3 3

TTB 10 12.0 2 49 21 22.0 2 78 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Agency 

Overall

5 10.9 0 519 13 27.0 0 3205 21 91.5 3 1126

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 7 10.0 7 23 14 22.0 20 48 N/A N/A N/A N/A

BPD 4 8.0 0 27 5 8.0 0 30 N/A N/A N/A N/A

CFPB 13 13.0 6 19 13 13.0 6 91 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DO 34 47.0 1 280 106 384.0 1 3205 126 226.0 6 1126

FinCEN 2 1.0 0 6 3 4.0 0 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FMS 13 12.0 1 20 25 26.0 23 30 N/A N/A N/A N/A

IRS N/A N/A N/A N/A 18 23.0 0 604 21 26.0 0 42

MINT 8 10.0 1 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCC 3 8.8 1 130 33 47.7 7 126 8 15.1 1 116

OTS 5 12.0 0 351 10 19.0 0 173 N/A N/A N/A N/A

TIGTA 20 20.0 19 20 19 23.0 2 111 N/A N/A N/A N/A

TTB 8 11.0 7 19 52 43.0 25 53 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Agency 

Overall

7 14.5 0 351 16 52.0 0 3205 126 129.0 6 1126
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 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46

BPD 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

CFPB 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

DO 166 11 5 6 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 202

FinCEN 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104

FMS 280 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 280

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

MINT 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81

OCC 1405 130 50 16 15 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1636

OTS 361 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 390

TIGTA 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

TTB 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26

Agency 

Overall

2479 173 57 23 18 21 5 1 1 0 3 1 0 2782
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 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

BPD 184 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 189

CFPB 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

DO 490 39 33 23 20 8 18 8 5 4 20 23 100 791

FinCEN 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90

FMS 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

IRS 8918 2077 667 212 68 30 12 8 9 3 12 9 3 12028

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

OCC 21 19 10 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 69

OTS 52 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 63

TIGTA 186 21 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 221

TTB 25 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50

Agency 

Overall

9977 2200 726 246 99 41 31 16 15 7 32 32 103 13525

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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DO 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 17

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

FMS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

IRS 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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

OCC 113 16 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137

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

TIGTA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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

Agency 

Overall

128 20 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 160
D. Pending Requests 

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 3 8 16.0 3 25 25.0 N/A N/A N/A

BPD N/A N/A N/A 2 2 2.0 N/A N/A N/A

CFPB 3 24 23.0 5 32 37.0 N/A N/A N/A

DO 25 145 152.0 227 138 395.0 5 383 460.0

FinCEN 1 1 1.0 1 12 12.0 N/A N/A N/A

FMS 17 11 18.0 7 11 12.0 N/A N/A N/A

IRS N/A N/A N/A 822 12 25.0 3 94 120.0

MINT 6 4 7.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCC 47 9 11.0 6 6 20.0 N/A N/A N/A

OTS 51 102 147.0 25 114 169.0 N/A N/A N/A

TIGTA 1 5 5.0 11 4 4.0 N/A N/A N/A

TTB N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Agency Overall 154 86 51.0 1109 22 80.6 8 193 256.0
E. Pending Requests - Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests2

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

9/30/2011

1 days

9/26/2011

5 days

9/9/201116

days

9/06/2011

19 days

9/1/2011

21 days

9/1/2011

21 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

9/29/2011

2 days

9/29/2011

2 days

CFPB N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9/15/2011

12 days

8/30/2011

23 days

8/26/2011

25 days

8/24/2011

27 days

8/23/2011

28 days

8/19/2011

30 days

8/9/2011

38 days

8/3/2011

42 days

DO 1/22/2007

1209 days

10/3/2005

1549 days

9/12/2005

1561 days

8/8/2005

1589 days

8/8/2005

1589 days

6/9/2005

1631 days

2/16/2005

1712 days

12/6/2004

1764 days

11/18/2003

2038 days

10/30/2003

2051 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

9/30/2011

1 days

9/19/2011

10 days

FMS 9/26/2011

5 days

9/26/2011

5 days

9/21/2011

8 days

9/21/2011

8 days

9/20/2011

9 days

9/16/2011

11 days

9/15/2011

12 days

9/13/2011

14 days

9/12/2011

15 days

9/2/2011

20 days

IRS 10/5/2010

249 days

9/28/2010

254 days

9/27/2010

255 days

9/13/2010

265 days

8/17/2010

283 days

8/16/2010

284 days

7/8/2010

311 days

7/6/2010

313 days

5/4/2010

356 days

1/4/2010

440 days

MINT N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9/29/2011

2 days

9/28/2011

3 days

9/28/2011

3 days

9/26/2011

5 days

9/19/2011

10 days

9/13/2011

14 days

OCC 9/8/2011

17 days

9/7/2011

18 days

9/2/2011

20 days

8/31/2011

22 days

8/30/2011

23 days

8/5/2011

40 days

8/4/2011

41 days

7/21/2011

51 days

7/18/2011

54 days

5/20/2011

93 days

OTS 3/14/2011

142 days

3/10/2011

144 days

3/8/2011

146 days

2/9/2011

164 days

1/3/2011

190 days

12/22/2010

196 days

9/24/2010

256 days

9/15/2010

263 days

2/5/2009

676 days

2/25/2008

924 days

TIGTA 9/30/2011

1 days

9/30/2011

1 days

9/29/2011

2 days

9/26/2011

5 days

9/23/2011

6 days

9/22/2011

7 days

9/21/2011

8 days

9/20/2011

9 days

9/16/2011

11 days

9/15/2011

12 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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Agency 

Overall

1/22/2007

1209 days

10/3/2005

1549 days

9/12/2005

1561 days

8/8/2005

1589 days

8/8/2005

1589 days

6/9/2005

1631 days

2/16/2005

1712 days

12/6/2004

1764 days

11/18/2003

2038 days

10/30/2003

2051 days

 2 The calculations used in Chart VIID and Chart VIIE were inconsistent. Chart VIID used Calendar Days (including weekends and holiday) and 

ChartVIIE used Business Days (less weekends and holidays). The programs will be adjusted to use the same calculation (Business Days) for future 

reportings.
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 0 1 0 0.0 0

BPD 0 0 0 0.0 0

CFPB 0 0 0 0.0 0

DO 13 35 7 3.0 47

FinCEN 0 0 0 0.0 0

FMS 2 1 14 15.0 0

IRS 65 3 8 10.0 44

MINT 0 0 0 0.0 0

OCC 142 63 1 2.0 200

OTS 0 0 0 0.0 0

TIGTA 1 2 5 4.0 3

TTB 0 0 0 0.0 0

Agency Overall 223 105 3 4.0 294

B. Requests for Fee 

Waiver

Number Granted Number Denied Median Number of 

Days to Adjudicate

Average Number of 

Days to Adjudicate

BEP 0 2 0 0.0

BPD 0 0 0 0.0

CFPB 0 0 0 0.0

DO 160 40 6 10.3

FinCEN 1 0 0 0.0

FMS 2 9 1 5.0

IRS 27 3 0 1.0

MINT 1 5 10 3.0

OCC 22 0 1 0.1

OTS 0 0 0 0.0

TIGTA 1 9 1 2.0

TTB 1 0 0 0.0

Agency Overall 215 68 6 9.0
IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS 

PERSONNEL COSTS

Number of 

"Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees"

Number of 

"Equivalent 

Full-Time FOIA 

Employees"

Total Number 

of "Full-Time 

FOIA Staff"

Processing 

Costs

LitigationRelated CostsTotal Costs

BEP 1 0.40 1.40 $148,599.00 $0.00 $148,599.00

BPD 1 0.40 1.40 $144,228.00 $0.00 $144,228.00

CFPB 3 0.00 3.00 $462,170.00 $0.00 $462,170.00

DO 12 4.60 16.60 $3,691,372.00 $163,735.80 $3,855,107.80

FinCEN 0 3.15 3.15 $111,752.00 $3,559.00 $115,311.00

FMS 0 5.39 5.39 $618,133.80 $8,146.62 $626,280.42

IRS 8 64.50 72.50 $9,877,360.41 $247,180.09 $10,124,540.50

MINT 1 0.50 1.50 $164,161.00 $0.00 $164,161.00

OCC 7 0.00 7.00 $937,228.54 $0.00 $937,228.54

OTS 3 1.00 4.00 $356,483.00 $0.00 $356,483.00

TIGTA 0 3.84 3.84 $450,576.30 $5,736.00 $456,312.30

TTB 1 1.52 2.52 $144,522.01 $0.00 $144,522.01

Agency Overall 30 92.30 122.30 $17,106,586.06 $428,357.51 $17,534,943.57
X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

Total Amount of Fees Collected Percentage of Total Costs

BEP $1,295.00 0.87%

BPD N/A N/A

CFPB N/A N/A

DO $21,808.07 0.59%

FinCEN N/A N/A

FMS $31,997.95 5.18%

IRS $376,928.51 3.82%

MINT $1,242.57 0.76%

OCC $137,630.00 14.68%

OTS $19,450.20 5.46%

TIGTA $200.40 0.04%

TTB $8,337.91 5.77%

Agency Overall $598,890.61 3.50%

XI. FOIA REGULATIONS

Agencies must provide an electronic link to their FOIA regulations, including their fee schedule.

DO: http://www.treasury.gov/FOIA/Pages/foiaregs.aspx

CFPB: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/07/28/2011-19038/disclosure-of-records-and-information

TTB: http://www.treasury.gov/FOIA/Documents/foiaregs.pdf

OCC: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_10/12cfr4_10.html

BEP: http://www.treasury.gov/FOIA/Documents/foiaregs.pdf

FMS: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title31-vol1/pdf/CFR-2011-title31-vol1-part1.pdf

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

MINT: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title31-vol1/pdf/CFR-2011-title31-vol1-part1.pdf

BPD: www.treasurydirect.gov/foia.htm and http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2001/julqtr/pdf/31cfrl.7.pdf

OTS: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title31-vol1/pdf/CFR-2011-title31-vol1-part1.pdf;

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title31-vol1/pdf/CFR-2011-title31-vol1-part1.pdf

TIGTA: http://www.treas.gov/tigta/important_foia.shtml; http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_00/31cfr1_00.html

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

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title31-vol1/pdf/CFR-2011-title31-vol1-part1.pdf
XII. BACKLOGS, CONSULTATIONS, AND COMPARISONS

A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals

Number of Backlogged Requests 

as of End of Fiscal Year 

(FY2011)

Number of Backlogged Appeals 

as of End of Fiscal Year 

(FY2011)

BEP N/A N/A

BPD N/A N/A

CFPB 3 N/A

DO 178 34

FinCEN N/A N/A

FMS N/A N/A

IRS 146 4

MINT N/A N/A

OCC 6 13

OTS N/A N/A

TIGTA N/A N/A

TTB N/A N/A

Agency Overall 333 51
B. Consultations on FOIA Requests - Received, Processed, and Pending Consultations

Number of Consultations 

Received from Other 

Agencies that Were Pending

as of Start of the Fiscal Year 

(FY2011)

Number of Consultations 

Received from Other 

Agencies During the 

Fiscal Year (FY2011)

Number of Consultations 

Received from Other 

Agencies that Were 

Processed by During the 

Fiscal Year (FY2011)

Number of Consultations 

Received from Other Agencies 

that Were Pending at as of End

of the Fiscal Year (FY2011)

BEP 0 1 1 0

BPD 0 0 0 0

CFPB 0 0 0 0

DO 11 42 34 19

FinCEN 0 8 8 0

FMS 1 45 44 2

IRS 6 196 193 9

MINT 0 0 0 0

OCC 0 0 0 0

OTS 0 0 0 0

TIGTA 1 0 1 0

TTB 0 4 4 0

Agency 

Overall

19 296 285 30
C. Consultations on FOIA Requests - Ten Oldest Consultations Received from Other Agencies and Pending 

10th Oldest 

Consultation 

and Number of 

Days Pending

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

Consultation 

and Number of 

Days Pending

BEP 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

BPD 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

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

9/26/2011 9/9/2011 8/23/2011 8/16/2011 7/14/2011 5/27/2011 5/18/2011 4/27/2011 2/1/2011 9/30/2010

Number of 

Days 

Pending

5 days 16 days 28 days 33 days 56 days 88 days 95 days 110 days 170 days 252 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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/13/2011 8/8/2011

Number of 

Days 

Pending

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14 days 39 days

IRS Date 

Received

N/A 8/23/2011 7/21/2011 7/18/2011 7/11/2011 7/8/2011 7/8/2011 7/7/2011 7/6/2011 7/5/2011

Number of 

Days 

Pending

N/A 28 days 51 days 54 days 59 days 60 days 60 days 61 days 62 days 63 days

MINT 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

OCC 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

OTS 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

TIGTA 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
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

7/8/2011 7/8/2011 7/7/2011 7/6/2011 7/5/2011 5/27/2011 5/18/2011 4/27/2011 2/1/2011 9/30/2010

Number of 

Days 

Pending

60 days 60 days 61 days 62 days 63 days 88 days 95 days 110 days 170 days 252 days
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 

(FY2010)

Number Received During 

Fiscal Year from Current 

Annual Report (FY2011)

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual Report 

(FY2010)

Number Processed 

During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report 

(FY2011)

BEP 82 65 82 59

BPD 135 187 134 187

CFPB N/A 18 N/A 7

DO 922 938 2338 999

FinCEN 196 195 197 194

FMS 332 301 321 290

IRS 12027 12242 12300 12028

MINT 129 83 127 81

OCC 1946 1797 1926 1839

OTS 774 656 778 696

TIGTA 274 219 267 227

TTB 94 75 94 76

Agency Overall 16911 16776 18564 16683

Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal 

Year from Previous Annual Report (FY2010)

Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of 

the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report 

(FY2011)

BEP 0 0

BPD 0 0

CFPB 0 3

DO 282 178

FinCEN 0 0

FMS 0 0

IRS 118 146

MINT 0 0

OCC 10 6

OTS 9 0

TIGTA 0 0

TTB 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL

419 333
E. Comparison of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current Annual Report - Appeals 

Received, Processed, and Backlogged

NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED

Number Received During 

Fiscal Year from Last Year's 

Annual Report (FY2010)

Number Received During 

Fiscal Year from Current 

Annual Report (FY2011)

Number Processed During 

Fiscal Year from Last Year's 

Annual Report (FY2010)

Number Processed During 

Fiscal Year from Current 

Annual Report (FY2011)

BEP 2 1 2 1

BPD 2 5 2 5

CFPB 0 0 0 0

DO 23 57 20 37

FinCEN 3 10 3 10

FMS 4 3 4 1

IRS 263 199 288 230

MINT 3 4 3 4

OCC 45 35 46 35

OTS 9 4 8 5

TIGTA 17 24 18 21

TTB 1 5 6 5

Agency 

Overall

372 347 400 354

Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of the Fiscal Year 

from Previous Annual Report (FY2010)

Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of 

the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report 

(FY2011)

BEP 0 0

BPD 0 0

CFPB 0 0

DO 32 34

FinCEN 0 0

FMS 0 0

IRS 11 4

MINT 0 0

OCC 9 13

OTS 1 0

TIGTA 0 0

TTB 0 0

Agency Overall 53 51

Please Note: For the DO backlogged appeals totals from 2010 - the monthly data indicated 30; however, the new tracking system 

evidently pulled 2 more from our legacy system which totals to 32.
A. Discussion of Other FOIA Activities (Optional)

1.

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. Advantages to 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 encumbers the intake 

process. 

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

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is working to update and revise its Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Reading Room.

OTS merged with OCC on July 21, 2011

TIGTA hired 2 part-time analysts for FOIA.

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i

Report increased by 2 from prior annual report, tracking system recovered legacy data

ii Report increased by 1 from prior annual report; correction from last year’s data re-run from tracking system.