FY 20 Annual Report

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes

Type of Information Number of Times Total Number of

Withheld Relied upon Times Relied upon

by Agency / 

Component by Agency Overall 0 0

Statute Case Citation

Agency / 

Compone

nt
V.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS

Number of Requests Number of Number of Number of Requests

Pending as of Start Requests Received Requests Processed Pending as of End

of Fiscal Year in Fiscal Year in Fiscal Year of Fiscal Year

AGENCY OVERALL 11 49 21 39

Agency / Component
V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS

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Withdrawn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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 8 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21

Agency / 

Component

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

Agency / Component

Description of "Other" 

Reasons for Denials from 

Chart B(1)

Number of Times "Other" 

Reason Was Relied Upon TOTAL

AGENCY OVERALL N/A
V.B.(3). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Agency / 

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VI.A. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Number of Appeals Number of Number of Number of Appeals

Pending as of Start Appeals Received Appeals Processed Pending as of End

of Fiscal Year in Fiscal Year in Fiscal Year of Fiscal Year

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1 0 0 1

VI.B. DISPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS -- ALL PROCESSED APPEALS

Agency / 

Component Number Affirmed on Appeal

Number Partially Affirmed & 

Partially Reversed/Remanded on 

Appeal

Number Completely 

Reversed/Remanded on 

Appeal

Number of Appeals Closed 

for Other Reasons TOTAL

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 0 0

VI.C.(1). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Agency / 

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Agency / 

Component No Records Records Referred at Initial 

Request Level Request Withdrawn Fee-Related Reason

Records 

not 

Reasonabl

y 

Described

Improper 

Request 

for Other 

Reasons

Not 

Agency 

Record

Duplicate 

Request or 

Appeal

Request in 

Litigation

Appeal 

Based 

Solely on 

Denial of 

Request 

for 

Expedited 

Processing

Other 

*Explain in 

chart below

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Agency / 

Component

Description of "Other" Reasons 

for Denial on Appeal from Chart 

C(2)

Number of Times "Other" 

Reason Was Relied Upon TOTAL

AGENCY 

OVERALL N/A 0 0

VI.C.(4). RESPONSE TIME FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / 

Component Median Number of Days Average Number of Days Lowest Number of Days Highest Number of Days

AGENCY 

OVERALL N/A N/A N/A N/A

VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / 

Component 10th Oldest Appeal 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 416 Oldest Appeal

Date of Appeal 1/29/2019

Number of Days Pending 416

Agency / 

Component

AGENCY 

OVERALL
VII.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED REQUESTS

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 14 46 2 152 135 139 9 248 112 98 47 134

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

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 24 43 2 152 132 125 106 137 80 80 47 112

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

<1-20 21-40 41-60 61-80 401+

Days Days Days Days Days

AGENCY 

OVERALL

7 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12

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

<1-20 21-40 41-60 61-80 401+

Days Days Days Days Days

AGENCY 

OVERALL

1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6

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

<1-20 21-40 41-60 61-80 401+

Days Days Days Days Days

AGENCY 

OVERALL

0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

VII.D. PENDING REQUESTS -- ALL PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 16 113 150 17 183 203 6 36 37

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

Agency / 

Compone

nt

10th Oldest 

Request

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

Request

Date of 

Receipt 10/18/2019 9/9/2019 9/9/2019 8/8/2019 7/29/2019 6/24/2019 5/21/2019 5/20/2019 5/20/2019 1/31/2019

Number 

of Days 

Pending 236 257 257 286 294 318 341 341 341 418

VIII.A. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Agency / 

Compone

nt

Number 

Granted

Number 

Denied

Median 

Number of 

Days to 

Adjudicate

Average 

Number of 

Days to 

Adjudicate

Number 

Adjudicated 

Within Ten 

Calendar 

Days

AGENCY 

OVERALL 9 0 123 123 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL

TOTAL

Agency / 

Compone 81-100 Days 101-120 

Days 121-140 Days 141-160 Days 161-180 Days 181-200 Days 201-300 Days

301-400 

Days

TOTAL

Agency / 

Compone

nt

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

TOTAL

Agency / 

Compone 81-100 Days 101-120 Days 121-140 Days 141-160 Days 161-180 Days 181-200 Days 201-300 Days

301-400 

Days

Agency / 

Compone 81-100 Days 101-120 

Days 121-140 Days 141-160 Days 161-180 Days 181-200 Days 201-300 Days

301-400 

Days

Agency / 

Compone

nt

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Agency / 

Compone

nt

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING
VIII.B. Requests for Fee Waiver

Agency / Component Number Granted Number Denied Median Number of Days to 

Adjudicate

Average Number of Days to 

Adjudicate

AGENCY OVERALL 0 0 N/A N/A

IX. FOIA Personnel and 

Costs

Number of "Full-Time FOIA 

Employees"

Number of "Equivalent FullTime FOIA Employees"Total Number of "Full-Time 

FOIA Staff" Processing Costs

LitigationRelated 

Costs

Total 

Costs

AGENCY OVERALL 0 1 0 $25,000 $0 $25,000 

X. Fees Collected for 

Processing Requests

Agency / Component Total Amount of Fees 

Collected Percentage of Total Costs

AGENCY OVERALL $0.00 0%

Agency / Component

PERSONNEL COSTS
XI.A. Number of Times 

Subsection (C) Used

Agency / Component Number of Times Subsection Used

AGENCY OVERALL 0

XI.B. Number of 

Subsection (A)(2) 

Postings

Agency / Component Number of Records Posted by the 

FOIA Office

Number of Records Posted by Program 

Offices

AGENCY OVERALL 74 0
XII.A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals

Agency / Component

Number of Backlogged 

Requests as of End of Fiscal 

Year

Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of 

Fiscal Year

AGENCY OVERALL 10 0
XII.B. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING CONSULTATIONS

Number of Consultations Received from Other 

Agencies that were Pending at the Agency as of Start Number of

Number of Consultations Received from Other 

Agencies that were Pending at the Agency as of 

End

of the Fiscal Year Consultations Received from Other 

Agencies During the Fiscal Year of the Fiscal Year

AGENCY OVERALL 0 1 1 0

XII.C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND PENDING AT THE AGENCY

Agency / Component 10th Oldest Consultation 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd Oldest 

Consultation

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Agency / Component

Number of Consultations Received 

from Other Agencies that were 

Processed by the Agency During the 

Fiscal Year

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

Number Received During Fiscal Year 

from Last Year's Annual Report

Number Received During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

Number Processed During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual Report

Number Processed During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

AGENCY OVERALL 30 49 17 21

XII.D.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED REQUESTS

Agency / Component

Number of Backlogged Requests as of 

End of the Fiscal Year from Previous 

Annual Report

Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of 

the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report

AGENCY OVERALL 5 10

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

Number Received During Fiscal Year 

from Last Year's Annual Report

Number Received During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

Number Processed During Fiscal Year from 

Last Year's Annual Report

Number Processed During Fiscal Year from 

Current Annual Report

AGENCY OVERALL 0 0 0 0

XII.E.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED APPEALS

Agency / Component

Number of Backlogged Appeals as of 

End of the Fiscal Year from Previous 

Annual Report

Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of the 

Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report

AGENCY OVERALL 1 0

Agency / Component

NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED

Agency / Component

NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED