FY 19 Annual Report 

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes 

Statute 

Type of Information 

Withheld Case Citation 

Agency / 

Compone

nt 

Number 

of Times

Relied 

upon 

by 

Agency /

Compone

nt 0

Total 

Number 

of 

Times 

Relied 

upon 

by 

Agency 

Overall 

0 
V.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS 

Number of Requests Number of Number of Number of Requests 

Agency / Component 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 41 92 45 88 
V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS 

Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions 

Agency / 

Component 

Number of 

Full Grants 

Number of 

Partial Grants 

/ Partial 

Denials 

Number of 

Full Denials 

Based on 

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Withdrawn 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 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 11 11 0 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 
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 0 0 
V.B.(3). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED 

Agency / 

Compone 

nt 

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 1 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
VI.A. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS 

Agency / 

Component 

Number of Appeals 

Pending as of Start 

of Fiscal Year 

Number of 

Appeals Received 

in Fiscal Year 

Number of 

Appeals Processed 

in Fiscal Year 

Number of Appeals 

Pending as of End 

of Fiscal Year 

AGENCY OVERALL 1 3 4 0 

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 4 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 

Appeal 

Based 

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 

Reasonab 

ly 

Described 

Improper 

Request 

for Other 

Reasons 

Not 

Agency 

Record 

Duplicate 

Request 

or Appeal 

Request 

in 

Litigation 

Solely on 

Denial of 

Request 

for 

Expedited 

Other 

*Explain in 

chart below 

Processin 

g 

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 2nd Oldest Appeal 

AGENCY OVERALL Date of Appeal 1/29/2019 

Number of Days Pending 171 
VII.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED REQUESTS 

Agency / 

Compone 

nt 

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 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 14 72 1 579 320 317 15 488 107 102 9 178 

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

Agency / 

Compone 

nt 

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 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 129 183 10 579 340 355 297 488 176 144 47 178 

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

Agency / 

Compone 

nt 

<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 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

20 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 28 

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

Agency / 

Compone 

nt 

<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 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 9 

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

Agency / 

Compone 

nt 

<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 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 

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

Agency / 

Compone 

nt 

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 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 56 174 181 24 201 239 8 260 N/A 

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 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

Receipt 3/20/2020 3/15/2020 2/13/2020 1/20/2020 1/10/2020 10/29/2019 10/29/2019 9/9/2019 5/20/2019 1/31/2019 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 389 393 414 431 437 486 486 520 600 677 

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 8 6 21 20 2 
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 16 12 16 16 

IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs 

Agency / Component 

PERSONNEL 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 1 0 1 $20,000 $0 $20,000 

X. Fees Collected for 

Processing Requests 

Agency / Component Total Amount of Fees 

Collected Percentage of Total Costs 

AGENCY OVERALL $0.00 0% 
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 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 5 
XII.B. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING CONSULTATIONS 

Agency / Component 

Number of Consultations Received from Other 

Agencies that were Pending at the Agency as of Start 

of the Fiscal Year 

Number of 

Consultations Received fr

Agencies During the Fisc

om Other 

al Year 

Number of Consultations Received 

from Other Agencies that were 

Processed by the Agency During the 

Fiscal Year 

Number of Consultations Received from Other 

Agencies that were Pending at the Agency as of 

End 

of the Fiscal Year 

AGENCY OVERALL 0 1 1 0 

Oldest 

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 Consultati 

on 

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

NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED 

Agency / Component 

Number Received During Fiscal Year Number Received During Fiscal Year from Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Number Processed During Fiscal Year from 

from Last Year's Annual Report Current Annual Report Year's Annual Report Current Annual Report 

AGENCY OVERALL 49 92 21 45 

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 10 5 

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

NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED 

Agency / Component 

Number Received During Fiscal Year Number Received During Fiscal Year from Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Number Processed During Fiscal Year from 

from Last Year's Annual Report Current Annual Report Year's Annual Report Current Annual Report 

AGENCY OVERALL 0 1 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 3