DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

ANNUAL REPORT

FOR

FISCAL YEAR 2016
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Freedom of Information Act Annual Report FY 2016

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT

A. Name, title, address, and telephone number of person to be contacted with questions about the report:

Ms. Alexis R. Graves

Department FOIA Officer 

Office of the Chief Information Officer

1400 Independence Avenue 

Room 428-W 

Washington, DC 20250

Tel. (202) 690-3318

USDAFOIA@ocio.usda.gov

 

B. Electronic link for access to the Report on the agency Web site: 

http://www.usda.gov/da/foia.htm

C. To obtain a paper copy of this report please submit a written or electronic request to: 

Ms. Alexis R. Graves

Department FOIA Officer 

Office of the Chief Information Officer

1400 Independence Avenue 

Room 428-W 

Washington, DC 20250

USDAFOIA@ocio.usda.gov

II. MAKING A FOIA REQUEST 

A. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all individual agency components that receive FOIA 

requests. 

For the names, addresses, and telephone numbers, visit our Web site at:

http://www.dm.usda.gov/foia/poc.htm

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

USDA records to which FOIA exemptions apply.

In accordance with its FOIA regulations, USDA makes records available to the public unless the information 

is protected from disclosure by one or more of the nine specific FOIA exemptions. 
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III. AGENCY COMPONENT ABBREVIATIONS 

Component Abbreviation Component Name

AMS Agricultural Marketing Service

APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

ASCR Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

FAS Foreign Agricultural Service

FNCS Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

FSA Farm Service Agency

FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service

FS Forest Service

GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

NAD National Appeals Division

NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service

OBPA Office of Budget and Program Analysis

OCFO Office of the Chief Financial Officer

OGC Office of General Counsel

OIG Office of the Inspector General

OSEC/OCIO/DM Office of the Secretary/Departmental Management

RD Rural Development

REE Research, Education and Economics

RMA Risk Management Agency
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IV. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES 

Statute Type of Information

Withheld Case Citation Agency / Component

Number of 

Times

Relied upon

by Agency / 

Component

Total Number 

of

Times Relied 

upon

by Agency 

Overall

5 U.S.C. § 574(j) Dispute resolution communication 

between a neutral and a party.

N/A AMS 2

3

FS 1

7 U.S.C. § 608(d)(2) Information for marketing order 

programs that are categorized as trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information.

N/A AMS 1

1

7 U.S.C. § 1502 (c) Personal information in connection 

with policy holders and/or yield data.

N/A AMS 1

30 RMA 22

FSA 7

7 U.S.C. § 2018(c) Information obtained pursuant to 

chapter 51 of title 7 of the United States 

Code, which concerns the handling of 

information submitted by applicants to 

the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program.

Argus Leader Media v. USDA, 900 F. 

Supp. 2d 997, 1006 (D.S.D Sept. 27, 

2012).

FNCS 228

228

7 U.S.C. § 2276(a)(2) (Food 

Security Act of 1985)

"[I]nformation furnished under a 

provision of law referred to in 

subsection (d) of this section . . . unless 

such information has been transformed 

into a statistical or aggregate form that 

does not allow the identification of the 

Strunk v. U.S. Dept. of Interior, 752 F. 

Supp. 2d, 39, 44 (D.D.C. 2010).

AMS 2

21
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person who supplied particular 

information"

FSA 17

REE 2

7 U.S.C. § 8791 "[I]nformation provided by an 

agricultural producer or owner of 

agricultural land concerning 

agricultural operations, farming, or 

conservation practices, or the land 

itself, in order to participate in 

programs of the Department" and 

certain "geospatial information" . . . 

maintained by the Secretary.

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. USDA, 

626 F3d 1113, 1118 (9th Cir. 2010); 

Zanoni v. USDA, 605 F. Supp. 2d 230, 

237-381 (D.D.C. 2009).

APHIS 13

266

FSA 198

FS 1

NRCS 53

RMA 1

15 U.S.C. § 3710a(c) (Federal 

Technology Transfer Act)

"[T]rade secrets or commercial or 

financial information that is privileged 

or confidential, under the meaning of 

section 552(b)(4) of Title 5, which is 

obtained in the conduct of research or 

as a result of activities under this 

chapter," which pertains to cooperative 

research and development agreements 

for the purpose of technological and 

industrial innovation

Pub. Citizen Health Research Group v. 

NIH, 209 F. Supp. 2d 37, 43, 51 

(D.D.C. 2002); DeLorme Pub. Co., Inc. 

v. NOAA, 917 F. Supp. 867, 871-72 

(D. Me. 1996), appeal dismissed per 

stipulation, No. 96-1601 (1st Cir. July 

8, 1996).

REE 2

2

16 U.S.C. § 470hh 

(Archaeological Resources 

Protection Act of 1979)

Information pertaining to the nature and 

location of certain archaeological 

resources

Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep't of Interior, 

305 F. Supp. 2d 21, 30 (D.D.C. 2003), 

summary affirmance granted, No. 03-

5257, 2004 WL 19000562 (D.C. Cir. 

FS 33

35
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Aug. 25, 2004).

RD 2

7 U.S.C. § 8401(h)(1)(c) Site specific or transfer specific 

safeguard and security measures used 

by a registered person to prevent 

unauthorized access

N/A REE 3

3

5 U.S. C. app. 3 § 7(b) Names of employees who provide 

information or complaints to the 

Inspector General

N/A OIG 1

1
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V.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS

Agency / Component

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

AMS 31 153 134 50

APHIS 514 1,143 1,008 649

ASCR 1 21 21 1

FAS 7 9 1 15

FNCS 83 515 526 72

FSA 2,075 18,463 18,104 2,434

FSIS 127 337 376 88

FS 387 1,977 1,757 607

GIPSA 2 39 38 3

NAD 9 0 0 9

NRCS 55 282 294 43

OBPA 0 15 15 0

OCFO 21 2 0 23

OGC 21 16 8 29

OIG 98 95 97 96

OSEC/OCIO/DM 35 205 222 18

RD 192 396 331 257

REE 9 117 115 11

RMA 15 85 87 13

AGENCY OVERALL 3,682 23,870 23,134 4,418

APHIS: Due to clerical error in FY15, the number of requests pending as of the end of FY15 differs then that reported pending at the start of FY16 .

NRCS: Due to system migration to the enterprise wide tracking system in FY13 and clerical error in FY14 and FY15, the number of requests 

pending as of the end of FY15 differs then that reported pending at the start of FY16 .

FS: Due to system migration to the enterprise wide tracking system in FY12 and clerical errors in FY13, FY14, and FY15, the number of requests 

pending as of the end of FY15 differs then that reported pending at the start of FY16.

NAD: Due to clerical error in FY15, the number of requests pending as of the end of the FY15 differs then that reported pending at the start of the 

FY16.
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V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS

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

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

AMS 32 66 5 6 4 11 4 2 0 2 2 0 134

APHIS 290 383 69 165 13 47 0 1 2 20 18 0 1,008

ASCR 3 7 1 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21

FAS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

FNCS 96 301 12 31 6 49 11 0 3 13 4 0 526

FSA 17,173 306 117 137 196 49 65 4 13 7 29 8 18,104

FSIS 65 189 19 53 10 31 3 0 3 0 3 0 376

FS 852 564 144 50 58 6 3 5 11 25 39 0 1,757

GIPSA 7 11 4 9 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 38

NAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 103 92 26 32 1 33 3 0 3 1 0 0 294

OBPA 4 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

OIG 8 31 18 18 1 18 0 1 1 1 0 0 97

OSEC/OCIO/DM 57 76 0 48 3 27 1 2 0 2 6 0 222

RD 152 89 20 31 5 26 1 1 1 2 3 0 331

REE 34 33 5 18 4 16 1 0 1 3 0 0 115

RMA 5 20 15 10 9 21 0 0 0 6 1 0 87
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AGENCY 

OVERALL 18,884 2,171 455 623 315 341 92 16 40 84 105 8 23,134
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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

AMS N/A 0

0

APHIS N/A 0

0

ASCR N/A 0

0

FAS N/A 0

0

FNCS N/A 0

0

FSA Publicly available information. 8

8

FSIS N/A 0

0

FS N/A 0

0

GIPSA N/A 0

0

NAD N/A 0

0

NRCS N/A 0

0

OBPA N/A 0

0

OCFO N/A 0

0

OGC N/A 0

0

OIG N/A 0 0
10

OSEC/OCIO/DM N/A 0

0

RD N/A 0

0

REE N/A 0

0

RMA N/A 0

0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 8
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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

AMS 0 0 6 43 21 64 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 0

APHIS 4 4 13 46 57 350 97 1 174 19 11 2 0 0

ASCR 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0

FAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FNCS 0 0 228 3 203 294 1 3 277 35 193 2 0 0

FSA 0 3 222 5 12 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

FSIS 0 3 0 131 44 177 13 0 33 5 3 0 0 0

FS 0 0 35 96 143 431 29 3 148 1 24 38 0 9

GIPSA 7 11 0 9 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

NAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 2 53 8 13 73 2 0 5 1 3 0 0 0

OBPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OIG 0 0 1 2 17 39 11 0 33 9 11 1 0 0

OSEC/OCIO/DM 0 1 0 16 23 67 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0

RD 0 0 2 55 11 45 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

REE 0 0 7 12 3 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RMA 0 1 23 11 5 13 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 11 25 590 438 562 1,831 159 7 691 72 250 43 0 10
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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

AMS 12 9 7 14

APHIS 95 7 11 91

ASCR 0 0 0 0

FAS 1 0 0 1

FNCS 178 165 9 334

FSA 3 20 14 9

FSIS 6 9 11 4

FS 79 68 90 57

GIPSA 1 5 2 4

NAD 0 0 0 0

NRCS 3 10 12 1

OBPA 0 0 0 0

OCFO 1 0 0 1

OGC 1 1 1 1

OIG 2 12 12 2

OSEC/OCIO/DM 8 1 4 5

RD 6 10 9 7

REE 0 5 4 1

RMA 33 3 6 30

AGENCY OVERALL 429 325 192 562

FS: Due to clerical error, the number of pending appeals reported at the end of FY15 differs then that reported at the start of FY16.
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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

AMS 1 3 2 1 7

APHIS 1 6 0 4 11

ASCR 0 0 0 0 0

FAS 0 0 0 0 0

FNCS 1 0 0 8 9

FSA 0 4 3 7 14

FSIS 4 4 2 1 11

FS 13 32 23 22 90

GIPSA 1 1 0 0 2

NAD 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 4 4 3 1 12

OBPA 0 0 0 0 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 1 0 1

OIG 5 3 2 2 12

OSEC/OCIO/DM 1 1 0 2 4

RD 0 2 1 6 9

REE 2 1 0 1 4

RMA 3 2 0 1 6

AGENCY OVERALL 36 63 37 56 192
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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

AMS 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

APHIS 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0

ASCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FNCS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

FSA 0 0 224 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSIS 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

FS 0 0 1 5 19 29 1 0 9 1 1 1 0 2

GIPSA 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

NAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 0 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OBPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OIG 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 7 5 4 0 0 0

OSEC/OCIO/DM 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RD 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

REE 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RMA 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 237 14 30 63 3 0 22 8 8 1 0 2
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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 

Reasonably 

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

AMS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

APHIS 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

ASCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FNCS 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1

FSA 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 10 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

GIPSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OBPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OIG 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

OSEC/OCIO/DM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

RD 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

REE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

RMA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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AGENCY 

OVERALL 11 1 31 0 3 5 0 2 0 2 1
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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

AMS N/A 0

0

APHIS N/A 0

0

ASCR N/A 0

0

FAS N/A 0

0

FNCS Information became publicly available. 1

1

FSA N/A 0

0

FSIS N/A 0

0

FS N/A 0

0

GIPSA N/A 0

0

NAD N/A 0

0

NRCS N/A 0

0

OBPA N/A 0

0

OCFO N/A 0

0

OGC N/A 0

0

OIG N/A 0 0
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OSEC/OCIO/DM N/A 0

0

RD N/A 0

0

REE N/A 0

0

RMA N/A 0

0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1
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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

AMS 149.00 136.00 17.00 337.00

APHIS 238.00 433.00 1.00 980.00

ASCR 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

FAS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

FNCS 29.00 171.78 9.00 520.00

FSA 18.00 25.00 2.00 142.00

FSIS 38.00 87.18 8.00 488.00

FS 122.50 200.45 1.00 1,871.00

GIPSA 56.50 56.50 47.00 66.00

NAD 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

NRCS 150.00 22.00 1.00 328.00

OBPA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OCFO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OGC 42.00 42.00 42.00 42.00

OIG 17.50 16.58 12.00 20.00

OSEC/OCIO/DM 200.00 300.50 50.00 419.00

RD 65.00 179.86 5.00 922.00

REE 1.00 20.00 1.00 61.00

RMA 594.00 576.00 56.00 1,262.00

AGENCY OVERALL 78.00 183.94 1.00 1,871.00
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VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / 

Component

10th Oldest 

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

AMS

Date of Appeal 2015-07-07 2015-06-18 2015-03-19 2014-08-19 2014-08-11 2014-05-28 2014-02-28 2013-04-29 2012-12-10 2012-10-15

Number of Days Pending 312 324 388 532 538 590 652 861 955 993

APHIS

Date of Appeal 2009-11-16 2009-11-06 2009-08-20 2009-08-20 2008-10-24 2008-05-22 2007-10-02 2007-02-23 2007-01-16 2006-11-20

Number of Days Pending 1724 1729 1783 1783 1989 2096 2256 2410 2437 2474

ASCR

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FAS

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-09-30

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

FNCS

Date of Appeal 2013-10-25 2013-10-25 2013-09-24 2013-09-20 2013-09-03 2013-08-14 2013-07-25 2013-05-10 2012-12-05 2012-10-22

Number of Days Pending 736 736 758 760 773 786 800 852 958 988

FSA

Date of Appeal N/A 2016-09-28 2016-09-27 2016-09-19 2016-09-19 2016-09-13 2016-08-30 2016-07-14 2016-03-08 2015-10-02

Number of Days Pending 0 2 3 9 9 13 22 55 145 250

FSIS

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-09-30 2016-09-30 2016-09-12 2016-09-12

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 14

FS

Date of Appeal 2014-04-30 2014-03-17 2014-01-24 2014-01-22 2014-01-15 2013-11-22 2013-11-04 2013-09-13 2013-07-02 2010-04-20

Number of Days Pending 609 641 676 678 682 717 730 765 816 1618

GIPSA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-09-12 2016-08-25 2016-08-25 2016-06-02

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 25 25 84

NAD

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-09-07

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
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OBPA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCFO

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2012-07-19

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1053

OGC

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-09-25

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 754

OIG

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-05-06 2015-01-07

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 443

OSEC/OCIO/DM

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-07-18 2015-01-30 2014-05-09 2014-04-14 2012-04-02

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 53 421 602 621 1129

RD

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A 2016-08-25 2016-08-22 2016-03-03 2015-11-30 2015-10-13 2015-05-18 2014-03-28

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 25 28 148 212 244 346 632

REE

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-03-07

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146

RMA

Date of Appeal 2011-10-18 2011-10-12 2011-09-28 2011-09-20 2011-09-20 2011-09-01 2011-08-18 2011-03-17 2010-12-16 2009-05-05

Number of Days Pending 1242 1246 1255 1261 1261 1273 1283 1391 1452 1858

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of Appeal 2009-11-06 2009-08-20 2009-08-20 2009-05-05 2008-11-24 2008-05-22 2007-10-02 2007-02-23 2007-01-06 2006-11-20

Number of Days Pending 1729 1783 1783 1858 1989 2096 2256 2410 2437 2474
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VII.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / 

Component

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

AMS 19 36.69 1 359 59 94.58 1 328 N/A N/A N/A N/A

APHIS 50.5 93.66 1 836 122.5 233.58 1 1201 135 109.33 36 157

ASCR 11 11.33 1 32 27 36.17 8 76 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FAS 25 25 25 25 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

FNCS 20 28.39 1 485 38 116.62 25 617 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FSA 1 1 1 615 6 12.67 1 96 11 11 1 23

FSIS 50.5 95.36 1 543 225 252 126 395 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FS 19 33.01 1 1207 36 79.59 1 1682 4 72.67 1 213

GIPSA 4 4.33 1 17 24 30.89 4 110 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NAD N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

NRCS 15 50.66 1 762 29.5 53.9 1 282 13 83.33 1 236

OBPA 3 3.2 1 9 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCFO N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 44 51 14 128 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 31.5 51 3 294 187 284.85 1 950 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSEC/OCIO/DM 16.5 29 1 619 41 84 7 295 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RD 13 22.58 1 456 27 110.8 3 1461 6 6 6 6

REE 14 12.69 1 39 20 26.55 1 106 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RMA 3 14.06 1 408 9 60.6 1 509 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1 6.66 1 1207 24 72.65 1 1682 13 83.33 1 236
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VII.B. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR PERFECTED REQUESTS IN WHICH INFORMATION WAS 

GRANTED

Agency / 

Component

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

AMS 20 40.34 1 359 75 116.72 9 328 N/A N/A N/A N/A

APHIS 64.5 103.99 1 836 160 256.06 3 1201 135 109.33 36 157

ASCR 5 9.83 1 32 23 20.75 8 29 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FAS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

FNCS 20 28.55 1 485 41 129.71 30 617 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FSA 1 1 1 615 1 8 1 96 11 11 1 23

FSIS 55 98.38 1 454 225 254.73 126 395 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FS 19 30.23 1 705 39.5 73.83 2 1088 4 72.67 1 213

GIPSA 4 6 1 17 28 38.14 9 110 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NAD N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

NRCS 14 47.05 1 762 29.5 51.03 1 215 7 7 1 13

OBPA 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCFO N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 52 59 28 128 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 29 40.67 12 73 170.5 238.37 26 746 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSEC/OCIO/DM 10 14 1 619 45 67.16 7 295 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RD 13 21.85 1 456 31 145.31 5 1461 6 6 6 6

REE 17 16.93 1 39 29 36.16 3 106 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RMA 12 12.44 1 30 27 121.25 5 509 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 21 9.32 1 836 28 80.04 1 1461 13 62.89 1 213
24

OVERALL
25

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

Agency / 

Component

<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

AMS 57 19 9 4 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 99

APHIS 226 149 94 67 60 52 53 33 21 14 45 21 31 866

ASCR 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15

FAS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

FNCS 279 170 27 15 3 3 3 2 4 2 5 1 1 515

FSA 17,877 45 18 6 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 17,958

FSIS 75 70 59 26 20 11 21 12 11 8 18 17 12 360

FS 796 311 99 53 19 16 12 5 9 6 9 2 13 1,350

GIPSA 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27

NAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 154 27 12 9 4 4 3 2 1 2 17 3 2 240

OBPA 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

OIG 13 9 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 38

OSEC/OCIO/DM 98 21 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 127

RD 192 58 19 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 283

REE 48 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59

RMA 49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 52

AGENCY 

OVERALL 19,918 898 352 190 114 92 96 57 49 33 100 45 68 22,012
26

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

Agency / 

Component

<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

AMS 7 6 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 33

APHIS 7 16 11 13 11 10 3 5 5 4 18 4 29 136

ASCR 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

FAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FNCS 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8

FSA 109 10 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125

FSIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 4 0 13

FS 117 94 44 27 21 17 14 8 15 7 11 3 10 388

GIPSA 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

NAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 17 10 5 6 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 48

OBPA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OIG 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 0 2 7 3 19 57

OSEC/OCIO/DM 12 27 20 8 5 4 1 2 4 2 6 0 0 91

RD 14 13 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 45

REE 29 15 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55

RMA 25 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 35

AGENCY 

OVERALL 346 208 110 68 51 40 24 24 26 16 57 16 64 1,050
27

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

Agency / 

Component

<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

AMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

APHIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

ASCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FNCS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSA 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

FSIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3

GIPSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

OBPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OIG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OSEC/OCIO/DM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

REE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 13
28

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

Agency / Component

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

AMS 39 70 114 7 106 192 0 N/A N/A

APHIS 608 155 234 32 445 478 0 N/A N/A

ASCR 0 N/A N/A 1 13 13 0 N/A N/A

FAS 8 127.5 107 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

FNCS 60 20.5 89 2 62 62 0 N/A N/A

FSA 55 134 213 40 14 86 0 N/A N/A

FSIS 84 64 101 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

FS 415 77 185 147 104 197 1 237 237

GIPSA 2 21 21 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

NAD 9 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

NRCS 35 36 133 1 167 167 0 N/A N/A

OBPA 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OCFO 3 110 212 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OGC 29 328 479 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OIG 4 17.5 17 92 383 393 0 N/A N/A

OSEC/OCIO/DM 9 63 37.5 9 277 432 0 N/A N/A

RD 100 58.5 109 3 56 64 0 N/A N/A

REE 7 11 11 3 124 135 0 N/A N/A

RMA 6 613 498 4 294.5 283 0 N/A N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 1559 117 197 341 113 221 1 237 237
29

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

Agency / 

Component

10th Oldest 

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

AMS

Date of Receipt 2015-11-19 2015-11-19 2015-09-01 2015-09-01 2015-08-31 2015-06-25 2015-06-24 2015-05-13 2015-04-06 2015-03-27

Number of Days Pending 218 218 272 272 273 319 320 349 376 382

APHIS

Date of Receipt 2013-03-14 2012-12-14 2012-09-26 2012-07-24 2012-05-30 2012-05-30 2012-05-08 2012-05-01 2012-02-06 2011-12-01

Number of Days Pending 893 951 1005 1050 1088 1088 1103 1108 1168 1212

ASCR

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-09-13

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

FAS

Date of Receipt N/A N/A 2016-08-24 2016-08-24 2016-06-24 2016-04-18 2016-03-16 2016-02-23 2016-02-16 2016-02-05

Number of Days Pending 0 0 26 26 68 116 139 155 160 166

FNCS

Date of Receipt 2015-11-17 2015-11-02 2015-10-07 2015-06-11 2015-03-10 2015-02-23 2014-11-17 2014-11-14 2014-09-30 2014-07-17

Number of Days Pending 220 230 247 329 395 406 471 472 503 555

FSA

Date of Receipt 2015-01-22 2014-10-31 2014-04-24 2014-02-14 2014-01-08 2013-05-06 2013-03-18 2013-01-17 2012-12-19 2011-11-16

Number of Days Pending 427 481 613 661 687 856 891 930 948 1212

FSIS

Date of Receipt 2016-01-05 2015-12-14 2015-12-14 2015-11-30 2015-08-31 2015-07-15 2015-02-23 2014-12-09 2014-04-11 2014-04-04

Number of Days Pending 188 202 202 212 273 306 406 456 622 627

FS

Date of Receipt 2012-07-05 2012-07-03 2012-06-05 2012-06-05 2012-06-04 2012-04-13 2012-03-19 2012-02-27 2012-02-14 2011-03-25

Number of Days Pending 1063 1064 1076 1084 1085 1120 1139 1154 1162 1385

GIPSA

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-09-23 2016-08-09

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 37

NAD

Date of Receipt N/A 2014-12-11 2014-07-15 2014-04-16 2014-02-12 2013-11-21 2013-11-05 2013-09-23 2013-09-03 2012-11-19

Number of Days Pending 0 454 557 619 663 718 729 759 773 969

NRCS

Date of Receipt 2015-11-10 2015-11-06 2015-07-29 2015-05-14 2015-03-02 2015-02-17 2015-02-09 2014-12-18 2014-10-29 2014-10-08

Number of Days Pending 224 226 296 348 401 410 415 449 483 497
30

OBPA

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCFO

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-05-18 2016-04-26 2015-01-12

Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 110 434

OGC

Date of Receipt 2014-11-25 2014-01-24 2013-09-16 2013-08-28 2013-01-16 2013-01-15 2012-04-09 2012-03-01 2011-12-22 2011-12-02

Number of Days Pending 463 673 761 773 929 930 1116 1151 1197 1211

OIG

Date of Receipt 2012-12-10 2012-11-13 2012-10-15 2012-10-08 2012-08-22 2012-08-21 2012-08-10 2012-06-19 2012-06-12 2012-04-05

Number of Days Pending 963 981 1001 1005 1037 1038 1045 1082 1087 1134

OSEC/OCIO/DM

Date of Receipt 2016-08-01 2016-04-26 2016-04-05 2016-04-04 2016-03-25 2016-03-07 2015-12-16 2014-11-26 2014-08-13 2010-03-12

Number of Days Pending 43 110 125 126 132 146 200 464 536 1645

RD

Date of Receipt 2015-08-25 2015-08-11 2015-07-22 2015-07-14 2015-07-14 2015-06-16 2015-06-10 2015-06-02 2015-03-13 2011-10-13

Number of Days Pending 277 287 301 307 307 326 330 336 392 1245

REE

Date of Receipt 2016-09-29 2016-09-27 2016-09-15 2016-09-15 2016-09-13 2016-09-01 2016-08-31 2016-07-28 2016-04-06 2015-10-21

Number of Days Pending 1 3 11 11 13 20 21 45 124 238

RMA

Date of Receipt 2016-09-19 2016-08-24 2016-05-31 2015-10-30 2014-09-30 2014-09-08 2014-07-01 2014-02-18 2014-01-17 2013-05-21

Number of Days Pending 9 26 86 231 503 519 566 660 680 845

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of Receipt 2012-04-13 2012-03-19 2012-02-27 2012-02-14 2012-02-06 2011-12-01 2011-11-16 2011-10-13 2011-03-25 2010-03-12

Number of Days Pending 1120 1139 1154 1162 1168 1212 1222 1245 1385 1645
31

VIII.A. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Agency / 

Component Number Granted Number Denied Median Number of Days to Adjudicate

Average Number of 

Days to Adjudicate

Number 

Adjudicated Within 

Ten Calendar Days

AMS 0 1 1 1 1

APHIS 3 8 1 1.09 11

ASCR 0 0 N/A N/A 0

FAS 0 0 N/A N/A 0

FNCS 0 3 1 1 3

FSA 4 242 1 1 246

FSIS 0 0 N/A N/A 0

FS 4 1 10 11.8 3

GIPSA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

NAD 0 0 N/A N/A 0

NRCS 2 1 17 14.33 1

OBPA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

OCFO 0 0 N/A N/A 0

OGC 0 0 N/A N/A 0

OIG 0 1 6 6 1

OSEC/OCIO/DM 0 3 1 2.33 3

RD 1 1 1 1 2

REE 0 0 N/A N/A 0

RMA 0 2 2 2 2

AGENCY 

OVERALL 14 263 1 1 273
32

VIII.B. REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER

Agency / 

Component Number Granted Number Denied Median Number of Days to Adjudicate

Average Number of 

Days to Adjudicate

AMS 2 0 0.5 0.5

APHIS 32 6 1 0.13

ASCR 0 0 N/A N/A

FAS 0 0 N/A N/A

FNCS 20 1 1 1

FSA 831 214 1 1

FSIS 1 0 1 1

FS 231 3 1 15.97

GIPSA 1 0 7 7

NAD 0 0 N/A N/A

NRCS 10 2 1 14.33

OBPA 0 0 N/A N/A

OCFO 0 0 N/A N/A

OGC 1 0 5 5

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A

OSEC/OCIO/DM 3 1 1 34.33

RD 7 0 22 14

REE 5 0 1 1

RMA 2 0 1 1

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1,146 227 1 1
33

IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS

Agency / 

Component

PERSONNEL COSTS

Number of "FullTime FOIA 

Employees"

Number of 

"Equivalent FullTime FOIA 

Employees"

Total Number of 

"Full-Time FOIA 

Staff"

Processing Costs Litigation-Related 

Costs Total Costs

AMS 2 3.43 5.43 $135,420.00 $0.00 $135,420.00

APHIS 22 0 22 $2,324,600.00 $574,926.00 $2,899,526.00

ASCR 1 0 1 $118,130.86 $0.00 $118,130.86

FAS 0 0.5 0.5 $94,203.00 $0.00 $94,203.00

FNCS 4 9.7 13.7 $96,910.00 $41,910.00 $138,820.00

FSA 10 19.0743 29.0743 $2,163,336.32 $0.00 $2,163,336.32

FSIS 7 0 7 $361,555.80 $0.00 $361,555.80

FS 10 34.37 44.37 $3,236,258.30 $352,253.62 $3,588,511.92

GIPSA 1 0 1 $106,261.00 $0.00 $106,261.00

NAD 0 0.25 0.25 $415.57 $0.00 $415.57

NRCS 2 18 20 $928,228.00 $0.00 $928,228.00

OBPA 0 0.1 0.1 $11,978.60 $0.00 $11,978.60

OCFO 0 0.25 0.25 $415.57 $0.00 $415.57

OGC 0 6.5 6.5 $750,000.00 $750,000.00 $1,500,000.00

OIG 2 3.69 5.69 $450,563.73 $629,271.87 $1,079,835.60

OSEC/OCIO/DM 3.5 0 3.5 $1,033,141.00 $0.00 $1,033,141.00

RD 4 14 18 $1,537,554.00 $0.00 $1,537,554.00

REE 1 0 1 $119,116.02 $0.00 $119,116.02

RMA 1 0 1 $101,361.00 $0.00 $101,361.00

AGENCY 70.5 109.8643 180.3643 $13,569,448.77 $2,348,361.49 $15,917,810.26
34

OVERALL
35

X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

Agency / Component Total Amount of Fees 

Collected Percentage of Total Costs

AMS $878.21 0.65%

APHIS $273.35 0.01%

ASCR $0.00 0.00%

FAS $0.00 0.00%

FNCS $34,855.29 35.97%

FSA $15,277.29 0.71%

FSIS $0.00 0.00%

FS $4,361.88 0.13%

GIPSA $0.00 0.00%

NAD $0.00 0.00%

NRCS $80.55 0.01%

OBPA $0.00 0.00%

OCFO $0.00 0.00%

OGC $0.00 0.00%

OIG $0.00 0.00%

OSEC/OCIO/DM $0.00 0.00%

RD $4,060.83 0.26%

REE $0.00 0.00%

RMA $1,132.26 1.12%

AGENCY OVERALL $60,919.66 0.45%
36

XI.A. NUMBER OF TIMES SUBSECTION (C) USED

Agency / Component Number of Times Subsection (C) Used

AMS 0

APHIS 0

ASCR 0

FAS 0

FNCS 0

FSA 0

FSIS 0

FS 0

GIPSA 0

NAD 0

NRCS 0

OBPA 0

OCFO 0

OGC 0

OIG 0

OSEC/OCIO/DM 0

RD 0

REE 0

RMA 0

AGENCY OVERALL 0
37

XI.B. NUMBER OF SUBSECTION (A)(2) POSTINGS

Agency / Component Number of (a)(2) Records Posted by the FOIA 

Office

Number of (a)(2) Records Posted by Program 

Offices

AMS 832 707

APHIS 9 302

ASCR 0 17

FAS 0 0

FNCS 1 3,302

FSA 0 500

FSIS 281 281

FS 488 5,268

GIPSA 21 21

NAD 0 0

NRCS 1,361 1,361

OBPA 0 0

OCFO 0 0

OGC 0 0

OIG 0 0

OSEC/OCIO/DM 4 313

RD 68 467

REE 0 0

RMA 272 244

AGENCY OVERALL 3,337 12,783
38

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

AMS 35 14

APHIS 581 83

ASCR 0 0

FAS 8 0

FNCS 22 322

FSA 60 4

FSIS 63 0

FS 477 51

GIPSA 1 3

NAD 9 0

NRCS 24 0

OBPA 0 0

OCFO 3 0

OGC 29 2

OIG 89 0

OSEC/OCIO/DM 10 5

RD 70 6

REE 4 1

RMA 8 30

AGENCY OVERALL 1,493 521
39

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

from Other Agencies 

During the Fiscal 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

AMS 0 3 3 0

APHIS 2 16 12 6

ASCR 0 0 0 0

FAS 0 0 0 0

FNCS 0 1 1 0

FSA 2 0 2 0

FSIS 0 0 0 0

FS 0 9 5 4

GIPSA 0 0 0 0

NAD 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 2 2 0

OBPA 0 4 4 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 3 3 0

OIG 2 2 2 2

OSEC/OCIO/DM 0 13 13 0

RD 1 2 2 1

REE 0 0 0 0

RMA 0 1 1 0

AGENCY OVERALL 7 56 50 13
40

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

AMS

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

APHIS

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-09-19 2016-05-24 2016-05-03 2016-04-21 2015-09-03 2015-04-15

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 9 90 105 113 270 369

ASCR

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FAS

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FNCS

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSA

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSIS

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-09-14 2016-04-06 2016-04-05 2015-02-27

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 124 125 402

GIPSA

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NAD

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
41

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OBPA

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCFO

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OIG

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016-05-16 2015-01-07

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 443

OSEC/OCIO/DM

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RD

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2012-04-11

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1122

REE

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RMA

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date 2016-09-14 2016-05-24 2016-05-03 2016-04-21 2016-04-06 2016-04-05 2015-09-03 2015-04-15 2015-02-27 2012-04-11

Number of Days 12 90 105 113 124 125 270 369 402 1122
42

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

REQUESTS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

Agency / Component

NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED NUMBER OF REQUESTS 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

AMS 141 153 142 134

APHIS 955 1,143 959 1,008

ASCR 32 21 33 21

FAS 52 9 46 1

FNCS 495 515 462 526

FSA 14,854 18,463 14,232 18,104

FSIS 319 337 374 376

FS 2,072 1,977 1,935 1,757

GIPSA 75 39 74 38

NAD 2 0 0 0

NRCS 252 282 221 294

OBPA 23 15 23 15

OCFO 11 2 5 0

OGC 17 16 12 8

OIG 115 95 112 97

OSEC/OCIO/DM 235 205 225 222

RD 260 396 485 331

REE 127 117 122 115

RMA 95 85 97 87

AGENCY OVERALL 20,132 23,870 19,559 23,134
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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

AMS 19 35

APHIS 436 581

ASCR 0 0

FAS 7 8

FNCS 30 22

FSA 29 60

FSIS 109 63

FS 280 477

GIPSA 1 1

NAD 10 9

NRCS 46 24

OBPA 0 0

OCFO 15 3

OGC 20 29

OIG 97 89

OSEC/OCIO/DM 16 10

RD 23 70

REE 0 4

RMA 10 8

AGENCY OVERALL 1,148 1,493
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XII.E.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL 

REPORT -- APPEALS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

Agency / Component

NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED NUMBER OF APPEALS 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

AMS 6 9 3 7

APHIS 20 7 20 11

ASCR 1 0 1 0

FAS 2 0 1 0

FNCS 131 165 6 9

FSA 18 20 22 14

FSIS 12 9 12 11

FS 65 68 51 90

GIPSA 1 5 3 2

NAD 0 0 0 0

NRCS 11 10 8 12

OBPA 0 0 0 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 1 0 1

OIG 7 12 6 12

OSEC/OCIO/DM 6 1 4 4

RD 19 10 29 9

REE 2 5 2 4

RMA 3 3 3 6

AGENCY OVERALL 304 325 171 192
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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

AMS 13 14

APHIS 87 83

ASCR 1 0

FAS 1 0

FNCS 160 322

FSA 1 4

FSIS 4 0

FS 76 51

GIPSA 0 3

NAD 0 0

NRCS 3 0

OBPA 0 0

OCFO 0 0

OGC 1 2

OIG 0 0

OSEC/OCIO/DM 7 5

RD 5 6

REE 0 1

RMA 33 30

AGENCY OVERALL 392 521