U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Freedom of Information Act Annual Report FY 2020

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT

For questions concerning this report please contact Alexis R. Graves, Director, Office of Information Affairs, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, South Building, Room 4035, Washington DC 20250-0706, telephone number (202) 690-3318, email 

USDAFOIA@usda.gov.

This report is available at http://www.usda.gov/da/foia.htm. You may obtain a paper copy of this report by visiting the USDA 

website or by contacting the Departmental FOIA Officer using the information above.

II. MAKING A FOIA REQUEST 

Before submitting FOIA requests, we encourage you to review USDA’s website. USDA routinely posts information so you may 

find what you are looking for is already posted. 

You should also keep in mind that because we have a decentralized FOIA program, each FOIA agency or staff office is 

independently handling and processing its requests. Therefore, before emailing or mailing your request, you should try to 

determine whether it is likely that the agency or staff office will have the records you are seeking. The names, addresses, and 

telephone numbers of all FOIA agencies or staff offices that receive FOIA requests are available at: 

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

If you are unsure about which FOIA agency or staff office will have responsive records, submit your request to the Office of 

Information Affairs using the above information. Requesters will be notified when their requests are routed. This notification 

will include the FOIA agency or staff office likely to have responsive records in addition to the point(s) of contact. 
A FOIA request can be made for any agency record. This does not mean however, that the USDA will disclose every record 

sought. There are statutory exemptions that authorize the withholding of agency records in part or full. For additional information 

regarding USDA’s FOIA processing procedures and regulations, please visit: http://www.dm.usda.gov/foia/poc.htm.

III. Agency Component Abbreviations

Component 

Abbreviation Component Name

AMS Agricultural Marketing Service

APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

DA Departmental Administration

FAS Foreign Agricultural Service

FNS Food and Nutrition Service

FS Forest Service

FSA Farm Service Agency

FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service

NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service

OASCR Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

OBPA Office of Budget & Program Analysis

OCFO Office of the Chief Financial Officer

OGC Office of the General Counsel

OHA Office of Hearings and Appeals
OIG Office of the Inspector General

OSEC Office of the Secretary

RD Rural Development

REE Research, Education, and Economics

RMA Risk Management Agency
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

16 U.S.C. § 

470hh

Information pertaining 

to the nature and 

location of certain 

archaeological 

resources.

Hornbostel v. 

U.S. Dep’t of 

the Interior, 

305 F. Supp. 

2d 21, 30 

(D.D.C. 

2003), 

summary 

affirmance 

granted, No. 

03- 5257, 

2004 WL 

1900562 

(D.C. Cir. 

Aug. 25, 

2004); 

Starkey v. 

U.S. Dep’t of 

the Interior, 

238 F. Supp. 

2d 1188, 

1193-94 

(S.D. Cal. 

FS

33 33
2002).

41 U.S.C. § 

4702 

(formerly at 

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 incorporated by 

reference into contracts.

Sinkerfield v. 

HUD, No. 

10-885, 2012 

U.S. Dist. 

Lexis 35233, 

at *13-15 

(S.D. Ohio 

Mar. 15, 

2012); 

Margolin v. 

NASA, No. 

09-CV-

00421, 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), 

summary 

affirmance 

granted, No. 

03-5257, 

2004 WL 

1900562 

(D.C. Cir. 

Aug. 25, 

2004).

APHIS

9

15

DA

4

FAS

1

OSEC

1
7 U.S.C. § 

1502(c)(1)

Certain information 

furnished by a producer 

under the Federal Crop 

Insurance Act.

Bush v. U.S. 

Dep’t of 

Agric., No. 

16-4128, 

2017 WL 

3568672, at 

*7 (N.D. 

Iowa Aug. 

17, 2017).

FSA 10

17

RMA

7

7 U.S.C. § 

8791(b)(2)

"[I]nformation provided 

by an agricultural 

producer or owner of 

agricultural land 

concerning the 

agricultural operation, 

farming or conservation 

practices, or the land 

itself, in order to 

participate in programs 

of the Department" or 

"geospatial 

information...maintained 

by the Secretary about 

agricultural land or 

operations."

Cent. Platte 

Nat. Res. 

Dist. V. U.S. 

Dep't of 

Agric., 643 

F.3d 1142, 

1147-48 (8th 

Circ. 2011); 

Ctr. for 

Biological 

Diversity v. 

USDA, 626 

F.3d 1113, 

1118 (9th Cir. 

2010); 

Zanoni v. 

USDA, 605 

F. Supp. 2d 

230, 237-38 

(D.D.C. 

2009).

AMS 13

287

APHIS 30

FSA 200

NRCS

44

5 U.S.C. § 

574(j)

Dispute resolution 

communications.

N/A AMS

22
7 U.S.C. § 

2276(a)(2)

"[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."

Strunk v. 

U.S. Dept. of 

Interior, 752 

F. Supp. 2d 

39, 44-45 

(D.D.C. 

2010).

AMS

3

34

FNS 28

REE

3

15 U.S.C. § 

638(k)(4)

Information contained 

within a Small Business 

Innovative Research 

(SBIR) and Small 

Business Technology 

Transfer (STTR) 

program evaluation 

databases

N/A REE

33

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. 

OIG

11
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).
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 59 299 290 68

APHIS 1233 1193 1810 616

DA 226 133 194 165

FAS 41 52 59 34

FNS 170 821 342 649

FS 638 1763 1613 788

FSA 4080 16827 17043 3864

FSIS 283 585 577 291

OHA 6 58 64 0

NRCS 26 154 163 17

OASCR 17 38 39 16

OBPA 11 10 19 2

OCFO 13 38 50 1

OGC 22 37 36 23

OIG 102 87 112 77
OSEC 48 179 128 99

RD 97 405 403 99

REE 59 108 126 41

RMA 13 23 35 1

AGENCY OVERALL 7144 22810 23103 6851

After reviewing its database, the USDA updated the number of requests pending at the 

start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: RD, OSEC, OGC, OCFO, 

NRCS, OHA, FSIS, FSA, FS, DA, APHIS.
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 96 95 8 47 2 23 1 1 4 4 2 7 290

APHIS 266 768 13 225 7 459 1 4 2 28 30 7 1810

DA 24 77 7 32 2 35 0 3 1 1 9 3 194

FAS 10 12 2 6 1 16 0 3 1 0 8 0 59

FNS 29 189 29 19 0 48 5 1 1 5 11 5 342

FS 649 526 43 155 31 139 2 9 8 7 27 17 1613

FSA 16353 275 117 94 40 100 14 8 8 4 21 9 17043

FSIS 123 221 8 106 6 64 0 0 2 1 44 2 577

OHA 8 35 2 5 0 5 0 2 3 0 3 1 64

NRCS 34 69 8 17 2 11 0 0 4 6 9 3 163

OASCR 8 13 4 5 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 39

OBPA 1 5 0 2 3 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 19

OCFO 13 5 0 14 0 2 0 4 6 0 6 0 50

OGC 2 12 0 9 3 1 0 2 2 1 4 0 36
OIG

4 29 24 250 22103130 112

OSEC 10 543 282 130420 102 128

RD 145 126 11 482 50407190 403

REE 22 335 163 28032158 126

RMA345805021142 35

AGENCY 

OVERALL 17800 2548 289 861 105 1024 28 50 61 61 210 66 23103
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 Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 7 7

APHIS Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 7 7

DA Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 3 3

FAS N/A 0 0

FNS Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 5 5

FS Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 17 17

N/A 0

FSA Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 9 9

FSIS Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 2 2
OHA Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 1 1

NRCS Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 3 3

OASCR N/A 0 0

OBPA N/A 0 0

OCFO N/A 0 0

OGC N/A 0 0

OIG N/A 0 0

OSEC Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 2 2

RD N/A 0 0

REE Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 8 8

RMA Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 2 2

N/A 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 66
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 18 67 29 79 5 0 15 4 0 0 0 0

APHIS 0 1 39 167 100 753 9 0 510 88 14 68 0 0

DA 0 0 4 14 34 72 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0

FAS 0 0 1 5 6 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

FNS 0 2 28 32 155 210 1 1 176 12 150 0 0 0

FS 0 6 33 153 201 425 27 3 105 3 25 38 0 4

FSA 0 6 210 32 44 242 5 1 4 2 2 1 1 0

FSIS 0 2 0 147 27 183 6 1 30 2 1 0 0 0

OHA 0 0 0 0 1 35 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 2 44 18 13 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OASCR 0 0 0 0 6 16 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0

OBPA 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 0 1 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OIG 0 0 1 2 4 27 12 0 28 0 3 0 0 0

OSEC 0 0 1 8 30 51 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0

RD 0 0 0 87 17 113 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
REE

0068 16 3200100000

RMA00722210100000

AGENCY 

OVERALL

0 19 392 743 701 2323 676 893 111 195 10814
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 10 4 11 3

APHIS 37 27 44 20

DA 8 8 6 10

FAS 0 1 0 1

FNS 909 220 465 664

FS 41 39 5 75

FSA 22 25 19 28

FSIS 7 18 18 7

OHA 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 0 0 0

OASCR 3 3 1 5

OBPA 1 0 1 0

OCFO 1 0 1 0

OGC 0 5 2 3
OIG 0 6 6 0

OSEC 2 0 2 0

RD 2 5 3 4

REE 4 1 1 4

RMA 9 0 7 2

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1056 362 592 826

After reviewing its database, USDA updated the number of appeals pending at the 

start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: FSA and FNS.
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 4 4 2 1 11

APHIS 10 8 4 22 44

DA 2 2 0 2 6

FAS 0 0 0 0 0

FNS 95 278 3 89 465

FS 0 0 0 5 5

FSA 5 3 5 6 19

FSIS 4 4 4 6 18

OHA 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 0 0 0 0

OBPA 1 0 0 0 1

OCFO 1 0 0 0 1

OGC 1 1 0 0 2

OIG 3 2 1 0 6

OSEC 0 1 0 1 2
RD

1002

3

REE0010

1

RMA0106

7

OASCR1000

1

AGENCY 

OVERALL 128 304 20 140 592
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 5 4 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

APHIS 0 0 0 2 1 15 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0

DA 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

FNS 7 0 27 1 287 350 3 4 344 36 291 2 0 0

FS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSA 0 0 6 1 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

FSIS 0 0 0 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OASCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OBPA 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

OSEC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RD 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
REE

00000000000000

RMA00001100000000

AGENCY 

OVERALL

70 33 17 301 38874 358 37 292200
VI.C.(2). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS

Agency / 

Component

No 

Records

Records 

Referred 

at Initial 

Request 

Level

Request 

Withdrawn

FeeRelated 

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

APHIS 0 1 13 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5

DA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

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

FNS 0 0 15 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 72

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

FSA 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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

OHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OASCR 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

00000000000

OIG00000000000

OSEC00000000001

RD00100000001

REE00000000000

RMA00300000003

AGENCY 

OVERALL

31 400111301 90
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 Unable to Locate or Contact the 

Requester 1 1

APHIS Unable to Locate or Contact the 

Requester 1 5

Moot 4

DA Unable to Locate or Contact the 

Requester 2 2

FAS N/A 0 0

FNS Unable to Locate or Contact the 

Requester 68 72

Untimely 4

FS Untimely 1 1

FSA Moot 1 1

FSIS Moot 3 3

OHA N/A 0 0
NRCS N/A 0 0

OASCR N/A 0 0

OBPA N/A 0 0

OCFO N/A 0 0

OGC N/A 0 0

OIG N/A 0 0

OSEC Unable to Locate or Contact the 

Requester 1 1

RD Unable to Locate or Contact the 

Requester 1 1

REE N/A 0 0

RMA Moot 3 3

AGENCY 

OVERALL 90
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 266 289.64 51 688

APHIS 208.5 426.98 3 1925

DA 316.5 446.5 28 1613

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

FNS 687 726.2 <1 1829

FS 37 162.6 5 533

FSA 60 154.74 3 642

FSIS 82 148.72 10 474

OHA N/A N/A N/A N/A

NRCS N/A N/A N/A N/A

OASCR 249 249 249 249

OBPA 370 370 370 370

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

OGC 56 56 38 74

OIG 17.5 16.67 11 20

OSEC 1227.5 1227.5 555 1900
RD 12 27.33 12 58

REE 362 362 362 362

RMA 1706 1653.29 921 2280

AGENCY 

OVERALL 661 649.86 <1 2280
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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2020-

07-28

2019-

08-07

2018-

03-27

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 288 630

APHIS

Date of 

Appeal

2020-

07-02

2020-

05-14

2020-

04-17

2020-

03-27

2020-

02-05

2020-

01-23

2016-

06-26

2017-

06-14

2017-

04-04

2015-

07-01

Number 

of Days 

Pending 62 96 115 130 146 175 566 825 875 1314

DA

Date of 

Appeal

2020-

08-03

2020-

05-07

2020-

04-01

2019-

11-18

2019-

11-15

2019-

11-06

2019-

06-11

2018-

12-21

2018-

12-21

2018-

01-29

Number 

of Days 

Pending 41 101 127 218 219 225 328 444 444 670

FAS

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2020-

07-09

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58

FNS Date of 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018-
Appeal 06-07 06-07 06-07 06-07 06-06 06-06 06-06 06-06 01-17 01-08

Number 

of Days 

Pending 579 579 579 579 580 580 580 580 678 684

FS

Date of 

Appeal

2018-

01-30

2018-

01-30

2017-

10-26

2017-

08-30

2017-

08-14

2017-

07-19

2017-

07-10

2017-

04-27

2016-

07-13

2014-

03-17

Number 

of Days 

Pending 669 669 732 771 783 801 808 858 1055 1640

FSA

Date of 

Appeal

2019-

05-13

2019-

05-13

2019-

05-13

2019-

05-13

2019-

05-13

2017-

09-05

2017-

08-15

2017-

06-23

2017-

06-02

2017-

04-07

Number 

of Days 

Pending 348 348 348 348 348 768 782 818 833 872

FSIS

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A

2020-

06-19

2020-

05-26

2020-

05-11

2020-

04-27

2020-

01-08

2019-

08-20

2018-

12-12

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 71 89 99 109 185 279 451

OHA

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 N/A

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

Pending

OASCR

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2020-

08-13

2020-

08-13

2020-

05-20

2018-

01-23

2017-

12-19

Number 

of Days 

Pending

00000 33 33 92 674 696

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

0000000000

OCFO

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

0000000000

OGC

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2020-

09-25

2020-

08-20

2020-

01-30

Number 

of Days 

Pending

00000003 28 170

OIG

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

0000000000
OSEC

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

RD

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2020-

01-17

2019-

06-19

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 178 322

REE

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2020-

04-01

2019-

05-09

2019-

04-15

2018-

10-19

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 350 368 468

RMA

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2015-

05-11

2014-

04-30

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1350 1608

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of 

Appeal

2017-

12-19

2017-

06-02

2017-

04-27

2017-

04-07

2017-

04-04

2016-

07-13

2015-

07-01

2015-

05-11

2014-

04-30

2014-

03-17

Number 

of Days 

Pending 696 833 858 872 875 1055 1314 1350 1608 1640
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 10 23.35 <1 609 53 111.91 <1 684 N/A N/A N/A N/A

APHIS 103.5 155.96 <1 1655 359.5 481.06 2 1465 546 546 192 900

DA 39 107.26 <1 753 201.5 274.58 3 949 62 93.67 51 168

FAS 35 87.48 <1 549 365 352.65 1 868 637 646.67 546 757

FNS 14 96.38 <1 1145 778 549.67 71 817 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FS 16 50.63 <1 1519 29 106.59 <1 1139 5.5 5 <1 9

FSA <1 10.3 <1 1675 9 43.61 <1 1133 <1 1.07 <1 13

FSIS 26 49.27 <1 333 213.5 217.01 <1 695 21 31.86 4 87

OHA 9 45.17 <1 1453 524 723 13 1549 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NRCS 15 35.68 <1 620 134 286.33 10 715 17 17 17 17

OASCR 77.5 105.75 <1 351 148 170.33 64 299 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OBPA 37 124 4 447 374.5 380.75 238 536 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCFO 30 151.14 <1 1281 53 513.67 28 1460 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 41 107.27 <1 772 409 355.83 1 710 N/A N/A N/A N/A
OIG 19 31.8 2 198 429.5 610.8 5 2022 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSEC 26 48.16 <1 233 192 317.62 <1 762 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RD 24 44.05 <1 344 21 42.35 <1 420 N/A N/A N/A N/A

REE 39 92.24 <1 415 133 226.89 1 649 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RMA 10.5 56.58 <1 315 260 212.38 <1 353 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL <1 27.92 <1 1675 40 168.05 <1 2022 8 105.53 <1 900
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 12 25.74 <1 609 56 122.9 11 684 N/A N/A N/A N/A

APHIS 87.5 166.41 2 1655 354 474.63 5 1465 546 546 192 900

DA 53 113.85 6 753 204 246.24 13 724 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FAS 39.5 89.67 6 263 192 282.25 53 698 591.5 591.5 546 637

FNS 13 35.9 <1 1145 73.5 73.5 71 76 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FS 18 49.58 <1 1519 32 107.83 <1 960 5.5 5 <1 9

FSA <1 9.92 <1 1675 10 37.42 <1 1133 <1 1.08 <1 13

FSIS 40 61.78 5 333 223 231.6 5 695 27 33.67 4 87

OHA 8 13.73 <1 104 13.5 13.5 13 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NRCS 19 45.18 <1 620 134 286.33 10 715 17 17 17 17

OASCR 95.5 120.35 7 351 299 299 299 299 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OBPA 165.5 199.25 19 447 483.5 483.5 431 536 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCFO 45 140.29 1 705 28 28 28 28 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 63 118.09 <1 297 328 311.33 4 602 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 16 35 2 178 221 370.2 5 1782 N/A N/A N/A N/A
OSEC 35 58.25 <1 233 115 148 39 352 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RD 24 38.67 <1 247 21 39.23 1 277 N/A N/A N/A N/A

REE 40 101.96 2 409 110.5 202.13 24 649 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RMA 11.5 10 2 15 326 325.33 297 353 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL <1 20.79 <1 1675 40 148.54 <1 1782 4 90.29 <1 900
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 135 26 12 6 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 189

APHIS 309 137 123 82 117 81 43 255 191 28 51 20 137 1574

DA 58 10 14 5 5 4 3 4 6 3 7 6 10 135

FAS 11 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 29

FNS 220 25 10 6 1 2 2 3 2 1 15 10 31 328

FS 663 168 51 21 14 12 5 6 8 1 15 28 35 1027

FSA 15515 188 282 86 29 25 29 25 18 32 60 6 147 16442

FSIS 148 51 39 20 19 8 10 5 5 1 12 4 0 322

OHA 41 6 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 54

NRCS 98 21 13 12 0 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 1 155

OASCR 7 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 5 1 2 2 0 32

OBPA 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 11

OCFO 15 8 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 37

OGC 10 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 26

OIG 22 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 37

OSEC 39 16 10 8 8 3 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 93
RD 72 33 15

9883212210 156

REE 42 1166435122 1343 102

RMA 16111100001210 24

AGENCY 

OVERALL 17425 723 594 272 216 153 107 308 242 77 196 85 375 20773
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 16 20 19 10 7 2 2 4 3 0 3 1 9 96

APHIS 10 7 7 8 8 8 9 7 4 4 29 19 108 228

DA 5 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 11 1 15 52

FAS 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 11 23

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

FS 209 117 45 22 18 13 12 10 10 3 30 27 49 565

FSA 401 81 28 8 8 3 3 0 2 2 11 18 11 576

FSIS 23 13 11 14 12 14 3 16 5 6 52 40 37 246

OHA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5

NRCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

OASCR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3

OBPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4

OCFO 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

OGC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6

OIG 4 8 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 7 38 72

OSEC 1 2 3 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 11 29
RD 115 53 33

9381530811 240

REE3112111000324 19

RMA2000000000420

8

AGENCY 

OVERALL 795 308 154 83 63 55 35 46 31 22 162 125 311 2190
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2

DA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

FAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3

FNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

FSA 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

FSIS 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

OHA 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 0 0 0 1

OASCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OSEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RD

0000000000000

0

REE0000000000000

0

RMA0000000000000

0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 21

411100011004 34
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 44 42.5 147 23 56 74 0 N/A N/A

APHIS 576 154 281 36 234 371 1 371 371

DA 139 427 437 25 482 490 0 N/A N/A

FAS 17 255 311 15 82 101 2 826 826

FNS 626 102 115 3 184 166 0 N/A N/A

FS 374 159.5 197 361 166 205 1 245 245

FSA 60 23.5 82.63 26 23.5 83.62 0 N/A N/A

FSIS 33 8 46 239 174 196 13 67 84

OHA 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

NRCS 16 25.5 79 1 9 9 0 N/A N/A

OASCR 14 111 99 2 321.5 321 0 N/A N/A

OBPA 2 217 217 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OCFO 0 N/A N/A 1 25 25 0 N/A N/A

OGC 19 167 310 3 268 341 0 N/A N/A
OIG 1 10 10 76 478 546 0 N/A N/A

OSEC 81 108 150 12 112.5 245 5 103 88

RD 1 1 1 89 71 120 0 N/A N/A

REE 31 133 174 10 568.5 571 0 N/A N/A

RMA 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 2034 123 203.18 922 167 232.97 22 105 175
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

2019-

11-07

2019-

08-07

2019-

07-16

2018-

08-22

2018-

07-11

2018-

05-04

2018-

04-11

2018-

01-23

2017-

12-21

2017-

04-27

Number 

of Days 

Pending 224 288 304 526 556 602 619 674 697 858

APHIS

Date of 

Receipt

2016-

05-05

2016-

04-26

2016-

03-23

2016-

02-11

2015-

11-25

2015-

11-20

2015-

06-26

2015-

04-20

2014-

11-03

2014-

10-06

Number 

of Days 

Pending 1102 1109 1133 1161 1213 1229 1317 1365 1479 1498

DA

Date of 

Receipt

2017-

07-28

2017-

07-17

2017-

07-13

2017-

07-06

2017-

07-05

2017-

07-03

2017-

05-04

2017-

04-13

2017-

03-28

2017-

02-02

Number 

of Days 

Pending 794 803 805 810 811 812 853 868 880 917

FAS

Date of 

Receipt

2019-

08-14

2018-

12-12

2018-

11-01

2018-

11-01

2018-

11-01

2018-

10-26

2018-

10-25

2017-

12-07

2017-

10-20

2017-

02-03

Number 

of Days 

Pending 283 451 477 477 477 481 482 704 736 916

FNS Date of 2019- 2019- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018- 2018-
Receipt 01-28 01-18 12-18 12-17 11-07 10-25 10-25 10-15 07-12 05-07

Number 

of Days 

Pending 422 427 447 448 473 482 482 490 555 601

FS

Date of 

Receipt

2017-

12-13

2017-

12-05

2017-

07-10

2017-

06-09

2017-

05-17

2017-

04-12

2017-

04-03

2017-

03-31

2016-

08-03

2015-

08-18

Number 

of Days 

Pending 700 706 808 828 844 869 876 877 1040 1281

FSA

Date of 

Receipt

2020-

06-09

2020-

06-09

2020-

03-20

2019-

12-13

2019-

09-13

2019-

07-09

2019-

04-10

2018-

10-03

2018-

01-30

2017-

04-27

Number 

of Days 

Pending 79 79 135 202 262 309 373 501 673 858

FSIS

Date of 

Receipt

2019-

02-07

2019-

02-07

2019-

02-06

2019-

01-28

2019-

01-28

2019-

01-28

2019-

01-28

2019-

01-28

2018-

11-13

2018-

07-20

Number 

of Days 

Pending 414 414 415 422 422 422 422 422 470 549

OHA

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

NRCS

Date of 

Receipt

2020-

09-03

2020-

08-27

2020-

08-20

2020-

08-06

2020-

07-07

2020-

05-18

2020-

02-28

2020-

01-28

2019-

09-25

2019-

02-13

Number 18 23 28 38 60 94 150 172 254 410
of Days 

Pending

OASCR

Date of 

Receipt

2020-

04-23

2020-

04-23

2020-

04-13

2020-

04-07

2020-

01-24

2020-

01-23

2019-

12-09

2019-

11-05

2019-

10-29

2019-

02-11

Number 

of Days 

Pending 111 111 119 123 174 175 204 226 231 412

OBPA

Date of 

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

2020-

09-23

2019-

01-16

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 429

OCFO

Date of 

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

2020-

08-25

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25

OGC

Date of 

Receipt

2019-

09-05

2019-

08-01

2019-

08-01

2018-

11-27

2018-

10-10

2018-

07-11

2018-

05-07

2017-

12-22

2017-

03-15

2015-

06-18

Number 

of Days 

Pending 268 292 292 461 493 556 601 693 889 1323

OIG

Date of 

Receipt

2017-

01-04

2016-

12-29

2016-

04-27

2016-

03-17

2016-

03-11

2015-

10-20

2015-

08-14

2015-

07-02

2015-

04-06

2013-

04-30

Number 

of Days 

Pending 942 945 1114 1143 1147 1244 1289 1319 1381 1871
OSEC

Date of 

Receipt

2019-

03-22

2019-

03-08

2019-

01-04

2018-

10-15

2018-

10-15

2018-

10-10

2017-

10-05

2017-

09-29

2017-

04-24

2017-

04-10

Number 

of Days 

Pending 384 394 437 490 490 493 746 750 861 871

RD

Date of 

Receipt

2019-

08-07

2019-

08-01

2019-

07-16

2019-

05-23

2019-

05-10

2018-

10-10

2019-

04-04

2018-

12-19

2018-

12-14

2017-

11-30

Number 

of Days 

Pending 288 292 304 340 349 373 375 446 449 709

REE

Date of 

Receipt

2018-

10-19

2018-

10-05

2018-

07-30

2018-

07-30

2018-

07-03

2018-

06-12

2018-

06-01

2018-

04-17

2018-

03-23

2017-

12-15

Number 

of Days 

Pending 486 495 543 543 561 576 583 615 632 698

RMA

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of 

Receipt

2015-

08-18

2015-

08-14

2015-

07-02

2015-

06-26

2015-

06-18

2015-

04-20

2015-

04-06

2014-

11-03

2014-

10-06

2013-

04-20

Number 

of Days 

Pending 1281 1285 1310 1317 1323 1365 1378 1479 1498 1871
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 11 89 83.18 4

APHIS 0 42 12.5 32.74 20

DA 2 4 52.5 66 1

FAS 0 2 30 30 0

FNS 0 10 <1 17.5 6

FS 4 13 4 103.88 13

FSA 16 240 <1 <1 251

FSIS 17 13 1 24.47 25

OHA 0 3 4 3 3

NRCS 2 0 9.5 9.5 1

OASCR 0 3 4 3 3

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

OCFO 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

OGC 0 0 N/A N/A N/A
OIG

01 29 290

OSEC562 3.73 10

RD52 22 482

REE040 .254

RMA02 10 101

AGENCY 

OVERALL 51 356

0 23.5 344
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 27 0 40 92.1

APHIS 82 0 1 20.73

DA 5 0 39 63.2

FAS 2 0 1 1

FNS 2 0 2.5 2.5

FS 206 0 14 46.8

FSA 418 36 0 2.21

FSIS 305 0 0 10.32

OHA 0 0 N/A N/A

NRCS 6 0 58.5 82

OASCR 0 0 N/A N/A

OBPA 0 0 N/A N/A

OCFO 0 0 N/A N/A

OGC 3 0 170 123

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A
OSEC

900 41.56

RD50 33 44.8

REE1033

RMA00 N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1071 36

1 59.21
IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs

Agency / 

Component

PERSONNEL COSTS

Number of 

"Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees"

Number of 

"Equivalent 

Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees"

Total 

Number 

of 

"FullTime 

FOIA 

Staff"

Processing 

Costs

LitigationRelated 

Costs

Total Costs

AMS 5 2.00 7.00 1024195.00 18600.00 1042795.00

APHIS 24 0.00 24.00 3999757.00 124783.10 4124540.10

DA 2 0.00 2.00 357000.00 52000.00 409000.00

FAS 1 0.25 1.25 184276.69 0.00 184276.69

FNS 3 1.00 4.00 1354189.94 354958.00 1709147.94

FS 16 23.95 39.95 2932974.00 154740.00 3087714.00

FSA 10 84.00 94.00 2447174.28 15276.54 2462450.82

FSIS 8 0.50 8.50 1407870.00 82089.62 1489959.62

OHA 1 1.00 2.00 47342.53 0.00 47342.53

NRCS 0 43.57 43.57 896881.83 7673.65 904555.48

OASCR 1 0.25 1.25 223457.92 0.00 223457.92

OBPA 0 0.50 0.50 224758.24 0.00 224758.24

OCFO 0 0.50 0.50 47403.09 0.00 47403.09
OGC 6 2.50 8.50 478862.31 624015.00 1102877.31

OIG 3 1.10 4.10 483443.69 57853.37 541297.06

OSEC 3 0.00 3.00 1000045.77 3333.00 1003378.77

RD 10 1.00 11.00 909365.00 0.00 909365.00

REE 1 0.25 1.25 195619.41 0.00 195619.41

RMA 1 0.00 1.00 1256.72 0.00 1256.72

AGENCY 

OVERALL 95 162.37 257.37 18215873.42 1495322.28 19711195.70
X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests

Agency / 

Component

Total 

Amount of 

Fees 

Collected

Percentage of 

Total Costs

AMS 0.00 0.0000

APHIS 110.50 0.0000

DA 0.00 0.0000

FAS 0.00 0.0000

FNS 19263.16 1.4200

FS 2846.00 0.1000

FSA 27747.45 1.1300

FSIS 20.00 0.0000

OHA 0.00 0.0000

NRCS 3134.16 0.3500

OASCR 0.00 0.0000

OBPA 0.00 0.0000

OCFO 0.00 0.0000

OGC 0.00 0.0000

OIG 0.00 0.0000
OSEC 0.00 0.0000

RD 5743.21 0.6300

REE 0.00 0.0000

RMA 0.00 0.0000

AGENCY 

OVERALL 58864.48 0.3200
XI.A. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used

Agency / 

Component

Number of Times Subsection 

Used

AMS 0

APHIS 0

DA 0

FAS 0

FNS 0

FS 0

FSA 0

FSIS 0

OHA 0

NRCS 0

OASCR 0

OBPA 0

OCFO 0

OGC 0

OIG 0

OSEC 0

RD 0
REE

0

RMA0

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

AMS 0 3953

APHIS 35 536

DA 6 0

FAS 0 0

FNS 7 14228

FS 12 14162

FSA 0 12394

FSIS 12 316

OHA 1 0

NRCS 0 42213

OASCR 0 0

OBPA 1 0

OCFO 0 0

OGC 5 0

OIG 0 84
OSEC 12

0

RD0 1586

REE20

RMA0 3822

AGENCY 

OVERALL 93 93294
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 47 3

APHIS 559 20

DA 156 9

FAS 33 1

FNS 551 664

FS 621 71

FSA 39 25

FSIS 253 7

OHA 0 0

NRCS 8 0

OASCR 12 5

OBPA 1 0

OCFO 1 0

OGC 18 2

OIG 74 0
OSEC 78

0

RD 591

REE 364

RMA02

AGENCY 

OVERALL 2546 814
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 11 11 0

APHIS 7 27 27 7

DA 0 10 9 1

FAS 0 5 5 0

FNS 0 2 2 0

FS 7 42 41 8

FSA 2 16 15 3

FSIS 0 8 8 0

OHA 0 4 4 0

NRCS 0 0 0 0

OASCR 1 1 2 0

OBPA 0 3 3 0
OCFO 0 0 0 0

OGC 22 35 52 5

OIG 2 16 16 2

OSEC 1 17 17 1

RD 1 3 3 1

REE 1 6 7 0

RMA 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 44 206 222 28

After reviewing its database, USDA adjusted the number of consults pending as 

of the start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: OGC and FSA.
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

2020-

09-28

2020-

09-18

2020-

08-12

2020-

07-28

2019-

12-05

2019-

04-16 2019-02-17

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 2 8 34 45 206 367 401

DA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2020-07-20

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51

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

FNS

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

2020-

09-08

2020-

09-04

2020-

05-06

2020-

04-15

2020-

02-21

2020-

02-18

2019-

11-18 2019-04-10

Number 0 0 16 17 102 117 155 158 218 371
of Days

FSA

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

2020-

02-20

2013-

01-25 2012-08-30

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 1930 2029

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

OHA

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

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OASCR

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

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 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020-01-16
08-04 06-25 06-11 01-16

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 40 67 77 179 179

OIG

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

2020-

06-10 2017-09-08

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 770

OSEC

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2020-09-18

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

RD

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2020-09-25

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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 2020-06-10

2020-

02-20

2019-

12-05

2019-

11-18

2019-

04-16

2019-

04-10

2019-

02-27

2017-

09-08

2013-

01-25 2012-08-30

Number 

of Days 80 157 206 218 367 371 401 770 1930 2029

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 287 299 319 290

APHIS 1375 1193 1291 1810

DA 375 133 302 194

FAS 41 52 21 59

FNS 829 821 811 342

FS 1894 1763 1772 1613

FSA 20081 16827 20161 17043

FSIS 559 585 438 577

OHA 186 58 196 64

NRCS 21 154 17 163

OASCR 48 38 32 39
OBPA 12 10 10 19

OCFO 48 38 64 50

OGC 88 37 89 36

OIG 374 87 363 112

OSEC 56 179 40 128

RD 136 405 116 403

REE 48 108 52 126

RMA 0 23 0 35

AGENCY 

OVERALL 26458 22810 26094 23103

GIPSA has been merged into AMS. AMS data for Last Year's Annual Report 

include GIPSA request(s).
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 38 47

APHIS 1134 559

DA 200 156

FAS 35 33

FNS 114 551

FS 456 621

FSA 158 39

FSIS 234 253

OHA 7 0

NRCS 14 8

OASCR 15 12

OBPA 9 1

OCFO 12 1
OGC 19 18

OIG 97 74

OSEC 35 78

RD 60 59

REE 51 36

RMA 12 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 2700 2546
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 11 4 32 11

APHIS 54 27 102 44

DA 3 8 2 6

FAS 0 1 0 0

FNS 372 220 135 465

FS 38 39 38 5

FSA 1 25 3 19

FSIS 9 18 9 18

OHA 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 0 3 0

OASCR 1 3 0 1

OBPA 2 0 1 1
OCFO

0001

OGC2532

OIG0606

OSEC0012

RD2543

REE4101

RMA0017

AGENCY 

OVERALL 499 362 334 592
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 8 3

APHIS 37 20

DA 8 9

FAS 0 1

FNS 885 664

FS 35 71

FSA 22 25

FSIS 7 7

OHA 0 0

NRCS 0 0

OASCR 3 5

OBPA 1 0

OCFO 0 0
OGC

02

OIG00

OSEC20

RD11

REE44

RMA92

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1022 814