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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Freedom of Information Act Annual Report FY 2019

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT

For questions concerning this report please contact Alexis R. Graves, Departmental FOIA Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 1400 Independence Avenue, South Building, Room 4101, 

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 USDA Departmental FOIA Officer using the above information. Requesters 

will be notified by the Departmental FOIA Office 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.
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III. AGENCY COMPONENT ABBREVIATIONS

Component Abbreviation Component Name

AMS Agricultural Marketing Service

APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

OASCR Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

DA/OSEC Departmental Administration/Office of the Secretary

FAS Foreign Agricultural Service

FNS Food and Nutrition Service

FS Forest Service 

FSA Farm Service Agency

FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service

NAD National Appeals Division

NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service

OBPA Office of Budget & Program Analysis

OCFO Office of the Chief Financial Officer

OGC Office of the General Counsel

OIG Office of the Inspector General

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

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 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. 2002). 

FS 29

29

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-CV00421, 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).

DA/OSEC 1

7

APHIS 2

FS 2

FSA 2
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7 U.S.C. § 1502(c)(1)

(Federal Crop Insurance Act)

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 7

19

RMA 12

7 U.S.C. § 8791(b)(2) (Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act 

of 2008)

"[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).

APHIS 23

247

DA/OSEC 1

FSA 167

NRCS 56

5 U.S.C. § 574(j) Dispute resolution communications. N/A AMS 6

6

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."

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

F. Supp. 2d 39, 44-45 (D.D.C. 

2010).

AMS 1

6

REE 5

15 U.S.C. § 638(k)(4) Information contained within a 

Small Business Innovative Research 

(SBIR) and Small Business

N/A REE 1

1
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Technology Transfer (STTR) 

program evaluation databases 
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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 92 286 319 59

APHIS 1,142 1,375 1,291 1,226

OASCR 1 48 32 17

DA/OSEC 185 433 342 276

FAS 21 41 21 41

FNS 151 829 811 169

FS 513 1,894 1,772 635

FSA 3,984 20,081 20,161 3,904

FSIS 159 559 438 280

NAD 6 1 0 7

NRCS 36 184 196 24

OBPA 7 21 17 11

OCFO 13 12 10 15

OGC 39 48 64 23

OIG 103 88 89 102

RD 85 374 363 96

REE 39 136 116 59

RMA 17 48 52 13

AGENCY OVERALL 6,593 26,458 26,094 6,957

After reviewing their databases, APHIS, ASCR, FNS, FS, FSA, FSIS, NRCS, and RD updated the number of requests 

pending as of the start of the Fiscal Year.
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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 83 135 17 40 10 26 0 1 1 0 1 5 319

APHIS 148 730 20 138 39 91 0 3 6 32 20 64 1,291

OASCR 11 9 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 32

DA/OSEC 65 162 7 62 13 8 0 2 2 2 11 8 342

FAS 8 4 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 21

FNS 74 583 5 40 17 18 23 2 0 7 8 34 811

FS 735 556 82 184 43 51 3 7 3 3 42 63 1,772

FSA 19,377 288 155 93 125 34 20 2 2 14 19 32 20,161

FSIS 117 165 12 75 14 17 0 0 3 0 18 17 438

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

NRCS 57 80 11 21 0 17 1 0 2 1 2 4 196

OBPA 2 3 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17

OCFO 2 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10

OGC 4 21 1 19 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 8 64

OIG 10 26 19 19 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 89

RD 177 68 12 36 2 13 10 1 5 1 6 32 363

REE 28 22 6 19 1 14 0 0 0 1 0 25 116

RMA 5 11 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 52
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AGENCY 

OVERALL 20,903 2,863 364 765 285 305 57 18 26 63 138 307 26,094
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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 Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 5

5

APHIS Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 64

64

OASCR Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 2

2

DA/OSEC Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 8

8

FAS Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 1

1

FNS Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 34

34

FS Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 53

63

Unable to Locate or Contact Requester 10

FSA Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 32

32

FSIS Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 12

17

Unable to Locate or Contact Requester 5

NAD N/A 0

0

NRCS Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 2

4

Unable to Locate or Contact Requester 2

OBPA Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 1

1

OCFO N/A 0

0

OGC Unable to Locate or Contact Requester 8

8
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OIG N/A 0

0

RD Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 32

32

REE Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 25

25

RMA Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 6

11

Unable to Locate or Contact Requester 5

AGENCY 

OVERALL 307
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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 7 87 58 124 11 0 42 8 1 0 0 0

APHIS 0 0 25 47 62 727 10 0 574 51 3 12 0 0

OASCR 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0

DA/OSEC 1 0 2 13 64 154 2 0 32 0 2 2 0 0

FAS 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FNS 0 1 1 17 467 580 8 2 558 49 460 4 0 0

FS 2 7 31 142 176 446 64 8 129 7 19 37 0 8

FSA 8 4 176 5 16 191 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0

FSIS 0 0 1 105 23 150 8 0 36 0 4 0 0 0

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

NRCS 0 1 56 14 20 73 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

OBPA 0 0 0 0 3 3 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 17 16 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

OIG 0 0 0 0 4 25 10 0 21 1 2 0 0 0

RD 0 1 0 38 12 49 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

REE 0 0 6 4 3 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RMA 0 0 12 5 5 12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 11 14 317 479 937 2,579 128 10 1,406 116 492 55 2 8
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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 31 11 32 10

APHIS 85 54 102 37

OASCR 2 1 0 3

DA/OSEC 10 3 3 10

FAS 0 0 0 0

FNS 670 372 135 907

FS 41 38 38 41

FSA 10 1 3 8

FSIS 7 9 9 7

NAD 0 0 0 0

NRCS 3 0 3 0

OBPA 0 2 1 1

OCFO 1 0 0 1

OGC 1 2 3 0

OIG 0 0 0 0

RD 4 2 4 2

REE 0 4 0 4

RMA 10 0 1 9

AGENCY OVERALL 875 499 334 1,040

After reviewing its database, FNS updated the number of appeals pending as of the start of the Fiscal Year.
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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 13 7 2 10 32

APHIS 5 20 3 74 102

OASCR 0 0 0 0 0

DA/OSEC 0 0 0 3 3

FAS 0 0 0 0 0

FNS 10 66 0 59 135

FS 4 22 3 9 38

FSA 0 1 1 1 3

FSIS 0 0 5 4 9

NAD 0 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 2 1 0 3

OBPA 0 0 0 1 1

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 2 0 0 1 3

OIG 0 0 0 0 0

RD 1 3 0 0 4

REE 0 0 0 0 0

RMA 0 1 0 0 1

AGENCY OVERALL 35 122 15 162 334
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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 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

APHIS 0 0 0 0 1 25 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0

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

DA/OSEC 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

FNS 0 0 1 0 64 74 0 0 74 3 62 0 0 0

FS 0 0 3 4 10 21 2 0 9 0 1 0 0 0

FSA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSIS 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 0 0 2 0 0 2 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 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

RD 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

RMA 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 8 13 86 133 2 0 107 3 64 0 0 0
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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

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 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0

APHIS 0 0 37 0 2 0 0 2 6 0 27

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

DA/OSEC 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 1 0 1 0 0 42

FS 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

FSA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

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

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

OGC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

RD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

RMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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AGENCY 

OVERALL 5 1 61 0 2 3 0 4 9 1 76
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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

APHIS Moot 9

27

Unable to Locate or Contact the Requester 18

DA/OSEC Unable to Locate or Contact the Requester 2

2

FNS Unable to Locate or Contact the Requester 42

42

FS Unable to Locate or Contact the Requester 2

2

FSIS Moot 2

2

OIG Unable to Locate or Contact the Requester 1

1
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AMS N/A0

0

OASCR N/A0

0

FAS N/A0

0

FSA N/A0

0

NAD N/A0

0

NRCS N/A0

0

OBPA N/A0

0

OCFO N/A0

0

OGC N/A0

0

RD N/A0

0

REE N/A0

0

RMA N/A0

0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 76
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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 474.50 476.75 74.00 1,703.00

APHIS 343.50 721.36 <1 1,931.00

DA/OSEC 1,149.00 1,149.00 1,149.00 1,149.00

FNS 696.50 675.37 8.00 1,200.00

FS 73.00 226.84 15.00 1,208.00

FSA 341.50 341.50 217.00 440.00

FSIS 125.75 139.65 5.00 400.00

NRCS 278.75 278.75 35.00 412.00

OBPA 43.00 43.00 43.00 43.00

OGC 174.00 170.00 91.00 245.00

RD 184.00 178.00 <1 274.00

RMA 1,805.00 1,805.00 1,805.00 1,805.00

AGENCY OVERALL 387.50 490.75 <1 1,931.00
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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 2019-09-162019-09-062019-08-282019-08-072019-07-112019-01-312018-06-272018-06-142018-03-272017-12-28

Number of Days 

Pending 10 16 22 37 56 168 316 325 381 441

APHIS

Date of Appeal 2017-02-222016-06-072015-07-012015-06-262015-06-082015-02-232015-01-222014-06-202014-05-232012-10-03

Number of Days 

Pending 655 831 1065 1068 1082 1156 1177 1323 1342 1750

OASCR

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-03-122018-01-232017-12-19

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 425 447

DA/OSEC

Date of Appeal 2019-06-112018-12-212018-12-212018-08-272018-08-062018-07-242018-01-292017-11-292014-04-142012-04-02

Number of Days 

Pending 77 194 194 274 289 298 421 461 1371 1879

FNS

Date of Appeal 2014-11-102014-11-082014-11-032014-10-012014-09-302014-08-182013-12-182013-08-142012-12-052012-10-22

Number of Days 

Pending 1225 1225 1230 1252 1253 1283 1450 1536 1708 1738

FS

Date of Appeal 2018-01-302017-10-262017-10-092017-08-302017-08-142017-07-192017-07-102017-04-272016-07-132014-03-17

Number of Days 

Pending 420 483 495 522 534 552 559 609 806 1391

FSA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A2017-09-052017-08-152017-08-142017-08-102017-08-092017-06-232017-06-022017-04-07

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 519 533 534 536 537 569 584 623

FSIS

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A2019-08-202019-06-252018-12-122018-12-122018-04-232018-04-192018-04-19

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 28 67 201 201 362 364 364
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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/A2019-02-19

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156

OCFO

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2012-07-19

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1803

RD

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-06-192017-04-06

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 624

REE

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-05-092019-04-152018-12-122018-10-19

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 117 201 237

RMA

Date of Appeal N/A2017-01-252015-05-112014-09-082014-04-302013-06-252013-05-222013-05-222013-03-282011-08-18

Number of Days 

Pending 0 674 1101 1269 1359 1571 1594 1594 1633 2033

FAS

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

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

OGC

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

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

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of Appeal 2013-06-252013-05-222013-05-222013-03-282012-12-052012-10-222012-10-032012-07-192012-04-022011-08-18

Number of Days 

Pending 1571 1594 1594 1633 1708 1738 1750 1803 1879 2033
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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 30 83.82 <1 953 20 62.2 4 651 N/A N/A N/A N/A

APHIS 132 246.22 <1 2077 441 511.08 15 1789 515 362 15 556

OASCR 13.5 18.68 <1 60 48.5 49.7 9 98 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DA/OSEC 20 46 <1 182 161 177.92 1 622 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FAS 25.5 45.5 2 206 35 48.44 3 111 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FNS 14 24.74 <1 1267 304 357.05 32 968 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FS 17 48.11 <1 753 31 99.54 <1 1269 9 10 3 19

FSA 1 4.25 <1 1263 11 28.57 <1 981 1.5 2 <1 3

FSIS 60.5 86.11 <1 444 102 145.27 2 513 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NRCS 16 34.31 <1 353 259 166.07 4 298 53.5 53.5 9 98

OBPA 6 80.15 1 747 440.5 441 111 772 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCFO 5 4.4 1 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 17.5 98.93 <1 637 438 405.03 2 1073 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 33 46.62 2 183 143 348.3 13 1530 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RD 29 68.87 <1 922 53.5 71.76 <1 435 14 14 6 22

REE 23.5 51.69 <1 216 170.5 148.3 4 345 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RMA 13 26.63 <1 168 96 151.21 <1 335 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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1 22 <1 2077 45 154.27 <1 1789 15 114.64 3 556
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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 32 94.26 1 953 34 74.83 4 651 N/A N/A N/A N/A

APHIS 166 249.15 2 2077 407 463.72 15 1731 535.5 535.5 515 556

OASCR 16 23.55 1 60 50 50.89 9 98 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DA/OSEC 20 45.92 <1 182 162.5 173.27 19 498 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FAS 25.5 24.75 11 37 52.5 51.88 3 111 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FNS 14 20.05 <1 487 62.5 121.17 32 306 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FS 18 44.58 <1 599 37 109.66 <1 881 9 10 3 19

FSA 1 4.06 <1 1071 15 29.2 <1 981 1 1 <1 1

FSIS 67 87.89 2 444 136.5 161.35 9 513 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NRCS 16.5 37.13 <1 241 29.5 83.25 4 298 98 98 98 98

OBPA 2.5 2.5 1 4 617 500 111 772 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCFO 6.5 6.5 2 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 7.5 160.83 <1 542 196 345.42 2 1073 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 24 40.69 12 183 128 231.26 13 1499 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RD 29 55.54 <1 388 56.5 67.07 3 178 14 14 6 22

REE 44 62.1 <1 178 178 150 4 345 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RMA 25 23.53 1 81 95 95 95 95 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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 23 89.51 <1 2077 53 159.54 <1 1731 19 137.44 3 556
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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 101 42 29 20 5 9 5 2 9 2 12 13 7 256

APHIS 181 91 42 78 73 50 38 23 23 17 114 99 236 1,065

OASCR 14 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22

DA/OSEC 112 32 22 11 10 8 7 0 1 3 3 1 1 211

FAS 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12

FNS 610 96 28 8 4 4 1 2 1 2 6 2 5 769

FS 737 205 76 39 19 17 17 7 8 5 22 11 41 1,204

FSA 19,152 51 69 45 15 9 9 27 7 19 60 36 43 19,542

FSIS 53 52 18 14 34 15 11 12 4 7 19 5 2 246

NRCS 107 25 10 12 7 4 2 1 6 1 1 1 0 177

OBPA 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 13

OCFO 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

OGC 16 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 30

OIG 11 20 3 5 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 45

RD 122 62 42 12 13 6 8 2 3 2 8 16 5 301

REE 41 12 2 7 8 4 2 3 4 0 3 0 0 86

RMA 23 9 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 38

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 21,306 710 348 252 192 128 103 81 68 59 251 184 345 24,027
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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 31 8 7 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 61

APHIS 4 5 7 5 7 7 3 5 3 3 20 24 121 214

OASCR 2 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

DA/OSEC 22 8 5 4 7 10 2 11 4 4 25 15 10 127

FAS 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

FNS 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 8 10 12 40

FS 193 131 46 27 20 15 10 11 7 7 26 21 40 554

FSA 173 45 13 10 4 2 1 0 1 1 6 2 5 263

FSIS 25 12 16 18 23 11 9 8 8 5 33 11 10 189

NRCS 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 15

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

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

OGC 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 16 32

OIG 1 2 6 5 2 4 2 1 0 3 6 2 10 44

RD 17 6 7 8 3 5 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 54

REE 1 0 5 2 1 1 2 1 5 4 7 1 0 30

RMA 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 14

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 481 229 121 86 76 59 33 40 33 32 148 94 228 1,660
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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

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

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

FSA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

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

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

AMS 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

DA/OSEC 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

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

FSIS 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

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

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 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15
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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 54 20 26 3 35 57 0 N/A N/A

APHIS 1181 55 55 37 20 33 3 103 81

OASCR 16 69.5 73 1 161 161 0 N/A N/A

DA/OSEC 222 20 61 51 20 35 1 164 164

FAS 33 20 48 3 20 75 5 20 20

FNS 164 20 49 1 43 43 1 42 42

FS 343 20 57 257 43 68 1 20 20

FSA 298 67.5 114.47 67 123 162.13 0 N/A N/A

FSIS 29 41 65 246 58 74 2 18 18

NAD 7 20 25 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

NRCS 22 20.5 42 1 125 125 0 N/A N/A

OBPA 7 29 65 4 20 41 0 N/A N/A

OCFO 13 20 25 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OGC 17 20 42 6 18.5 23 0 N/A N/A

OIG 1 1 1 101 563 599 0 N/A N/A

RD 69 27 40 13 107 97 0 N/A N/A

REE 48 57.5 82 11 20 20 0 N/A N/A

RMA 9 153 103 4 30 31 0 N/A N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 2533 34 54 806 30 63 13 20 46
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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 2018-05-012018-04-242018-04-112018-02-122018-02-122018-01-232018-01-082017-12-212017-12-202017-04-27

Number of Days 

Pending 356 361 370 411 411 425 435 445 446 609

APHIS

Date of Receipt 2014-09-052014-08-202014-08-082014-07-032014-06-052014-04-172014-03-182014-01-152013-12-172013-07-10

Number of Days 

Pending 1270 1281 1289 1314 1334 1368 1390 1432 1451 1561

OASCR

Date of Receipt 2019-06-242019-06-192019-06-192019-06-062019-05-282019-05-202019-03-152019-03-072019-02-222019-02-11

Number of Days 

Pending 68 71 71 80 87 92 138 144 153 161

DA/OSEC

Date of Receipt 2017-05-042017-04-252017-04-242017-04-132017-04-102017-03-282017-03-222017-03-142017-02-022016-12-09

Number of Days 

Pending 604 611 612 619 622 631 635 641 668 703

FAS

Date of Receipt 2017-11-032017-10-312017-10-202017-09-212017-06-232017-04-272017-04-122017-02-032017-01-232016-11-01

Number of Days 

Pending 477 480 487 507 569 609 620 667 676 729

FNS

Date of Receipt 2017-01-272017-01-242017-01-242017-01-232017-01-202016-12-142016-11-302016-11-302016-10-212015-11-17

Number of Days 

Pending 672 675 675 676 676 700 710 710 736 970

FS

Date of Receipt 2017-04-032017-03-312016-08-162016-08-032016-07-182015-12-022015-11-192015-08-182014-07-082013-03-04

Number of Days 

Pending 627 628 782 791 803 960 968 1032 1312 1650

FSA

Date of Receipt 2017-06-192017-04-272017-02-082017-02-082017-02-082017-02-082017-01-202016-08-302015-03-232015-03-23

Number of Days 

Pending 574 609 665 665 665 665 676 772 1138 1138
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FSIS

Date of Receipt 2018-04-172018-04-132018-04-042018-03-142018-02-262018-01-182017-12-262017-12-182017-11-092017-10-26

Number of Days 

Pending 366 368 375 390 402 428 443 448 473 483

NAD

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A2019-07-112018-06-192014-12-112014-07-152014-04-162013-07-092012-10-01

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 56 322 1204 1307 1369 1562 1752

NRCS

Date of Receipt 2019-07-092019-07-082019-06-282019-06-202019-04-032019-03-072019-02-132019-01-092018-01-302017-12-07

Number of Days 

Pending 58 59 64 70 125 144 159 183 420 455

OBPA

Date of Receipt 2019-09-132019-08-192019-07-312019-04-292019-01-162019-01-162018-11-022018-11-022018-10-102018-02-16

Number of Days 

Pending 11 29 42 107 178 178 227 227 244 407

OCFO

Date of Receipt 2018-07-312018-06-192017-10-262017-04-242017-04-122017-03-082015-08-182014-10-072013-11-052013-09-23

Number of Days 

Pending 293 322 483 612 620 645 1032 1248 1479 1509

OGC

Date of Receipt 2018-10-102018-07-262018-07-112018-05-072017-12-222017-11-292017-07-072017-03-152017-02-162015-06-18

Number of Days 

Pending 244 296 307 352 444 461 560 640 658 1074

OIG

Date of Receipt 2014-11-192014-11-042014-07-092014-05-162013-04-202013-01-222012-10-082012-08-222012-06-192012-06-12

Number of Days 

Pending 1220 1230 1312 1348 1617 1680 1750 1782 1827 1832

RD

Date of Receipt 2019-03-202019-03-062018-12-192018-12-142018-12-122018-10-042018-09-102018-06-252018-03-092017-11-30

Number of Days 

Pending 135 145 196 199 201 247 265 318 393 460

REE

Date of Receipt 2018-07-302018-07-032018-06-122018-06-012018-04-172018-03-232018-03-142018-02-142017-12-272017-12-15

Number of Days 

Pending 294 312 327 334 366 383 390 409 442 449
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RMA

Date of Receipt 2019-02-152019-02-152019-02-122019-01-312018-10-222018-10-222018-08-292018-08-282018-07-302018-07-23

Number of Days 

Pending 157 157 160 168 236 236 272 273 294 299

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of Receipt 2014-04-162014-03-182014-01-152013-12-172013-11-052013-09-232013-07-102013-07-092013-03-042012-10-01

Number of Days 

Pending 1369 1390 1432 1451 1479 1509 1561 1562 1650 1752
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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 0 N/A N/A N/A

APHIS 5 32 8 193.68 21

OASCR 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

DA/OSEC 1 13 4 30.79 10

FNS 0 3 1 1 3

FS 4 4 13 15.38 3

FSA 0 3 3 3 3

FSIS 1 17 3 81.67 14

NRCS 2 0 77 77 0

OGC 0 2 107.5 107.5 1

OIG 0 1 17 17 0

RD 2 1 9 15.33 2

REE 0 1 9 9 1

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

FAS 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

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

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

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 15 77 5 105.68 58
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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 5 0 1 50.8

APHIS 114 4 8.5 106.39

OASCR 5 0 16 11.8

DA/OSEC 18 1 1.5 17.39

FAS 11 0 2 4.73

FS 152 8 14 103.48

FSA 550 13 1 1.61

FSIS 237 19 1 0.67

NRCS 15 1 20 49.94

OCFO 6 0 2 2.67

OGC 4 1 1 114.2

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A

RD 6 0 19.5 35.33

RMA 6 0 3 12

REE 0 0 N/A N/A

FNS 0 0 N/A N/A

OBPA 0 0 N/A N/A

NAD 0 0 N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1,129 47 1 19.9
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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 9 0 9 $1,286,252.00 $125,900.00 $1,412,152.00

APHIS 26 0.5 26.5 $3,343,123.28 $332,368.78 $3,675,492.06

OASCR 1 0 1 $84,000.00 $0.00 $84,000.00

DA/OSEC 5 0 5 $1,357,045.77 $50,000.00 $1,407,045.77

FAS 1 2 3 $184,276.17 $0.00 $184,276.17

FNS 6 2 8 $1,323,062.08 $0.00 $1,323,062.08

FS 10 42.34 52.34 $2,547,026.00 $200,000.00 $2,747,026.00

FSA 11 82.5 93.5 $1,786,874.92 $37,291.00 $1,824,165.92

FSIS 9 0 9 $1,203,129.00 $8,556.00 $1,211,685.00

NAD 0.5 0 0.5 $2,189.00 $0.00 $2,189.00

NRCS 0 10.5 10.5 $767,504.65 $262,470.00 $1,029,974.65

OBPA 0.31 0 0.31 $59,000.00 $0.00 $59,000.00

OCFO 1 0 1 $48,189.00 $0.00 $48,189.00

OGC 3 3 6 $360,826.35 $772,296.50 $1,133,122.85

OIG 2 2.5 4.5 $339,332.78 $310,597.57 $649,930.35

RD 3 11 14 $1,362,212.00 $0.00 $1,362,212.00

REE 1 0 1 $222,000.00 $0.00 $222,000.00

RMA 1 0 1 $211,545.97 $0.00 $211,545.97
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AGENCY 

OVERALL 89.81 156.34 246.15 $16,487,588.97 $2,099,479.85 $18,587,068.82
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X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

Agency / Component Total Amount of Fees 

Collected

Percentage of Total 

Costs

AMS $12,325.03 0.96%

APHIS $215.21 0.01%

FNS $47,927.43 3.62%

FS $11,803.30 0.46%

FSA $14,296.65 0.80%

NRCS $9,642.98 1.26%

RD $3,149.13 0.23%

OASCR $0.00 0.00%

DA/OSEC $0.00 0.00%

FAS $0.00 0.00%

FSIS $0.00 0.00%

NAD $0.00 0.00%

OBPA $0.00 0.00%

OCFO $0.00 0.00%

OGC $0.00 0.00%

OIG $0.00 0.00%

REE $0.00 0.00%

RMA $0.00 0.00%

AGENCY OVERALL $99,359.73 0.60%
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XI.A. NUMBER OF TIMES SUBSECTION (C) USED

Agency / Component Number of Times Subsection Used

AMS 0

APHIS 0

OASCR 0

DA/OSEC 0

FAS 0

FNS 0

FS 0

FSA 0

FSIS 0

NAD 0

NRCS 0

OBPA 0

OCFO 0

OGC 0

OIG 0

RD 0

REE 0

RMA 0

AGENCY OVERALL 0
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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

APHIS 38 120

FNS 4 1,049

NRCS 146 146

OIG 0 65

RD 0 1,898

AMS 0 1,181

OASCR 0 0

DA/OSEC 9 292

FAS 0 0

FS 0 17,404

FSA 0 0

FSIS 36 386

NAD 0 0

OBPA 0 0

OCFO 0 0

OGC 0 0

REE 0 9

RMA 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 233 22,550
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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 38 8

APHIS 1,134 37

OASCR 15 3

DA/OSEC 235 10

FAS 35 0

FNS 114 885

FS 456 35

FSA 158 22

FSIS 234 7

NAD 7 0

NRCS 14 0

OBPA 9 1

OCFO 12 0

OGC 19 0

OIG 97 0

RD 60 1

REE 51 4

RMA 12 9

AGENCY OVERALL 2,700 1,022
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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 1 10 11 0

APHIS 4 37 34 7

DA/OSEC 2 24 25 1

FAS 0 14 14 0

FNS 1 3 4 0

FS 2 40 35 7

FSIS 0 7 7 0

OGC 37 66 80 23

OIG 2 3 3 2

RD 1 3 3 1

REE 0 11 10 1

OASCR 0 0 0 0

FSA 4 0 4 0

NAD 0 0 0 0

NRCS 0 0 0 0

OBPA 0 0 0 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0

RMA 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 54 218 230 42
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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

APHIS

Date N/A N/A N/A2019-09-182019-05-202019-04-232019-04-162019-02-272018-05-02 2017-10-23

Number of Days 0 0 0 8 92 111 116 150 355 486

DA/OSEC

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2019-08-08

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36

FS

Date N/A N/A N/A2019-09-302019-09-272019-09-252019-09-242019-07-182019-07-15 2019-04-10

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 51 54 120

OGC

Date 2018-08-072018-07-252018-07-252018-07-172018-06-132018-06-072018-06-062018-06-042018-05-16 2018-05-11

Number of Days 288 297 297 303 326 330 331 333 345 348

OIG

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2017-09-08 2015-01-01

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 516 1188

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 1872

REE

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2019-08-27

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23

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

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

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
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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

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

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

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 2018-06-042018-05-162018-05-112018-05-022017-10-232013-01-252013-01-252012-08-302012-08-30 2012-04-11

Number of Days 333 345 348 355 486 1678 1678 1777 1777 1872
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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 272 286 223 319

APHIS 882 1,375 1,371 1,291

OASCR 32 48 29 32

DA/OSEC 403 433 340 342

FAS 44 41 38 21

FNS 899 829 873 811

FS 1,828 1,894 1,767 1,772

FSA 30,591 20,081 29,393 20,161

FSIS 494 559 388 438

NAD 2 1 1 0

NRCS 288 184 300 196

OBPA 14 21 15 17

OCFO 16 12 26 10

OGC 41 48 67 64

OIG 100 88 80 89

RD 426 374 383 363

REE 130 136 99 116

RMA 85 48 86 52

AGENCY OVERALL 36,547 26,458 35,479 26,094
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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 80 38

APHIS 1,081 1,134

OASCR 2 15

DA/OSEC 157 235

FAS 20 35

FNS 89 114

FS 366 456

FSA 194 158

FSIS 128 234

NAD 6 7

NRCS 25 14

OBPA 5 9

OCFO 10 12

OGC 35 19

OIG 98 97

RD 73 60

REE 31 51

RMA 7 12

AGENCY OVERALL 2,407 2,700
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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 28 11 9 32

APHIS 54 54 54 102

OASCR 3 1 1 0

DA/OSEC 6 3 2 3

FAS 0 0 1 0

FNS 342 372 89 135

FS 47 38 43 38

FSA 1 1 0 3

FSIS 16 9 10 9

NRCS 7 0 6 3

OBPA 0 2 0 1

OCFO 0 0 0 0

OGC 3 2 3 3

OIG 3 0 3 0

RD 3 2 6 4

REE 0 4 6 0

RMA 3 0 17 1

NAD 2 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 518 499 250 334
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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 30 8

APHIS 85 37

OASCR 2 3

DA/OSEC 10 10

FNS 646 885

FS 34 35

FSA 9 22

FSIS 7 7

NRCS 3 0

OBPA 0 1

OGC 1 0

OIG 0 0

RD 1 1

REE 0 4

RMA 10 9

FAS 0 0

NAD 0 0

OCFO 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 838 1,022