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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Freedom of Information Act Annual Report FY 2023

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 4039, Washington DC 20250-0706, telephone number (202) 690-3318, email 

USDAFOIA@usda.gov.

This report is available at https://www.usda.gov/ogc/office-information-affairs/foia-division. 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 component 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 on the FOIA Division page.

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 view USDA’s FOIA Regulations.
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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
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IV. EXEMPTION3 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 

communications.

N/A AMS

66

7 U.S.C

§608(d)(2)

Information for 

marketing order 

programs that is 

categorized as trade 

secrets and commercial 

or financial information

N/A AMS

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7 U.S.C.§

1502(c)(1)

Certain information 

furnished bya 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).

RMA

99

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

Argus 

Leader 

Media v. 

USDA, 740

F.3d 1172,

1175-76 (8th

Cir. 2014).

FNS

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Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program

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 of the 

person who supplied 

particular information”

Strunk v.

U.S. Dept. of 

Interior, 752

F. Supp. 2d 

39, 44-45 

(D.D.C. 

2010).

AMS

1

66

FSA 60

REE

5

7 U.S.C.§

2706(c)

Information obtained 

from reports filed by 

persons engaged in the 

production of 

commercial eggs and 

persons who receive or 

otherwise acquire eggs 

from such persons and 

who process, prepare for 

market, or market such 

eggs, including eggs of 

their own production.

N/A AMS

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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

Cent. Platte 

Nat. Res.

Dist. v. U.S. 

Dep’t of 

Agric., 643

F.3d 1142,

1147-48 (8th

Cir. 2011);

Zanoni v. 

USDA, 605

APHIS 24

197

FS

1

FSA 124

NRCS 46

OIG

2
5

of the Department” or 

“geospatial 

information...maintained 

by the Secretary about 

agricultural land or 

operations.”

F. Supp. 2d 

230, 237-38 

(D.D.C. 

2009).

15 U.S.C.§

638(k)(4)

Information contained 

withina Small Business 

Innovative Research 

(SBIR) and Small 

Business Technology 

Transfer (STTR) 

program evaluation 

databases.

N/A REE

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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, 29- 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, 1192

FS

42 42
6

(S.D. Cal. 

2002).

26 U.S.C.

§§ 6103,

6105

Certain tax return 

information, to include 

Taxpayer Identification 

Numbers of third 

parties, and certain tax 

convention information

Nosal v. 

IRS, 523 F.

Supp. 3d 72,

79 (D.D.C.

2021);

Church of 

Scientology

v. IRS, 484

U.S. 9, 15

(1987) (26

U.S.C. § 

6103); Elec.

Priv. Info. 

Ctr. v. IRS, 

910 F.3d

1232, 1237 

(D.C. Cir. 

2018);

Leonard v.

U.S. Dep’of 

Treasury, 

590 F.

App’x. 141,

143-44 (3d

Cir. 2014)

(per curiam); 

Pac.

Fisheries, 

Inc. v. IRS, 

395 F.

App’x. 438,

440 (9th Cir.

2010)

(unpublished

disposition) 

(26 U.S.C.

FS

22
7

§§ 6103,

6105).

41 U.S.C.§

2102

(amending 

41 U.S.C.§

423(a)(1))

Contractor bid or 

proposal information; 

source selection 

information

Legal & 

Safety Emp. 

Rsch., Inc. v.

U.S. Dep’t 

of the Army, 

No. Civ. 

S001748, 

2001 WL

34098652, at

*3-4 (E.D.

Cal. May 4,

2001)

(dictum).

AMS

1

4

DA

1

RD

2

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

AMS1 FNS

1 FS 6 REE

*6 (D. Nev. 

Mar. 31,

2011);

Hornbostel

V. U.S.

AMS

3

25

APHIS

1

FS 18

FSIS

1

REE

2
8

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.1

94 Aug. 25,

2004).

44 U.S.C.§

3501 note

Data or information 

acquired undera pledge 

of confidentiality for 

exclusively statistical 

purposes

N/A REE

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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 54 254 251 57

APHIS 523 1192 1069 646

DA 48 171 190 29

FAS 28 59 62 25

FNS 310 264 419 155

FS 947 1812 1790 969

FSA 94 10882 10533 443

FSIS 133 317 378 72

NRCS 27 315 301 41

OASCR 18 37 44 11

OBPA 0 23 23 0

OCFO 1 92 88 5

OGC 18 97 93 22

OHA 1 39 38 2

OIG 39 124 120 43

OSEC 54 168 170 52

RD 69 549 476 142
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REE 17 144 143 18

RMA 6 66 54 18

AGENCY OVERALL 2387 16605 16242 2750

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

the Fiscal Year: DA, FAS, FS, FSA, NRCS, OASCR, OGC, OSEC, RD, and REE.
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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 38 125 11 28 11 7 0 4 3 6 13 5 251

APHIS 222 501 13 226 19 17 0 2 5 19 29 16 1069

DA 43 49 8 28 9 16 0 9 1 2 22 3 190

FAS 8 13 2 5 1 9 0 3 2 4 15 0 62

FNS 74 194 2 54 2 66 0 3 1 0 23 0 419

FS 555 553 52 222 34 235 21 36 13 4 49 16 1790

FSA 9633 280 55 197 28 79 17 31 103 5 89 16 10533

FSIS 54 162 3 65 6 54 5 7 2 2 16 2 378

NRCS 99 91 29 26 0 9 1 15 2 4 23 2 301

OASCR 4 8 2 2 1 3 0 2 4 0 17 1 44

OBPA 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 15 0 23

OCFO 6 7 0 21 3 3 0 7 1 1 38 1 88

OGC 29 20 0 8 14 1 0 3 4 2 10 2 93

OHA 1 10 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 17 0 38

OIG 3 28 21 50 3 12 0 1 0 0 2 0 120

OSEC 22 84 2 24 8 12 0 4 0 0 13 1 170

RD 109 117 10 58 28 61 2 13 31 0 34 13 476

REE 27 33 8 29 3 20 0 4 0 0 14 5 143
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RMA 4 8 10 6 0 4 0 3 1 1 11 6 54

AGENCY

OVERALL 10931 2284 228 1057 170 613 46 150 173 51 450 89 16242
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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 16 16

DA Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 3 3

FAS N/A 0 0

FNS N/A 0 0

FS Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 16 16

FSA Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 16 16

FSIS Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 2 2

NRCS Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 2 2

OASCR Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 1 1
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OBPA N/A 0 0

OCFO Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 1 1

OGC Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 2 2

OHA N/A 0 0

OIG N/A 0 0

OSEC Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 1 1

RD Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 13 13

REE Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 5 5

RMA Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 6 6

AGENCY 

OVERALL 89
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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 13 67 51 116 7 0 21 13 4 0 0 0

APHIS 0 5 24 63 116 477 38 0 303 92 21 12 0 0

DA 0 0 1 18 12 47 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0

FAS 0 0 0 1 7 12 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

FNS 0 0 1 9 149 189 3 0 175 2 148 0 0 0

FS 0 6 42 139 89 473 38 1 96 1 20 48 0 2

FSA 0 7 184 13 34 240 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

FSIS 0 2 1 95 39 151 5 1 30 1 6 1 0 0

NRCS 0 0 46 39 19 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OASCR 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 0 1 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 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 0 0 0 0 14 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OHA 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

OIG 0 0 2 2 9 35 11 0 36 4 7 0 0 0

OSEC 0 0 0 4 47 83 0 0 8 1 3 1 0 0

RD 0 0 2 85 21 109 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

REE 0 0 9 10 5 29 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0
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RMA 0 1 9 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 21 334 553 621 2075 106 2 687 114 210 64 0 2
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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 3 2 3 2

APHIS 6 19 18 7

DA 12 0 6 6

FAS 1 0 1 0

FNS 0 1 1 0

FS 90 44 25 109

FSA 6 20 21 5

FSIS 5 9 9 5

NRCS 0 0 0 0

OASCR 3 0 0 3

OBPA 0 0 0 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0

OGC 9 12 14 7

OHA 0 0 0 0

OIG 0 2 2 0
18

OSEC 3 0 0 3

RD 11 1 6 6

REE 8 0 6 2

RMA 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 157 110 112 155

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

the Fiscal Year for NRCS and FSA
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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 2 0 0 1 3

APHIS 5 4 0 9 18

DA 0 3 1 2 6

FAS 1 0 0 0 1

FNS 1 0 0 0 1

FS 2 13 2 8 25

FSA 8 6 3 4 21

FSIS 1 5 0 3 9

NRCS 0 0 0 0 0

OASCR 0 0 0 0 0

OBPA 0 0 0 0 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0 0

OGC 4 5 1 4 14

OHA 0 0 0 0 0

OIG 0 2 0 0 2

OSEC 0 0 0 0 0
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RD 0 0 0 6 6

REE 3 0 0 3 6

RMA 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 27 38 7 40 112
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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 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

DA 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 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

FS 0 0 1 4 6 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

FSA 0 0 7 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FSIS 0 0 0 3 4 4 3 0 4 1 2 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 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 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

OIG 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

OSEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

REE 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 8 11 28 36 3 0 9 1 4 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

APHIS 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

FS 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

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

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

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

OASCR 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

OHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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OIG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OSEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RD 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 5 1 27 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3
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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

DA N/A 0 0

FAS N/A 0 0

FNS N/A 0 0

FS Moot 1

2

Untimely 1

FSA N/A 0 0

FSIS 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 Moot 1 1

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

OSEC N/A 0 0

RD N/A 0 0

REE N/A 0 0

RMA N/A 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 3
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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 213 308.67 90 623

APHIS 33 43.11 1 146

DA 672 712.83 439 1175

FAS 511 511 511 511

FNS 41 41 41 41

FS 651 581.92 1 1133

FSA 64 68.48 1 231

FSIS 138 176.44 2 332

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

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

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

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

OGC 37.5 80.36 5 360

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

OIG 25 25 19 31

OSEC N/A N/A N/A N/A

RD 707 632.67 126 921

REE 572.5 644.33 336 1199
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RMA N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 95 294.13 1 1199
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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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2023-

09-05

2020-

07-28

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 793

APHIS

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A

2023-

07-12

2023-

07-05

2023-

06-12

2023-

05-12

2023-

03-09

2022-

12-22

2022-

10-07

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 56 61 76 96 142 193 244

DA

Date of 

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

2022-

09-26

2022-

08-19

2022-

01-31

2021-

06-10

2021-

04-22

2019-

11-15

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 253 278 418 576 610 968

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

FNS

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
30

Number 

of Days 

Pending

0000000000

FS

Date of 

Appeal

2019-

10-24

2019-

10-11

2019-

10-09

2019-

10-04

2019-

09-26

2019-

08-26

2019-

07-15

2019-

06-13

2019-

04-29

2018-

11-02

Number 

of Days 

Pending 983 991 993 996 1002 1024 1054 1075 1107 1226

FSA

Date of 

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

2023-

08-11

2023-

06-22

2023-

05-08

2022-

12-13

2022-

02-24

Number 

of Days 

Pending

00000 34 69 100 200 401

FSIS

Date of 

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

2023-

09-29

2023-

08-31

2023-

08-23

2023-

06-06

2020-

10-30

Number 

of Days 

Pending

000001 20 26 80 727

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

0000000000

OASCR

Date of 

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

2021-

12-03

2021-

11-04

2021-

07-29

Number 

of Days 

Pending

0000000 456 475 543
31

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

2023-

09-29

2023-

09-19

2023-

08-23

2023-

05-26

2022-

04-14

2020-

09-25

2020-

08-20

Number 

of Days 

Pending

00018 26 86 366 751 776

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

0000000000

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

2021-

01-27

2021-

01-26

2020-

10-14
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Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 670 671 739

RD

Date of 

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

2023-

06-07

2022-

09-29

2021-

10-25

2021-

05-04

2020-

12-21

2019-

06-19

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 79 250 483 602 693 1071

REE

Date of 

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

2021-

05-04

2021-

01-08

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 602 681

RMA

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

2019-

10-24

2019-

10-11

2019-

10-09

2019-

10-04

2019-

09-26

2019-

08-26

2019-

07-15

2019-

06-13

2019-

04-29

2018-

11-02

Number 

of Days 

Pending 983 991 993 996 1002 1024 1054 1075 1107 1226
33

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 15 29.15 <1 685 165 206.06 9 653 N/A N/A N/A N/A

APHIS 38 85.69 <1 1197 199 297.22 3 1402 13 13 13 13

DA 15.5 69.83 <1 1131 136.5 320.92 5 1279 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FAS 6.5 48.66 <1 526 807 580.08 3 1213 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FNS 44 162.50 <1 1003 459.5 433.37 34 1104 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FS 20 77.47 <1 969 72 218.60 <1 1217 11 14.2 1 30

FSA <1 2.56 <1 283 <1 31.7 <1 451 <1 .92 <1 11

FSIS 21 93.78 <1 656 407.5 372.94 9 791 8 220.29 <1 856

NRCS 13 21.10 <1 129 10 11.8 2 32 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OASCR 3.5 101.78 <1 664 159.5 159.5 156 163 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OBPA 2 10.1 <1 89 7 7 7 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCFO 8 18.59 <1 174 51 51 10 92 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 7 46.32 <1 932 55 155.86 2 482 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OHA 2 5.22 <1 40 52 53.2 30 85 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 20 22.26 4 50 135 322.10 14 1608 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSEC 22 77.58 <1 777 203 318.1 <1 900 N/A N/A N/A N/A
34

RD 15 21.16 <1 166 41 98.85 <1 1192 41 33.71 10 45

REE 10 30.79 <1 516 24.5 135.1 <1 528 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RMA 2 7.51 <1 68 N/A N/A N/A N/A 25 25 25 25

AGENCY 

OVERALL <1 22.76 <1 1197 81 221.21 <1 1608 9 57.52 <1 856
35

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 23 40.83 1 685 175.5 210.61 30 631 N/A N/A N/A N/A

APHIS 54.5 106.83 1 1197 199 295.07 3 1402 13 13 13 13

DA 32 99.46 2 1006 113 151.77 16 523 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FAS 71.5 105.88 3 526 16 198 3 859 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FNS 113 173.73 <1 737 268.5 416.81 34 1104 N/A N/A N/A N/A

FS 21 56.81 <1 969 65 104.68 <1 1048 10 10.25 1 20

FSA <1 1.78 <1 258 <1 35.23 <1 451 <1 .92 <1 11

FSIS 34 116.62 2 644 376 358.35 9 791 338 385 8 856

NRCS 14 24.82 <1 110 11.5 13.63 2 32 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OASCR 289 278.8 26 522 159.5 159.5 156 163 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OBPA 30 30 30 30 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OCFO 19.5 32.5 8 174 92 92 92 92 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OGC 12 67.05 2 932 54 172.67 2 482 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OHA 4 12 1 40 53.5 59 44 85 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 36 34.83 28 43 369 420.52 14 1608 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSEC 41 98.57 1 777 189 264.31 14 800 N/A N/A N/A N/A
36

RD 28 37.05 1 166 53 76.52 3 603 35.5 32.5 10 45

REE 20 44.47 2 516 31 168.29 12 528 N/A N/A N/A N/A

RMA 12.5 13.25 <1 34 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL <1 17.40 <1 1197 86 201.26 <1 1608 9 66.67 <1 856
37

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 110 40 14 6 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 182

APHIS 313 158 106 61 53 24 30 14 25 10 52 36 27 909

DA 91 24 9 4 4 3 2 4 0 0 5 1 9 156

FAS 28 4 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 44

FNS 143 9 9 4 9 14 10 5 6 21 21 8 50 309

FS 595 194 82 58 29 32 32 13 6 8 19 17 79 1164

FSA 9965 132 120 56 11 8 12 3 4 2 4 0 0 10317

FSIS 165 54 19 14 10 7 3 4 1 3 7 11 34 332

NRCS 188 42 24 8 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 274

OASCR 22 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 36

OBPA 17 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20

OCFO 56 12 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 78

OGC 58 9 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 79

OHA 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32

OIG 37 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70

OSEC 71 19 10 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 7 4 5 146

RD 95 48 11 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 164
38

REE 88 22 6 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 129

RMA 44 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49

AGENCY 

OVERALL 12116 807 422 235 142 100 99 48 50 53 121 83 214 14490
39

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 2 3 7 5 1 5 4 2 3 5 11 5 9 62

APHIS 6 9 15 10 5 6 7 7 5 7 26 20 29 152

DA 4 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 6 24

FAS 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13

FNS 0 2 3 11 20 8 0 3 1 2 0 2 54 106

FS 142 84 43 29 25 26 10 12 10 2 31 31 127 572

FSA 56 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 70

FSIS 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 15 30

NRCS 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

OASCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

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

OCFO 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

OGC 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7

OHA 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

OIG 4 4 6 3 1 3 5 0 1 0 1 5 16 49

OSEC 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 6 20

RD 72 57 44 20 18 11 2 4 1 6 10 5 11 261
40

REE 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 10

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 312 171 131 83 79 60 30 32 25 26 88 72 287 1396
41

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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

DA 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

FS 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

FSA 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12

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

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 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

OHA 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 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
42

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

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 22 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33
43

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 31 78 131.26 25 35 150.08 0 N/A N/A

APHIS 569 96 179.35 75 349 418.77 0 N/A N/A

DA 26 261.5 377.42 3 136 230 0 N/A N/A

FAS 17 368 389.94 5 830 869.4 0 N/A N/A

FNS 154 530.5 495.93 1 894 894 0 N/A N/A

FS 481 161 255.09 420 225.5 320.69 1 994 994

FSA 233 69 78.16 20 33.5 84.05 0 N/A N/A

FSIS 62 99.5 197 6 487 478.5 0 N/A N/A

NRCS 33 19 49.12 3 12 42.33 0 N/A N/A

OASCR 10 529 472.2 1 1 1 0 N/A N/A

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

OCFO 5 14 10.2 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OGC 17 153 318.24 1 420 420 0 N/A N/A

OHA 2 10 10 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

OIG 33 10 44.12 10 408.5 384.3 0 N/A N/A

OSEC 45 80 169.36 4 317 299.75 1 808 808
44

RD 15 31 34.73 119 42 71.24 0 N/A N/A

REE 17 14 59.35 1 1 1 0 N/A N/A

RMA 18 1 1 0 0 N/A 0 0 N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1768 101 211.82 694 169 280.12 2 901 901
45

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

2022-

09-15

2022-

08-16

2022-

07-29

2022-

07-08

2022-

07-05

2022-

06-21

2021-

11-12

2021-

03-11

2020-

12-30

2020-

02-27

Number 

of Days 

Pending 260 281 293 308 311 320 470 640 687 899

APHIS

Date of 

Receipt

2020-

01-15

2019-

09-27

2019-

08-30

2019-

08-15

2019-

05-03

2019-

01-02

2018-

12-11

2018-

11-09

2018-

09-10

2018-

09-10

Number 

of Days 

Pending 928 1001 1020 1031 1103 1188 1201 1221 1264 1264

DA

Date of 

Receipt

2021-

11-22

2021-

10-21

2021-

09-27

2021-

09-14

2021-

08-05

2019-

08-01

2019-

04-09

2018-

12-14

2018-

12-10

2018-

10-23

Number 

of Days 

Pending 464 485 502 511 538 1041 1121 1198 1202 1234

FAS

Date of 

Receipt

2021-

09-27

2021-

08-23

2021-

01-27

2020-

10-02

2020-

06-04

2020-

06-04

2020-

06-04

2020-

06-04

2019-

08-21

2018-

12-12

Number 

of Days 

Pending 502 526 670 746 830 830 830 830 1027 1200

FNS

Date of 

Receipt

2020-

05-18

2020-

05-06

2020-

04-07

2020-

03-31

2020-

03-27

2020-

03-25

2020-

03-20

2020-

03-12

2020-

03-11

2020-

03-05
46

Number 

of Days 

Pending 842 850 871 876 878 880 883 889 890 894

FS

Date of 

Receipt

2019-

06-04

2019-

05-20

2019-

04-29

2019-

04-03

2019-

04-02

2019-

02-25

2019-

02-08

2018-

12-13

2018-

12-12

2017-

12-21

Number 

of Days 

Pending 1082 1092 1107 1125 1126 1152 1162 1199 1200 1444

FSA

Date of 

Receipt

2022-

09-28

2022-

07-28

2022-

06-28

2022-

06-22

2022-

05-26

2022-

04-07

2022-

04-04

2022-

03-16

2022-

01-29

2022-

01-18

Number 

of Days 

Pending 251 294 315 319 336 371 374 387 419 427

FSIS

Date of 

Receipt

2021-

10-05

2021-

09-09

2021-

07-14

2021-

07-02

2021-

06-07

2021-

05-20

2021-

05-14

2021-

02-08

2021-

02-01

2020-

11-02

Number 

of Days 

Pending 496 514 554 561 579 590 594 662 667 726

NRCS

Date of 

Receipt

2023-

06-15

2023-

05-30

2023-

05-22

2023-

05-22

2023-

05-11

2023-

05-02

2023-

03-08

2023-

03-08

2023-

01-24

2022-

03-10

Number 

of Days 

Pending 73 85 90 90 97 104 143 143 173 391

OASCR

Date of 

Receipt

2023-

07-28

2023-

03-01

2022-

12-13

2022-

05-10

2021-

08-23

2021-

08-13

2023-

03-03

2021-

01-11

2020-

10-26

2020-

04-13

Number 

of Days 

Pending 44 148 200 348 526 532 646 680 731 867
47

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

0000000000

OCFO

Date of 

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

2023-

09-29

2023-

09-27

2023-

09-11

2023-

09-07

2023-

09-05

Number 

of Days 

Pending

0000012 14 16 18

OGC

Date of 

Receipt

2023-

02-22

2022-

12-05

2022-

07-05

2022-

01-27

2021-

08-13

2020-

11-25

2020-

06-29

2020-

06-29

2020-

04-13

2019-

12-09

Number 

of Days 

Pending 153 206 311 420 532 710 813 813 867 953

OHA

Date of 

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

2023-

09-19

2023-

09-13

Number 

of Days 

Pending

000000008 12

OIG

Date of 

Receipt

2022-

11-28

2022-

09-30

2022-

05-23

2022-

04-27

2022-

03-11

2022-

01-18

2021-

10-04

2021-

08-12

2021-

06-16

2021-

05-12

Number 

of Days 

Pending 211 249 339 357 390 427 497 533 572 596

OSEC

Date of 

Receipt

2022-

05-31

2022-

04-05

2022-

02-14

2022-

02-10

2021-

10-07

2021-

08-13

2021-

06-25

2021-

05-12

2020-

07-07

2020-

01-29
48

Number 

of Days 

Pending 334 373 408 410 494 532 566 596 808 919

RD

Date of 

Receipt

2022-

11-22

2022-

11-03

2022-

10-13

2022-

09-08

2022-

08-05

2022-

07-21

2022-

07-05

2022-

03-29

2022-

03-21

2022-

03-15

Number 

of Days 

Pending 214 226 241 265 288 299 311 378 384 388

REE

Date of 

Receipt

2023-

09-18

2023-

09-11

2023-

09-06

2023-

09-06

2023-

09-01

2023-

08-09

2023-

05-04

2023-

01-23

2022-

12-13

2022-

03-25

Number 

of Days 

Pending 9 14 17 17 19 36 102 174 200 380

RMA

Date of 

Receipt

2023-

09-29

2023-

09-29

2023-

09-28

2023-

09-28

2023-

09-28

2023-

09-28

2023-

09-28

2023-

09-28

2023-

09-28

2023-

09-28

Number 

of Days 

Pending 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of 

Receipt

2018-

12-13

2018-

12-12

2018-

12-12

2018-

12-11

2018-

12-10

2018-

11-09

2018-

10-23

2018-

09-10

2018-

09-10

2017-

12-21

Number 

of Days 

Pending 1199 1200 1200 1201 1202 1221 1234 1264 1264 1444
49

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 5 1 2 5

APHIS 1 64 7 21.92 47

DA 0 6 1 2.5 6

FAS 0 1 8 8 1

FNS 0 1 8 8 1

FS 5 27 2 10.19 23

FSA 0 32 1 2.56 32

FSIS 2 14 2 6.75 14

NRCS 0 12 2 3.17 12

OASCR 0 1 8 8 1

OBPA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

OCFO 0 1 4 4 1

OGC 0 5 1 1.2 5

OHA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A 0

OSEC 0 8 3.5 3.75 8
50

RD 7 23 1 6.77 24

REE 0 7 3 3.43 7

RMA 0 2 3 3 2

AGENCY 

OVERALL 15 209 2 10.27 189
51

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 22 5 1 2.70

APHIS 40 7 44 98.21

DA 10 0 84.5 85.2

FAS 0 0 N/A N/A

FNS 0 0 N/A N/A

FS 159 13 8.5 43.92

FSA 494 5 1 1.24

FSIS 23 3 10.5 76.69

NRCS 33 6 2 12.67

OASCR 1 0 1 1

OBPA 0 0 N/A N/A

OCFO 2 0 96 96

OGC 1 0 7 7

OHA 0 0 N/A N/A

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A

OSEC 11 0 6 67

RD 11 8 23 27.79
52

REE 0 0 N/A N/A

RMA 2 1 2 4.67

AGENCY 

OVERALL 809 48 1 20.63
53

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 1006918.00 0.00 1006918.00

APHIS 26 0.00 26.00 4326309.18 178872.26 4505181.44

DA 2 0.00 2.00 254719.00 0.00 254719.00

FAS 1 0.00 1.00 204387.00 0.00 204387.00

FNS 2 1.00 3.00 936333.68 0.00 936333.68

FS 23 14.69 37.69 4519414.00 69049.00 4588463.00

FSA 10 51.00 61.00 3103170.50 14678.00 3117848.50

FSIS 12 0.00 12.00 1878625.00 0.00 1878625.00

NRCS 0 44.00 44.00 1193769.50 0.00 1193769.50

OASCR 0 0.25 0.25 54096.75 0.00 54096.75

OBPA 0 0.25 0.25 54096.75 0.00 54096.75

OCFO 0 0.25 0.25 54096.75 0.00 54096.75

OGC 2 0.00 2.00 490000.00 836864.00 1326864.00

OHA 0 0.25 0.25 54096.75 0.00 54096.75
54

OIG 3 1.80 4.80 781421.65 50.67 781472.32

OSEC 2 0.00 2.00 254719.00 652444.00 907163.00

RD 10 0.00 10.00 1265978.00 82795.00 1348773.00

REE 1 0.00 1.00 244500.00 0.00 244500.00

RMA 0 0.10 0.10 1672.70 0.00 1672.70

AGENCY 

OVERALL 99 115.59 214.59 20678324.21 1834752.93 22513077.14
55

X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

Agency / 

Component

Total Amount 

of Fees 

Collected

Percentage of 

Total Costs

AMS 1235.34 0.1200

APHIS 0.00 0.0000

DA 0.00 0.0000

FAS 0.00 0.0000

FNS 0.00 0.0000

FS 1090.46 0.0200

FSA 6701.21 0.2200

FSIS 160.00 0.0100

NRCS 3625.08 0.3000

OASCR 0.00 0.0000

OBPA 0.00 0.0000

OCFO 0.00 0.0000

OGC 0.00 0.0000

OHA 0.00 0.0000

OIG 0.00 0.0000

OSEC 0.00 0.0000

RD 1047.17 0.0800
56

REE 0.00 0.0000

RMA 0.00 0.0000

AGENCY 

OVERALL 13859.26 0.0700
57

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

NRCS 0

OASCR 0

OBPA 0

OCFO 0

OGC 0

OHA 0

OIG 0

OSEC 0

RD 0

REE 0
58

RMA 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0
59

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 24 3339

APHIS3 120

DA1 493

FAS0 1003

FNS4 3703

FS 23 15491

FSA0 3457

FSIS 13 337

NRCS0 5991

OASCR0 253

OBPA09

OCFO0 16

OGC00

OHA0 1292

OIG0 91

OSEC2 113
60

RD 5 1404

REE 0 4076

RMA 0 742

AGENCY 

OVERALL 75 41930
61

XII.A. BACKLOGS OF FOIA REQUESTS 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 49 1

APHIS 549 7

DA 21 6

FAS 21 0

FNS 150 0

FS 808 107

FSA 133 5

FSIS 51 4

NRCS 16 0

OASCR 10 3

OBPA 0 0

OCFO 0 0

OGC 11 5

OHA 0 0

OIG 20 0

OSEC 36 3
62

RD 92 5

REE 5 2

RMA 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1972 148
63

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 4 4 0

APHIS 4 34 37 1

DA 1 5 6 0

FAS 0 11 11 0

FNS 0 0 0 0

FS 7 24 26 5

FSA 0 0 0 0

FSIS 0 10 10 0

NRCS 0 0 0 0

OASCR 0 0 0 0

OBPA 0 3 3 0

OCFO 0 0 0 0

OGC 1 27 28 0
64

OHA 0 3 3 0

OIG 2 10 10 2

OSEC 2 26 27 1

RD 1 9 9 1

REE 0 10 9 1

RMA 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 18 176 183 11
65

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2023-06-20

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71

DA

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

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

2023-

09-20

2023-

07-06

2023-

06-02

2023-

03-07 2022-11-03

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 7 60 82 144 226

FSA Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
66

Number 

of Days

0000000000

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

0000000000

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

0000000000

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

0000000000

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

0000000000

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

0000000000

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

0000000000

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

0000000000

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

2023-

07-27 2023-01-25
67

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 172

OSEC

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2023-09-26

Number 

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

RD

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2023-08-28

Number 

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

REE

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2023-09-26

Number 

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

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 2023-09-26

2023-

09-20

2023-

08-28

2023-

07-27

2023-

07-06

2023-

06-20

2023-

06-02

2023-

03-07

2023-

01-25 2022-11-03

Number 

of Days 3 7 23 45 60 71 82 144 172 226
68

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

RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

NUMBER OF REQUESTS NUMBER OF REQUESTS

RECEIVED PROCESSED

Agency / 

Component

Number 

Received 

During Fiscal

Number 

Received 

During Fiscal

Number 

Processed 

During Fiscal

Number 

Processed 

During Fiscal

Year from Last Year from Year from Last Year from

Year's Annual Current Annual Year's Annual Current Annual

Report Report Report Report

AMS 214 254 209 251

APHIS 1051 1192 956 1069

DA 149 171 169 190

FAS 40 59 43 62

FNS 273 264 458 419

FS 1723 1812 1585 1790

FSA 12099 10882 12074 10533

FSIS 276 317 399 378

NRCS 252 315 240 301

OASCR 16 37 14 44

OBPA 5 23 5 23

OCFO 36 92 41 88

OGC 51 97 57 93
69

OHA 52 39 52 38

OIG 123 124 142 120

OSEC 146 168 135 170

RD 368 549 390 476

REE 142 144 144 143

RMA 53 66 53 54

AGENCY 

OVERALL 17069 16605 17166 16242
70

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 49

APHIS 466 549

DA 47 21

FAS 23 21

FNS 297 150

FS 771 808

FSA 53 133

FSIS 116 51

NRCS 8 16

OASCR 17 10

OBPA 0 0

OCFO 0 0

OGC 16 11

OHA 0 0
71

OIG 34 20

OSEC 45 36

RD 51 92

REE 9 5

RMA 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1991 1972
72

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

REPORT -- APPEALS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

NUMBER OF APPEALS NUMBER OF APPEALS

RECEIVED PROCESSED

Agency / 

Component

Number 

Received 

During Fiscal

Number 

Received 

During Fiscal

Number 

Processed 

During Fiscal

Number 

Processed 

During Fiscal

Year from Last Year from Year from Last Year from

Year's Annual Current Annual Year's Annual Current Annual

Report Report Report Report

AMS 3 2 4 3

APHIS 25 19 23 18

DA 4 0 5 6

FAS 0 0 0 1

FNS 3 1 5 1

FS 39 44 46 25

FSA 16 20 23 21

FSIS 8 9 11 9

NRCS 5 0 7 0

OASCR 2 0 2 0

OBPA 0 0 0 0

OCFO 1 0 11 0

OGC 14 12 8 14
73

OHA 0 0 0 0

OIG 3 2 3 2

OSEC 1 0 3 0

RD 3 1 4 6

REE 4 0 4 6

RMA 0 0 1 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 131 110 160 112
74

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 3 1

APHIS 3 7

DA 11 6

FSA 2 5

FNS 0 0

FSIS 5 4

FAS 1 0

FS 88 107

NRCS 2 0

OASCR 3 3

OBPA 0 0

OCFO 0 0

OGC 6 5

OHA 0 0
75

OIG 0 0

OSEC 3 3

RD 8 5

REE 8 2

RMA 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 143 148