U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Freedom of Information Act Annual Report FY 2022 

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 here. 

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 click here. 

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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. 

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, 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-

APHIS 1 

44 

FS 42 

RD 

1 

3 
 

 

94 (S.D. 

Cal. 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 

AMS 1 

FNS 1 

FS 6 

REE 

*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. 

1 

9 

4 
 

Aug. 25, 

2004). 

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 2 

10 

RMA 

8 

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 Cir. 

2011);

Zanoni v. 

USDA, 605 

F. Supp. 2d 

230, 237-38 

(D.D.C. 

2009). 

APHIS 24 

161 

DA 1 

FS 4 

FSA 83 

NRCS 48 

RD 

1 

5 U.S.C. § 

574(j) 

Dispute resolution 

communications. 

N/A AMS 1 

2 

FS 1 

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 

Strunk v. 

U.S. Dept. 

of Interior, 

752 F. 

Supp. 2d 

AMS 

2 2 

5 
 

 

 

 

has been transformed into 

a statistical or aggregate 

form that does not allow 

the identification of the 

person who supplied 

particular information” 

39, 44-45 

(D.D.C. 

2010). 

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 

1 1 

44 U.S.C. § 

3501 note 

Data or information 

acquired under a pledge

of confidentiality for

exclusively statistical 

purposes 

N/A APHIS 

5 5 

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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 49 214 209 54 

APHIS 428 1051 956 523 

DA 71 149 169 51 

FAS 29 40 43 26 

FNS 495 273 458 310 

FS 808 1723 1585 946 

FSA 85 12099 12074 110 

FSIS 256 276 399 133 

NRCS 14 252 240 26 

OASCR 17 16 14 19 

OBPA 0 5 5 0 

OCFO 6 36 41 1 

OGC 25 51 57 19 

OHA 1 52 52 1 

OIG 58 123 142 39 

OSEC 46 146 135 57 

RD 92 368 390 70 

7 
 

REE 17 142 144 15 

RMA 6 53 53 6 

AGENCY OVERALL 2503 17069 17166 2406 

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

Fiscal Year for the following components: OSEC, OGC, OBPA, FSA, FS, FNS, FAS, DA, 

APHIS, and AMS. 

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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 46 99 6 25 7 9 0 5 2 6 3 1 209 

APHIS 185 452 26 133 15 107 0 2 7 4 18 7 956 

DA 38 54 11 24 10 21 0 3 1 1 6 0 169 

FAS 8 11 3 5 0 8 0 1 0 2 5 0 43 

FNS 51 206 0 34 3 142 0 0 0 0 19 3 458 

FS 496 584 39 183 33 146 15 20 10 6 42 11 1585 

FSA 11469 309 55 95 14 52 17 17 9 6 21 10 12074 

FSIS 87 159 8 67 1 56 4 0 4 1 6 6 399 

NRCS 72 105 6 22 1 17 2 5 0 1 9 0 240 

OASCR 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 14 

OBPA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 

OCFO 3 5 0 21 0 3 0 1 0 0 8 0 41 

OGC 9 26 2 8 5 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 57 

OHA 6 28 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 52 

OIG 2 38 19 55 1 18 0 1 4 1 3 0 142 

OSEC 19 63 3 28 1 7 0 1 0 1 12 0 135 

RD 118 120 4 38 10 44 3 0 38 1 8 6 390 

REE 26 47 5 13 4 29 0 1 0 0 10 9 144 

9 
I I I I I I I I I I I 

RMA 14 10 2 4 0 9 0 0 3 2 3 6 53 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 12652 2319 189 767 105 679 41 57 78 33 184 62 17166 

10 
 

 

 

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 1 1 

APHIS Directed Requester to Publicly Available 

Information 7 7 

DA N/A 0 0 

FAS N/A 0 0 

FNS Directed Requester to Publicly Available

Information 3 3 

FS Directed Requester to Publicly Available

Information 11 11 

FSA Directed Requester to Publicly Available

Information 10 10 

FSIS Directed Requester to Publicly Available

Information 6 6 

NRCS N/A 0 0 

OASCR Directed Requester to Publicly Available

Information 2 2 

11 
OBPA N/A 0 0 

OCFO N/A 0 0 

OGC Directed Requester to Publicly Available

Information 1 1 

OHA N/A 0 0 

OIG N/A 0 0 

OSEC N/A 0 0 

RD Directed Requester to Publicly Available

Information 6 6 

REE Directed Requester to Publicly Available

Information 9 9 

RMA Directed Requester to Publicly Available

Information 6 6 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 62 

12 
 

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 5 57 31 97 2 0 19 8 1 0 0 0 

APHIS 0 6 32 71 99 411 59 1 265 76 19 20 0 0 

DA 0 0 1 13 31 46 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 

FAS 0 0 1 1 9 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

FNS 0 0 1 3 149 201 0 1 192 2 147 0 0 0 

FS 0 3 35 113 154 500 27 0 91 2 33 58 0 1 

FSA 0 11 203 30 36 231 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 

FSIS 0 1 0 92 37 155 9 0 12 2 5 0 0 0 

NRCS 0 1 49 23 16 66 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

OASCR 0 0 0 0 1 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 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

OGC 0 0 0 2 21 22 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 

OHA 0 0 0 5 0 28 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG 0 0 2 1 6 38 12 0 31 4 15 1 0 0 

OSEC 0 0 0 7 39 62 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

RD 0 0 2 79 19 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

REE 0 0 2 12 13 45 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 

13 
 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 

RMA 0 0 8 3 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 22 341 512 664 2037 109 2 637 94 222 79 0 1 

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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 4 3 4 3 

APHIS 4 25 23 6 

DA 13 4 5 12 

FAS 1 0 0 1 

FNS 2 3 5 0 

FS 97 39 46 90 

FSA 11 16 23 4 

FSIS 8 8 11 5 

NRCS 4 5 7 2 

OASCR 3 2 2 3 

OBPA 0 0 0 0 

OCFO 10 1 11 0 

OGC 3 14 8 9 

OHA 0 0 0 0 

OIG 0 3 3 0 

15 
 

OSEC 5 1 3 3 

RD 12 3 4 11 

REE 8 4 4 8 

RMA 1 0 1 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 186 131 160 157 

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

Fiscal Year for the following components: RMA, NRCS, 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 1 0 1 2 4 

APHIS 4 4 4 11 23 

DA 2 1 0 2 5 

FAS 0 0 0 0 0 

FNS 5 0 0 0 5 

FS 6 14 4 22 46 

FSA 4 10 2 7 23 

FSIS 2 4 0 5 11 

NRCS 0 3 0 4 7 

OASCR 0 2 0 0 2 

OBPA 0 0 0 0 0 

OCFO 11 0 0 0 11 

OGC 3 1 1 3 8 

OHA 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG 1 2 0 0 3 

OSEC 1 2 0 0 3 

17 
RD 0 2 0 2 4 

REE 1 0 1 2 4 

RMA 1 0 0 0 1 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 42 45 13 60 160 

18 
 

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

APHIS 0 0 1 3 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

DA 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 3 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 

FS 0 0 0 2 4 15 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 

FSA 0 0 10 2 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

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

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

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

OSEC 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

RD 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

19 
 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 13 13 23 47 3 0 15 2 6 1 0 0 

20 
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

DA 1 0 1 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 1 0 17 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 

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

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

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

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

21 
 

OIG 1 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

REE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 8 3 36 1 0 1 0 3 2 3 4 

22 
 

 

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 1 

FSA N/A 0 0 

FSIS Moot 1 1 

NRCS N/A 0 0 

OASCR N/A 0 0 

OBPA N/A 0 0 

OCFO N/A 0 0 

OGC Moot 2 2 

OHA N/A 0 0 

23 
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 4 

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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 63.5 229.25 7 783 

APHIS 21 52.52 1 284 

DA 164 337.8 2 1140 

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

FNS 62 50.2 13 89 

FS 494.5 513.52 <1 1218 

FSA 62 144.35 10 1069 

FSIS 88 167 3 570 

NRCS 103 167.86 34 402 

OASCR 1143.5 1143.5 1114 1173 

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

OCFO 259 233.27 88 368 

OGC 29.5 38.5 6 111 

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

OIG 18 18.33 18 19 

OSEC 107 103 95 107 

RD 173 146 30 208 

REE 56 223.75 11 772 

25 
RMA 222 222 222 222 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 107 257.78 <1 1218 

26 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

2022-

06-21 

2021-

04-05 

2020-

07-28 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 374 543 

APHIS 

Date of 

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

2022-

09-20 

2022-

09-15 

2022-

09-01 

2022-

07-07 

2022-

06-30 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 20 60 64 

DA 

Date of 

Appeal 

2022-

01-31 

2021-

08-16 

2021-

06-10 

2021-

06-04 

2021-

05-18 

2021-

04-22 

2020-

05-07 

2020-

04-01 

2019-

11-15 

2018-

12-21 

Number 

of Days

Pending 169 282 327 331 343 361 599 625 717 942 

FAS 

Date of 

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

2021-

09-08 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 266 

FNS 

Date of 

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

27 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

FS 

Date of 

Appeal 

2019-

09-02 

2019-

08-26 

2019-

07-15 

2019-

06-17 

2019-

06-13 

2019-

06-13 

2019-

04-29 

2019-

03-07 

2019-

03-07 

2018-

11-02 

Number 

of Days

Pending 769 773 803 822 824 824 856 893 893 975 

FSA 

Date of 

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

2022-

09-26 

2022-

09-12 

2022-

07-29 

2022-

02-24 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 44 152 

FSIS 

Date of 

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

2022-

03-02 

2022-

02-16 

2022-

02-16 

2022-

02-16 

2020-

10-30 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 148 157 157 157 477 

NRCS 

Date of 

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

2022-

08-23 

2021-

12-06 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 206 

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 226 294 

28 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OBPA 

Date of 

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

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OCFO 

Date of 

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

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OGC 

Date of 

Appeal N/A 

2022-

09-29 

2022-

09-20 

2022-

09-08 

2022-

08-02 

2022-

07-22 

2022-

04-14 

2021-

12-30 

2020-

09-25 

2020-

08-20 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 1 8 16 42 49 117 189 501 526 

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 

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 

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 

29 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 421 422 489 

RD 

Date of 

Appeal 

2021-

10-25 

2021-

05-04 

2021-

04-06 

2021-

04-05 

2020-

12-21 

2020-

12-07 

2020-

10-06 

2020-

10-06 

2020-

01-17 

2019-

06-19 

Number 

of Days

Pending 234 353 373 374 443 453 494 494 676 820 

REE 

Date of 

Appeal N/A N/A 

2022-

01-31 

2021-

05-14 

2021-

05-04 

2021-

02-12 

2021-

01-08 

2020-

11-05 

2020-

10-29 

2018-

10-19 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 169 345 353 409 432 473 478 985 

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-

06-19 

2019-

06-17 

2019-

06-13 

2019-

06-13 

2019-

04-29 

2019-

03-07 

2019-

03-07 

2018-

12-21 

2018-

11-02 

2018-

10-19 

Number 

of Days

Pending 820 822 824 824 856 893 893 942 975 985 

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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 14 26.32 <1 304 139 245.8 1 1171 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

APHIS 32 101.02 <1 1301 175 344.58 2 1457 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

DA 27 92.57 <1 896 195 453.03 7 1139 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

FAS 7 23.26 <1 135 155.5 206 <1 586 1377 1377 1377 1377 

FNS 375 282.98 <1 1016 44 44 44 44 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

FS 19 63.36 <1 1301 46 165.67 <1 1328 14 42.8 10 105 

FSA <1 1.33 <1 576 17 31.48 <1 407 <1 <1 <1 <1 

FSIS 27 74.1 <1 465 502 444.79 <1 856 503 388.22 10 605 

NRCS 9 22.62 <1 418 24 33.62 1 90 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OASCR 14 84.15 2 437 42 42 42 42 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OBPA 11 10.4 2 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OCFO 10 24.31 1 226 24.5 60.5 2 191 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OGC 41 90.56 <1 1203 31 170.17 1 1137 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

31 
 

OHA 5 6.55 <1 20 27 28.6 18 46 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OIG 20 21.6 4 55 149 431.51 16 1882 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OSEC 22 67.97 <1 649 129 253.28 1 783 491 491 491 491 

RD 2 8.04 <1 66 31 59.19 <1 718 79 79 79 79 

REE 7 20.57 <1 199 121 286.29 2 1151 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

RMA 8 21.41 <1 189 7 26.22 2 93 25 25 25 25 

AGENCY 

OVERALL <1 23.86 <1 1301 55 189.63 <1 1882 19.5 218.46 <1 1377 

32 
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 18 33.24 <1 304 168.5 277.15 9 1171 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

APHIS 43 118.82 <1 1301 178 346.39 13 1457 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

DA 29 114.76 2 896 173 483.29 7 1139 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

FAS 21 31.71 1 85 225 279.55 12 586 1377 1377 1377 1377 

FNS 388 335.26 <1 1016 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

FS 20 66.91 <1 1301 51 164.31 <1 1245 14 42.8 10 105 

FSA <1 1.11 <1 325 16.5 30.6 <1 407 <1 <1 <1 <1 

FSIS 35 85.01 1 465 481.5 428.58 <1 856 489 334 10 503 

NRCS 13 27.52 <1 418 27 37.33 2 90 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OASCR 29 109.8 7 368 42 42 42 42 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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

OCFO 36 46.71 10 100 191 191 191 191 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OGC 51.5 149.78 12 1203 30 175.71 1 1137 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

33 
 

OHA 4 7.03 <1 20 27 30.33 18 46 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OIG 24 29.4 19 45 117 501.59 16 1882 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OSEC 29 76.33 1 649 189.5 276.67 42 597 491 491 491 491 

RD 17 32.67 15 66 39.5 62.87 2 718 79 79 79 79 

REE 19 31.41 1 189 108.5 205.29 11 1113 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

RMA 11 28.35 1 189 9.5 28.5 2 93 N/A N/A N/A N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL <1 17.9 <1 1301 60 190.52 <1 1882 10 166.47 <1 1377 

34 
 

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 96 30 7 6 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 151 

APHIS 281 160 70 46 45 23 17 15 8 8 26 17 53 769 

DA 55 30 7 10 3 2 2 5 2 1 2 1 11 131 

FAS 16 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 

FNS 96 23 9 14 3 8 5 4 1 4 18 113 159 457 

FS 595 168 82 38 31 26 19 13 7 11 22 13 39 1064 

FSA 11714 93 35 16 4 1 2 1 2 3 6 5 1 11883 

FSIS 130 50 22 11 7 13 3 3 7 4 15 17 6 288 

NRCS 158 27 12 5 1 4 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 214 

OASCR 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 

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

OCFO 25 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 36 

OGC 14 5 6 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 39 

OHA 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 

35 
 

OIG 34 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 

OSEC 49 24 7 9 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 2 5 108 

RD 25 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 

REE 89 17 7 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 122 

RMA 30 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 41 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 13467 671 271 166 109 86 57 45 32 35 95 172 277 15483 

36 
 

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 4 3 5 6 1 4 3 0 4 2 6 4 9 51 

APHIS 7 11 18 8 10 8 15 7 7 5 13 13 55 177 

DA 2 8 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 16 34 

FAS 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 3 18 

FNS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

FS 127 104 48 16 17 18 17 15 5 7 20 14 78 486 

FSA 93 32 16 5 1 1 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 157 

FSIS 6 1 2 3 0 0 3 4 0 3 4 9 63 98 

NRCS 8 5 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 

OASCR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

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

OCFO 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 

OGC 8 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18 

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

37 
 

OIG 3 16 8 5 1 1 0 3 1 0 4 4 25 71 

OSEC 3 1 4 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 9 25 

RD 118 67 44 33 13 10 11 8 2 5 4 2 7 324 

REE 4 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 5 21 

RMA 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 395 258 154 86 50 47 56 40 25 27 62 48 273 1521 

38 
 

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 0 0 0 0 0 

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 1 1 

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

FS 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 

FSA 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 

FSIS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 

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 

39 
 

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 1 1 

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

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

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 13 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 25 

40 
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 32 56 128 20 184.5 199 0 N/A N/A 

APHIS 468 123 185 54 362 430 0 N/A N/A 

DA 49 215 364 2 243 243 0 N/A N/A 

FAS 18 266 370 7 581 622 0 N/A N/A 

FNS 309 485 373 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 

FS 479 157 231 410 241.5 318 1 744 744 

FSA 81 38 52.22 12 130 139.58 0 N/A N/A 

FSIS 101 248 230 28 356 340 3 606 566 

NRCS 24 14.5 22.67 2 6.5 6.5 0 N/A N/A 

OASCR 19 284 310 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 

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

OCFO 1 7 7 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 

OGC 16 294.5 364 2 95.5 95 0 N/A N/A 

41 
 

OHA 1 19 19 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 

OIG 7 19 15 32 266 364.28 0 N/A N/A 

OSEC 51 90 161 4 250.5 340 1 559 559 

RD 2 7.5 7 66 61.5 208 0 N/A N/A 

REE 12 100.5 119 1 33 33 0 N/A N/A 

RMA 4 16.5 28.25 0 N/A N/A 1 12 12 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1674 153 233.45 640 235 316.16 6 581.5 501.67 

42 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

2021-

06-21 

2021-

05-17 

2021-

03-11 

2021-

02-08 

2021-

01-04 

2020-

12-30 

2020-

10-13 

2020-

10-09 

2020-

08-21 

2020-

07-27 

Number 

of Days

Pending 321 344 391 413 436 438 490 491 525 649 

APHIS 

Date of 

Receipt 

2018-

06-29 

2018-

06-04 

2018-

05-04 

2018-

02-20 

2018-

02-09 

2018-

02-06 

2018-

02-02 

2018-

01-11 

2018-

01-05 

2017-

08-03 

Number 

of Days

Pending 1062 1081 1101 1154 1160 1163 1165 1180 1184 1289 

DA 

Date of 

Receipt 

2019-

05-07 

2019-

04-09 

2019-

02-19 

2018-

12-14 

2018-

12-10 

2018-

10-30 

2018-

10-24 

2018-

10-23 

2018-

09-21 

2018-

05-03 

Number 

of Days

Pending 850 870 905 947 951 978 982 983 1004 1102 

FAS 

Date of 

Receipt 

2020-

06-04 

2020-

06-04 

2020-

06-04 

2020-

04-22 

2020-

03-03 

2019-

10-18 

2019-

10-18 

2019-

08-21 

2018-

12-12 

2018-

10-26 

Number 

of Days

Pending 580 580 580 610 646 736 736 776 949 980 

43 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FNS 

Date of 

Receipt 

2020-

02-25 

2020-

02-04 

2019-

11-18 

2019-

10-29 

2019-

09-06 

2019-

09-05 

2019-

06-20 

2019-

06-10 

2019-

03-04 

2018-

12-17 

Number 

of Days

Pending 651 665 716 729 765 766 819 827 896 946 

FS 

Date of 

Receipt 

2019-

02-25 

2019-

02-25 

2019-

02-08 

2019-

01-30 

2018-

12-13 

2018-

12-12 

2018-

11-30 

2018-

11-06 

2018-

09-25 

2018-

09-13 

Number 

of Days

Pending 901 901 911 918 948 949 957 973 1002 1010 

FSA 

Date of 

Receipt 

2022-

01-21 

2022-

01-08 

2022-

01-18 

2022-

01-12 

2021-

11-22 

2021-

11-22 

2021-

10-27 

2021-

10-20 

2021-

10-06 

2021-

10-05 

Number 

of Days

Pending 175 178 178 181 215 215 232 237 246 247 

FSIS 

Date of 

Receipt 

2020-

09-03 

2020-

08-06 

2020-

05-27 

2020-

04-29 

2020-

04-28 

2020-

04-21 

2020-

04-20 

2020-

02-25 

2020-

02-13 

2020-

01-08 

Number 

of Days

Pending 516 536 586 605 606 611 612 651 658 683 

NRCS 

Date of 

Receipt 

2022-

09-06 

2022-

08-31 

2022-

08-25 

2022-

08-22 

2022-

08-17 

2022-

08-16 

2022-

08-15 

2022-

08-08 

2022-

06-24 

2022-

03-10 

Number 

of Days

Pending 18 21 25 28 31 32 33 38 68 142 

OASCR 

Date of 

Receipt 

2021-

08-13 

2021-

08-13 

2021-

03-03 

2021-

01-19 

2021-

01-11 

2020-

10-26 

2020-

09-15 

2020-

09-09 

2020-

04-23 

2020-

04-13 

44 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 

of Days

Pending 283 283 397 426 431 481 509 513 609 617 

OBPA 

Date of 

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

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OCFO 

Date of 

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

2022-

09-21 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 

OGC 

Date of 

Receipt 

2021-

08-13 

2021-

08-04 

2021-

07-26 

2020-

11-25 

2020-

10-19 

2020-

06-29 

2020-

06-29 

2020-

04-13 

2019-

12-09 

2019-

08-01 

Number 

of Days

Pending 283 290 297 460 486 563 563 617 702 790 

OHA 

Date of 

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

2022-

07-28 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 

OIG 

Date of 

Receipt 

2021-

01-06 

2020-

09-17 

2020-

08-06 

2020-

05-14 

2019-

12-06 

2019-

11-18 

2019-

10-30 

2019-

08-05 

2019-

03-08 

2017-

02-03 

Number 

of Days

Pending 434 507 536 594 703 716 728 788 892 1415 

45 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OSEC 

Date of 

Receipt 

2021-

05-12 

2021-

03-30 

2021-

02-09 

2021-

01-25 

2020-

09-14 

2020-

07-07 

2020-

04-28 

2020-

01-29 

2019-

12-12 

2019-

09-04 

Number 

of Days

Pending 347 378 412 423 510 558 606 669 699 767 

RD 

Date of 

Receipt 

2020-

05-21 

2019-

08-08 

2019-

08-07 

2019-

08-01 

2019-

07-16 

2019-

05-10 

2019-

04-04 

2018-

12-19 

2018-

12-14 

2017-

11-30 

Number 

of Days

Pending 589 785 786 790 802 847 873 944 947 1208 

REE 

Date of 

Receipt 

2022-

09-12 

2022-

08-15 

2022-

07-18 

2022-

05-20 

2022-

04-25 

2022-

04-13 

2022-

03-23 

2021-

08-18 

2021-

07-16 

2021-

06-29 

Number 

of Days

Pending 14 33 53 91 110 118 133 280 303 315 

RMA 

Date of 

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

2022-

09-14 

2022-

09-14 

2022-

09-12 

2022-

09-02 

2022-

06-24 

Number 

of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 14 19 68 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

Date of 

Receipt 

2018-

05-03 

2018-

02-20 

2018-

02-09 

2018-

02-06 

2018-

02-02 

2018-

01-11 

2018-

01-05 

2017-

11-30 

2017-

08-03 

2017-

02-03 

Number 

of Days

Pending 1102 1154 1160 1163 1165 1180 1184 1208 1289 1415 

46 
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 13 <1 0.15 13 

APHIS 1 36 6 34.62 21 

DA 0 8 <1 0.12 8 

FAS 0 1 8 8 1 

FNS 0 2 9.5 9.5 1 

FS 6 23 9 19.55 16 

FSA 0 7 8 12.57 4 

FSIS 2 4 2.5 14 5 

NRCS 0 11 5 6.91 9 

OASCR 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OBPA 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

47 
OCFO 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OGC 0 2 <1 <1 2 

OHA 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OSEC 0 8 0.5 126.12 6 

RD 3 5 94 104.38 2 

REE 0 4 1.5 1.75 4 

RMA 0 1 80 80 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 12 125 4 29.91 92 

48 
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 40 2 1 1.55 

APHIS 73 1 1 50.66 

DA 8 0 2 13.25 

FAS 1 0 <1 <1 

FNS 0 0 N/A N/A 

FS 184 7 16 29.21 

FSA 691 5 <1 1.70 

FSIS 26 1 25 39.74 

NRCS 21 1 4 20.23 

OASCR 1 0 <1 <1 

OBPA 0 0 N/A N/A 

OCFO 1 0 85 85 

49 
OGC 1 0 17 17 

OHA 1 0 12 12 

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A 

OSEC 6 0 9.5 27 

RD 11 5 17 54.69 

REE 0 0 N/A N/A 

RMA 3 0 8 21.33 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1068 22 <1 12.31 

50 
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 995986.00 0.00 995986.00 

APHIS 22 0.00 22.00 3835683.00 29432.00 3865115.00 

DA 2 0.00 2.00 254719.00 0.00 254719.00 

FAS 1 0.00 1.00 221561.00 0.00 221561.00 

FNS 2 1.00 3.00 1217378.00 0.00 1217378.00 

FS 23 18.42 41.42 5162506.00 228073.00 5390579.00 

FSA 10 50.75 60.75 2821063.00 8825.00 2829888.00 

FSIS 11 0.50 11.50 1600472.00 104612.00 1705084.00 

NRCS 0 44.00 44.00 1085245.00 0.00 1085245.00 

OASCR 0 0.25 0.25 32845.00 0.00 32845.00 

51 
 

OBPA 0 0.50 0.50 65691.00 0.00 65691.00 

OCFO 0 0.25 0.25 32845.00 0.00 32845.00 

OGC 5 0.00 5.00 144365.00 655424.00 799789.00 

OHA 0 0.25 0.25 32845.00 0.00 32845.00 

OIG 3 1.90 4.90 689763.00 0.00 689763.00 

OSEC 3 0.00 3.00 907163.00 15000.00 922163.00 

RD 10 0.00 10.00 1108584.00 139547.00 1248131.00 

REE 1 0.00 1.00 221561.00 0.00 221561.00 

RMA 0 0.25 0.25 1520.00 0.00 1520.00 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 98 120.07 218.07 20431795.00 1180913.00 21612708.00 

52 
X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests 

Agency /

Component 

Total Amount 

of Fees 

Collected 

Percentage of

Total Costs 

AMS 1508.00 0.1500 

APHIS 0.00 

DA 0.00 

FAS 0.00 

FNS 0.00 

FS 5453.00 0.1100 

FSA 25213.00 0.8900 

FSIS 40.00 0.0000 

NRCS 6961.00 0.6400 

OASCR 0.00 

OBPA 0.00 

OCFO 0.00 

OGC 0.00 

53 
OHA 0.00 

OIG 0.00 

OSEC 0.00 

RD 0.00 

REE 0.00 

RMA 0.00 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 39175.00 0.1900 

54 
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 

55 
OIG 0 

OSEC 0 

RD 0 

REE 0 

RMA 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 

56 
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 2 2738 

APHIS 1 180 

DA 0 326 

FAS 0 126 

FNS 4 3747 

FS 342 23470 

FSA 0 1240 

FSIS 103 414 

NRCS 0 457 

OASCR 0 10 

OBPA 0 15 

OCFO 0 5 

OGC 0 15 

57 
OHA 0 39 

OIG 0 52 

OSEC 0 227 

RD 4 1678 

REE 0 3023 

RMA 0 655 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 456 38417 

58 
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 3 

APHIS 466 3 

DA 47 11 

FAS 23 1 

FNS 297 0 

FS 771 88 

FSA 53 2 

FSIS 116 5 

NRCS 8 2 

OASCR 17 3 

OBPA 0 0 

OCFO 0 0 

OGC 16 6 

59 
OHA 0 0 

OIG 34 0 

OSEC 45 3 

RD 51 8 

REE 9 8 

RMA 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1991 143 

60 
 

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 7 7 0 

APHIS 2 29 27 4 

DA 2 12 13 1 

FAS 0 7 7 0 

FNS 0 0 0 0 

FS 14 27 34 7 

FSA 0 0 0 0 

FSIS 0 8 8 0 

NRCS 0 0 0 0 

OASCR 0 0 0 0 

OBPA 0 3 3 0 

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OCFO 0 0 0 0 

OGC 13 37 49 1 

OHA 0 3 3 0 

OIG 6 12 16 2 

OSEC 5 21 24 2 

RD 1 7 7 1 

REE 0 5 5 0 

RMA 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 43 178 203 18 

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

start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: APHIS. 

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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 

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 

2022-

08-25 

2022-

08-15 

2022-

08-12 2022-08-12 

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 33 34 34 

DA 

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2021-07-19 

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 302 

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 

2022-

09-20 

2022-

08-31 

2022-

07-13 

2022-

05-06 

2022-

04-04 

2021-

12-29 2021-07-06 

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 8 21 56 101 125 190 311 

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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 

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-20 

Number 

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

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 

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OIG 

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

2022-

06-16 2021-04-19 

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 364 

OSEC 

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

2022-

07-26 2022-03-21 

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 135 

RD 

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2022-09-29 

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

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 2022-07-26 

2022-

07-13 

2022-

06-16 

2022-

05-06 

2022-

04-04 

2022-

03-21 

2021-

12-29 

2021-

07-19 

2021-

07-06 2021-04-19 

Number 

of Days 47 56 73 101 125 135 190 302 311 364 

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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 259 214 279 209 

APHIS 825 1051 1014 956 

DA 156 149 249 169 

FAS 35 40 39 43 

FNS 276 273 428 458 

FS 1849 1723 1817 1585 

FSA 15848 12099 16147 12074 

FSIS 466 276 501 399 

NRCS 219 252 228 240 

OASCR 50 16 49 14 

OBPA 10 5 11 5 

OCFO 53 36 48 41 

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OGC 37 51 33 57 

OHA 59 52 58 52 

OIG 136 123 155 142 

OSEC 126 146 181 135 

RD 377 368 384 390 

REE 127 142 151 144 

RMA 48 53 43 53 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 20956 17069 21815 17166 

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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 42 38 

APHIS 360 466 

DA 62 47 

FAS 26 23 

FNS 487 297 

FS 649 771 

FSA 18 53 

FSIS 215 116 

NRCS 9 8 

OASCR 17 17 

OBPA 1 0 

OCFO 0 0 

OGC 21 16 

OHA 0 0 

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OIG 52 34 

OSEC 38 45 

RD 67 51 

REE 14 9 

RMA 3 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 2081 1991 

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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 3 3 2 4 

APHIS 15 25 31 23 

DA 10 4 7 5 

FAS 1 0 1 0 

FNS 4 3 669 5 

FS 46 39 24 46 

FSA 22 16 34 23 

FSIS 9 8 8 11 

NRCS 0 5 0 7 

OASCR 1 2 3 2 

OBPA 0 0 0 0 

OCFO 11 1 2 11 

OGC 3 14 3 8 

70 
OHA 0 0 0 0 

OIG 5 3 5 3 

OSEC 5 1 0 3 

RD 9 3 1 4 

REE 9 4 5 4 

RMA 0 0 2 1 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 153 131 797 160 

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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 

APHIS 4 3 

DA 13 11 

FAS 0 1 

FNS 0 0 

FS 90 88 

FSA 13 2 

FSIS 7 5 

NRCS 0 2 

OASCR 3 3 

OBPA 0 0 

OCFO 10 0 

OGC 3 6 

OHA 0 0 

OIG 0 0 

72 
OSEC 5 3 

RD 10 8 

REE 8 8 

RMA 0 0 

AMS 4 3 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 170 143 

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