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National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

FOIA Annual Report 

October 1, 2019 

THROUGH 

September 30, 2020 

The following Annual Freedom of Information Act report covers the 

period October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552. 

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORT 

1. Provide name, title, address, and telephone number of person(s) to be contacted with questions about the Repor

Nikki Gramian Principal Agency FOIA Officer 300 E. Street SW Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0625 Stephanie Fox FOIA Team Lead / Chief FOIA Public Liaison 300 E. Street SW Washington, DC 20546 202-358-1553 

2. Provide an electronic link for access to the Report on the agency Web site. 

http://www.nasa.gov/FOIA/reports.html. 

3. Explain how to obtain a copy of the Report in paper form. 

Requesters may write to: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office 
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300 E. Street, SW, Code P-FOIA Washington, DC 20546-0001 Email: FOIA@hq.nasa.gov

II. MAKING A FOIA REQUEST 

1. Provide names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all individual agency components that receive FOIA requ

Martha Terry Ames Research Center FOIA Public Liaison c/o NASA Headquarters 300 E Street SW Washington, DC 20546-0001 202-358-2339 Martha Terry Armstrong Flight Research Center FOIA Public Liaison c/o NASA Headquarters 300 E Street SW Washington, DC 20546-0001 202-358-2339 Martha Terry Glenn Research Center FOIA Public Liaison c/o NASA Headquarters 300 E Street SW Washington, DC 20546-0001 202-358-2339 Joan Belt Goddard Space Flight Center FOIA Public Liaison MS213.1 Greenbelt, MD 20771 301-286-4721 
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Stephen Rowe Headquarters FOIA Public Liaison 300 E Street SW Washington, DC 20546-0001 202-358-0810 Dennis Mahon Jet Propulsion Laboratory FOIA Public Liaison 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109 818-393-6779 Robert Young Johnson Space Center FOIA Public Liaison c/o NASA Headquarters 300 E Street SW Washington, DC 20546 202-358-1030 Carissa Wheeler Kennedy Space Center FOIA Public Liaison NASA Langley Research Center, MS 218 Hampton, VA 23681 757-864-4274 Carissa Wheeler Langley Research Center FOIA Public Liaison c/o NASA Langley Research Center, MS 218 Hampton, VA 23681 757-864-4274 Mireya Nyirenda Marshall Space Flight Center FOIA Public Liaison c/o NASA Headquarters 300 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20546 
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202-358-0680 Martha Terry NASA Shared Services Center FOIA Public Liaison c/o NASA Headquarters 300 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20546 202-358-2339 Frank LaRocca Office of Inspector General FOIA Public Liaison 300 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20546 202-358-2575 Sallie Bilbo Stennis Space Center FOIA Public Code CA 10 Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 228-688-3182 

2. Provide a brief description of why some requests are not granted and an overview of certain general categories 

to which the FOIA exemptions apply. Generally, when requests are not granted it is due to the fact that the documents are exempt from release in accNASA processes a substantial number of requests for contracts as well as deliberative process materials. 

III. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS 

1. Include the following definitions of terms used in this Report: 

a) Administrative Appeal - a request to a federal agency asking that it review at a higher administrative 

determination made by the agency at the initial request level. 

b) Average Number - the number obtained by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by the quantity of 

For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the average number is 8. 
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c) Backlog - the number of requests or administrative appeals that are pending at an agency at the end of 

beyond the statutory time period for a response. 

d) Component - for agencies that process requests on a decentralized basis, a "component" is an entity, a

to as an Office, Division, Bureau, Center, or Directorate, within the agency that processes FOIA requesrequires that agencies include in their Annual FOIA Report data for both the agency overall and for eacof the agency. 

e) Consultation - the procedure whereby the agency responding to a FOIA request first forwards a record 

its review because that other agency has an interest in the document. Once the agency in receipt of the review of the record, it responds back to the agency that forwarded it. That agency, in turn, will then re

requester. 

f) Exemption 3 Statute - a federal statute that exempts information from disclosure and which the agenc

information under subsection (b)(3) of the FOIA. 

g) FOIA Request - a FOIA request is generally a request to a federal agency for access to records concer

(i.e., a "third-party" request), or concerning an organization, or a particular topic of interest. FOIA requrequests made by requesters seeking records concerning themselves (i.e., "first-party" requests) when tsubject to the Privacy Act, such as non-U.S. citizens. Moreover, because all first-party requesters shoulbenefit of both the access provisions of the FOIA as well as those of the Privacy Act, FOIA requests alparty requests where an agency determines that it must search beyond its Privacy Act "systems of recorAct exemption applies, and the agency looks to FOIA to afford the greatest possible access. All requesagency to utilize the FOIA in responding to the requester are included in this Report. Additionally, a FOIA request includes records referred to the agency for processing and direct response 

does not, however, include records for which the agency has received a consultation from another agen

reported separately in Section of this Report. 

h) Full Grant - an agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request. i) Full Denial - an agency decision not to release any records in response to a FOIA request because the r

their entireties under one or more of the FOIA exemptions, or because of a procedural reason, such as wbe located. 
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j) Median Number - the middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the median number 

k) Multi-Track Processing - a system in which simple requests requiring relatively minimal review are p

track and more voluminous and complex requests are placed in one or more other tracks. Requests granprocessing are placed in yet another track. Requests in each track are processed on a first in/first out ba

i. Expedited Processing - an agency will process a FOIA request on an expedited basis when a r

requirements for expedited processing as set forth in the statute and in agency regulations. 

ii. Simple Request - a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in its fast

track based on the low volume and/or simplicity of the records requested. 

iii. Complex Request - a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in a slo

high volume and/or complexity of the records requested. 

2. Include the following concise descriptions of the nine FOIA exemptions: 

a) Exemption 1 - classified national defense and foreign relations information b) Exemption 2 - internal agency rules and practices 

c) Exemption 3 - information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law 

d) Exemption 4 - trade secrets and other confidential business information 

e) Exemption 5 - inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal privileges 

f) Exemption 6 - information involving matters of personal privacy 

g) Exemption 7 - records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, to the extent that the pr

records (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprivfair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted in

privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, (E) would d
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procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law eninvestigations or prosecutions, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safe

h) Exemption 8 - information relating to the supervision of financial institutions 

i) Exemption 9 - geological information on wells 

3. Agency Component Abbreviations 

Component 

Abbreviation Component Name

AFRC Armstrong Flight Research CenterARC Ames Research CenterGRC Glenn Research CenterGSFC Goddard Space Flight CenterHQ Headquarters JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JSC Johnson Space CenterKSC Kennedy Space CenterLaRC Langley Research CenterMSFC Marshall Space Flight CenterNSSC NASA Shared Services CenterOGC 

Office of General Counsel (International Law Division): (Appeals and Litigation Only) 

OIG Office of the Inspector General SSC Stennis Space Center
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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

10 U.S.C. § 2305(g) 

Certain contractor proposals. 

Roman v. NSA, Nos. 09-2947, 09-4281, 09-3344, 09-2504, 09-5633, 2012 WL 569747, at *7 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 22, 2012); Margolin v. NASA, No. 09- CV-00421-LRHVPC, 2011 WL 1303221, at *6 (D. Nev.Mar. 31, 2011). 

AFRC 1

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GRC 1GSFC 3HQ 

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22 U.S.C. § 2778(e) (Arms Export Control Act) 

Certain information pertaining to export license applications 

Council for a Livable World v. U.S. Dep’t of State, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23642 at *11 (D.D.C. Jan. 21, 1998), amended (D.D.C. Nov. 23, 1998). 

HQ 2

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JPL 3JSC 7KSC 10LaRC 2MSFC 1

41 U.S.C. 2102 (amending 41 U.S.C. 

Contractor bid or proposal information; 

Legal & Safety Employer Rsch., Inc. v. U.S. Dep't 

ARC 1

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GSFC 2
9

423(a)(1))* (Procurement Integrity Act) 

source selection information. 

of the Army, No. Civ. S001748, 2001 WL 34098652, at *3-4 (E.D. Cal. May 4, 2001) (dictum). 

HQ 1

JSC 

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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

AFRC 0 21 20 1ARC 4 36 38 2GRC 4 21 23 2GSFC 17 82 83 16HQ 17 282 281 18JPL 2 47 48 1JSC 16 137 140 13KSC 3 75 63 15LaRC 1 18 15 4MSFC 4 27 22 9NSSC 1 28 28 1OGC 0 0 0 0OIG 7 51 56 2
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SSC 0 16 16 0

AGENCY OVERALL 76 841 833 84

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

Agency / 

Compone

nt

Numb

er of 

Full 

Grants

Numb

er of 

Partial 

Grants 

/ 

Partial 

Denial

s

Number 

of Full 

Denials 

Based on 

Exemptio

ns

Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemption

No 

Recor

ds

All 

Records 

Referred 

to 

Another 

Compone

nt or 

Agency

Request 

Withdra

wn

FeeRelate

d 

Reaso

n

Records 

not 

Reasonab

ly 

Describe

d

Improp

er 

FOIA 

Reques

t for 

Other 

Reason

Not 

Agenc

y 

Recor

d

Du

Req

AFRC 1 7 2 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 ARC 3 16 2 6 0 0 3 3 0 2 GRC 1 13 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 GSFC 22 30 2 11 0 3 1 3 3 1 HQ 47 55 1 48 3 17 9 43 13 6 JPL 3 6 1 6 2 1 1 13 2 4 JSC 25 27 11 16 2 8 20 4 4 2 KSC 7 14 8 7 0 0 9 13 2 0 LaRC 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 3 1 0 MSFC 8 3 0 6 0 2 2 1 0 0 NSSC 4 15 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OIG 3 28 4 13 0 2 3 1 2 0 
11

SSC 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 4 1 

AGENC

Y 

OVERA

LL

129 215 33 122 7 38 60 93 32 19 

V.B.(2). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- "OTHER" REASONS FOR "FULL DENIALS BASED ON REASEXEMPTIONS"

Agency / 

Component

Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials 

from Chart B(1)

Number 

of Times 

"Other" 

Reason 

Was 

Relied 

Upon

TOTAL

AFRC N/A 0 0ARC Directed requester to publicly available 

information. 3 3

GRC N/A 0 0GSFC Directed requester to publicly available 

information. 4 4

HQ Directed requester to publicly available 

information. 32 32

JPL Directed requester to publicly available 

information. 2 2

JSC Directed requester to publicly available 

information. 18 18

KSC Directed requester to publicly available 

information. 2 2

LaRC Directed requester to publicly available 1 1
12

information. 

MSFC N/A 0 0NSSC Directed requester to publicly available 

information. 2 2

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 64

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

AFRC 0 0 1 5 1 7 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 ARC 0 0 1 13 2 13 0 0 4 0 3 4 0 0 GRC 0 2 1 5 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 GSFC 0 1 5 25 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HQ 0 7 4 11 19 48 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 JPL 0 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JSC 0 5 10 18 10 27 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 KSC 0 0 10 13 7 8 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 LaRC 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MSFC 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NSSC 0 0 0 12 1 9 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 
13

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

OIG 0 1 0 1 9 27 9 0 27 3 7 0 0 0 SSC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 16 38 107 52 166 10 0 43 3 22 13 0 1

VI.A. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, 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

OGC 11 20 30 1OIG 0 4 4 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 11 24 34 1

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

OGC 6 7 3 14 30OIG 3 1 0 0 4

AGENCY 

OVERALL 9 8 3 14 34
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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

OGC 0 1 2 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OIG 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 1 2 7 4 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

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

S

D

E

Pr

OGC 5 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 OIG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 5 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 
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VI.C.(3). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- "OTHER" REASONS

Agency / Component Description of "Other" Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C(2)

Number of 

Times 

"Other" 

Reason 

Was 

Relied 

Upon

TOTAL

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0

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

OGC 36 51.87 5 201 OIG 14 12.50 1 21 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 32.50 47.24 1 201 

VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / 

Component

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal

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

OGC 

Date of 

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

2020-09-16 

Number 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 
16

of Days 

Pending

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 

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of 

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

2020-09-16 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 

VII.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / 

Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PR

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

N

o

AFRC 2 9.78 <1 50 27 34.75 1 106 N/A N/A ARC 7 17.38 <1 78 13 21.75 <1 78 N/A N/A GRC 8 9.88 1 36 25 27.18 3 54 N/A N/A GSFC 11 20.52 1 183 37 47.33 <1 158 N/A N/A HQ 7 10.74 <1 121 31 38.41 <1 346 N/A N/A JPL N/A N/A N/A N/A 16.5 20.77 <1 131 N/A N/A JSC 8 12.16 <1 137 36 46.35 1 192 N/A N/A KSC 4.5 6.5 <1 16 19 24.54 2 96 N/A N/A 
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LaRC 1 2.86 <1 8 23 26.75 15 46 N/A N/A 

MSFC 10.5 9.17 <1 16 22 34.2 <1 118 N/A N/A NSSC 10.5 11 <1 32 20 25.59 5 58 N/A N/A OGC N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A OIG 7 8.29 <1 22 21.5 26.72 <1 97 N/A N/A SSC 4 4.38 <1 11 1 1 <1 <1 N/A N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 7 11.62 <1 183 25 34.33 <1 346 N/A N/A 

VII.B. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR PERFECTED REQUESTS IN WHICH INFORMATGRANTED

Agency / 

Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PR

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

N

o

AFRC 11 18.25 <1 50 27 31.5 11 61 N/A N/A ARC 19 24.86 4 78 24 29.33 4 78 N/A N/A GRC 9 11.14 2 36 38 32.43 7 54 N/A N/A GSFC 7.5 24.88 1 183 36.5 43.11 <1 158 N/A N/A HQ 10 11.26 <1 42 36 47.08 3 346 N/A N/A JPL N/A N/A N/A N/A 25 32.67 9 131 N/A N/A JSC 13 22.18 2 137 44.5 54.23 5 192 N/A N/A KSC 11 10.67 5 16 22 25.83 9 51 N/A N/A LaRC 1 1 <1 <1 25 25 25 25 N/A N/A 
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MSFC 8.5 8.5 <1 16 34 41.78 16 118 N/A N/A 

NSSC 13 16.6 9 32 27 29.71 15 58 N/A N/A OGC N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A OIG 9 11.86 6 22 21.5 25.58 2 97 N/A N/A SSC 6.5 6.75 3 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 10 15.62 <1 183 29 39.95 <1 346 N/A N/A 

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

AFRC 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9ARC 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13GRC 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8GSFC 20 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31HQ 120 16 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 141JPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0JSC 66 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 75KSC 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8LaRC 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7MSFC 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6NSSC 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19

OIG 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17

SSC 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

AGENCY 

OVERALL 281 36 6 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 331

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

AFRC 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8ARC 13 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20GRC 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11GSFC 15 9 3 8 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 42HQ 24 24 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 71JPL 14 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22JSC 14 16 5 10 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 52KSC 22 12 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39LaRC 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4MSFC 6 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15NSSC 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0OIG 16 12 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36SSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 142 99 41 27 14 6 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 337
20

OVERALL

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

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

AFRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0ARC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0GRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0GSFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0HQ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0JPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0JSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0KSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0LaRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0MSFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0NSSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0OIG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0SSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

AFRC 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A ARC 0 N/A N/A 2 74 74 0 N/A N/A GRC 0 N/A N/A 2 23 23 0 N/A N/A GSFC 15 35 53.93 1 6 6 0 N/A N/A HQ 3 9 8.67 9 82 141.78 0 N/A N/A JPL 0 N/A N/A 1 29 29 0 N/A N/A JSC 11 11 25.64 1 34 34 0 N/A N/A KSC 0 N/A N/A 13 21 37 0 N/A N/A LaRC 0 N/A N/A 4 38.5 31 0 N/A N/A MSFC 0 N/A N/A 7 32 39.43 0 N/A N/A NSSC 0 N/A N/A 1 13 13 0 N/A N/A OGC 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A OIG 1 1 1 1 22 22 0 N/A N/A SSC 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 30 20 37.3 42 32.5 58.45 0 N/A N/A 

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

Agency / 

Component

10th 

Oldest 

Request

9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd Oldest Request
22

AFRC 

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 

ARC 

Date of 

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

2020-07-27 

2020-05-06 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 102 

GRC 

Date of 

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

2020-07-17 

2020-08-19 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 29 

GSFC 

Date of 

Receipt

2020-09-01 

2020-08-27 

2020-08-11 

2020-08-04 

2020-07-14 

2020-05-19 

2020-06-08 

2020-04-20 

2020-03-11 

2020-03-11 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 20 23 35 40 55 79 80 114 142 142 

HQ 

Date of 

Receipt

2020-09-08 

2020-08-20 

2020-07-23 

2020-07-16 

2020-05-08 

2020-05-26 

2020-03-11 

2020-01-29 

2020-06-13 

2019-04-29 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 16 31 45 57 71 82 142 171 327 350 

JPL 

Date of 

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

2020-08-19 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 

JSC Date of 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020- 2020-
23

Receipt 09-11 09-18 09-16 05-07 08-31 08-28 08-24 07-27 07-14 05-07 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 6 8 10 11 21 22 34 46 55 101 

KSC 

Date of 

Receipt

2020-06-18 

2020-09-08 

2020-08-10 

2020-08-31 

2020-08-28 

2020-08-28 

2020-08-03 

2020-07-27 

2020-04-29 

2020-02-19 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 14 16 21 21 22 22 38 46 107 156 

LaRC 

Date of 

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

2020-09-30 

2020-08-11 

2020-07-24 

2020-07-30 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 35 42 46 

MSFC 

Date of 

Receipt N/A N/A N/A 

2020-08-18 

2020-09-10 

2020-08-25 

2020-07-29 

2020-08-13 

2020-08-04 

2019-12-27 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 1 14 30 32 33 40 126 

NSSC 

Date of 

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

2020-08-12 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 

OGC 

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 

OIG Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2020- 09-30 2020- 08-28 
24

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 

SSC 

Date of 

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

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL

Date of 

Receipt

2020-04-29 

2020-04-20 

2020-12-27 

2020-03-11 

2020-03-11 

2020-03-11 

2020-02-19 

2020-01-29 

2019-06-13 

2019-04-29 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 107 114 126 142 142 142 156 171 327 350 

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

AFRC 0 2 1 1 1 ARC 0 2 1 1 2 GRC 0 2 1 1 2 GSFC 0 5 3 13.6 4 HQ 0 25 1 12.12 20 JPL 0 4 10 11 3 JSC 0 6 15 31 2 KSC 0 11 1 3.45 11 
25

LaRC 0 1 1 1 1 

MSFC 0 2 1 1 2 NSSC 0 3 1 1 3 OGC 0 0 N/A N/A 0 OIG 0 0 N/A N/A 0 SSC 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 63 1 10 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

AFRC 0 1 1 1 ARC 0 1 1 1 GRC 0 0 N/A N/A GSFC 0 0 N/A N/A HQ 2 4 2 6.17 JPL 0 2 8 8 JSC 3 2 1 10.4 KSC 0 10 6 8.38 LaRC 0 0 N/A N/A MSFC 0 0 N/A N/A 
26

NSSC 0 0 N/A N/A 

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 5 20 4 7.04 

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

AFRC 0 0.25 0.25 29845.75 0.00 29845.75 ARC 0 0.25 0.25 29280.00 0.00 29280.00 GRC 0 0.25 0.25 30389.80 0.00 30389.80 GSFC 1 0.00 1.00 122648.95 0.00 122648.95 HQ 2 0.50 2.50 399891.00 0.00 399891.00 JPL 0 0.33 0.33 42988.18 0.00 42988.18 JSC 1 0.00 1.00 131102.84 0.00 131102.84 KSC 0 0.50 0.50 52785.66 0.00 52785.66 LaRC 0 0.50 0.50 52067.50 0.00 52067.50 MSFC 1 0.00 1.00 75620.21 0.00 75620.21 
27

NSSC 0 0.25 0.25 29053.30 0.00 29053.30 

OGC 0 0.25 0.25 35675.25 684.96 36360.21 OIG 0 1.00 1.00 140000.00 0.00 140000.00 SSC 0 0.25 0.25 21400.00 0.00 21400.00 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 5 4.33 9.33 1192748.44 684.96 1193433.40 

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests

Agency / 

Component

Total Amount 

of Fees 

Collected

Percentage of 

Total Costs

AFRC 788.98 2.6400 ARC 1181.75 4.0400 GRC 2291.55 7.5400 GSFC 2508.00 2.0400 HQ 1439.21 0.3600 JPL 1147.76 2.6700 JSC 9347.90 7.1300 KSC 414.50 0.7900 LaRC 0.00 0.0000 MSFC 216.75 0.2900 NSSC 921.25 3.1700 OGC 0.00 0.0000 OIG 0.00 0.0000 
28

SSC 0.00 0.0000 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 20257.65 1.7000 

XI.A. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used

Agency / Component Number of Times Subsection Used

AFRC 0 ARC 0 GRC 0 GSFC 0 HQ 0 JPL 0 JSC 0 KSC 0 LaRC 0 MSFC 0 NSSC 0 OGC 0 OIG 0 SSC 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 
29

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

AFRC 0 0 ARC 0 0 GRC 0 0 GSFC 0 0 HQ 0 5400 JPL 0 0 JSC 0 0 KSC 0 0 LaRC 0 0 MSFC 0 0 NSSC 0 0 OGC 0 0 OIG 0 0 SSC 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 5400 
30

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

AFRC 0 N/A ARC 2 N/A GRC 0 N/A GSFC 9 N/A HQ 9 N/A JPL 0 N/A JSC 6 N/A KSC 4 N/A LaRC 3 N/A MSFC 5 N/A NSSC 0 N/A OGC 0 0 OIG 1 0 SSC 0 N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 39 0 
31

XII.B. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING CONSULTATI

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

AFRC 0 2 1 1ARC 0 0 0 0GRC 0 0 0 0GSFC 1 0 1 0HQ 2 15 16 1JPL 0 0 0 0JSC 0 1 1 0KSC 0 1 1 0LaRC 0 0 0 0MSFC 0 0 0 0NSSC 0 0 0 0OGC 0 0 0 0OIG 0 4 4 0SSC 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 3 23 24 2
32

XII.C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHPENDING AT THE AGENCY

Agency / 

Component

10th Oldest 

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

AFRC 

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2020-09-30 

Number 

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

ARC 

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 

GRC 

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 

GSFC 

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 

HQ 

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2020-09-16 

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 

JPL 

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 

JSC 

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 

KSC 

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

Number 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
33

of Days

LaRC 

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 

MSFC 

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 

NSSC 

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

Number 

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

OGC 

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

Number 

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

OIG 

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

Number 

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

SSC 

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2020- 09-30 2020-09-16 

Number 

of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 
34

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

AFRC 13 21 14 20 ARC 31 36 32 38 GRC 26 21 27 23 GSFC 89 82 86 83 HQ 252 282 249 281 JPL 58 47 57 48 JSC 115 137 108 140 KSC 78 75 77 63 LaRC 39 18 39 15 MSFC 41 27 44 22 NSSC 24 28 25 28 OGC 0 0 0 0 OIG 36 51 32 56 SSC 10 16 10 16 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 812 841 800 833 
35

XII.D.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPOREQUESTS

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

AFRC 0 0 ARC 2 2 GRC 1 0 GSFC 10 9 HQ 4 9 JPL 0 0 JSC 5 6 KSC 0 4 LaRC 0 3 MSFC 0 5 NSSC 0 0 OGC 0 0 OIG 6 1 SSC 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 28 39 
36

XII.E.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURREN-- 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

OGC 26 20 15 30 OIG 1 4 1 4 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 27 24 16 34 

XII.E.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURREN-- 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

OGC 5 0 OIG 0 0 AGENCY OVERALL 5 0