FOIA ANNUAL REPORT

FOR

October 1, 2016

THROUGH

September 30, 2017

The following Annual Freedom of Information Act report covers the

Period October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017, as required by 

5 U.S.C. 552.

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT 

1. Provide name, title, address, and telephone number of person(s) to be 

contacted with questions about the Report. 

 Miriam Brown-Lam

 Principal Agency FOIA Officer 

 300 E. Street SW 

 Washington, DC 20546 

 202-358-0718 

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 

 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 requests. 
Martha Terry, ARC FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 202-358-2339 

NASA Headquarters (on behalf of Ames Research Center, FOIA Requester Service Center) 

Washington, DC 20546-0001 

Martha Terry, AFRC FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 202-358-2339 

NASA Headquarters (on behalf of Armstrong Flight Research Center, FOIA Requester 

Service Center) 

Washington, DC 20546-0001 

Martha Terry, GRC FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 202-358-2339 

NASA Headquarters, (on behalf of Glenn Research Center, FOIA Requester Service Center) 

Washington, DC 20546-0001

Joan Belt, GSFC FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 301-286-4721 

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) FOIA Requester Service Center, MS213.1 

Greenbelt, MD 20771

Josephine Sibley, HQ FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 202-358-2462 

NASA Headquarters (HQ) FOIA Requester Service Center 

Washington, DC 20546-0001

Dennis Mahon, JPL FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 818-393-6779 

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL), FOIA Requester Service Center 

4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, VA 91109

Jessica Cordero, JSC FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 281-483-8252 

NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), FOIA Requester Service Center, MC AP2 

Houston, TX 77058 

Penny Myers, KSC FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 321-867-9280 

NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC), FOIA Requester Service Center MC XA-A1

Kennedy Space Center, FL 32889

Carissa Wheeler, MSFC FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 757-864-4274 

NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), FOIA Requester Service Center, MS 218 

Hampton, VA 23681

Carissa Wheeler, MSFC FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 757-864-4274 

NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), (on behalf of Marshall Space Flight Center) FOIA 

Requester Service Center, MS 218 

Hampton, VA 23681

Martha Terry, NSSC FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 202-358-2339 

NASA Headquarters, (on behalf of NASA Shared Services Center, FOIA Requester Service 
Center) 

Washington, DC 20546-0001

Frank LaRocca, OIG Public Liaison Officer; 202-358-2575 

NASA Office of the Inspector General (OIG); FOIA Requester Service Center 

Washington, DC 20546-0001 

Sallie Bilbo, SSC FOIA Public Liaison Officer; 228-688-3182 

NASA Stennis Space Center (SSC), FOIA Requester Service Center 

Code CA 10, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000

3. Agency Component Abbreviations

Component Abbreviation Component Name

AFRC Armstrong Flight Research Center

ARC Ames Reseach Center

GRC Glenn Research Center

GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center

HQ Headquarters

JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JSC Johnson Space Center

KSC Kennedy Space Center

LaRC Langley Research Center

MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center

NSSC NASA Shared Service Center

OGC Office of General Counsel

OIG Office of the Inspector General

SSC Stennis Space Center

 
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).

 

 

ARC

GRC

GSFC

2 

3 

3 

8 

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, No. 96-1807, slip op. 

at 11 (D.D.C. Jan. 21, 1998), 

amended (D.D.C. Nov. 23, 1998).

 

 

 

 

 

GSFC

HQ

JPL

MSFC

GRC

JPL

2 

1 

1 

4 

1 

1 

10

41 U.S.C. § 2102 Contractor bid or proposal 

information; source selection 

information

 

Legal & Safety Employer Research, 

Inc. V U.S. Dept of the Army, No, 

Civ. S001748, 2001 UL 34098652, 

at *3-4 (E.D. Cal. May 4, 2001) 

(dictum)

 

GSFC

JPL

1 

1 

3 
 JSC 1 

 
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 1 11 11 1 

ARC 4 44 42 6 

GRC 2 24 23 3 

GSFC 4 117 113 8 

HQ 11 423 400 34

JPL 0 57 56 1 

JSC 11 118 112 17

KSC 7 65 68 4 

LaRC 0 47 43 4 

MSFC 2 65 60 7 

NSSC 0 26 25 1 

OGC 0 0 0 0 

OIG 1 52 48 5 

SSC 2 13 15 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 45 1,062 1,016 91

 

After reviewing their databases, HQ and JSC adjusted the number of requests pending at the start of the Fiscal Year.
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 

TOTAL 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

AFRC 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 11

ARC 7 10 4 0 1 0 1 10 1 1 3 4 42

GRC 2 6 2 2 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 0 23

GSFC 18 17 6 10 4 25 4 5 7 1 5 11 113

HQ 48 36 10 39 27 5 4 95 50 26 15 45 400

JPL 2 5 3 4 1 2 2 12 0 6 11 8 56

JSC 27 13 0 2 1 6 16 15 16 9 4 3 112

KSC 6 11 3 5 1 2 4 7 18 7 4 0 68

LaRC 8 2 1 4 3 3 5 2 6 2 6 1 43

MSFC 8 20 3 3 0 8 9 1 1 3 0 4 60

NSSC 3 8 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 25

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

OIG 3 24 6 3 0 5 1 0 3 0 3 0 48

SSC 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 15

AGENCY 

OVERALL 138 159 38 73 38 60 51 157 111 58 55 78 1,016
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

ARC Directed requester to Publicly Available Information

 

4 

 4 

GSFC Directed requester to Publicly Available Information

 

11

 11

HQ Directed requester to Publicly Available Information

 

45

 45

JPL Directed requester to Publicly Available Information

 

8 

 8 

JSC Directed requester to Publicly Available Information

 

3 

 3 

LaRC Directed requester to Publicly Available Information

 

1 

 1 

MSFC Directed requester to Publicly Available Information

 

4 

 4 

NSSC Directed requester to Publicly Available Information

 

1 

 1 

SSC Directed requester to Publicly Available Information

 

1 

 1 

AGENCY 

OVERALL

 

 

 

78

 
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 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ARC 0 0 2 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

GRC 0 0 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

GSFC 0 0 6 13 1 6 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 

HQ 0 2 1 4 20 29 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 

JPL 0 0 3 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 

JSC 0 1 1 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

KSC 0 0 0 4 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 

LaRC 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

MSFC 0 0 4 13 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 

NSSC 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

OIG 0 0 0 6 6 27 2 0 27 3 8 1 0 0 

SSC 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 3 21 89 35 87 6 1 36 3 13 7 0 0 
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

OGC 4 24 22 6 

OIG 0 3 3 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 4 27 25 6 
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 2 7 7 22

OIG 3 0 0 0 3 

AGENCY OVERALL 9 2 7 7 25
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

AFRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ARC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

GRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

GSFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

HQ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

JPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

JSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

KSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

LaRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MSFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

NSSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

OIG 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 

SSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 4 3 4 3 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

Appeal 

Based 

Solely on 

Denial of 

Request 

for 

Expedited 

Processing

Other 

*Explain in 

chart 

below

OGC 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 
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 

 0 

OIG 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 12.00 15.80 <1 39.00

OIG 33.25 33.25 14.00 52.00

AGENCY OVERALL 19.50 18.10 <1 52.00
VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / 

Component 

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal

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

Appeal

AFRC

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

ARC

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

GRC

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

GSFC

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

HQ

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

JPL

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

JSC

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

KSC

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

LaRC 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 

MSFC

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

NSSC

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

OGC

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0

2017-09-27

 2 

2017-09-25

4

2017-09-25

 4

2017-09-12

13

2017-09-06

17

2017-09-01

19

OIG

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

SSC

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of Appeal

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0

N/A

 0

N/A

 0

N/A

 0

2017-09-27

 2

2017-09-25

 4

2017-09-25

 4

2017-09-12

13

2017-09-06

17

2017-09-01

19
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

AFRC 2 2 1 3 26 26.4 5 56 N/A N/A N/A N/A

ARC 3 5.56 <1 29 29 27.73 <1 63 N/A N/A N/A N/A

GRC 8 8.71 <1 20 38.5 48 4 134 N/A N/A N/A N/A

GSFC 2 4.38 <1 29 12 21.08 <1 126 16 16 10 22

HQ 3 5.89 <1 31 28 33.57 1 186 N/A N/A N/A N/A

JPL 0.5 2.08 <1 10 3 5.91 <1 39 N/A N/A N/A N/A

JSC 6 7.63 <1 22 9 31.39 <1 217 N/A N/A N/A N/A

KSC 2 2.5 <1 11 29 39.56 <1 191 N/A N/A N/A N/A

LaRC 2 3 <1 13 19 19.27 7 29 N/A N/A N/A N/A

MSFC 4 6.52 <1 28 22 22.2 <1 62 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NSSC 2 8 <1 22 1.5 4.79 <1 23 N/A N/A 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 N/A N/A

OIG 6 9.39 1 40 36 36.67 2 68 N/A N/A N/A N/A

SSC 1 2 <1 6 14.5 23 <1 72 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 3 5.73 <1 40 21 27.12 <1 217 16 16 10 22
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

AFRC 2 2 1 3 22.5 26.5 5 56 N/A N/A N/A N/A

ARC 4.5 4.75 1 9 30 31.31 <1 63 N/A N/A N/A N/A

GRC 9.5 9.5 8 11 52 50.33 17 91 N/A N/A N/A N/A

GSFC 9 10 5 18 21 27.19 2 126 N/A N/A N/A N/A

HQ 12 11.68 <1 31 32 40.02 12 186 N/A N/A N/A N/A

JPL 0.5 0.5 <1 1 9 13.8 <1 39 N/A N/A N/A N/A

JSC 7 7.95 <1 22 62 69.71 9 217 N/A N/A N/A N/A

KSC 2 2 2 2 30 51.62 1 191 N/A N/A N/A N/A

LaRC 6 6.75 2 13 20 20 14 28 N/A N/A N/A N/A

MSFC 7 10.13 <1 28 26 27.46 5 62 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NSSC 19 19 16 22 4 6.56 <1 23 N/A N/A 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 N/A N/A

OIG 9 12.42 1 40 41.5 41 3 68 N/A N/A N/A N/A

SSC 1 2.33 <1 6 14.5 16.5 9 28 N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 8 9.8 <1 40 28 37.62 <1 217 N/A N/A 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

ARC 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16

GRC 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 

GSFC 58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60

HQ 159 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161

JPL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12

JSC 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30

KSC 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16

LaRC 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24

MSFC 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33

NSSC 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 

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

OIG 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36

SSC 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 394 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 408
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 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 

ARC 5 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15

GRC 3 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

GSFC 24 10 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 39

HQ 23 51 10 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 94

JPL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32

JSC 34 5 1 2 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 51

KSC 8 13 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 27

LaRC 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

MSFC 12 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25

NSSC 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

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

OIG 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 

SSC 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 167 110 25 16 7 6 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 338
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

AFRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ARC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

GRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

GSFC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

HQ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

JPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

JSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

KSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

LaRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

MSFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

NSSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

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

SSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 
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

AFRC 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

ARC 0 N/A N/A 6 15.5 15 0 N/A N/A

GRC 0 N/A N/A 1 10 10 0 N/A N/A

GSFC 0 N/A N/A 7 16 23 0 N/A N/A

HQ 7 8 18 10 18 32 0 N/A N/A

JPL 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

JSC 0 N/A N/A 10 56.5 69 0 N/A N/A

KSC 0 N/A N/A 3 27 23 0 N/A N/A

LaRC 0 N/A N/A 4 11.5 17 0 N/A N/A

MSFC 2 17.5 17 5 17 22 0 N/A N/A

NSSC 0 N/A N/A 1 15 15 0 N/A N/A

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

OIG 5 7 6 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

SSC 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 14 7.5 14 47 17 32 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

AFRC

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

ARC

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

2017-09-26

3

2017-09-18

 9

2017-09-08

15

2017-09-07

16

2017-08-28

23

2017-08-25

24

GRC

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0

2017-09-15

10

GSFC

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0

2017-09-13

12

2017-09-07

16

2017-09-07

16

2017-09-07

16

2017-08-24

25

2017-08-22

27

2017-07-19

51

HQ

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

2017-09-15

10

2017-09-05

18

2017-09-05

18

2017-09-04

18

2017-08-21

28

2017-08-10

35

2017-08-02

41

2017-07-17

53

2017-06-28

65

2017-03-24

132

JPL

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

JSC

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

2017-09-21

6

2017-09-18

 9 

2017-09-13

12

2017-09-05

18

2017-07-31

43

2017-06-21

70

2017-06-20

71

2017-03-22

134

2017-02-16

157

2017-01-27

171

KSC

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0

2017-09-18

 9

2017-08-22

27

2017-08-14

33

LaRC Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2017-09-212017-09-182017-09-112017-08-03
Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 14 40

MSFC

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0

2017-09-15

10

2017-09-13

12

2017-09-06

17

2017-09-06

17

2017-08-24

25

2017-08-21

28

2017-08-04

39

NSSC

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0

2017-09-08

15

OGC

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

OIG

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0

2017-09-26

 3

2017-09-25

 4

2017-09-20

 7

2017-09-20

 7

2017-09-14

11

SSC

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of Receipt

Number of Days 

Pending

2017-07-31

43

2017-07-19

51

2017-07-17

53

2017-06-28

65

2017-06-21

70

2017-06-20

71

2017-03-24

132

2017-03-22

134

2017-02-16

157

2017-01-27

171
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 0 N/A N/A 0 

ARC 0 2 4 4 2 

GRC 0 1 1 1 1 

GSFC 2 7 13 16.11 3 

HQ 0 18 0 1.11 18

JPL 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

JSC 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

KSC 0 1 1 1 1 

LaRC 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

MSFC 0 5 6 10.4 3 

NSSC 0 8 1 1 8 

OGC 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OIG 0 1 48 48 0 

SSC 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 2 43 1 6.16 36
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 0 N/A N/A

ARC 0 0 N/A N/A

GRC 0 0 N/A N/A

GSFC 0 3 14 20.67

HQ 0 3 1 1 

JPL 0 0 N/A N/A

JSC 0 2 3 3 

KSC 0 1 1 1 

LaRC 0 0 N/A N/A

MSFC 0 3 4 5 

NSSC 0 0 N/A N/A

OGC 0 0 N/A N/A

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A

SSC 0 1 1 1 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 13 5 6.38
IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS 

Agency / 

Component

PERSONNEL COSTS

Number of "FullTime FOIA 

Employees"

Number of 

"Equivalent FullTime FOIA 

Employees"

Total Number of 

"Full-Time FOIA 

Staff"

Processing Costs Litigation-Related 

Costs Total Costs

AFRC 0 0.25 0.25 $24,648.55 $0.00 $24,648.55

ARC 0 0.25 0.25 $28,778.95 $0.00 $28,778.95

GRC 0 0.25 0.25 $27,169.00 $0.00 $27,169.00

GSFC 1 0 1 $114,570.25 $0.00 $114,570.25

HQ 2 0 2 $370,020.96 $0.00 $370,020.96

JPL 0 0.4 0.4 $49,214.78 $0.00 $49,214.78

JSC 1 0 1 $120,634.42 $0.00 $120,634.42

KSC 1 0 1 $117,814.43 $0.00 $117,814.43

LaRC 1 0 1 $93,892.16 $0.00 $93,892.16

MSFC 0.5 0 0.5 $76,575.29 $0.00 $76,575.29

NSSC 0 0.25 0.25 $24,541.68 $0.00 $24,541.68

OGC 2 0 2 $300,000.00 $0.00 $300,000.00

OIG 0 0.2 0.2 $23,563.64 $0.00 $23,563.64

SSC 0 0.25 0.25 $25,353.20 $0.00 $25,353.20

AGENCY 

OVERALL 8.5 1.85 10.35 $1,396,777.31 $0.00 $1,396,777.31

X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS 

Agency / Component Total Amount of Fees 

Collected

Percentage of Total 

Costs

AFRC $250.00 1.01%

ARC $1,799.73 6.25%

GRC $1,270.76 4.68%

GSFC $1,259.45 1.10%

HQ $1,594.88 0.43%

JPL $0.00 0.00%

JSC $7,874.70 6.53%

KSC $3,118.78 2.65%

LaRC $640.00 0.68%

MSFC $689.02 0.90%

NSSC $152.55 0.62%

OGC $0.00 0.00%

OIG $0.00 0.00%

SSC $3,223.60 12.71%

AGENCY OVERALL $21,873.47 1.57%
XI.A. NUMBER OF TIMES SUBSECTION 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 

OIG 0 

SSC 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 0 
XI.B. NUMBER OF SUBSECTION POSTINGS 

Agency / Component

Number of Records 

Posted by the FOIA 

Office

Number of Records 

Posted by Program 

Offices

AFRC 0 115

ARC 0 115

GRC 0 115

GSFC 1 115

HQ 0 115

JPL 0 115

JSC 3,329 120

KSC 0 115

LaRC 0 115

MSFC 145 115

NSSC 0 115

OIG 0 115

SSC 0 115

AGENCY OVERALL 3,475 1,500
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 0 

ARC 0 0 

GRC 0 0 

GSFC 1 0 

HQ 4 0 

JPL 0 0 

JSC 5 0 

KSC 0 0 

LaRC 1 0 

MSFC 0 0 

NSSC 0 0 

OGC 0 0 

OIG 0 0 

SSC 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 11 0 
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

AFRC 0 1 0 1 

ARC 0 0 0 0 

GRC 0 0 0 0 

GSFC 0 2 2 0 

HQ 0 8 8 0 

JPL 0 0 0 0 

JSC 0 0 0 0 

KSC 0 0 0 0 

LaRC 0 0 0 0 

MSFC 0 0 0 0 

NSSC 0 0 0 0 

OGC 0 0 0 0 

OIG 0 2 2 0 

SSC 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 0 13 12 1 
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

AFRC

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

2017-09-26

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ARC

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

GRC

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

GSFC

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

HQ

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

JPL

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

JSC

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

KSC

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

LaRC

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

MSFC

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

NSSC

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

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

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

SSC

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date

Number of Days

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

N/A

0 

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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

AFRC 26 11 26 11

ARC 33 44 35 42

GRC 12 24 11 23

GSFC 75 117 80 113

HQ 254 423 252 400

JPL 41 57 41 56

JSC 151 118 151 112

KSC 66 65 64 68

LaRC 36 47 37 43

MSFC 54 65 55 60

NSSC 23 26 23 25

OGC 0 0 0 0 

OIG 48 52 53 48

SSC 17 13 19 15

AGENCY OVERALL 836 1,062 847 1,016

After reviewing their databases, HQ and JSC updated the number of requests receiving during Fiscal Year 2016.
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

AFRC 0 0 

ARC 1 0 

GRC 1 0 

GSFC 1 1 

HQ 1 4 

JPL 0 0 

JSC 2 5 

KSC 0 0 

LaRC 0 1 

MSFC 0 0 

NSSC 0 0 

OGC 0 0 

OIG 0 0 

SSC 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 6 11

 

After reviewing their databases, ARC and JSC updated the number of requests backlogged from Fiscal Year 2016.

 

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

REPORT -- APPEALS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED

Agency / Component

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 20 24 21 22

OIG 0 3 0 3 

AGENCY OVERALL 20 27 21 25
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

OGC 3 0 

OIG 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 3 0