U.S. Railroad Retirement Board 

Annual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Report 

Fiscal Year 2012
 

I.	 BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT. 

1. Name, title, address, and telephone number of person(s) to be contacted with 

questions about the Report. 

Karl T. Blank 

General Counsel/Chief FOIA Officer 

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
 

844 North Rush Street 

Chicago, IL. 60611-2092 

312-751-4935 

2. Electronic address for Report on the World Wide Web. 

A copy of this Report will be posted on the RRB’s Web Site at www.rrb.gov. 

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

A copy of this Report may be obtained by writing to Karl T. Blank 

at the above address. 

II. MAKING A FOIA REQUEST. 

The United States Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is a federal agency charged with the 

administration of the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts. 

In general, the Railroad Retirement Act replaces the Social Security Act for employment 

in the railroad industry. Similarly, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act replaces 

state unemployment acts for work in the railroad industry. The RRB is headquartered at 

844 North Rush Street in Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092. All written requests for records 

should be directed to this address. 

Information available from the RRB under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

includes the agency’s procedure manuals, final decisions of the three-member Board 

which heads the agency, rulings of the Board, and legal opinions. Board coverage 

decisions and agency legal opinions are available on our web site. 

Because the RRB administers a comprehensive program of railroad retirement, 

unemployment, and sickness benefits for railroad workers, it also maintains information 

about individuals that may not be disclosed in response to a FOIA request. The Railroad 

Retirement Act, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and the Privacy Act restrict 

the disclosure of information about individuals. If someone requests information about 
 

 

 

 

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an individual, the requester must, as a general rule, provide the RRB a written 

authorization signed by the individual who is the subject of that record. 

1. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all individual agency components 

and offices that receive FOIA requests. 

The RRB has designated the Office of General Counsel as the FOIA Requester 

Service Center for the agency. All requests, other than those to the Inspector 

General, under the FOIA should be made by writing to Karl T. Blank, General 

Counsel/ Chief FOIA Officer. No form is needed. Mark both the envelope and 

its contents: “FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST” or 

“INFORMATION REQUEST.” Address your request to: 

Karl T. Blank 

General Counsel/Chief FOIA Officer 

Railroad Retirement Board 

844 North Rush Street 

Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 

Requests may also be made by facsimile t0 (312) 751-7102 or by E-FOIA at 

foiarequest@rrrb.gov. 

Because of the independent nature of the Office of Inspector General, requests for 

information from the Inspector General should be made by writing to Martin J. Dickman, 

Inspector General. No form is needed. Mark both the envelope and its contents: 

“FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST” or “INFORMATION REQUEST.” 

Address your request to: 

Martin J. Dickman 

Inspector General 

Railroad Retirement Board 

844 North Rush Street 

Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 

E-FOIA requests may also be made at foiarequest-oig@rrb.gov. 

If someone wants to request a record that we do not publish or which we do not make 

available in one of our offices, the requester must give us a detailed description of the 

record(s) he or she wants. The requester should give us as many details as possible, such 

as names, dates, subject matter and location. A vague description could delay our answer 

or prevent us from finding the records requested. We will ask a requester to revise a 

request if we need information to find the record(s). A requester should include a 

daytime telephone number where he or she can be reached in case we have questions 

about the request. 

2. Brief description of why some requests are not granted. 
 

 

 

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The most common reason that a request cannot be granted is the restrictions on 

disclosure contained in sections 12(d) and 12(n) of the Railroad Unemployment 

Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. § 362(d) and (n)) and section 7(b)(3) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. § 231f(b)(3)), which incorporates sections 12(d) and 

12(n) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Those sections restrict the 

disclosure of personally identifiable material (section 12(d)) and medical records 

(section 12(n)). Section 12(d) has been held to be an exemption 3 statute in 

Association of Retired Railroad Workers v. United States Railroad Retirement 

Bd., 830 F. 2d 331,334 (D.C. Cir. 1987). 

III.	 ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS. 

1. Agency-specific acronyms or other terms. 

a. RRB-- Railroad Retirement Board

 b. FTE—Full-time employee 

c. OIG – Office of Inspector General 

2.	 Basic terms, expressed in common terminology. 

a. Administrative Appeal – a request to a federal agency asking that it 

review at a higher administrative level a FOIA 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 numbers in the group. For example, of 3, 7, 

and 14, the average number is 8. 

c. Backlog – the number of requests or administrative appeals that are 

pending at an agency at the end of the fiscal year that are beyond the 

statutory time period for a response. 

d. Component – for agencies that process requests on a decentralized basis, 

a “component” is an entity, also sometimes referred to as an Office, 

Division, Bureau, Center, or Directorate, within an agency that processes 

FOIA requests. The FOIA now requires that agencies include in their 

Annual FOIA Report data for both the agency overall and for each 

principal component of the agency. 

e. Consultation – the procedure whereby the agency responding to a FOIA 

request first forwards a record to another agency for its review because the 

other agency has an interest in the document. Once the agency in receipt 
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of the consultation finishes its review of the record, it responds back to the 

agency that forwarded it. That agency, in turn, will then respond to the 

FOIA requester. 

f. Exemption 3 Statute – a federal statute that exempts information from 

disclosure and which the agency relies on to withhold 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 concerning another person (i.e., a “thirdparty” request), or concerning an organization, or a particular topic of 

interest. FOIA requests also include requests made by requesters seeking 

records concerning themselves (i.e., “first-party” requests) when those 

requesters are not subject to the Privacy Act, such as non U.S. citizens. 

Moreover, because all first- party requesters should be afforded the benefit 

of both the access provisions of the FOIA as well as those of the Privacy 

Act, FOIA requests also include any first-party requests where an agency 

determines that it must search beyond its Privacy Act “systems of records” 

or where a Privacy Act exemption applies, and the agency looks to FOIA 

to afford the greatest possible access. All requests which require the 

agency 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 to the requester. It does not, however, 

include records for which the agency has received a consultation from 

another agency. (Consultations are reported separately in Section XII of 

this Report.) 

h. Full Grant – an agency decision to disclose all records in full response to 

a FOIA request. 

i. Full Denial – an agency decision not to release any records in response to 

a FOIA request because the records are exempt in their entireties under 

one or more of the FOIA exemptions, or because of a procedural reason, 

such as when no records could be located. 

j. Median Number – the middle number, not average, number. For 

example, of 3, 7, and 14, the median number is 7. 

k. Multi-Track Processing – a system in which simple requests requiring 

relatively minimal review are placed in one processing track and more 

voluminous and complex requests are placed in one or more other tracks. 

Requests granted expedited processing are placed in yet another track. 

Requests in each track are processed on a first in/ first out basis. 
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 i. Expedited Processing – an agency will process a FOIA request on 

an expedited basis when a requester satisfies the 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 fastest (non-expedited) track based on the 

low volume and/or simplicity of the records requested. 

iii.	 Complex Request – a FOIA request that an agency using multitrack processing places in a slower track based on the high volume 

and/or complexity of the records requested. 

l.	 Partial Grant/Partial Denial – in response to a FOIA request, an agency 

decision to disclose portions of the records and to withhold other portions 

that are exempt under the FOIA, or to otherwise deny a portion of the 

request for a procedural reason. 

m.	 Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal – a request or 

administrative appeal for which an agency has not taken final action in all 

respects. 

n. Perfected Request – a request for records which reasonably describes 

such records and is made in accordance with published rules stating the 

time, place, fees (if any) and procedures to be followed. 

o. Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal – a request or 

administrative appeal for which an agency has taken final action in all 

respects. 

p. Range in Number of Days – the lowest and highest number of days to 

process requests or administrative appeals. 

q.	 Time Limits – the time period in the statute for an agency to respond to a 

FOIA request (ordinarily twenty working days from receipt of a perfected 

FOIA request). 

3.	 The following are concise descriptions of the nine FOIA exemptions: 

a.	 Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations information. 

b.	 Exemption 2: information that is related solely to the internal personnel rules 

and practices of an agency. 

c.	 Exemption 3: information that is prohibited from disclosure by another 

federal law. 
 

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d.	 Exemption 4: trade secrets and other confidential 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.	 Exemption7: records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, 

to the extent that the production of those records (A) could reasonably be 

expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a 

person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) could 

reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose techniques and 

procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would 

disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or (F) 

could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any 

individual. 

h.	 Exemption 8: information relating to the supervision of financial institutions. 

i.	 Exemption 9: geological information on wells 
 

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IV. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES. 

A. List of Exemption 3 statutes relied on by the agency during the current fiscal year. 

Statute Type of 

Information 

Withheld 

Case Citation Number of 

Times Relied 

upon per 

Component 

Total Number 

of Times 

Relied Upon 

by Agency 

45 U.S.C. § 362 Information Ass’n of RRB – 15 15 

(d) (Railroad obtained by the Retired 

Unemployment Railroad Railroad OIG - 0 

Insurance Act) Retirement 

Board that 

reveals, in any 

manner, an 

employee’s 

identity 

Workers v. U.S. 

R.R. 

Retirement 

Board, 830 F. 

2d 331, 334 

(D.C. Cir. 

1987); Nat’l 

Ass’n of 

Retired & 

Veteran Ry. 

Employees v. 

R.R. Ret. Bd., 

87-117, slip. 

op. at 5 (N.D. 

Ohio Feb 20, 

1991). 
 

 

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V. FOIA REQUESTS. 

Initial FOIA/PA Access Requests. Due to the independent nature of the Office of 

Inspector General (OIG), requests for information that are directed to the OIG are 

handled by that office and are separately reported below. 

A. Received, Processed and Pending FOIA Requests.

 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 

Number of 

Request 

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 

RRB 1 89 90 0 

OIG 0 3 3 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

1 92 93 0 

 

 

 

 

 

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B. (2) Disposition of FOIA Requests – “Other” Reasons for “Full Denials Based 

on Reasons Other than Exemptions” from Section V, B (1) Chart 

Component 

Description of “Other” Reasons 

for Denials from Chart B (1) 

& Number of Times Those 

Reasons Were Relied upon 

TOTAL 

RRB 

0 

0 

OIG 

0 

0 

B. (3) Disposition of FOIA Requests – Number of Times Exemptions Applied 

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 

RRB

 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

0 0 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 
 

 

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VI. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF 

FOIA REQUESTS 

Note: The OIG did not have any administrative appeals to report, therefore no 

statistics are reported for the OIG in this section. 

A.	 Received, Processed and Pending Administrative Appeals 

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 

RRB 0 2 2 0 

B. Disposition of Administrative Appeals – All Processed Appeals 

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 

RRB 2 0 0 0 2 
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C. (1) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Number of Times Exemptions Applied 

RRB -

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 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
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C. (2) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Reasons Other than Exemptions RRB -

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 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

C. (3) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – “Other” Reasons from Section VI, C (2) Chart 

RRB -

Description of “Other” Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C (2) & Number of Times 

Those Reasons Were Relied upon 

TOTAL 

0 

0 
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C. (4) Response Time for Administrative Appeals RRB -

Median Number 

Days 

of Average Number 

of Days 

Lowest Number 

of Days 

Highest Num

of Days 

20 32.5 20 45 C. (5) Ten Oldest Pending Administrative Appeals 

RRB -

10th Oldest 

Appeal 9th

 8

th

 7

th

 6

th

 5

th

 4

th

 3

rd

 2

nd 

Date of Receipt of Ten Oldest Appeals 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 
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VII. FOIA REQUESTS: RESPONSE TIME FOR PROCESSED AND PENDING REQUESTS 

A. Processed Requests – Response Time for All Processed Perfected Requests 

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPE

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 

AN

o

RRB 

12 

23.13 

0 215 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG 

10 11.6 6 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 

22 

34.73 

0 215 0 0 0 0 0 0 
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B. Processed Requests – Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which Information Was Granted 

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXP

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 

RRB 

12 23.13 0 215 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG 

10 11.6 6 

19 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 

22 34.73 0 215 0 0 0 0 0 
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C. Processed Requests – Response Time in Day Increments 

Simple Requests 

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 

201-30

Days 

RRB

 86 

1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

OIG

 3 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 

89 

1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 
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Complex Requests 

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 

201-30

Days 

RRB

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
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Requests Granted Expedited Processing 

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 

201-3

Day

RRB

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
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D. Pending Requests – All Pending Perfected Requests 

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 

RRB 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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E. Pending Requests – Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests 

10th Oldest 

Request and 

Number of 

Days Pending 

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

Oldest 

Request and 

Number of 

Days 

Pending 

RRB 

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 

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 

10th Oldest 

Request and 

Number of 

Days Pending 

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

Oldest 

Request and 

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 
 

 

 

 

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VIII. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING AND REQUESTS FOR FEE 

WAIVER 

A. Requests for Expedited Processing 

Number 

Granted 

Number 

Denied 

Median 

Number of 

Days to 

Adjudicate 

Average 

Number of 

Days to 

Adjudicate 

Number 

Adjudicated 

Within Ten 

Calendar Days 

RRB 

0 0 0 0 0 

OIG 

0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

0 0 0 0 0 

B. Requests for Fee Waiver 

Number 

Granted 

Number 

Denied 

Median 

Number of 

Days to 

Adjudicate 

Average 

Number of 

Days to 

Adjudicate 

RRB 

8 0 7 7 

OIG 

0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

8 0 7 7 
 

 

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IX. FOIA PERSONNEL & COSTS
 

PERSONNEL COSTS 

Number of 

“Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees” 

Number of 

“Equivalent 

Full-Time 

FOIA 

Employees” 

Total 

Number of 

“Full-Time 

FOIA Staff” 

(The sum 

of Columns 

1 & 2) 

Processing 

Costs 

(At initial 

request and 

appeal levels) 

LitigationRelated 

Costs 

Total 

Costs 

RRB 

0 0.50 .50 $52,978. $10,000. $62,978. 

OIG 

0 0.50 .50 $4,483. 0 $4,483. 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

0 1 1 $57,461. $10,000. $67,461. 
 

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X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS
 

Total Amount of Fees 

Collected Percentage of Total Costs 

RRB 

$79.55 0.15 

OIG 

$0. 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

$79.55 0.14 

XI. FOIA REGULATIONS 

	 The Board’s FOIA regulations may be found at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=cfr&docid=20CFR200.4. 
 

 

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XII. BACKLOGS, CONSULTATIONS, AND COMPARISONS 

A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals 

Number of Backlogged 

Requests as of End of 

Fiscal Year 

Number of Backlogged 

Appeals as of End of 

Fiscal Year 

RRB 

0 0 

OIG 

0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

0 0 
 

 

 

 

 

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B.	 Consultations on FOIA Requests – Received, Processed, and Pending 

Consultations 

Number of 

Consultations Received 

from Other Agencies 

that Were Pending at 

Your 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 

Your Agency During 

the Fiscal Year 

Number of 

Consultations Received 

from Other Agencies 

that Were Pending at 

Your Agency as of 

End of the Fiscal Year 

RRB 

0 0 0 0 

OIG 

0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL

 0 0 0 0 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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C. Consultations on FOIA Requests – Ten Oldest Consultations Received from 

Other Agencies and Pending at Your Agency 

10th Oldest 

Consultation 

and Number 

of Days 

Pending 

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

Oldest 

Consultation 

and Number 

of Days 

Pending 

RRB 

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 

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 

10th Oldest 

Consultation 

and Number 

of Days 

Pending 

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

Oldest 

Consultation 

and Number 

of Days 

Pending 

Overall 

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 
 

 

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D. Comparison of Numbers of Requests from Previous and Current Annual Report – 

Requests Received, Processed, and Backlogged 

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 

RRB 

100 89 100 90 

OIG 

5 3 5 3 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

105 92 105 93 
 

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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 

RRB 

1 0 

OIG 

0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

1 0 
 

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E. Comparison of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current 

Annual Report – Appeals Received, Processed, and Backlogged 

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 

RRB 

4 2 4 2 

OIG 

0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

4 2 4 2 
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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 

RRB 

0 0 

OIG 

0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

0 0