U.S. Railroad Retirement Board 

Annual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Report 

Fiscal Year 2021 

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT. 

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

Ana M. Kocur 

General Counsel/Chief FOIA Officer 

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board 

844 North Rush Street 

Chicago, IL. 60611-1275 

312-751-4984 

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 Ana M. Kocur 

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 60611-1275. 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 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 Ana M. Kocur, 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:

Ana M. Kocur 

General Counsel/Chief FOIA Officer 

Railroad Retirement Board 

844 North Rush Street 

Chicago, Illinois 60611-1275 

Requests may also be made by facsimile to (312) 751-7102 or by E-FOIA at https://secure.rrb.gov/efoia/. 

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 oig.foia@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. 

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 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 “third-party” 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., “firstparty” 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. 

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 (nonexpedited) 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 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. 

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. 

Exemption 9: geological information on wells 
 

 

 

 

3. Agency Component Abbreviations 

Component 

Abbreviation Component Name 

OIG Office of the Inspector General 

RRB Railroad Retirement Board 

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 

45 

U.S.C. 

362(d) 

Information 

obtained by the 

Railroad 

Retirement Board 

that reveals, in 

any manner, an 

employee's 

identity 

Ass'n of Retired R.R. 

Workers v. U.S. R.R. 

Ret. Bd., 830 F.2d 

331, 334 (D.C. Cir. 

1987); Nat'l Ass'n of 

Retired & Veteran Ry. 

Emp.'s v. R.R. Ret. 

Bd., 1991 U.S. Dist, 

LEXIS 21923 at *7 

(N.D. Ohio Feb. 20, 

1991). 

RRB 11 

11 

OIG 

0 
 

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 

RRB 0 60 60 0 

OIG 1 10 10 1 

AGENCY OVERALL 1 70 70 1 

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 

RRB 47 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 60 

OIG 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 50 0 12 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 70 
 

 

 

 

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 

RRB N/A 0 0 

OIG Requestor did not respond. 1 1 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1 

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 

OIG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

RRB 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 

RRB 0 0 0 0 

OIG 0 1 1 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 1 1 0 
 

 

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 

RRB 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG 0 0 0 1 1 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 1 1 

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 

RRB 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 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 

RRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OIG 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 

RRB 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 

RRB N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OIG 53 53 53 53 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 53 53 53 53 
 

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

Agency / 

Component 

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal 

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

Appeal 

Date of 

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

RRB 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Date of 

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

OIG 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

Date of 

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

OVERALL Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 

 

 

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 

RRB 7 10.18 2 28 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OIG 68 70.9 8 198 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 10 19.9 2 198 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

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 

RRB 7 10.18 2 28 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

OIG 68 70.9 8 198 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 10 19.9 2 198 N/A N/A N/A N/A 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 

RRB 53 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 

OIG 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 57 7 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 70 

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 

RRB 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 

AGENCY 

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

 

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 

RRB 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 

AGENCY 

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

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 

RRB 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 

OIG 1 123 123 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1 123 123 0 N/A N/A 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 

Date of 

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

RRB 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Date of 

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

2021-

04-07 

OIG 

Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 

Date of 2021-

Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 04-07 

AGENCY 

OVERALL Number 

of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 
 

 

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 

RRB 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 N/A N/A 0 

VIII.B. Requests for Fee Waiver 

Agency / 

Component 

Number 

Granted Number Denied 

Median Number 

of Days to 

Adjudicate 

Average 

Number of Days 

to Adjudicate 

RRB 0 0 N/A N/A 

OIG 0 0 N/A N/A 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 N/A N/A 
 

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 

RRB 0 2.50 2.50 393000.00 0.00 393000.00 

OIG 0 0.50 0.50 78600.00 0.00 78600.00 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 3.00 3.00 471600.00 0.00 471600.00 
 

 

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests 

Agency / 

Component 

Total Amount 

of Fees 

Collected 

Percentage of 

Total Costs 

RRB 423.00 0.1100 

OIG 0.00 0.0000 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 423.00 0.0900 

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

Agency / 

Component Number of Times Subsection Used 

RRB 0 

OIG 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 0 
 

 

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 

RRB 11 0 

OIG 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 11 0 

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 

RRB 0 0 

OIG 1 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1 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 

RRB 0 0 0 0 

OIG 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 0 
 

 

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 

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

RRB 

Number 

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

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

OIG 

Number 

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

AGENCY 

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

OVERALL Number 

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

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 

RRB 73 60 73 60 

OIG 0 10 0 10 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 73 70 73 70 
 

XII.D.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED REQUESTS 

Agency / 

Component 

Number of 

Backlogged 

Requests as of 

End of the Fiscal 

Year from 

Previous Annual 

Report 

Number of 

Backlogged 

Requests as of 

End of the Fiscal 

Year from Current 

Annual Report 

RRB 0 0 

OIG 0 1 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 1 
 

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 

RRB 0 0 0 0 

OIG 0 1 0 1 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 1 0 1 
 

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 

RRB 0 0 

OIG 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0