U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

Annual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Report

Fiscal Year 2018 

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., 

“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.

 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 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.

i. Exemption 9: geological information on wells 
4. Agency Component Abbreviations

Component Abbreviation Component Name

RRB RRB

OIG Office of Inspector General
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) (Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance 

Act)

Information obtained by the 

Railroad Retirement Board that 

reveals, in any manner, an 

employee's identity

Ass'n. of Retired Railroad Workers 

v. U.S. Railroad 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).

RRB 22

22
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 85 85 0

OIG 8 2 1 9

AGENCY OVERALL 8 87 86 9
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 75 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 85

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 76 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 86
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 N/A 0

0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0
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

RRB 0 1 22 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 1 22 1 0 6 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 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 0 0 0 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 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 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 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

OIG 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

AGENCY OVERALL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / 

Component

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal

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

Appeal

RRB

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OIG

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY 

OVERALL

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
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 17 23.17 1 87 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 18 24.17 1 87 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 17 23.17 1 87 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

OIG 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

AGENCY 

OVERALL 18 24.17 1 87 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 66 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 67 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
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 9 1098 847.55 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 9 1098 847.55 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

RRB

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/A2018-01-122017-03-292016-10-032016-06-202014-05-072014-01-072013-12-052013-11-142013-08-26

Number of Days 

Pending 0 180 379 503 575 1098 1188 1209 1222 1274

AGENCY 

OVERALL

Date of Receipt N/A2018-01-122017-03-292016-10-032016-06-202014-05-072014-01-072013-12-052013-11-142013-08-26

Number of Days 

Pending 0 180 379 503 575 1098 1188 1209 1222 1274
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 N/A

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 N/A N/A N/A
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 "FullTime FOIA 

Employees"

Number of 

"Equivalent FullTime FOIA 

Employees"

Total Number of 

"Full-Time FOIA 

Staff"

Processing Costs Litigation-Related 

Costs Total Costs

RRB 0 2.5 2.5 $52,978.00 $0.00 $52,978.00

OIG 0 0.5 0.5 $4,483.00 $0.00 $4,483.00

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 3 3 $57,461.00 $0.00 $57,461.00
X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

Agency / Component Total Amount of Fees 

Collected

Percentage of Total 

Costs

RRB $27.00 0.05%

OIG $0.00 0.00%

AGENCY OVERALL $27.00 0.05%
XI.A. NUMBER OF TIMES SUBSECTION (C) USED

Agency / Component Number of Times Subsection (C) Used

RRB 0

OGC 0

AGENCY OVERALL 0
XI.B. NUMBER OF SUBSECTION (A)(2) POSTINGS

Agency / Component Number of (a)(2) Records Posted by the 

FOIA Office

Number of (a)(2) Records Posted by 

Program Offices

RRB 2282 0

OGC 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 2282 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 9 0

AGENCY OVERALL 9 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

RRB

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

AGENCY 

OVERALL

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
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 95 85 95 85

OIG 4 2 7 1

AGENCY OVERALL 99 87 102 86
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 8 9

AGENCY OVERALL 8 9
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 1 0 1 0

OIG 0 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 1 0 1 0
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