3. Agency Component Abbreviations

Component Abbreviation Component Name 

 

 

 
IV. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES 

Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Agency / Component 

Number o

Times 

Relied upo

by Agency 

Componen

41 U.S.C. § 4702 (formerly at 41 U.S.C. § 253b(m)(1)) 

Contractor proposals that are in the possession or control of an executive agency and that have not been set forth or incorporated by reference into contracts 

Sinkfield v. HUD, No. 10-885, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35233, at *13-15 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 15, 2012); Margolin v. NASA, No. 09-CV-00421, 2011 WL 1303221, at *6 (D. Nev. Mar. 31, 2011); Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep’t of the Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d 21, 30 (D.D.C. 2003), summary affirmance granted, No. 03-5257, 2004 WL 1900562 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 25, 2004). 

FRTIB 
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 

FRTIB 6 30 32 4

 0

AGENCY OVERALL 6 30 32 4

 

 

 

 
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Withdrawn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 

FRTIB 13 6 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 13 6 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 
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 

FRTIB 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) 

FRTIB 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 

AGENCY 

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

FRTIB 0 1 1 0

 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 

T

FRTIB 1 0 0 0 

AGENCY OVERALL 1 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) 

FRTIB 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 

Appe

Base

Solely 

Denial 

Reque

for 

Expedi

Process

FRTIB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 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 

FRTIB 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 

 

 

AGENCY OVERALL 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00

 

 

 

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

Agency / 

Component 

10th 

Oldest 

Appeal 

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

Date of Appeal 

Number of Days 

Pending 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

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

Agency / 

Component 

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCES

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 

Lowes

Numbe

of Day

AGENCY 

OVERALL 22 32 1 89 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N
VII.B. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR PERFECTED REQUESTS IN WHICH INFORMA

GRANTED

Agency / 

Component 

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCES

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 

Lowes

Numbe

of Day

AGENCY 

OVERALL 23 33 1 89 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N
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 

FRTIB 13 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 13 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
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 

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

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 

FRTIB 

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

Agency / Component 

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSI

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 

Av

Num

D

AGENCY OVERALL 4 21 21 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A 
VII.E. PENDING REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / 

Component 

10th 

Oldest 

Request 

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

Date of Receipt 

Number of Days 

Pending 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2019-09-30 2019-09

Number of Days 

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 
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 

 

 

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 

 

 

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 

FRTIB 1 0 1 $91,740.00 $0.00 $91,740.00

0 $0.00

AGENCY 

OVERALL 1 0 1 $91,740.00 $0.00 $91,740.00
X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS 

Agency / Component Total Amount of Fees 

Collected 

Percentage of Total 

Costs 

FRTIB $0.00 0.00%

 

AGENCY OVERALL $0.00 0.00%

 

 

 

 
XI.A. NUMBER OF TIMES SUBSECTION (C) USED 

Agency / Component Number of Times Subsection Used 

FRTIB 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 

FRTIB 0 0

 

AGENCY OVERALL 0 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 

FRTIB 3 0

 

AGENCY OVERALL 3 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 

FRTIB 0 0 0 0

 0

AGENCY OVERALL 0 0 0 0

 

 

 

 
XII.C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OT

AND PENDING AT THE AGENCY

Agency / 

Component 

10th Oldest 

Consultation 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 

Date 

Number of Days 

AGENCY 

OVERALL 

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

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
XII.D.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL RE

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 

FRTIB 39 30 44 32

AGENCY OVERALL 39 30 44 32
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 

FRTIB 6 3

 

AGENCY OVERALL 6 3

 

 

 

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

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 

FRTIB 1 1 1 1

AGENCY OVERALL 1 1 1 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 

FRTIB 0 0

 

AGENCY OVERALL 0 0