with a determination within a period great-
er than 1 day and less than 201 days, stat-
ed in 20-day increments; 
‘‘(ii) the number of requests for 
records to which the agency has responded 
with a determination within a period great-
er than 200 days and less than 301 days; 
‘‘(iii) the number of requests for 
records to which the agency has responded 
with a determination within a period great-
er than 300 days and less than 401 days; 
and 
‘‘(iv) the number of requests for 
records to which the agency has responded 
with a determination within a period great-
er than 400 days; 
‘‘(H) the average number of days for the 
agency to provide the granted information be-
ginning on the date on which each request was 
initially received by the agency, the median 
number of days for the agency to provide the 
granted information, and the range in number 
of days for the agency to provide the granted 
information; 
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‘‘(I) the median and average number of 
days for the agency to respond with a deter-
mination to administrative appeals based on the 
date on which each appeal was initially received 
by the agency; the highest number of business 
days taken by the agency to respond to an ad-
ministrative appeal; and the lowest number of 
business days taken by the agency to respond 
to an administrative appeal; 
‘‘(J) data on the 10 active requests with 
the earliest filing dates pending at the agency, 
including the amount of time that has elapsed 
since each request was initially received by the 
agency; 
‘‘(K) data on the 10 active administrative 
appeals with the earliest filing dates pending at 
the agency as of September 30 of the preceding 
year, including the number of business days 
that have elapsed since each request was ini-
tially received by the agency; 
‘‘(L) the number of expedited review re-
quests received by the agency, the number that 
were granted and the number that were denied, 
the average and median number of days for ad-
judicating expedited review requests, and the 
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number of requests that adjudicated within the 
required 10 days; 
‘‘(M) the number of fee waiver requests 
that were granted and the number that were 
denied, and the average and median number of 
days for adjudicating fee waiver determina-
tions;’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF RAW STATISTICAL DATA.— 
Section 552(e)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding after the period the following: ‘‘In addition, 
each agency shall make the raw statistical data used in 
its reports available electronically to the public upon re-
quest.’’. 
SEC. 10. OPENNESS OF AGENCY RECORDS MAINTAINED BY 
A PRIVATE ENTITY. 
Section 552(f) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) ‘record’ and any other term used in this 
section in reference to information includes— 
‘‘(A) any information that would be an 
agency record subject to the requirements of 
this section when maintained by an agency in 
any format, including an electronic format; and 
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‘‘(B) any information described under sub-
paragraph (A) that is maintained for an agency 
by an entity under a contract between the agen-
cy and the entity.’’. 
SEC. 11. OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERV-
ICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2119 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2120. Office of Government Information Services 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Na-
tional Archives an office to be known as the ‘Office of Gov-
ernment Information Services’. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL INFORMATION ADVOCATE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Government 
Information Services shall be under the supervision 
and direction of an official to be known as the ‘Na-
tional Information Advocate’ who shall report di-
rectly to the Archivist of the United States. 
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE.— 
‘‘(A) GUIDANCE FOR REQUESTERS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Gov-
ernment Information Services shall pro-
vide, as a non-exclusive alternative to liti-
gation, guidance to FOIA requesters. 
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