Source: https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/foia/reports/annrep2009.cfm
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 12:32:05+00:00

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See 29 C.F.R. §1610.4 and the agency’s FOIA web page at http://www.eeoc.gov/foia/contacts.html for the EEOC FOIA contacts.
The majority of fiscal year 2009 FOIA requests received by the Commission were for materials contained in the Commission’s investigative case files that involved charges of discrimination filed pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et. seq., the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-633, the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d), and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-213. Sections 706(b) and 709(e) of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-5(b) and 8(e), and §107 of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12117 prohibit Commission employees from making Title VII or ADA charges, conciliation materials, required reports and case file information public. In certain instances, parties to the charge are entitled access to the disclosable portions of the charge file. Examples of non-disclosable material in charge files are discussed in detail in section XII of this report.
EEOC – Equal employment Opportunity Commission.
E-FOIA – Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments, 5 U.S.C. § 552, Pub. L. No. 104-231, 110 Stat 3048.
FTS - FOIA Tracking System. The FTS tracks all incoming FOIA requests and appeals, as well as requests submitted through the Requester Service Center. The FTS also captures information required for the Annual FOIA Report.
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.
Section 83 – refers to Section 83 of the EEOC Compliance Manual Section I which provides for access to relevant case files by charging parties, aggrieved persons on whose behalf a charge has been filed, and entities against whom charges have been filed. 29 C.F.R.§ 1610.17(d).
Exemption 1 - classified national defense and foreign relations information.
Exemption 2 - internal agency rules and practices.
Exemption 3 - information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law.
Exemption 4 - trade secrets and other confidential business information.
Exemption 5 - inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal privileges.
Exemption 6 - information involving matters of personal privacy.
Exemption 7 - 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 the identity of a confidential source, (E) would 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.
Exemption 8 - information relating to the supervision of financial institutions.
Exemption 9 - geological information on wells.
**Note: Since the FY ’08 report, Charlotte and the Washington Field Office have become two separate FOIA components. Data for them is reported separately.
*Note: Since the FY ’08 report Charlotte and the Washington Field Office have become two separate FOIA components. The FY’08 pending FOIAs have been allocated to the two offices accordingly.
* Note: The figures for total FOIA requests processed in chart V.A. and in this chart fail to match for a variety of reasons including errors in the merge and migration of data from two prior tracking systems to the new FTS system, and the failure to follow uniform business rules for data entry. Specifically, we believe that the 16,912 total for the disposition of processed requests in this chart may result from the double-counting of some requests. Steps are being taken to eliminate this problem in future EEOC FOIA reports.
V.B.(2) Disposition of FOIA Requests – “Other” Reasons for “Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions” from Section V. B(1) Chart.
Note: EEOC rarely uses Exemption (b)(7)F) and never uses Exemptions 1, 8 and 9.
The EEOC Legal Counsel adjudicates all administrative appeals.
Note:* EEOC had no information to report in this chart as FOIA requests are not complex/multi-tracked.
Note:* There are no figures under Complex because EEOC does not multi track its FOIA request data. No data is captured for Expedited Processing because there were no such requests pending at the end of the fiscal year.
Note: There is no data showing the average, median, or number of days to adjudicate a request for a fee waiver or to expedite a request in this fiscal year’s report. The data necessary to calculate this information was lost during the migration of EEOC FOIA data from two prior tracking systems to the newly developed agency-wide FTS. Steps have been taken to ensure that this data is captured and included in future EEOC FOIA reports.
Note: FY ’09 data concerning the number of Fee Waivers granted and denied was lost during the migration of data from the two former tracking systems to the recently launched agency-wide FTS. Steps have been taken to ensure that this data is captured and included in future EEOC FOIA reports.
Note: EEOC expended $960 preparing a brief in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed against the Birmingham District Office.
Note: Headquarters is the only office that processes FOIA appeals.
Note: EEOC did not receive any consultations from other agencies during Fiscal Year 2009.
*Note: The FY’08 Annual report combined Charlotte District Office and the Washington Field Office figures. This year’s report reflects the calculation of the Washington Field Office on its own.
*Note: The FY’08 Annual report combined Charlotte District Office and the Washington Field Office figures. This years FY’09 report reflects the calculation of the Washington Field Office on its own.

References: §1610
 § 206
 §107
 § 12117
 § 552
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