Source: https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/foia/reports/annrep2015.cfm
Timestamp: 2020-01-25 12:06:37
Document Index: 558429019

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 552', '§ 2000', '§ 621', '§ 12101', '§ 206', '§ 2000', '§ 2000', '§107', '§ 12117', '§ 207', '§ 2000', 'art1610', '§ 552', '§ 1610', '§ 2000', '§ 12117', '§ 2000']

FOIA Annual Report 2015
FISCAL YEAR 2015 REPORT OF THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION ON ITS ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552
(202) 653-6034 (fax)
The majority of fiscal year 2015 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. (Title VII), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-633 (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-213 (ADA), the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (EPA), and Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff, et seq. Sections 706(b) and 709(e) of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-5(b) and 8(e), §107 of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12117, and § 207(a)(1) of GINA, 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff-6 prohibit Commission employees from making Title VII, ADA or GINA charges, conciliation materials, case file information and required reports 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.
3. Link to EEOC's FOIA regulations and fee schedule: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2013-title29-vol4/xml/CFR-2013-title29-vol4-part1610.xml
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.
FX - FOIAXPress. The EEOC transitioned to FX in September, 2015. FX 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)(A)(i) of the FOIA.
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.)
Section 83 - refers to Section 83 of the EEOC Compliance Manual Volume 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). r. 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. Concise Descriptions of FOIA Exemptions
Exemption 1 - classified national defense and foreign relations information.
Exemption 3 - information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law: (A) any Title VII , ADA or GINA charge file information requested by anyone other than the Charging Party or the Respondent to the charge, such as the charge file or information concerning the existence of charge files, (B) Title VII, ADA or GINA information requested by the Charge Party or the Respondent after the time limit for filing a lawsuit has expired and no lawsuit has been filed, (C) reference to other Title VII, ADA or GINA charges in the charge file, (D) EEO reports required to be filed under Title VII, if requester has not filed suit against the respondent, or (E) information submitted by unsuccessful bidders for contracts with the EEOC.
4. Agency Component Abbreviations
Office of Legal Counsel/Headquarters
42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(b), 2000e- 8(e) (Civil Rights act of 1964)
Information pertaining to charges of unlawful employment discrimination practices; information obtained by the EEOC in the investigation of charges of unlawful employment practices
Frito-Lay v. EEOC, 964 F. Supp. 236, 240-43 (W.D. Ky. 1997); and Am. Centennial Ins. Co. v. EEOC, 722 F. Supp. 180, 184 (D.N.J. 1989)
OLC/HQ
42 U.S.C. § 12117
Information pertaining to charges of unlawful employment discrimination practices under the ADA; information obtained by the EEOC in the investigation of charges of unlawful employment practices including conciliation materials; and specific reports and information required to be furnished to the EEOC
42 U.S.C. § 2000ff-6
Information pertaining to charges of unlawful employment discrimination practices under the GINA; information obtained by the EEOC in the investigation of charges of unlawful employment practices including conciliation materials; and specific reports and information required to be furnished to the EEOC
No Component Response to Adjudicate
Due to a system limitation, EEOC was unable to calculate the median and average numbers of days to adjudicate requests for fee waiver. This has been corrected for future reporting.
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