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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 11', '§7114', '§128', '§130', 'Application No 10', '§424', '§455', '§618', '§1102', '§2305', '§470', '§798', '§2778', '§6103', '§3730', '§423', '§2162', '§2168', '§402', '§403', '§403', '§435', '§ 2411', '§ 6103', '§ 6103', '§ 403', 'art: 118']

Basic Report Item I. Basic Information Regarding
the Report Item II. How to Make a FOIA
Request Item III. Definitions of
Terms and Acronyms Used in the Report Item IV. Exemption 3 Statutes Item V. Initial FOIA/PA Requests Part A. Numbers of Initial Requests
Part B. Disposition of Initial Requests
Part B. Number 1. Exemptions Invoked on Initial Denials
Part B. Number 2. Other Reasons Cited on Initial Determinations
for Nondisclosure
Item VI. Appeals of Initial
Denials of FOIA/PA Requests Part A. Numbers of Appeals Part B. Disposition of Appeals
Part B. Number 1. Exemptions Invoked on Appeal Denials Part B. Number 2. Other Reasons Cited on Initial Determinations
Item VII. Compliance with Time
Limits/Status of Pending Requests Part A. Median Processing Times for Initial Requests Processed
During the Year Part B. Status of Pending Requests
Item VIII. Comparison With
Previous Year (Optional, Not Used) Item IX. FOIA Staffing/Costs Item X. Fees Collected From
Public Item XI. FOIA Regulation,
Including Fee Schedule Supporting Tables Tables for Item V. Initial FOIA/PA Requests Part A. Numbers of Initial Requests
Part B. Number 1. Exemptions Invoked
on Initial Denials
Part B. Number 3. Exemptions Invoked
on Initial Requests
Part B. Number 4. "Specific" Other Reasons
Cited on Initial Determinations for Nondisclosure.
Part B. Number 4 supplemental "Specific"
Other Reasons Cited on Initial Determinations for Nondisclosure
Tables for Item VI. Appeals of Initial Denials
of FOIA/PA Requests Part A. Numbers of Appeals Part B. Disposition of Appeals
on Appeal Denials
Part B. Number 4. Other Reasons Cited
on Appeal Determinations for Nondisclosure
Tables for Item VII. Compliance with Time Limits/Status
of Pending Requests Part A. Median Processing Times for
Initial Requests Processed During the Year Part B. Status of Pending Requests
Table for Item IX. FOIA
Staffing/Costs Item I.
A. Title, address, and telephone number of person to be contacted with
questions about the report: Write to: Chief, Program Management Division Directorate for Freedom of Information and Security Review 1155 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1155 Telephone: (703) 695-4773 Name of Incumbent: LTC D. E. Campbell, U. S. Army. B. The electronic address (Universal Resource Line, URL) for this report
is: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/98report/
C. You may obtain a paper copy of DoD�s Annual FOIA Report for Fiscal Year
1998 by writing to the above address and asking for a copy. A FOIA request
is not necessary. Please include a mailing address. Item II.
The Department of Defense (DoD) Freedom of Information Act Handbook provides
basic information about how to make a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request and general information about the Freedom of Information Act Program
within the Department of Defense (DoD). This document also contains DoD
component addresses, a brief description of response times, and the reason
why some requests are not granted. The DoD Freedom of Information Act Handbook
can be found at: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/foiapam3.pdf
Item III. Definition of Terms and Acronyms
A. Agency-specific acronyms or other terms. 1. The Military Departments. a. The Department of the Army: Dept Army. b. Department of the Navy: Dept Navy. The United States Marine Corps,
USMC, is a part of the Department of the Navy. c. Department of the Air Force: Dept Air Force. 2. Other Defense Agencies and Activities. a. Defense Contract Audit Agency: DCAA. b. Defense Finance and Accounting Service: DFAS. c. Defense Information Systems Agency: DISA. d. Defense Intelligence Agency: DIA. e. Defense Logistics Agency: DLA. f. Defense Security Service: DSS. Formerly Defense Investigative Service,
DIS. g. Defense Threat Reduction Agency: DTRA. Formerly Defense Special Weapons
Agency, DSWA. h. National Imagery and Mapping Agency: NIMA. Formerly Defense Mapping
Agency, DMA. i. National Security Agency/Central Security Service: NSA/CSS or NSA. j. National Reconnaissance Office: NRO. k. Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense: OIG, DoD.
3. Office of the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, Combatant Commands, and Defense Agencies/Activities not
listed above: OSD/JS. 4. "Other Reasons" Cited on Initial and Appeal Determinations. a. No Records. A reasonable search of files failed to identify
records responsive to the request. b. Referrals. The request was referred to another DoD Component
or Federal Agency for action. c. Withdrawn. The request was withdrawn by the requester. d. Fee-Related Reason. The requester is unwilling to pay fees
associated with the request; the requester is past due in the payment of
fees associated with a previous FOIA request; or the requester disagrees
with a fee estimate. e. Records not Reasonably Described. The request could not be
acted upon since the record had not been described with sufficient particularity
to enable the DoD Component to locate it by conducting a reasonable search. f. Not a Proper FOIA Request for Some Other Reason. The requester
has failed unreasonably to comply with legitimate procedural requirements
which are not not fee-related. g. Not an Agency Record. The requested information was not a
record within the meaning of the FOIA. h. Duplicate Request. A request for the same information by the
same requester. This includes identical requests received via different
means (e.g., electronic mail, facsimile, mail, courier) at the same or
different times. i. Other. Any other reason a requester does not comply with published
rules, other than those mentioned above. B. Basic terms, expressed in common terminology. 1. Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) request: A FOIA request is generally a request for access to records concerning
are also treated as FOIA requests. All requests for access to records,
regardless of which law is cited by the requester (FOIA or PA), are included
in this report. 2. Initial Request: A request to a federal agency for access
to records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). 3. Appeal: A request to a federal agency asking that it
review at a higher administrative level a full denial or partial denial
of access to records under the Freedom of Information Act, or any other
FOIA determination such as a matter pertaining to fees. 4. Processed Request or Appeal: A request or appeal for
which an agency has taken a final action on the request or the appeal in
all respects. 5. 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 in each track are processed on a first-in/first out basis.
A requester who has an urgent need for records may request expedited processing
(see below). 6. Expedited processing: An agency will process a FOIA request on an expedited basis when a requester has shown an exceptional
need or urgency for the records which warrants prioritization of his or
her request over other requests that were made earlier. 7. Simple request: A FOIA request that an agency using
multi-track processing places in its fastest (nonexpedited) track based
on the volume and/or simplicity of records requested. 8. Complex request: A FOIA request that an agency using
complexity of records requested. 9. Grant: An agency decision to disclose all records in
full in response to a FOIA request. 10. Partial grant: An agency decision to disclose a record
in part in response to a FOIA request, deleting information determined
to be exempt under one or more of the FOIA's exemptions; or a decision
to disclose some records in their entireties, but to withhold others in
whole or in part. 11. Denial: An agency decision not to release any part
of a record or records in response to a FOIA request because all the information
in the requested records is determined by the agency to be exempt under
one or more of the FOIA's exemptions, or for some procedural reason (such
as because no record is located in response to a FOIA request). 12. Time limits: The time period in the Freedom of Information
Act for an agency to respond to a FOIA request (ordinarily 20 working days
from proper receipt of a "perfected" FOIA request). 13. "Perfected" request: A FOIA request for records which
adequately describes the records sought, which has been received by the
FOIA office of the agency or agency component in possession of the records,
and for which there is no remaining question about the payment of applicable
fees. 14. Exemption 3 statute: A separate federal statute prohibiting
holding under FOIA subsection (b)(3). 15. Median number: The middle, not average, number. For
example, of 3, 7, and 14, the median number is 7. 16. Average number: The number obtained by dividing the
sum of a group of numbers by the quantity of numbers in the group. For
Court Upheld? Statute Types of Material Withheld
Under Statute Yes1 5 USC §7114(b)(4) Civil Service Reform Act � Representation Rights
and Duties, Labor Unions No 10 USC §128 Authority to Withhold Unclassified Special Nuclear
Weapons Information Yes2 10 USC §130 Authority to Withhold Unclassified Technical
Data with Military or Space Application No 10 USC §424 Protection of Organizational and Personnel Information
for DIA, NRO, and NIMA No 10 USC §455 Maps, Charts, and Geodetic Data; Public Availability No 10 USC §618(f) Action on Reports of Selection, Generally for
Promotion, Boards No 10 USC §1102 Confidentiality of Medical Records No 10 USC §2305(g) Protection of Contractor Proposals No 16 USC §470w-3 National Historic Preservation Yes3 18 USC §798(a) Communications Intelligence No 22 USC §2778(e) Sec 38(e) of the Arms Export
Control Act Control of Arms Exports Yes4 26 USC §6103 Confidentiality and Disclosure of Returns and
Return Information No 31 USC §3730(b)(2) Civil Actions for False Claims (specifies that
materials related to civil complaints filed by private individuals on behalf
of the U. S. Government under the False Claims Act will remain under seal
for at least 60 days and shall not be served on a defendant until the court
so orders). No 41 USC §423 Procurement Integrity Court Upheld? Statute Types of Material Withheld
Under Statute Yes5 42 USC §2162(a) Restricted Data (Atomic Energy), Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 No 42 USC §2168(a)(1)(C) Formerly Restricted Data (Atomic Energy), Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 Yes6 50 USC §402 Note Sec 6, P.L. 86-36 NSA Functions and Information Yes7 50 USC §403-3(c)(6) National Security Act
of 1947, Subsection 102(d)(3), as amended Intelligence Sources and Methods Yes8 50 USC §403(g), Section 6 of the CIA Act
of 1949 CIA Functions and Information No 50 USC §435 Note Sec 1082, P.L. 102-190 Disclosure of Information Concerning US Personnel
Classified as POW/MIA During Vietnam Conflict (McCain "Truth Bill") Yes9 50 U.S.C. app. § 2411(c) (1), The Export
Administration Act of 1979 Confidentiality of Information Obtained Under
the Export Administration Act of 1979 Item IV. Endnotes 1 Dubin v. Department of the Treasury,
555 F. Supp. 408, 412 (N.D. Ga. 1981), aff'd, 697 F.2d 1093 (11th
Cir. 1983) (unpublished table decision); NTEU v. OPM, No. 76-695,
slip op. at 4 (D.D.C. July 9, 1979). 2 Chenkin v. Department of the Army,
No. 93-494, 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20907, at *8 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 14, 1994),
aff'd, 61 F.3d 894 (3d Cir. 1995) (unpublished table decision); Colonial
Trading Corp. v. Department of the Navy, 735 F. Supp. 429, 431 (D.D.C.
1990); see also American Friends Serv. Comm. v. DOD, No. 83-4916,
1986 WL 10659, at *4(E.D. Pa. Sept. 25, 1986), rev'd on other grounds,
831 F.2d 441 (3d Cir. 1987). 3 Winter v. NSA, 569 F. Supp.
545, 548 (S.D. Cal. 1983); see also Gilmore v. NSA, No. C 92-3646,
1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7694, at **26-27 (N.D. Cal. May 3, 1993) (finding
that information on cryptography currently used by NSA "integrally related"
to function and activity of intelligence gathering and thus protected). 4 Church of Scientology v. IRS,
484 U.S. 9, 15 (1987); Aronson v. IRS, 973 F.2d 962, 964-65 (1st
Cir. 1992) (finding that IRS lawfully exercised discretion to withhold
street addresses pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6103(m)(1)); Long v. IRS,
891 F.2d 222, 224 (9th Cir. 1989) (holding that deletion of taxpayers'
identification does not alter confidentiality of § 6103 information);
DeSalvo v. IRS, 861 F.2d 1217, 1221 (10th Cir. 1988); Grasso
v. IRS, 785 F.2d 70, 77 (3d Cir. 1986); Long v. IRS, 742 F.2d
1173, 1179 (9th Cir. 1984); Ryan v. ATF, 715 F.2d 644, 645 (D.C.
Cir. 1983); Currie v. IRS, 704 F.2d 523, 527-28 (11th Cir. 1983);
Willamette Indus. v. United States, 689 F.2d 865, 867 (9th Cir.
1982); Barney v. IRS, 618 F.2d 1268, 1274 n.15 (8th Cir. 1980) (dictum);
Chamberlain v. Kurtz, 589 F.2d 827, 843 (5th Cir. 1979). 5 Meeropol v.
Smith, No. 75-1121, slip op. at 53-55 (D.D.C. Feb. 29, 1984), aff'd
in relevant part & remanded in part sub nom. Meeropol v. Meese,
790 F.2d 942 (D.C. Cir. 1986). But see General Elec. Co. v. NRC,
750 F.2d 1394, 1401 (7th Cir. 1984) (concluding that provision concerning
technical information furnished by license applicants lacked sufficient
specificity to qualify as Exemption 3 statute). 6 Founding Church of Scientology
v. NSA, 610 F.2d 824, 828 (D.C. Cir. 1979); Hayden v. NSA, 452
F. Supp. 247,252 (D.D.C. 1978), aff'd, 608 F.2d 1381 (D.C. Cir. 1979). 7 CIA v. Sims, 471 U.S. 159,
167 (1985); see also Minier v. CIA, 88 F.3d 796, 801 (9th Cir. 1996)
(finding that agency properly refused to confirm or deny existence of records
concerning deceased person's alleged employment relationship with CIA);
Maynard v. CIA, 986 F.2d 547, 554 (1st Cir. 1993) (stating that
under § 403(d)(3) it is responsibility of Director of CIA to determine
whether sources or methods should be disclosed); Krikorian v. Department
of State, 984 F.2d 461, 465 (D.C. Cir. 1993) (same); Fitzgibbon
v. CIA, 911 F.2d 755, 761 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (same); Hunt v. CIA,
981 F.2d 1116, 1118 (9th Cir. 1992) (upholding agency's "Glomar" response
to request on foreign national, because acknowledgement of any records
would reveal sources and methods); Knight v. CIA, 872 F.2d 660,
663 (8th Cir. 1989) (same); Levy v. CIA, No. 95-1276, slip op. at
14-17 (D.D.C. Nov. 16, 1995) (same), aff'd, No. 96-5004 (D.C. Cir.
Jan. 15, 1997); Roman v. Dailey, No. 97-1164, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
6708, at **10-11 (D.D.C. May 11, 1998) (concluding that agency properly
refused to confirm or deny existence of records pertaining to agency personnel
and spy satellite programs); Blazy v. Tenet, 979 F. Supp. 10, 23-24
(D.D.C. 1997) (protecting intelligence sources and methods located in requester's
personnel file), summary affirmance granted, No. 97-5330 (D.C. Cir.
May 12, 1998); Andrade v. CIA, No. 95-1215, 1997 WL 527347, at **3-5
(D.D.C. Aug. 18, 1997) (holding intelligence methods used in assessing
employee fitness protectible); Earth Pledge Found. v. CIA, 988 F.
Supp. 623, 627 (S.D.N.Y. 1996) (finding agency's "Glomar" response proper
because acknowledgement of records would generate "danger of revealing
sources"), aff'd per curiam, 128 F.3d 788 (2d Cir. 1997) (unpublished
table decision); Campbell v. United States Dep't of Justice, No.
89-CV-3016, 1996 WL 554511, at *6 (D.D.C. Sept. 19, 1996) ("CIA director
is to be afforded �great deference� by courts determining the propriety
of nondisclosure of intelligence sources"); cf. Linder v. DOD,
133 F.3d 17, 25 (D.C. Cir. 1998) ("[C]ourts must give `great deference'
to the Director of Central Intelligence's determination that a classified
document could reveal intelligence sources and methods and endanger national
security.") (non-FOIA case). 8 Minier, 88 F.3d at 801; Roman,
1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6708, at **10-11; Blazy, 979 F. Supp. at 23-24; Earth
Pledge Found., 988 F. Supp. at 627-28; Campbell, 1996 WL 554511,
at *6; Kronisch v. United States, No. 83-2458, 1995 WL 303625, at
**4-6 (S.D.N.Y. May 18, 1995); Hunsberger v. CIA, No. 92-2186, slip
op. at 3 (D.D.C. Apr. 5, 1995); Rothschild v. CIA, No. 91-1314,
1992 WL 71393, at *2 (D.D.C. Mar. 25, 1992); Lawyers Comm. for Human
Rights v. INS, 721 F. Supp. 552, 567 (S.D.N.Y. 1989); Pfeiffer v.
CIA, 721 F. Supp. 337, 341-42 (D.D.C. 1989). 9 Armstrong v. Executive Office of
the President, No. 89-142, slip op. at 30-35 (D.D.C. July 28, 1995)
(protecting information from export license application under Export Administration
Act as Exemption 3 statute even though statute had lapsed and its provisions
were extended by executive order); Africa Fund v. Mosbacher, No.
92 Civ. 289, 1993 WL 183736, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. May 26, 1993) (holding that
Export Administration Act protection applied to agency denial made after
Act expired and before subsequent reextension); Lessner v. United States
Dep't of Commerce, 827 F.2d 1333, 1336-37 (9th Cir. 1987) (construing
statute as effective in 1987). Item V.
A. Numbers of initial requests. 1. Number of requests pending as of end of preceding
fiscal year (1 Oct 97): 8,804 2. Number of requests received during current fiscal
year (FY 1998): 107,627 3. Number of requests processed during current
fiscal year (FY 1998): 106,191 4. Number of requests pending as of end of current
fiscal year (30 Sep 98): 10,240 B. Disposition of initial requests. 1. Number of grants: 65,164 2. Number of partial grants: 9,998 3. Number of denials: 2,065 a. Number of times each FOIA exemption used
(counting each exemption once per request). (1) Exemption 1: 1,370 (2) Exemption 2: 970 (3) Exemption 3: 1,177 (4) Exemption 4: 1,259 (5) Exemption 5: 2,216 (6) Exemption 6: 5,810 (7) Exemption 7(A): 419 (8) Exemption 7(B): 52 (9) Exemption 7(C): 3,468 (10) Exemption 7(D): 735 (11) Exemption 7(E): 295 (12) Exemption 7(F): 742 (13) Exemption 8: 0 (14) Exemption 9: 0 4. Other reasons for nondisclosure (total): a. No records: 9,126 b. Referrals: 9,809 c. Request withdrawn: 2,741 d. Fee-related reason: 1,425 e. Records not reasonably described: 4,425 f. Not a proper FOIA request for some other reason: 1,949 g. Not an agency record: 1,922 h. Duplicate request: 1,678 i. Other (specify*): 253 * Note: See table later. Item VI.
A. Numbers of appeals. 1. Number of appeals received during fiscal year
(FY 1998): 1,096 2. Number of appeals processed during fiscal year
(FY 1998): 1,098 B. Disposition of appeals. 1. Number denied in full: 647 2. Number denied in part: 118 3. Number completely reversed (granted): 38 a. Number of times each FOIA exemption used (counting each
exemption once per appeal). (1) Exemption 1: 88 (2) Exemption 2: 44 (3) Exemption 3: 62 (4) Exemption 4: 38 (5) Exemption 5: 200 (6) Exemption 6: 270 (7) Exemption 7(A): 58 (8) Exemption 7(B): 4 (9) Exemption 7(C): 107 (10) Exemption 7(D): 13 (11) Exemption 7(E): 9 (12) Exemption 7(F): 5 (13) Exemption 8: 0 (14) Exemption 9: 0 4. Other reasons for nondisclosure
(total): a.
98 b. Referrals: 60 c. Request withdrawn: 112 d. Fee-related reason: 19 e. Records not reasonably described: 7 f. Not a proper FOIA request for some other reason: 18 g. Not an agency record: 0 h. Duplicate request: 4 i. Other (specify*): 6 * Note: See table later. Item VII.
Compliance With Time Limits/Status of Pending
A. Median processing time for requests processed during the year (FY 1998). 1. Simple requests. a. Number of requests processed: 85,964 b. Median number of days to process: 16 2. Complex requests. a. Number of requests processed: 17,907 b. Median number of days to process: 39 3. Requests accorded expedited processing a. Number of requests processed: 2,320 b. Median number of days to process: 2.5 B. Status of pending requests (as of: 30 Sep 98). 1. Number of requests pending: 10,240 2. Median age of above cases in days: 73 Item VIII.
(Optional, Not Used) Item IX.
A. Staffing levels (expressed in work years). 1. Number of full-time FOIA personnel: 285.57 2. Number of personnel with part-time or occasional
FOIA duties: 520.35 3. Total number of personnel: 805.92 B. Total costs (including staff and all resources). 1. FOIA processing (including appeals): $39,086,264.90 2. Litigation-related activities (estimated): $499,424.07 3. Total costs: $39,585,.688.97 Item X.
A. Total amount of fees collected by the agency
for processing requests: $689.154.55 B. Percentage of total costs: 1.7 Item XI.
A. The Department of Defense (DoD) Freedom of Information Act Program
Regulation, DoD 5400.7-R, September 4, 1998, which provides guidance regarding
administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Program within
the Department of Defense (DoD), can be found at:
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/54007.htm B. The Fee Schedule is Chapter 6 of the above regulation. C. Additional Department of Defense FOIA documents and hyperlinks,
including a copy of this report in portable document file format, can be
found by accessing the following Universal Resource Locator (URL): http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/ While not required, the tables on the pages that follow
provide additional information for DoD components.