DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Freedom of Information Act Annual Report FY 2015 I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT A. Name, title, address, and telephone number of person to be contacted with questions about the report: Ms. Alexis R. Graves Department FOIA Officer Office of the Chief Information Officer 1400 Independence Avenue Room 428-W Washington, DC 20250 Tel. (202) 690-3318 B. Electronic link for access to the Report on the agency Web site: C. To obtain a paper copy of this report please submit a written or electronic request to: Ms. Alexis R. Graves Department FOIA Officer Office of the Chief Information Officer 1400 Independence Avenue Room 428-W Washington, DC 20250 II. MAKING A FOIA REQUEST A. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all individual agency components that receive FOIA requests.
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 AMS 0 0 0 0 APHIS 0 5 3 2 ASCR 0 0 0 0 FAS 0 1 1 0 FNCS 0 0 0 0 FSA 2 24 24 2 FSIS 0 0 0 0 FS 0 4 4 0 GIPSA 0 0 0 0 NAD 0 0 0 0 NRCS 0 2 2 0 OBPA 0 2 2 0 OCFO 0 0 0 0 OGC 0 0 0 0 OIG 0 8 6 2 OSEC/OCIO/DM 0 6 6 0 RD 1 1 1 1 REE 0 0 0 0 RMA 0 0 0 0 AGENCY OVERALL 3 53 49 7
XII.D.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- 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 AMS 161 141 163 142 APHIS 993 955 798 959 ASCR 19 32 18 33 FAS 49 52 49 46 FNCS 334 495 309 462 FSA 14,814 14,854 14,343 14,232 FSIS 419 319 365 374 FS 1,939 2,072 1,889 1,935 GIPSA 36 75 37 74 NAD 4 2 0 0 NRCS 300 252 388 221 OBPA 5 23 8 23 OCFO 20 11 16 5 OGC 29 17 27 12 OIG 137 115 115 112 OSEC/OCIO/DM 181 235 251 225 RD 248 260 301 485 REE 115 127 115 122 RMA 61 95 51 97 AGENCY OVERALL 19,864 20,132 19,243 19,559
XII.E.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL 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 AMS 10 6 8 3 APHIS 36 20 31 20 ASCR 0 1 0 1 FAS 2 2 2 1 FNCS 47 131 6 6 FSA 22 18 16 22 FSIS 18 12 16 12 FS 71 65 50 51 GIPSA 3 1 1 3 NAD 0 0 0 0 NRCS 4 11 9 8 OBPA 0 0 0 0 OCFO 0 0 0 0 OGC 2 0 2 0 OIG 8 7 8 6 OSEC/OCIO/DM 8 6 10 4 RD 8 19 10 29 REE 0 2 0 2 RMA 3 3 0 3 AGENCY OVERALL 242 304 169 171