IV. Exemption 3 Statutes Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Agency / Component Number of Times Relied upon by Agency / Component Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency Overall 7 U.S.C. § 608(d)(2) Information for marketing order programs that are categorized as trade secrets and commercial or financial information. None. AMS 1 1 7 U.S.C. § 1502(c) Personal information provided by agricultural producer (policy information, yield data, etc.) None. NRCS 5 13 Personal information provided by agricultural producer (policy information, yield data, etc.) None. RMA 8 7 U.S.C. § 2018(c) Information obtained pursuant to chapter 51 of title 7 of the United States Code, which concerns the handling of information submitted by applicants to the Argus Leader Media v. U.S. Dep't of Agriculture, 2012 WL 4482939 (Sept. 27, 2012) FNCS 79 79
land concerning the agricultural operation, farming or conservation practices, or the land itself, in order to participate in programs of the Department" and certain "geospatial information . . . maintained by the Secretary" 2010); Zanoni v. USDA, 605 F. Supp. 2d 230, (D.D.C. 2009). "[I]nformation provided by an agricultural producer or of agricultural land concerning the agricultural operation, farming or conservation practices, or the land itself, in order to participate in programs of the Department" and certain "geospatial information . . . maintained by the Secretary" Ctr. For Biological Diversity v. USDA, 626 F3d. 1113, 1118 (9th Cir. 2010); Zanoni v. USDA, 605 F. Supp. 2d 230, (D.D.C. C 2009). NRCS 56 "[I]nformation provided by an agricultural producer or owner of agricultural land Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. USDA, 626 F3d. 1113, 1118 (9th Cir. 2010); Zanoni v. RMA 3
ownership of a historic resource 41 U.S.C. § 253b(m)(1) (currently at 41 U.S.C. § 4702) Contractor proposals that are in the possession or control of an executive agency and that have not been set forth or incorporated by reference into contracts Sinkfield v. HUD, No. 10-885, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35233, at *13-15 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 15, 2012); Margolin v. NASA, No. 2011 WL 1303221, at *6 (D. Nev. Mar. 31, 2011); Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d 21, 30 (D.D.C. 2003), summary affirmance granted, No. 03-5257, 2004 WL 1900562 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 25, 2004). NRCS 6 9 Contractor proposals that are in the possession or control of an executive agency and that have not been set forth or incorporated by reference into contracts Sinkfield v. HUD, No. 10-885, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35233, at *13-15 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 15, 2012); Margolin v. NASA, No. 2011 WL 1303221, at *6 (D. Nev. Mar. 31, 2011); Hornbostel OSEC/OCIO/DM 3
V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS Agency / Component Number of Full Grants Number of Partial Grants / Partial Denials Number of Full Denials Based on Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions No Records All Records Referred to Another or Agency Request Reason Records not Described Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason Not Agency Record Duplicate Request Other *Explain in Chart Below TOTAL AMS 47 82 3 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 163 APHIS 127 404 23 123 14 51 2 3 2 15 22 12 798 ASCR 1 10 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 FAS 21 5 0 5 0 2 2 2 0 11 1 0 49 FNCS 67 151 5 34 6 12 4 0 2 12 1 15 309 FSA 13,519 230 105 111 177 51 53 30 25 8 23 11 14,343 FSIS 45 202 6 52 8 19 9 0 6 2 5 11 365 FS 825 601 62 171 54 71 16 3 11 2 25 48 1,889 GIPSA 5 14 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 37 NAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NRCS 152 79 35 33 9 35 4 0 2 2 9 28 388 OBPA 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 OCFO 3 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 OGC 2 10 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 27 OIG 13 26 19 33 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 115 63 90 7 38 5 12 2 3 2 6 9 14 251
XII.A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals Agency / Component Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of Fiscal Year Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of Fiscal Year AMS 26 9 APHIS 425 91 ASCR 2 0 FAS 0 0 FNCS 16 42 FSA 30 6 FSIS 133 3 FS 260 59 GIPSA 0 2 NAD 8 0 NRCS 13 1 OBPA 0 0 OCFO 10 1 OGC 15 1 OIG 88 0 OSEC/OCIO/DM 20 5 RD 258 16 REE 0 0 RMA 10 32 AGENCY OVERALL 1,314 268
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 152 161 153 163 APHIS 885 993 760 798 ASCR 23 19 24 18 FAS 37 49 40 49 FNCS 277 334 271 309 FSA 17,231 14,814 16,728 14,343 FSIS 379 419 351 365 FS 2,439 1,939 2,353 1,889 GIPSA 58 36 61 37 NAD 10 4 8 0 NRCS 327 300 219 388 OBPA 18 5 15 8 OCFO 30 20 21 16 OGC 30 29 27 27 OIG 127 137 76 115 OSEC/OCIO/DM 218 181 174 251 RD 190 248 113 301 REE 88 115 87 115 RMA 61 61 75 51 AGENCY OVERALL 22,580 19,864 21,556 19,243
XII.D.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED REQUESTS Agency / Component Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report AMS 27 26 APHIS 233 425 ASCR 0 2 FAS 1 0 FNCS 3 16 FSA 17 30 FSIS 91 133 FS 223 260 GIPSA 0 0 NAD 0 8 NRCS 94 13 OBPA 0 0 OCFO 5 10 OGC 12 15 OIG 69 88 OSEC/OCIO/DM 66 20 RD 296 258 REE 0 0 RMA 0 10 AGENCY OVERALL 1,137 1,314