FS FSIS GIPSA NAD NRCS OBPA OCFO OGC OIG OSEC/OCIO REE RMA RD Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Number of Times Relied upon per Component Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency 7U.S.C. § 136i-1 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Data “that would directly or indirectly reveal the identity of individual producers [of certain pesticides].” Doe v. Veneman, 380 F.3d 807, 818 (5th Cir. 2004) AMS APHIS 2 ASCR DA FAS FNCS FSA FS FSIS
commercial or financial information. FSIS GIPSA NAD NRCS OBPA OCFO OGC OIG OSEC/OCIO REE RMA RD Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Number of Times Relied upon per Component Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency 7U.S.C.§1502(c) Federal Crop Insurance Act Personal information in connection with policy holders and/or yield data. None AMS APHIS ASCR DA FAS FNCS
Cotton Research and Promotion Act handlers or any of handlers in preparation of the filing of reports. DA FAS FNCS FSA FS FSIS GIPSA NAD NRCS OBPA OCFO OGC OIG OSEC/OCIO REE RMA RD Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Number of Times Relied upon per Component Total Number of Times Relied
upon by Agency 7U.S.C.§2276(a)(2) Food Security Act of 1985 “Information furnished under a provision of law referred to in subsection (d) of this section…unless such information has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form that does not allow the identification of the person who supplied particular information.” Strunk v. U.S. Department of Interior, 752 F. Supp. 2d, 39, 44 (D.D.C. 2010) AMS 5 APHIS ASCR DA FAS FNCS FSA 2 FS FSIS NAD NRCS OBPA OCFO OGC OIG OSEC/OCIO REE 3 RMA RD Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Number of Times Relied upon per Component Number of Times
Relied upon by Agency 7U.S.C.§2619(c) Potato Research and Promotion Act Confidential information furnished by handlers and importers for the filing of reports. None. AMS 1 1 APHIS ASCR DA FAS FNCS FSA FS FSIS GIPSA NAD NRCS OBPA OCFO OGC OIG OSEC/OCIO REE RMA RD Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Number of Relied upon per Component Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency 7U.S.C.§7414(i)(4) Agricultural Marketing Act Information provided by handlers and importers of agricultural commodities in connection with the filing of reports. None. AMS 1 1 APHIS ASCR DA FAS FNCS FSA FS FSIS GIPSA NAD NRCS OBPA OCFO OGC OIG OSEC/OCIO REE RMA RD
Statute 13 Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Number of Times Relied upon per Component Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency 7U.S.C.§8791 “Information provided by an agricultural producer or owner of agricultural land concerning the agricultural operations, 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 F.3d 1113, 1118 (9th Cir. 2010); Zanoni v. USDA, 605 F. Supp. 2d 230, 237-381 (D.D.C. 2009). AMS 1 340 APHIS 13 ASCR DA FAS FNCS FSA 248 FS 8 FSIS GIPSA NAD NRCS 70 OBPA OCFO OGC OIG OSEC/OCIO REE RMA RD Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Number of Times Relied upon per Component Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 Information pertaining to the nature and location of certain archaeological resources. 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). AMS APHIS ASCR DA FAS FNCS FSA FS 30 FSIS GIPSA
NAD NRCS 1 OBPA OCFO OGC OIG OSEC/OCIO REE RMA RD Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Number of Times Relied upon per Component Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency 16U.S.C.§470w-3 Archaeological site maps, cultural resources and historic sites None. AMS 12 APHIS ASCR DA FAS FNCS FSA FS 11 FSIS GIPSA NAD NRCS 1 OBPA OCFO OGC OIG OSEC/OCIO REE RMA RD
Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Number of Times Relied upon per Component Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency 35 U.S.C. §205 Information disclosing any invention in the Federal Government owns or may own a right, title, or interest. None. AMS 1 APHIS ASCR DA FAS FNCS FSA FS FSIS GIPSA NAD NRCS OBPA OCFO OGC OIG OSEC/OCIO REE 1 RMA RD Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Number of Times Relied upon per Component Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency (Previously 41 U.S.C. §253 Proposals not set forth or incorporated by reference in a Sinkfield v HUD, No. 10-885, 2012 U.S. Dist. Lexis 35233, at 13-15 AMS APHIS 1 ASCR DA FAS
NRCS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OBPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OCFO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OIG 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 OSEC/OCIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 REE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA OVERALL 10 2 25 2 2 4 0 3 8 1 12 C. (3) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – “Other” Reasons from Section VI, C (2) Chart Component Description of “Other” Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C (2) Number of times “Other” Reason was Relied Upon Component TOTAL AMS N/A 0 0 APHIS N/A 0 0 ASCR N/A 0 0 DM N/A 0 0 FAS N/A 0 0 FNCS Untimely appeal. 2 2 FSA N/A 0 0 FSIS Untimely appeal. 1 1 FS Moot 8 8 GIPSA N/A 0 0 NAD N/A 0 0 NRCS N/A 0 0 OBPA N/A 0 0 OCFO N/A 0 0 OGC N/A 0 0 OIG Untimely appeal. 1 1 OSEC/OCIO N/A 0 0 RD N/A 0 0 REE N/A 0 0 RMA N/A 0 0 USDA Overall 12 12
REE 1 1 7 7 1 RMA 2 1 1 2.67 3 USDA OVERALL 33 475 1 8.09 495 B. Requests for Fee Waiver Number Granted Number Denied *Median Number of Days to Adjudicate #Average Number of Days to Adjudicate AMS 10 3 1 9 APHIS 3 0 1 0.33 ASCR 0 0 0 0 DM 1 2 5 7.67 FAS 1 0 4 4 FNCS 24 0 1 0.12 FSA 888 1 1 FSIS 6 8 1 1 FS 256 4 1 4.87 GIPSA 8 0 5 9.38 NAD 0 0 0 0 NRCS 10 1 8 8 OBPA 0 0 0 0 OCFO 2 0 11 11 OGC 0 0 0 0 OIG 0 0 0 0 OSEC/OCIO 7 0 1 1 RD 0 0 0 0 REE 9 0 1 1 RMA 8 0 0.5 13.38 USDA OVERALL 1,233 78 1 4.93 IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS PERSONNEL Number of FOIA Number of “Equivalent Full-Time Total Number of “Full-Time FOIA Staff” Processing Costs (At initial request and appeal levels) Costs Costs
Date N/A 2012-09-19 2012-04-11 Number of Days 0 7 119 D. Comparison of Number of Requests from Previous and Current Annual Report – Requests Received, Processed, and Backlogged NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED Component 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 121 147 116 133 884 943 982 899 ASCR 69 27 67 27 DM 79 71 80 41 FAS 42 41 45 40 FNCS 252 241 239 255 FSA 17,076 16,848 16,948 16,656 FSIS 294 308 375 426 FS 2,450 2,309 2,385 2,235 GIPSA 46 54 49 50 NAD 8 14 8 14 NRCS 301 361 298 313 OBPA 16 11 16 11 OCFO 37 30 37 29 OGC 30 29 28 27 OIG 135 128 136 113 OSEC/OCIO 89 111 52 144 RD 859 303 785 91