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Administrative OperationsFOIA OfficeFreedom of Information Annual ReportI. AGENCY: Program Support Center REPORT PREPARED BY: Beatríz Flores TITLE: PHS FOI Specialist ADDRESS: 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17A-46, Rockville, Maryland 20857 PHONE NUMBER: 301-443-5252 ELECTRONIC ADDRESS FOR REPORT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB: www.psc.gov ADDRESS FOR PAPER COPIES OF REPORT: Same as above II. HOW TO MAKE A FOIA REQUEST: (Describe or provide electronic address for instructions in FOIA reference guide) A. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all individual agency
components and offices that process FOIA requests (do not include coordinating
offices; do not use persons' names - only titles): C. Brief description of why some requests are not granted: (e.g. Documents
requested were protected by an exemption and release would have caused
harm to the interest protected by the exemption.)
A. Agency-specific acronyms or other terms: Program Support Center (PSC) B. Basic terms (from FOIA UPDATE , Summer 1997): None. IV. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES: A. List of Exemption 3 statutes relied on by the agency during report year: Public Law 104-201, Section 821(b)(m), [41 U.S.C. 253b(m)] 1. Brief description of type(s) of information withheld under each statute: Technical Proposals 2. Has a court upheld the use of each statute? If so, cite example: Not litigated. V. INITIAL FOIA/PA ACCESS REQUESTS (Include all requests, 3rd or 1st party): A. Numbers of initial requests (line 1 + line 2 - line 3 = line 4): 2. Number of requests received during reporting fiscal year: 172 3. Number of requests processed during reporting fiscal year: 186 4. Number of requests pending at close of reporting fiscal year: 0
2. Number granted in part 36 3. Number of full and partial denials 42
A. Numbers of Appeals: NOT APPLICABLE 2. Number of appeals processed during the fiscal year
1. Number completely upheld a. Number of times each FOIA exemption used (counting each a. no records VII. COMPLIANCE WITH TIME LIMITS/STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS: A. Median Processing Time for Requests Processed During the Year. 2. Complex Requests (specify for any and all tracks used): 3. Requests Accorded Expedited Processing: B. Status of Pending Requests (if multiple tracks are being used, report for each track as well as totals). 1. Number of requests pending as of the end of the fiscal year covered in this report (from Line V.A.4) 0 2. Median number of days that such requests were pending as of VIII. COMPARISONS WITH PREVIOUS YEARS (Optional): IX. COSTS/FOIA STAFFING: A. Staffing levels: 1. Number of full-time FOIA personnel 0 2. Number of personnel with part-time or occasional FOIA duties (in total work-years 1 3. Total number of personnel (in work years) 1 B. Total costs (including staff and all resources): 1. FOIA processing (including appeals) $55,215 2. Litigation-related activities (estimated) $0 3. Total costs $55,215 4. Comparison with previous year(s) (including percentage of change) (optional)
A. Total amount of fees collected by agency for processing requests: $154.75 B. Percentage of total costs: .002%
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