I. AGENCY Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
REPORT PREPARED BY Barbara J. Schulman
TITLE Consumer Safety Officer/Division of Freedom of Information (DFOI)
ADDRESS 5600 Fishers Lane (HFI-35), Rockville, MD 20857
PHONE NUMBER (301) 827-6500
ELECTRONIC ADDRESS FOR REPORT ON
THE WORLD WIDE WEB:
www.fda.gov/foi/foia2.htm
ADDRESS FOR PAPER COPIES OF REPORT:
Food and Drug Administration
II. HOW TO MAKE A FOIA REQUEST: refer to: www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/foiahand.html
Select "Handbook for Requesting Information and Records from FDA"
Refer to attachment
FY 01 response time ranged
from a median of 14 days for simple requests to 332 days
for complex requests. The median processing time for single track requests
was 30 days.
Some requests were not granted
because documents requested were protected by an
exemption and release would have caused harm to the interest
protected by the exemption.
III. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS USED IN REPORT:
N/A
IV. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES:
a. Ethics in Government Act (5 U.S. C. 107(a)(2) Appendix 4)
______________________________________________________________________
a. Confidential Financial Disclosure
Reports
a. Yes. Meyerhoff v. EPA, 958
F.2nd 1498 (9th Cir 1992)
V. INITIAL FOIA/PA ACCESS REQUESTS:
A. Numbers of initial requests:
1. Number of requests pending at close of preceding fiscal year: 13,626
2. Number of requests received during reporting fiscal year: 22,248
3. Number of requests processed during reporting fiscal year: 22,721
4. Number of requests pending at close of reporting fiscal year: 13,153
B. Disposition of Initial Requests:
1. Number granted in full 17,899
2. Number granted in part 92
3. Number of full denials 62
a. Number of times each FOIA exemption was used:
Exemption 1 0
Exemption 2 0
Exemption 3 2
Exemption 4 83
Exemption 5 0
Exemption 6 10
Exemption 7(A) 104
Exemption 7(B) 0
Exemption 7(C) 16
Exemption 7(D) 6
Exemption 7(E) 0
Exemption 7(F) 0
Exemption 8 0
Exemption 9 0
4. Other reasons for non-disclosure (total) 4,668
b. referrals 63
c. request withdrawn 1969
d. fee-related reason 24
e. records not reasonably described 0
f. not a proper FOIA request for some other reason 276
g. not an agency record 0
h. duplicate request 131
(e.g., information that was requested is available on the Internet)
VI. APPEALS OF INITIAL DENIALS OF FOIA/PA REQUESTS:
1. Number of appeals received during the fiscal year N/A
2. Number of appeals processed during the fiscal year N/A
B. Disposition of Appeals:
a. Number of times each FOIA exemption used
Exemption 1 N/A
Exemption 2 N/A
Exemption 3 N/A
Exemption 4 N/A
Exemption 5 N/A
Exemption 6 N/A
Exemption 7(A) N/A
Exemption 7(B) N/A
Exemption 7(C) N/A
Exemption 7(D) N/A
Exemption 7(E) N/A
Exemption 7(F) N/A
Exemption 8 N/A
Exemption 9 N/A
4. Other reasons for non-disclosure (total) N/A
a. no records N/A
b. referrals N/A
c. request withdrawn N/A
d. fee-related reason N/A
e. records not reasonably described N/A
f. not a proper FOIA request for some other reason N/A
g. not an agency record N/A
h. duplicate request N/A
i. other (specify) N/A
VII. COMPLIANCE WITH TIME LIMITS/STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS:
A. Median Processing Time for Requests Processed During the Year
1. Simple Requests (if multiple tracks used):
a. number of requests processed 8,145
b. median number of days to process 14
2. Complex Requests:
a. number of requests processed 977
b. median number of days to process 332
3. Requests Accorded Expedited Processing:
a. number of requests processed 2
b. median number of days to process 5
4. Single Track
a. number of requests processed 13,597
b. median number of days to process 30
B. Status of Pending Requests
1. Number of requests pending as of the end of the fiscal year covered
in this report 13,1532. Median number of days that such requests were pending as of that date
146
VIII. COMPARISONS WITH PREVIOUS YEAR(S) (Optional)
IX. COSTS/FOIA STAFFING:
A. Staffing levels:
1. Number of full-time FOIA personnel 71
2. Number of personnel with part-time or occasional FOIA duties (in total work-years)
18.697 work years
3. Total number of personnel (in work years) 89.697 work years
B. Total costs (including staff and all resources):
1. FOIA processing (including appeals) $8,165,088
2. Litigation-related activities (estimated) $59,488
3. Total costs $8,224,576
4. Comparison with previous year(s) (including percentage of change)
X. FEES:
A. Total amount of fees collected by agency for processing requests:
583,624B. Percentage of total costs: 7%
XI. FOIA REGULATIONS:
FDA HEADQUARTERS COMPONENT FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACT OFFICERS AND CONTACTS
*Address all FOIA correspondence to the Division of Freedom of Information at address given above.
Component FOIA Offices* |
Office
of Chief Counsel (301) 827-1137 Pkln, Room 6-57 |
Advisory Committee Oversight & Management Staff (301) 827-1220 Pkln, Room 14-72 |
Office
of the Ombudsman (301) 827-3390 Pkln, Room 14B-03 |
Office of Women's Health |
Office of Internal Affairs
|
Office of Special Health
Issues |
Office of Equal Opportunity |
Office of Policy |
Office of Science |
Office of Orphan Products
Development |
Office of the Commissioner
and Executive Secretariat |
Office of Executive Operations |
Office of Information Resources
Management |
Office of Financial Management |
Office of Facilities &
Central Services |
Division of Information Services
and Policy |
Division of Management Programs |
Dockets Management Branch |
Committee Management |
Office of Human Resources
and Management Services |
Division of Contracts and
Procurement |
Office of Regulatory Affairs |
Office of Criminal Investigations |
Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research (CDER) |
Office of Consumer Affairs |
Office of International Programs |
Office Public Affairs |
Center for Biologics Evaluation
and Research (CBER) |
Office of Planning |
Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) |
National Center for Toxicological
Research |
Center for Veterinary Medicine
(CVM) 7500 Standish Place, MPN Bldg. #4 Room 3502 Rockville, MD 20855 |
Office of Legislation |
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health (CDRH) |
FDA HEADQUARTERS COMPONENT FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACT OFFICERS AND CONTACTS
Food and Drug Administration
Staff
Division of Freedom of Information (DFOI)
5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn (PKLN) Building
HFI-35, Room 12A-16
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone (301) 827-6500
Fax (301) 443-1726
Confirm Fax Received (301) 443-2414
*Address all FOIA correspondence to the Division of Freedom of Information at address given above.
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