Therefore, all agencies must remember that the untimeliness of
the last agency to complete its report each year necessarily
constrains this governmentwide compilation process, and it is
important that all agencies heed the Act's requirements for the
completion of their annual FOIA reports in a timely fashion. See 5
U.S.C. § 552(e)(1)-(3) (establishing February 1 deadline for
completion of individual agency annual FOIA reports). Doing so will
permit the Office of Information and Privacy to complete these
summary compilations earlier each year. Indeed, this issue of annual
report timeliness was pointedly raised in the Government Accounting
Office's review of agency compliance last year. See FOIA Post,
"Follow-Up Report on E-FOIA Implementation Issued" (posted 9/27/02)
(citing 2002 GAO Report drawing prominent attention to cabinet agency
that failed to complete its Fiscal Year 2001 report as of July 2002).
(posted 9/3/03)
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