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FOIA Backlog Reduction Goals
(Fiscal Years ’08, ’09, and ’10)

Requests

Fiscal
Year

Number of
Pending Requests at Beginning of
FY

Estimated
Number of
Requests
Incoming During
FY

Agency’s Goal
For Number of
Requests to be
Processed
During FY

Agency’s Goal for Number of Requests Pending Beyond Statutory Time Period (i.e., Backlog) at End of FY

2008

671

23,500

23,500

363

Fiscal
Year

Projected Number of Requests Pending Beyond Statutory Time Period (Backlog)
at Beginning of
 FY

Estimated Number of Requests Incoming During FY

Agency’s Goal for Number of Requests to be Processed During FY

Agency’s Goal for Number of Requests Pending Beyond Statutory Time Period (Backlog) at End of FY

2009

363
 

23,000

23,750

343

2010

343

23,500

24,000

323

Appeals

Fiscal
Year

Number of
Pending Appeals
at Beginning of
FY

Estimated
Number of
Appeals
Incoming During
FY

Agency’s Goal
For Number of
Appeals to be
Processed
During FY

Agency’s Goal for Number of Appeals Pending Beyond Statutory Time Period (i.e., Backlog) at End of FY

2008

231

339

389

181

 

Fiscal
Year

Projected Number of Appeals Pending Beyond Statutory Time Period (Backlog)
at Beginning of
 FY

Estimated Number of Appeals Incoming During FY

Agency’s Goal for Number of Appeals to be Processed During FY

Agency’s Goal for Number of Appeals Pending Beyond Statutory Time Period (Backlog) at End of FY

2009

181

331

389

123

2010

123

329

389

 63

 




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