Therefore, all agencies must remember that the untimeliness of the last agency
to complete its report each year (which this year was the Office of Management
and Budget) 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 has been pointedly raised in the Government
Accountability Office's review of agency compliance with the Act. 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
7/29/04)
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