FOIA Requests
Office of Legal Counsel
Freedom of Information Act Annual Report
Fiscal Year 1999
In case of questions concerning the annual FOIA Report, please contact:
General CounselOffice of Legal Counsel
750 17th Street, NW Room 848
Washington, DC 20503
(202) 3956709
I. Requests
A. Number of requests
Number of request pending as of end of preceding calendar year | 0 |
Number of request received during current calendar year | 29 |
Number of requests processed during current calendar year | 29 |
Number of requests pending as of end of current fiscal year | 0 |
B. Disposition of requests
Number of total grants | 10 |
Number of partial grants | 6 |
Number of denials | 1 |
II. Exemptions
A. Use of Exemptions
Exemption 1 | 0 |
Exemption 2 | 0 |
Exemption 3 | 0 |
Exemption 4 | 0 |
Exemption 5 | 4 |
Exemption 6 | 2 |
Exemption 7(A) | 0 |
Exemption 7(B) | 0 |
Exemption 7(C) | 1 |
Exemption 7(D) | 0 |
Exemption 7(E) | 0 |
Exemption 7(F) | 0 |
Exemption 8 | 0 |
Exemption 9 | 0 |
B. Other reasons for nondisclosure
No records | 10 |
Referrals | |
Request withdrawn | |
Fee-related reason | 1 |
Records not reasonably described | 1 |
Not a proper FOIA request | |
Not an agency record | |
Duplicate request |
III. Administrative Appeals
A. Disposition of appeals.
Number of appeals received during fiscal year | 4 |
Number of appeals processed during fiscal year | 4 |
Number completely upheld | 2 |
Number partially reversed | 2 |
Number completely reversed | 0 |
B. Exemptions used
Exemption 1 | 0 |
Exemption 2 | 0 |
Exemption 3 | 0 |
Exemption 4 | 0 |
Exemption 5 | 2 |
Exemption 6 | 1 |
Exemption 7 | 0 |
Exemption 8 | 0 |
Exemption 9 | 0 |
III. Compliance with Time Limits/Status of Pending Requests
Number of requests processed | 29 |
Median number of days to process | 9 |
Requests afforded expedited processing | NA |
Number of requests pending as of end of current fiscal year | 0 |
IV. Costs/FOIA Staffing:
A. Staffing levels
Number of full-time FOIA personnel | 0 |
Number of personnel with part-time or occasional FOIA duties (in total work-years) | 2 |
Total number of personnel (in work-years) | 0.10 |
B. Total costs
Search and review time/fees | 0 |
Litigation fees | 0 |
C. Fees
Total amount of fees collected by agency for processing requests | 0 |
Percentage of total costs | 0% |