VI. APPEALS OF INITIAL DENIALS OF FOIA/PA REQUESTS.
A. Numbers of appeals.1. Number of appeals received during fiscal year 3,278
2. Number of appeals processed during fiscal year 1,970
B. Disposition of appeals.
1. Number completely upheld 578
2. Number partially reversed 75
3. Number completely reversed 10
a. Number of times each FOIA exemption was used (counting each exemption once per appeal):
(1) Exemption 1 29
(2) Exemption 2 138
(3) Exemption 3 47
(4) Exemption 4 1
(5) Exemption 5 92
(6) Exemption 6 36
(7) Exemption 7(A) 48
(8) Exemption 7(B) 0
(9) Exemption 7(C) 344
(10) Exemption 7(D) 77
(11) Exemption 7(E) 55
(12) Exemption 7(F) 87
(13) Exemption 8 0
(14) Exemption 9 0
4. Other reasons for nondisclosure (total) 1,307
a. No records 495
b. Referrals 6
c. Request withdrawn 37
d. Fee-related reason 35
e. Records not reasonably described 0
f. Not a proper FOIA request for some other reason 169
g. Not an agency record 1
h. Duplicate request 56
i. Other (specify) 508
1) Remanded -- 291
2) Failure of initial component to process initial action -- 110
3) Judicial adjudication/litigation -- 75
4) Expedited treatment granted -- 23
5) Expedited treatment denied -- 7
6) Previously adjudicated -- 2
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