[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1.20]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1_ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart A_Official Records
 
Sec. 1.20  Annual report.

    (a) Each agency of the Department shall compile the following 
Freedom of Information Act statistics on a fiscal year basis beginning 
October 1, 1997, and report the following information to the Office of 
Communications no later than November 30 following the fiscal year's 
close:
    (1) The number of requests for records received and the number of 
requests which were processed;
    (2) The number of determinations made not to comply with initial 
requests for records made to it under Sec. 1.5(a), and the reasons for 
each such determinations;
    (3) The number of appeals made by persons under Sec. 1.14(b), the 
result of such appeals, and the reason for the action upon each appeal 
that results in a denial of information.
    (4) A complete list of all statutes that the agency relies upon to 
authorize the agency to withhold information under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3), a 
description of whether a court has upheld the decision of the agency to 
withhold information under each such statute, and a concise description 
of the scope of any information withheld;
    (5) The number of requests for records pending before the agency as 
of September 30 of the preceding year, and the median number of days 
that such requests had been pending before the agency as of that date:
    (6) The median number of days taken by the agency to process 
different types of requests;
    (7) The total amount of fees collected by the agency for processing 
requests;
    (8) The number of full-time staff of the agency devoted to 
processing requests for records under this section, and the total amount 
expended by the agency for processing such requests.
    (b) Each agency shall compile the information required by paragraph 
(a) of this section for the preceding fiscal year into a report and 
submit this report to the Director of Communications, Office of 
Communications, no later than November 30 following the fiscal year's 
close.
    (c) The Director of Communications, Office of Communications, shall 
combine the reports from all the agencies within USDA into a 
Departmental report, and shall submit to the Attorney General on or 
before February 1 of each year in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(e).
    (d) Each agency shall make the report available to the public 
including by computer telecommunications, or if computer 
telecommunications means have not been established by the agency, by 
other electronic means.

[65 FR 46341, July 28, 2000]