FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, IV. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, A. Exemption 3 Statutes Relied upon to Withhold Information,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, "Pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6103, SSA withholds tax information, such as third-party addresses and employer’s names and addresses in situations",,,,,,,, to which section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code applies. ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, We applied Exemption 3 a total of 61 times for this reporting period.,,,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,,,, Statute,Type of,Case Citation,Number of,Total Number,,,, ,Information,,Times Relied,of Times Relied,,,, ,Withheld,,upon per,upon by Agency ,,,Component, ,"Tax information, such as third- party addresses",,, 26 U.S.C. 6103,"and employer’s names and addresses",See below,61,61 "As indicated above, we withheld tax return information, such as, employer’s tax identification numbers, mailing addresses, and earnings information.",,,, ,,,, "Several courts, including the Supreme Court, have approved withholding tax information under section 6103. The cases are listed below:",,,, ,,,, "•Church of Scientology v. IRS, 484 U.S. 9, 15 (1987)(finding that IRS lawfully exercised discretion to withhold street addresses pursuant to 26 U.S.C. section 6103(m)(1));",,,, ,,,, "•Aaron v. IRS, 973 F.2d 962, 964-65 (1st Cir. 1992) (finding that IRS lawfully exercised discretion to withhold street addresses pursuant to 26 U.S.C. section 6103(m)(1)); and,",,,, ,,,, "•Long v. IRS, 891 F. 2d 222, 224 (9th Cir. 1989) (holding that deletion of taxpayer’s identification does not alter confidentiality of section 6103 information).",,,, ,,,, The United States Supreme Court and most appellate courts that have considered the withholding of tax return information have held either explicitly ,,,, or implicitly that section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code satisfies subpart (B) of exemption 3.,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, V. FOIA REQUESTS,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, "A. Received, Processed and Pending FOIA Requests",,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,Column 1 ,Column 2 ,Column 3 ,Column 4, ,Number of Requests Pending as of Start of Fiscal Year,Number of Requests Received in Fiscal Year,Number of Requests Processed in Fiscal Year,Number of Requests Pending as of End of Fiscal Year, AGENCY OVERALL," 1,282"," 34,444 1 2"," 34,666"," 1,060", ,,,,, ,,,,, 1 This total reflects a significant decrease due to the recent reporting requirement change on how Privacy Act (PA) ,,,,, requests are reported. SSA receives a voluminous amount of first-party access requests that do not invoke any ,,,,, portion of the FOIA Statute. Per the new DOJ guidance that states “...agencies shall only include Privacy Act (PA) ,,,,, "requests in the Annual FOIA Report if the FOIA is utilized in any way to process the request,” we have not included ",,,,, "our first-party access requests in this year’s report. However, we do not believe this distinction accurately represents ",,,,,, "our FOIA/PA request workload, as the same access processing professionals respond to both types of requests.",,,,,, "2 Due to a recent system change that permits requesters to file requests electronically, this total also reflects an ",,,,,, increase in the volume of internet requests we received throughout this reporting period.,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, B. (1) Disposition of FOIA Requests – All Processed Requests,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,"Number of Full Grants","Number of Partial Grants/ Partial Denials","Number of Full Denials Based on Exemptions",Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions,,,,,,,,, ,,,,"No Records",All Records Referred to Another Component or Agency,"Request Withdrawn","Fee- Related Reason","Records not Reasonably Described","Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason","Not Agency Record","Duplicate Request","Other *Explain in chart below",TOTAL AGENCY OVERALL,"33,389",328,460,274,12,10,50,70,0,0,73,3,"34,666" ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "3 Although this total reflects a decrease from the total reported last year, we did not process any requests that met the “Other” criteria.",,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "B. (2) Disposition of FOIA Requests – “Other” Reasons for “Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions” from Section V, B (1) Chart",,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,Component,"Description of “Other” Reasons for Denials from Chart B (1) & Number of times those Reasons were relied upon",Total, ,Agency Total,Not Applicable,0, B. (3) Disposition of FOIA Requests – Number of Times Exemptions Applied,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,"Ex 1","Ex. 2","Ex. 3","Ex. 4","Ex. 5","Ex. 6","Ex. 7(A)","Ex. 7(B)","Ex. 7(C)","Ex. 7(D)","Ex. 7(E)","Ex. 7(F)","Ex 8","Ex 9", AGENCY OVERALL,1,221,61,50,212,749,1,0,20,0,0,0,0,0, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, VI. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF ,,,, FOIA REQUESTS,,,, ,,,, ,,,, "A. Received, Processed and Pending Administrative Appeals",,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, Column 1 ,Column 2 ,Column 3 ,Column 4, "Number of Appeals Pending as of Start of Fiscal Year","Number of Appeals Received in Fiscal Year","Number of Appeals Processed in Fiscal Year","Number of Appeals Pending as of End of Fiscal Year", 23,52,74,1, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, B. Disposition of Administrative Appeals – All Processed Appeals,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,"Number Affirmed on Appeal","Number Partially Affirmed & Partially Reversed/Remanded on Appeal","Number Completely Reversed/Remanded on Appeal","Number of Appeals Closed for Other Reasons",TOTAL ,48,11,15,0,74 ,,,,, C. (1) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Number of Times Exemptions Applied,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Ex. 1","Ex. 2","Ex. 3","Ex. 4","Ex. 5","Ex. 6","Ex. 7(A)","Ex. 7(B)","Ex. 7(C)","Ex. 7(D)","Ex. 7(E)","Ex. 7(F)","Ex. 8","Ex. 9" 0,10,5,2,4,55,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, C. (2) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Reasons Other than Exemptions,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, No,Records,Request,Fee-,Records,Improper,Not,Duplicate,Request,Appeal,Other Records,referred,Withdrawn,Related,not,Request,Agency,Request,in,Based Solely, ,at Initial,,Reason,Reasonably,for Other,Record,or,Litigation,on Denial of,*Explain ,"Request Level",,,Described,Reasons,,Appeal,,"Request for Expedited","in chart below" ,,,,,,,,,Processing, 5,0,1,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 "C. (3) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – “Other” Reasons from Section VI, C (2) Chart",,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, Description of “Other” Reasons for Denial on,,,,,,TOTAL,, Appeal from Chart C (2) & Number of Times,,,,,,0,, Those Reasons Were Relied upon,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, C. (4) Response Time for Administrative Appeals,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,"Median Number of Days","Average Number of Days","Lowest Number of Days","Highest Number of Days" ,55,60,15,128 C. (5) Ten Oldest Pending Administrative Appeals,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,10th oldest appeal,9th,8th,7th,6th,5th,4th,3rd,2nd,Oldest appeal Date of,,,,,,,,,, Receipt of,,,,,,,,,, Ten Oldest,,,,,,,,,, Appeals,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,7/22/2008 Number of,,,,,,,,,, Days,,,,,,,,,, Pending,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61 ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, VII. FOIA REQUESTS: RESPONSE TIME FOR PROCESSED AND PENDING REQUESTS,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, A. Processed Requests – Response Time for All Processed Perfected Requests,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,SIMPLE,,,,COMPLEX,,,,EXPEDITED PROCESSING4,,,, ,"Median Number of Days","Average Number of Days","Lowest Number of Days","Highest Number of Days","Median Number of Days","Average Number of Days","Lowest Number of Days","Highest Number of Days","Median Number of Days","Average Number of Days","Lowest Number of Days","Highest Number of Days", AGENCY OVERALL,16,30,1,78,44,60,1,246,0,0,0,0, ,4 SSA grants expedited processing if it involves an imminent threat to a person’s life or physical safety; if the request is made by a member of the media ,,,,,,,,,,,, to obtain information that the public has an urgent need to know and the records would cover an actual or an alleged Federal Government activity; or if ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "the individual explains in detail that he or she may be denied a legal right, benefit, or remedy without the requested information.",,,,,,,,,,,,, B. Processed Requests – Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which Information Was Granted,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,SIMPLE,,,,COMPLEX,,,,EXPEDITED PROCESSING,,,, ,"Median Number of Days","Average Number of Days","Lowest Number of Days","Highest Number of Days","Median Number of Days","Average Number of Days","Lowest Number of Days","Highest Number of Days","Median Number of Days","Average Number of Days","Lowest Number of Days","Highest Number of Days", AGENCY OVERALL,17,33,4,79,66,72,2,252,0,0,0,0, C. Processed Requests – Response Time in Day Increments,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Simple Requests,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,"1-20 Days","21-40 Days","41-60 Days","61-80 Days","81-100 Days","101-120 Days","121- 140 Days","141- 160 Days","161- 180 Days","181- 200 Days","201- 300 Days","301- 400 Days","401+ Days",TOTAL AGENCY OVERALL5,"29,283","2,290",824,129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,"32,526" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Complex Requests,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,"1-20 Days","21-40 Days","41-60 Days","61-80 Days","81-100 Days","101-120 Days","121- 140 Days","141- 160 Days","161- 180 Days","181- 200 Days","201- 300 Days","301- 400 Days","401+ Days",TOTAL AGENCY OVERALL6,96,654,726,546,77,13,5,9,4,7,3,0,0,"2,140" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Requests Granted Expedited Processing,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,"1-20 Days","21-40 Days","41-60 Days","61-80 Days","81-100 Days","101-120 Days","121-140 Days","141-160 Days","161-180 Days","181-200 Days","201-300 Days","301-400 Days","401+ Days",TOTAL AGENCY OVERALL,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 5 SSA recently developed an automated tool to better track our requests in line with the recently enacted changes to the FOIA. This new tool required significant ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "reprogramming of our system, entitled “eFOIA,” and we were unable to fully develop and implement it to track all of FY 2008 FOIA activity in time for this year’s ",,,,,,,,,,,,,, "report; therefore, all totals are our best estimate.",,,,,,,,,,,,,, 6See previous footnote.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, D.Pending Requests – All Pending Perfected Requests,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,SIMPLE,,,COMPLEX,,,"EXPEDITED PROCESSING",, ,"Number Pending","Median Number of Days","Average Number of Days","Number Pending","Median Number of Days","Average Number of Days","Number Pending","Median Number of Days","Average Number of Days" AGENCY OVERALL7,954,27,27,106,90,90,0,0,0 7 See footnote 5.,,,,,,,,, E.Pending Requests – Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,"10th Oldest Request and Number of Days Pending"," 9th"," 8th"," 7th"," 6th"," 5th"," 4th"," 3rd"," 2nd","Oldest Request and Number of Days Pending" AGENCY OVERALL8,"2/12/08 187","2/12/08 187","2/10/08 188","2/10/08 188","1/31/08 195","1/31/08 195","1/31/08 195","1/23/08 201","1/16/08 206","11/13/07 252" ,,,,,,,,,, 8 See footnote 5.,,,,,,,,,, VIII. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING AND REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, A. Requests for Expedited Processing,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ," Number Granted"," Number Denied","Median Number of Days to Adjudicate","Average Number of Days to Adjudicate","Number Adjudicated Within Ten Calendar Days",,, AGENCY OVERALL,0,42,7,8,42,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, B. Requests for Fee Waiver,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ," Number Granted"," Number Denied","Median Number of Days to Adjudicate","Average Number of Days to Adjudicate",,,, AGENCY OVERALL,38," 52 9",29,40,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, 9 We review requests for fee waivers on a case-by-case basis. Only the SSA FOI Officer may waive or reduce a fee (in excess ,,,,,,,, of $7.50). We usually grant a fee waiver when it has been determined that furnishing the information will primarily benefit the ,,,,,,,, general public. We normally grant fee waivers from members of the media and educational and scientific institutions when ,,,,,,,, there is limited search time or duplication involved with the request.,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS,,,,,, ,,,,,, PERSONNEL COSTS,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,Number of,Number of,Total,Processing,Litigation-,Total Costs ,“Full-Time,“Equivalent,Number,Costs,Related, ,FOIA,Full-Time,of,,Costs, ,Employees”,"FOIA Employees”","“Full- Time FOIA","(At initial request and appeal levels)",, ,,,Staff”,,, ,,,"(The sum of",,, ,,,Columns,,, ,,,1 & 2),,, AGENCY,,,,,, OVERALL,64,59,123 10,"$14,814,363 11","$31,455.00","$14,845,818." 10 We reflect a reduction from last year’s report as a result of the computation of an equivalent full-time employee as compared ,,,, to reporting straight part-time employees.,,,, 11The total reflects a significant decrease from prior reports resulting from the recent change of not including first-party access ,,,, requests. We previously noted our concerns in footnote 1.,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,"Total Amount of Fees Collected",Percentage of Total Costs,, AGENCY OVERALL,"$6,591,000.00 12",44%,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, 12 This total includes the costs collected from our first-party access requests. We are unable to extract costs for strictly FOIA in ,,,, this manner. Most of the fees we collect for earnings records and SSN verifications are based on a separate provision for fee ,,,, "charging in section 1106(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1306 (c)), rather than the FOIA fee schedule. Please see ",,,, footnote 1 for further information.,,,, "XII.BACKLOGS, CONSULTATIONS, AND COMPARISONS ",,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,"Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of Fiscal Year","Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of Fiscal Year",,,,,,, ,AGENCY OVERALL,147,1,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,"OPD has a relatively small backlog and despite significant challenges, we have ",,,,,,,,, ,been able to manage its growth over the past year. We hope that through the ,,,,,,,,, ,"use of technology, specifically our eFOIA application, we will eliminate it ",,,,,,,,, ,entirely. We believe the delays in processing are due in part to the loss of some ,,,,,,,,, ,highly-skilled personnel over the course of the fiscal year including the Deputy ,,,,,,,,, ,"Executive Director, two Division Directors, three senior analysts, and an ",,,,,,,,, ,eFOIA administrator. These positions were not filled until the end of the fiscal ,,,,,,,,, ,"year. In addition, OPD has continued to experience difficulties in our ",,,,,,,,, ,migration to our new eFOIA system and future updates to the system are ,,,,,,,,, ,required in order for the system to be fully operational as intended and to ,,,,,,,,, ,improve FOIA processing. Changes from the recently enacted OPEN ,,,,,,,,, ,Government Act also require changes to the system that had not been fully ,,,,,,,,, ,"implemented as of the end of the fiscal year. Further, there has been a ",,,,,,,,, ,"significant increase in complex cases, which require extensive searches for ",,,,,,,,, ,"documents from other components, as well as high-level analysis.",,,,,,,,, ,"Additionally, since the implementation of our electronic submission process ",,,,,,,,, ,"using an internet FOIA request form, we have received a huge surge of new ",,,,,,,,, ,"requests. The feature went into production in January 2008, and SSA has thus ",,,,,,,,, ,"received over 2,500 internet requests through this channel. This represents a ",,,,,,,,, ,"significant workload increase. Further, a system glitch failed to alert us that ",,,,,,,,, ,the requests were received and pending; hundreds of requests were awaiting ,,,,,,,,, ,assignment until discovered by an eFOIA technician. SSA is working on a ,,,,,,,,, ,"system fix to this problem. While we do have a “work-around,” this glitch ",,,,,,,,, ,helped cause the growth in our backlog.,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, "B. Consultations on FOIA Requests – Received, Processed, and Pending Consultations",,,, ,,,, ,Column 1 ,Column 2 ,Column 3 ,Column 4 ,"NUMBER OF CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES THAT WERE PENDING AS OF START OF THE FISCAL YEAR","NUMBER OF CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR","NUMBER OF CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES THAT WERE PROCESSED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR","NUMBER OF CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES THAT WERE PENDING AS OF END OF THE FISCAL YEAR" AGENCY OVERALL,0,1,1,0 ,,,, ,,,, C. Consultations on FOIA Requests – Ten Oldest Consultations Received from Other Agencies and Pending at Your Agency,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Agency Overall","10th Oldest Consultation and Number of Days Pending"," 9th"," 8th"," 7th"," 6th"," 5th"," 4th"," 3rd"," 2nd","Oldest Consultation and Number of Days Pending",,, ,"Date Number of Days",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "D. Comparison of Numbers of Requests from Previous and Current Annual Report – Requests Received, Processed, and Backlogged",,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,Column 1 ,Column 2 ,Column 3 ,Column 4,,,,,,,,, ,NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED,,NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED,,,,,,,,,, ,"NUMBER RECEIVED DURING FISCAL YEAR FROM LAST YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT","NUMBER RECEIVED DURING FISCAL YEAR FROM CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT","NUMBER PROCESSED DURING FISCAL YEAR FROM LAST YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT","NUMBER PROCESSED DURING FISCAL YEAR FROM CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT",,,,,,,,, AGENCY OVERALL,"18,995,845","34,444","18,995,719","34,66613",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "13 This total represents a significant decrease totally due to the reporting change as explained in footnote 1. Again, we express concern that the definition of FOIA request used in this report does not accurately reflect our FOIA/PA workload.",,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,"Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report","Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report",,,,,,,,,,, AGENCY OVERALL,125," 147",,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "E. Comparison of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current Annual Report – Appeals Received, Processed, and Backlogged",,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,Column 1 ,Column 2 ,Column 3 ,Column 4 ,NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED,,NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED, ,"NUMBER RECEIVED DURING FISCAL YEAR FROM LAST YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT","NUMBER RECEIVED DURING FISCAL YEAR FROM CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT","NUMBER PROCESSED DURING FISCAL YEAR FROM LAST YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT","NUMBER PROCESSED DURING FISCAL YEAR FROM CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT" AGENCY OVERALL,73,52,70,74 ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,Column 1, Column 2,, ,"Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of the Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report","Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report",, AGENCY OVERALL,23,1,,