
Office of Legal Counsel
Freedom of Information Act Annual Report
Fiscal Year 1999
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Request withdrawn |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% |