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| Request withdrawn | |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% |




