DOJ FOIA 2004 ANNUAL REPORT - INITIAL FOIA/PA ACCESS REQUESTS
V. INITIAL FOIA/PA ACCESS REQUESTS.
A. NUMBERS OF INITIAL REQUESTS.
NUMBER
OF REQUESTS PENDING AS OF END OF PRECEDING YEAR |
NUMBER
OF REQUESTS RECEIVED IN CURRENT YEAR |
NUMBER
OF REQUESTS PROCESSED IN CURRENT YEAR |
NUMBER
OF REQUESTS PENDING AS OF END OF CURRENT YEAR |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
OFFICE OF THE AG | 180 | 433 | 426 | 187 |
OFFICE OF THE DAG | 101 | 257 | 261 | 97 |
OFFICE OF THE ASSOC. AG | 32 | 52 | 57 | 27 |
ATF | 374 | 2,250 | 2,437 | 187 |
ANTITRUST | 49 | 166 | 159 | 56 |
BOP | 1,387 | 15,123 | 15,744 | 766 |
CIVIL | 33 | 841 | 859 | 15 |
CIVIL RIGHTS | 175 | 529 | 533 | 171 |
CRS | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
CRIMINAL | 673 | 1,511 | 1,416 | 768 |
DEA | 248 | 1,809 | 1,933 | 124 |
ENRD | 51 | 169 | 177 | 43 |
EOIR | 50 | 9,948 | 8,557 | 1,441 |
EOUSA | 1,871 | 4,744 | 4,921 | 1,694 |
EOUST | 2 | 61 | 61 | 2 |
FBI | 1,868 | 10,875 | 10,736 | 2,007 |
FCSC | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
JMD | 22* | 3,154 | 3,159 | 17 |
NDIC | 6 | 82 | 83 | 5 |
COPS | 4 | 103 | 103 | 4 |
ODR | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
OFDT | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
OIP | 36 | 439 | 435 | 40 |
OIG | 1 | 245 | 241 | 5 |
OIPR | 5 | 48 | 34 | 19 |
OIPL | 11 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
OJP | 7 | 556 | 555 | 8 |
OLC | 2 | 69 | 64 | 7 |
OLP | 23 | 60 | 49 | 34 |
OLA | 50 | 69 | 64 | 55 |
Pardon Attorney | 4** | 44 | 43 | 5 |
OPR | 27 | 130 | 136 | 21 |
Public Affairs | 30 | 25 | 23 | 32 |
OSG | 12 | 76 | 75 | 13 |
PRAO | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
TAX | 4 | 249 | 253 | 0 |
USMS | 202 | 1,535 | 1,547 | 190 |
USNCB | 0 | 283 | 283 | 0 |
USPC | 34 | 1,329 | 1,351 | 12 |
TOTALS | 7,574 | 57,346 | 56,865 | 8,055 |
* When contributing to the Annual FOIA Report for Fiscal Year 2003, JMD incorrectly calculated the number of its pending cases. The correct number was 22, rather than 21; one request was not counted.
** When contributing to the Annual FOIA Report for Fiscal Year 2003, OPA incorrectly calculated the number of its pending cases. The correct number was 4, rather than 5; one request had been settled in Fiscal Year 2003.
B. DISPOSITION OF INITIAL REQUESTS
NUMBER OF TOTAL GRANTS |
NUMBER OF PARTIAL GRANTS |
NUMBER OF DENIALS |
NO RECORDS |
REFERRALS | REQUEST WITHDRAWN |
FEE- RELATED REASON |
RECORDS NOT REASONABLY DESCRIBED |
NOT A PROPER FOIA REQUEST FOR SOME OTHER REASON |
NOT AN AGENCY RECORD |
DUPLICATE REQUEST |
OTHER* | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OFFICE OF THE AG | 41 | 37 | 7 | 254 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 23 |
OFFICE OF THE DAG | 15 | 25 | 2 | 186 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
OFFICE OF THE ASSOC. AG | 4 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
ATF | 531 | 631 | 219 | 372 | 19 | 7 | 121 | 59 | 280 | 21 | 71 | 106 |
ANTITRUST | 32 | 27 | 34 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
BOP | 10,408 | 1,422 | 357 | 718 | 62 | 64 | 323 | 172 | 1,698 | 357 | 163 | 0 |
CIVIL | 308 | 57 | 35 | 390 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 13 |
CIVIL RIGHTS | 176 | 107 | 51 | 111 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
CRS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CRIMINAL | 87 | 103 | 45 | 471 | 36 | 38 | 1 | 546 | 30 | 42 | 16 | 1 |
DEA | 95 | 909 | 241 | 386 | 12 | 1 | 169 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 86 |
ENRD | 47 | 30 | 14 | 63 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
EOIR | 5,508 | 122 | 24 | 1,807 | 138 | 22 | 282 | 322 | 17 | 0 | 294 | 23 |
EOUSA | 480 | 1,077 | 653 | 632 | 51 | 27 | 141 | 672 | 185 | 95 | 24 | 884 |
EOUST | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
FBI | 124 | 2,606 | 235 | 5,956 | 49 | 757 | 90 | 24 | 48 | 0 | 807 | 40 |
FCSC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
JMD | 78 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 2,236 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 712 | 43 | 0 |
NDIC | 11 | 16 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
COPS | 63 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OFDT | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OIP | 36 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 127 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 148 | 4 | 33 |
OIG | 29 | 75 | 28 | 90 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OIPR | 2 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OIPL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OJP | 329 | 116 | 4 | 70 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OLC | 13 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OLP | 7 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
OLA | 6 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Pardon Attorney | 10 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OPR | 12 | 51 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Public Affairs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
OSG | 22 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PRAO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TAX | 10 | 11 | 0 | 190 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
USMS | 337 | 669 | 59 | 248 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 90 | 13 | 12 | 76 |
USNCB | 6 | 49 | 41 | 137 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
USPC | 340 | 227 | 11 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 456 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 19,186 | 8,495 | 2,136 | 12,803 | 2,915 | 1,084 | 1,234 | 2,315 | 2,420 | 1,423 | 1,492 | 1,362 |
*
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Department Home Page*EXPLANATION OF DISPOSITION
OF FOIA/PA INITIAL REQUESTS:
OTHER REASONS FOR NONDISCLOSURE
(COLUMN MARKED "OTHER")Component
Number
of Times
Reason(s)
Office
of the AG
23
16 Failure to comply
with requirements
4 Referred to another component/agency
2 Document referred not responsive
1 Records previously providedOffice
of the DAG
15
13 Failure to comply
with requirements
2 Document referred not responsive Office
of the Assoc. AG
2
Failure to comply
with requirements
ATF
106
Failure to provide
proof of identity
Antitrust
3
Responsive information
posted on Antitrust Division Web site
Civil
13
Requests for legal
advice
Civil
Rights
19
7
No certification of identity/consent
7Unable to locate requester
5 Unable to locate file Criminal
1
No deliverable
return address included with request
DEA
86
Cases
administratively closed: Correspondence to requester returned due to unknown
forwarding address or request referred to another office for handling
ENRD
3
2 Could not contact
requester
1 Record sealed EOIR
23
Unable to locate
file
EOUSA
884
536 No power of
attorney
306 Administrative closing
40 No forwarding address
2 Available at GPO FBI
40
30
Request opened in error
10 Mail returned/No forwarding addressNDIC
2
No certification
of identity/consent
OIP
33
26 Failure to comply
with requirements
6 Referred to another agency/component
1 Document referred not responsive to requestOLP
1
Failure to comply
with requirements
OLA
3
2 Document referred
not responsive to request
1 Failure to comply with requirementsOPR
2
No certification
of identity
Public
Affairs
1
Document referred
not responsive to request
Tax
2
1
Request for materials available on Tax Division Web site
1 Request previously providedUSMS
76
41 No forwarding
address
21 FOIA/PA not applicable
6 Referred records not responsive to request
3 Access granted by other means
3 Failure to comply with requirements
2 Requester no longer interestedUSNCB
24
Failure to reply
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED
UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)(A)
(7)(B)
(7)(C)
(7)(D)
(7)(E)
(7)(F)
(8)
(9)
OFFICE
OF THE AG
2
7
1
0
16
31
2
0
14
3
2
1
0
0
OFFICE
OF THE DAG
1
2
1
0
20
9
0
0
9
1
0
0
0
0
OFFICE
OF THE ASSOC. AG
0
0
0
0
4
5
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
ATF
0
345
158
72
63
276
91
0
402
45
54
5
0
0
ANTITRUST
0
4
12
12
15
12
22
0
15
14
0
0
0
0
BOP
0
442
0
20
299
434
78
0
1,143
80
234
854
0
0
CIVIL
0
2
0
5
60
32
2
0
5
1
0
0
0
0
CIVIL
RIGHTS
0
0
2
1
54
16
37
0
139
4
0
0
0
0
CRS
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CRIMINAL
2
21
16
0
54
125
7
0
123
11
2
4
0
0
DEA
18
801
36
24
24
162
87
0
980
551
55
756
0
0
ENRD
0
0
0
1
28
11
2
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
EOIR
0
0
0
0
2
143
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
EOUSA
6
274
427
25
817
527
89
4
1,437
324
65
158
0
0
EOUST
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
FBI
528
1,494
403
14
90
543
144
20
2,194
1,427
558
57
0
0
FCSC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
JMD
0
1
0
5
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NDIC
0
7
0
0
4
12
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
COPS
0
0
0
0
0
19
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
ODR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
OFDT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
OIP
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
OIG
2
0
0
0
5
9
17
0
73
1
1
0
0
0
OIPR
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
OIPL
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
OJP
0
3
0
42
5
97
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
OLC
2
0
0
0
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
OLP
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
OLA
0
2
0
0
4
21
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
Pardon
Attorney
0
2
1
0
15
16
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
OPR
0
35
4
0
30
77
5
0
77
0
0
3
0
0
Public
Affairs
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
OSG
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
PRAO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TAX
0
0
7
0
8
0
5
0
11
0
0
1
0
0
USMS
1
93
4
2
32
91
11
0
603
11
43
7
0
0
USNCB
0
41
0
4
4
4
5
0
74
41
4
1
0
0
USPC
0
1
0
0
36
93
0
0
93
2
2
0
0
0
TOTALS
580
3,577
1,073
227
1,718
2,791
587
24
7,432
2,519
1,021
1,850
0
0