ADMINISTRATIVE MANHOURS, COSTS, AND FEES COLLECTED1
FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) AND PRIVACY ACT REQUESTS--YEAR 1979


FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
PRIVACY2
TOTALS

MANHOURS
COSTS3
FEES
COLLECTED4

MANHOURS
COSTS3
FEES
COLLECTED4

MANHOURS
COSTS3
FEES
COLLECTED4
OFFICE OF THE AG 300 3,105 0 240 2,484 0 540 5,589 0
OFFICE OF THE DAG 500 5,175 0 580 6,003 0 1,080 11,178 0
OFFICE OF THE ASSOC. AG 300 3,105 0 80 828 0 380 3,933 0
USNCB 117 1,372 0 174 2,073 0 291 3,445 0
OLC 63 464 24 22 217 0 85 681 24
OLA 15 191 0 13 214 0 28 405 0
JMD5 2,741 30,662 52 2,882 31,438 0 5,623 62,100 52
Pardon Atty. 240 3,830 0 125 1,995 0 365 5,825 0
Public Affairs 47 661 0 23 328 0 70 989 0
EOUSA 3,600 76,500 7,676 4,400 93,500 9,381 8,000 170,000 17,057
OSG 10 300 0 0 0 0 10 300 0
OIAJ 8 88 0 12 132 0 20 220 0
OPR 72 2,160 4 8 240 0 80 2,400 4
OILP 120 3,238 0 0 0 0 120 3,238 0
 
ANTITRUST 16,160 202,011 2,582 156 1,048 0 16,316 202,852 2,789
CIVIL 6,573 4,118 224 3,456 2,108 49 10,029 6,226 273
CIVIL RIGHTS 7,178 82,836 316 3,820 38,341 5 10,998 121,177 321
CRIMINAL 16,527 144,682 766 33,056 296,020 79 49,583 440,702 845
LANDS 426 5,650 38 25 310 0 451 5,960 38
TAX 7,054 66,830 129 10,150 96,170 101 17,204 163,000 230
 
BIA 12 252 0 13 199 0 25 451 0
DEA 31,240 354,760 3,870 110,760 988,2606 1,889 142,000 1,343,020 5,759
FBI 236,995 2,934,620 14,300 477,248 5,886,8186 30,388 714,243 8,821,438 44,688
INS 25,185 269,349 4,976 69,469 594,281 1,763 94,654 863,630 6,739
OJARS 247 6,875 355 32 300 0 279 7,175 355
USPC 521 7,277 46 10,232 106,304 1,064 10,753 113,581 1,110
BOP 24,029 213,440 1,547 33,221 289,746 391 57,250 503,186 1,938
USMS 700 10,000 29 2,100 30,000 88 2,800 40,000 117
CRS 124 1,768 185 2 216 0 126 1,984 185
 
TOTALS 381,104 4,435,319 37,119 762,299 8,469,573 45,405 1,143,403 12,904,892 82,524

1 All figures were rounded to the nearest dollar.

2 All first-party requests for individual records are treated as Privacy Act requests for purposes of case count. However, in accordance with Department regulations an individual requesting records on himself "shall receive, in addition to access to those records he is entitled to receive under thr Privacy Act . . . access to all records within the scope of his request to which he would have been entitled under the Freedom of Information Act. . . ." 28 C.F.R. § 16.57. See footnote 4, page 13.

3 These figures include salaries, benefits, overhead, equipment and duplication costs associated with responding to requests, plus training costs for personnel processing requests. These figures do not include costs to the Department resulting from litigating FOIA cases filed against the United States. Also not included are Privacy Act costs attributable to processing amendment of records.

4 The fees reported here represent fees collected. In addition, $18,280 in fees were reported as assessed but not collected. Other components reported fees collected but had no record of fees assessed. A few components had no record of fees collected or assessed.

5 Manhour and costs figures for JMD include those of the office responsible for receiving, acknowledging, and routing FOIA/Privacy Act requests within the Department.

6 Footnote 6 could not be located at time of Web posting.

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