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* 213 246 343 116
OFFICE OF THE DAG* 103 138 174 67
OFFICE OF THE ASSOC. AG* 25 60 58 27
 
ANTITRUST 15 247 219 43
BOP 407 17,125 17,210** 322
CIVIL 52 521 529 44
CIVIL RIGHTS 101 836 845 92
CRS 0 1 1 0
CRIMINAL 699 1,606 1,573 732
DEA 147 2,452 2,352 247
ENRD 24 206 205 25
EOIR 23 8,347 8,123 247
EOUSA *** 1,755 1,566 997
EOUST 0 130 130 0
FBI 10,816 20,754 24,207 7,363
FCSC 0 20 20 0
INS 12,615 168,944 158,913 22,646
JMD 7 2,265 2,267 5
NDIC 1 11 10 2
COPS 13 292 293 12
ODR 0 0 0 0
OIP* 9 138 125 22
OIPR 0 49 41 8
Intergovernmental Affairs* 3 19 14 8
OJP 6 458 463 1
OLC 4 70 71 3
OLA* 96 64 122 38
Pardon Attorney 3 31 32 2
OPD* 15 34 35 14
OPR 13 128 127 14
Public Affairs* 38 45 68 15
OIG 0 213 204 9
OSG 0 57 57 0
PRAO 0 4 4 0
Tax 2 424 426 0
USMS 46 1,349 1,337 58
USNCB 0 547 547 0
USPC 27 906 933 0
 
TOTALS 25,523 230,492 223,644 33,179

* These statistics do not match the counterpart statistics in the FY 1998 report due to previous irregularities in database software.

**This number includes 1,360 requests that were initially accepted by BOP, but which BOP subsequently determined lacked identifying information sufficient to allow processing the request to completion, and thus, were rejected. It was derived by subtracting the number of requests pending as of the end of FY 1999 from the sum of the number of requests pending as of the beginning of FY 1999 and number of requests received during FY 1999.

***On September 14, 1998, the EOUSA Evaluation and Review Staff conducted an evaluation of the FOIA/PA Unit and concluded that its statistical reports were incorrect.

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WITHDRAWN		 FEE-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 71 44 3 137 15 55 9 2 2 0 5 0
OFFICE OF THE DAG 18 36 2 73 5 29 9 0 0 0 1 1
OFFICE OF THE ASSOC AG 3 5 1 41 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
 
ANTITRUST 65 59 29 53 1 5 6 0 0 1 0 0
BOP 9,421 1,082 211 3,123 12 30 58 362 101 243 58 2,509
CIVIL 128 32 29 281 21 9 11 0 9 0 9 0
CIVIL RIGHTS 362 137 12 143 90 6 17 6 35 1 3 33
CRS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRIMINAL 166 212 461 99 41 2 0 2 499 0 0 57
DEA 186 1,325 199 394 14 11 78 4 3 0 57 43
ENRD 66 56 6 57 3 9 4 0 0 0 0 0
EOIR 2,634 1 27 245 3 4 51 5,058 0 0 2 8
EOUSA 261 216 451 251 119 15 49 46 49 14 28 67
EOUST 75 23 23 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FBI 1,436 4,729 652 9,741 117 1,321 517 163 2,498 0 2,751 282
FCSC 10 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INS 66,201 22,167 638 7,840 158 1,452 114 446 4,439 4,543 3,374 47,541
JMD 106 40 3 25 2,083 7 1 0 0 0 2 0
NDIC 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
COPS 217 32 2 25 10 6 3 3 0 0 5 0
ODR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OIP 75 7 0 22 10 1 3 2 2 0 3 0
OIPR 5 3 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intergovernmental Affairs 1 0 0 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
OJP 196 144 2 92 24 1 0 0 0 4 1 0
OLC 14 5 4 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OLA 11 27 0 35 3 37 7 0 1 0 1 0
Pardon Attorney 6 14 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
OPD 4 3 0 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
OPR 24 29 26 39 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Public Affairs 5 9 0 50 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
OIG 32 96 12 56 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
OSG 21 4 4 21 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
PRAO 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tax 36 30 12 326 12 2 2 1 9 0 0 3
USMS 188 525 24 175 24 7 35 22 22 4 10 271
USNCB 39 29 4 243 12 13 0 2 6 0 5 31
USPC 497 108 1 171 0 0 5 0 148 2 1 0
 
TOTAL 82,582 31,231 2,870 23,900 2,806 3,030 992 6,121 7,824 4,812 6,319 50,851

* See following page for individual component explanations.


*EXPLANATION OF DISPOSITION OF FOIA/PA INITIAL REQUESTS:
OTHER REASONS FOR NONDISCLOSURE
(COLUMN MARKED "OTHER")

Component Number of Times Reason(s)
Office of the DAG 1 Requester's refusal to comply with requirements
BOP 2509 1,357 Lack of proper release authorization
1,152 Other reasons for rejecting, such as authorization too old or incomplete, or inmate encouraged to use on-site access procedures
CIVIL RIGHTS 33 29 No consent
2 Unable to locate requester
2 Unable to locate file
CRIMINAL 57 1 No response to inquiry
55 Special letters
1 Project letters
DEA 43 Case administratively closed: Correspondence to requester returned due to unknown forwarding address or case referred to another agency for handling
EOIR 8 7 Records of proceedings (lost by Federal Records Center)
1 Bond Hearing
EOUSA 67 49 Administrative closing
4 Available at GPO
11 No power of attorney
3 No forwarding address
FBI 282 223 Mail returned/No forwarding address
59 Requests opened in error (Errors made during training of new employees.)
INS 47,541 1,040 Requests for records that pre-date 1906 and may not exist
5,034 Unable to locate
41,467 Transfers
OPR 3 Consultations
PRAO 2 1 Not a FOIA matter
1 Referred elsewhere for more expeditious retrieval of information
Tax 3 Incorrect referrals; returned to referring agency/component
USMS 271 145 Failure to verify identity
118 Failure to identify district
5 No forwarding address
2 No longer interested
1 Referred records not responsive to request
USNCB 31 Requester's failure to comply with requirements


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 0 0 4 0 23 22 13 0 20 6 1 3 0 0
OFFICE OF THE DAG 1 0 1 0 19 16 9 0 17 5 0 0 0 0
OFFICE OF THE ASSOC AG 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
 
ANTITRUST 0 3 34 13 24 2 37 0 20 24 0 0 0 0
BOP 0 121 15 5 166 273 42 14 797 161 50 481 0 0
CIVIL 1 1 4 8 46 6 6 0 5 1 1 0 0 0
CIVIL RIGHTS 0 1 6 0 34 10 21 0 116 2 1 0 0 0
CRS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRIMINAL 6 24 26 0 71 268 25 0 268 50 2 5 0 0
DEA 14 1,033 49 37 18 262 69 0 1,185 638 24 963 0 0
ENRD 0 0 3 5 31 28 4 0 19 1 0 0 0 0
EOIR 0 0 1 0 3 84 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EOUSA 4 16 96 5 139 374 44 8 545 39 15 16 0 0
EOUST 0 0 0 0 2 17 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FBI 1,011 1,949 493 8 57 679 304 8 4,882 2,678 685 143 3 1
FCSC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INS 12 1,508 30 12 7,687 8,683 4,357 6 7,048 1,551 2,348 10 0 0
JMD 0 2 5 26 4 30 6 0 5 0 0 3 0 0
NDIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
COPS 0 0 0 0 6 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ODR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OIP 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
OIPR 27 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Intergovernmental Affairs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OJP 0 0 1 14 3 105 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0
OLC 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
OLA 0 0 0 0 13 13 7 0 7 0 0 1 0 0
Pardon Attorney 0 0 0 0 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OPD 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
OPR 1 22 3 0 24 2 10 0 47 2 0 0 0 0
Public Affairs 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
OIG 1 0 0 0 2 11 6 0 97 0 2 0 0 0
OSG 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRAO 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tax 0 0 18 1 19 0 2 0 16 1 6 0 0 0
USMS 0 153 5 6 28 78 4 0 330 7 38 7 0 0
USNCB 0 18 0 0 0 3 7 0 28 21 11 1 0 0
USPC 0 19 0 0 12 85 0 0 85 2 2 7 0 0
 
Totals 1,081 4,872 800 140 8,471 11,106 4,982 36 15,550 5,190 3,233 1,641 3 1

 


Go to: Table of Contents // DOJ FOIA Page // Justice Department Home Page