VI. APPEALS OF INITIAL DENIALS OF FOIA/PA REQUESTS

A. Numbers of appeals (This includes all access requests, whether first- party or third-party.)

1. Number of appeals received during fiscal year 5,005

2. Number of appeals processed during fiscal year 5,064

B. Disposition of appeals

1. Number completely upheld 1,583

2. Number partially reversed 709

3. Number completely reversed 131

a. Number of times each FOIA exemption used (counting each exemption once per appeal):

(1) Exemption 1 189

(2) Exemption 2 364

(3) Exemption 3 103

(4) Exemption 4 5

(5) Exemption 5 228

(6) Exemption 6 233

(7) Exemption 7(A) 282

(8) Exemption 7(B) 0

(9) Exemption 7(C) 1,545

(10) Exemption 7(D) 456

(11) Exemption 7(E) 168

(12) Exemption 7(F) 257

(13) Exemption 8 0

(14) Exemption 9 0

4. Other reasons for nondisclosure (total) 2,641

a. No records 831

b. Referrals 42

c. Request withdrawn 63

d. Fee-related reason 39

e. Records not reasonably described 0

f. Not a proper FOIA request for some other reason 107

g. Not an agency record 89

h. Duplicate request 39

i. Other (specify) 1,431

1) Failure of initial component to process initial action - 251

2) Remanded - 1,058

3) Judicial Adjudication/Litigation - 92

4) Expedited Treatment Granted/Denied - 30

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