U.S. Department
of Justice
DOJ FOIA 2001 ANNUAL REPORT - APPEALS OF INITIAL DENIALS
VI. APPEALS OF INITIAL DENIALS OF FOIA/PA REQUESTS
A. Numbers of appeals1. Number of appeals received during fiscal year 4,056
2. Number of appeals processed during fiscal year 4,172
B. Disposition of appeals.
1. Number completely upheld 2,209
2. Number partially reversed 96
3. Number completely reversed 58
a. Number of times each FOIA exemption was used (counting each exemption once per appeal):
(1) Exemption 1 92
(2) Exemption 2 318
(3) Exemption 3 117
(4) Exemption 4 4
(5) Exemption 5 190
(6) Exemption 6 166
(7) Exemption 7(A) 175
(8) Exemption 7(B) 0
(9) Exemption 7(C) 1,060
(10) Exemption 7(D) 356
(11) Exemption 7(E) 125
(12) Exemption 7(F) 152
(13) Exemption 8 0
(14) Exemption 9 0
4. Other reasons for nondisclosure (total) 1,809
a. No records 390
b. Referrals 21
c. Request withdrawn 23
d. Fee-related reason 55
e. Records not reasonably described 0
f. Not a proper FOIA request for some other reason 170
g. Not an agency record 43
h. Duplicate request 31
i. Other (specify) 1,076
1) Failure of initial component
to process initial action - 298
2) Remanded - 668
3) Judicial Adjudication/Litigation - 90
4) Expedited Treatment Granted/Denied - 20
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