U.S. Department
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DOJ FOIA 2004 ANNUAL REPORT - APPEALS OF INITIAL DENIALS
VI. APPEALS OF INITIAL DENIALS OF FOIA/PA REQUESTS.
A. Numbers of appeals.1. Number of appeals received during fiscal year 3,004
2. Number of appeals processed during fiscal year 2,933
B. Disposition of appeals.
1. Number completely upheld 1,121
2. Number partially reversed 157
3. Number completely reversed 33
a. Number of times each FOIA exemption was used (counting each exemption once per appeal):
(1) Exemption 1 81
(2) Exemption 2 313
(3) Exemption 3 133
(4) Exemption 4 2
(5) Exemption 5 183
(6) Exemption 6 74
(7) Exemption 7(A) 126
(8) Exemption 7(B) 1
(9) Exemption 7(C) 784
(10) Exemption 7(D) 285
(11) Exemption 7(E) 106
(12) Exemption 7(F) 215
(13) Exemption 8 0
(14) Exemption 9 0
4. Other reasons for nondisclosure (total) 1,622
a. No records 705
b. Referrals 14
c. Request withdrawn 30
d. Fee-related reason 55
e. Records not reasonably described 0
f. Not a proper FOIA request for some other reason 153
g. Not an agency record 49
h. Duplicate request 60
i. Other (specify) 556
1) Remanded -- 290
2) Failure of initial component to process initial action -- 168
3) Judicial adjudication/litigation -- 86
4) Expedited treatment denied -- 12
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