U.S. Department
of Justice
DOJ FOIA 2005 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 2,921
2. Number of appeals processed during fiscal year 2,441
B. Disposition of appeals.
1. Number completely upheld 797
2. Number partially reversed 126
3. Number completely reversed 13
a. Number of times each FOIA exemption was used (counting each exemption once per appeal):
(1) Exemption 1 46
(2) Exemption 2 242
(3) Exemption 3 91
(4) Exemption 4 4
(5) Exemption 5 142
(6) Exemption 6 79
(7) Exemption 7(A) 104
(8) Exemption 7(B) 0
(9) Exemption 7(C) 548
(10) Exemption 7(D) 163
(11) Exemption 7(E) 69
(12) Exemption 7(F) 139
(13) Exemption 8 0
(14) Exemption 9 0
4. Other reasons for nondisclosure (total) 1,505
a. No records 610
b. Referrals 4
c. Request withdrawn 53
d. Fee-related reason 30
e. Records not reasonably described 0
f. Not a proper FOIA request for some other reason 200
g. Not an agency record 0
h. Duplicate request 35
i. Other (specify) 573
1) Remanded -- 309
2) Failure of initial component to process initial action -- 166
3) Judicial adjudication/litigation -- 66
4) Expedited treatment denied -- 32
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