DOJ FOIA 2005 ANNUAL REPORT - INITIAL FOIA/PA ACCESS REQUESTS

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	187	231	251	167
OFFICE OF THE DAG	97	120	120	97
OFFICE OF THE ASSOC. AG	27	43	42	28

ANTITRUST	57*	151	145	63
BOP	766	13,971	13,743	994
ATF	187	1,650	1,719	118
CIVIL	15	465	467	13
CIVIL RIGHTS	171	602	665	108
CRS	0	2	2	0
CRIMINAL	768	1,393	1,292	869
DEA	124	1,642	1,569	197
ENRD	43	133	145	31
EOIR	1,441	10,160	9,870	1,731
EOUSA	1,694	3,847	3,835	1,706
EOUST	2	71	65	8
FBI	2,007	10,934	11,155	1,786
FCSC	0	9	9	0
JMD	17	2,349	2,165	201
NDIC	5	59	61	3
COPS	4	61	61	4
ODR	0	4	4	0
OFDT	0	13	12	1
OIP	40	446	445	41
OIG	5	206	208	3
OIPR	19	43	52	10
OIPL	3	11	7	7
OJP	8	370	314	64
OLC	7	80	85	2
OLP	34	86	81	39
OLA	55	52	74	33
Pardon Attorney	10**	34	43	1
OPR	21	89	95	15
Public Affairs	32	29	25	36
OSG	13	91	86	18
OVW	1***	16	14	3
PRAO	0	14	14	0
TAX	0	263	263	0
USMS	190	998	1,016	172
USNCB	0	206	205	1
USPC	12	1,066	1,011	67

TOTALS	8,062	52,010	51,435	8,637

* When contributing to the Annual FOIA Report for Fiscal Year 2004, ATR incorrectly calculated the number of its pending cases. The correct number was 57, rather than 56; one request had been inadvertently closed in the computer system in Fiscal Year 2004.

** When contributing to the Annual FOIA Report for Fiscal Year 2004, OPA incorrectly calculated the number of its pending cases. The correct number was 10, rather than 5.

*** In October 2004, OVW was separated from the Office of Justice Programs and began its official status as a separate component of the Department of Justice. Prior to October 2004, all FOIA requests were handled through the Office of Justice Programs and the statistics were reflected in its report.

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	NUMBER OF TOTAL GRANTS	NUMBER OF PARTIAL GRANTS	NUMBER OF DENIALS	NO RECORDS	REFERRALS	REQUEST WITHDRAWN	FEE- RELATED REASON	RECORDS NOT REASONABLY DESCRIBED	NOT A PROPER FOIA REQUEST FOR SOME OTHER REASON	NOT AN AGENCY RECORD	DUPLICATE REQUEST	OTHER^*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	39	27	10	111	24	11	5	0	0	10	4	10
OFFICE OF THE DAG	17	14	3	62	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	9
OFFICE OF THE ASSOC. AG	1	5	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2

ANTITRUST	20	31	16	49	2	13	4	0	10	0	0	0
BOP	9,785	1,504	236	692	86	45	393	243	371	265	123	0
ATF	228	542	180	220	14	7	73	64	230	32	44	85
CIVIL	140	50	27	200	14	7	4	0	4	0	19	2
CIVIL RIGHTS	216	199	28	95	44	18	2	3	16	0	2	42
CRS	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CRIMINAL	83	88	49	501	22	40	0	419	34	43	10	3
DEA	61	601	159	267	0	19	62	115	162	11	11	101
ENRD	35	29	0	53	10	13	0	0	1	0	2	2
EOIR	6,406	105	25	1,906	50	30	573	366	6	0	363	40
EOUSA	416	637	587	639	52	18	173	465	148	98	40	562
EOUST	3	14	2	22	1	2	3	17	1	0	0	0
FBI	69	2,296	179	7,210	0	778	42	11	29	0	535	6
FCSC	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JMD	94	6	4	1,758	13	15	0	41	34	105	95	0
NDIC	2	9	0	35	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	6
COPS	21	26	0	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
ODR	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OFDT	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
OIP	32	5	1	45	174	26	1	5	0	99	6	51
OIG	38	64	14	84	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
OIPR	4	6	31	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
OIPL	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OJP	111	71	0	94	28	9	0	0	0	0	1	0
OLC	19	10	10	43	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
OLP	10	33	1	25	2	1	0	1	0	3	1	4
OLA	18	11	0	20	1	11	3	1	0	1	1	7
Pardon Attorney	15	19	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
OPR	7	35	15	26	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
Public Affairs	1	2	0	12	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	2
OSG	27	16	16	15	2	0	0	5	5	0	0	0
OVW	3	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
PRAO	0	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TAX	11	15	1	176	10	0	0	0	42	0	1	7
USMS	129	479	65	141	12	9	29	16	13	99	7	17
USNCB	9	44	9	121	2	1	0	1	3	0	2	13
USPC	463	65	8	148	2	303	21	0	0	0	1	0

TOTALS	18,539	7,066	1,677	14,867	595	1,393	1,396	1,776	1,113	768	1,269	976

* See following page for individual component explanations.

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

Component	Number of Times	Reason(s)
Office of the AG	10	7 7 Failure to comply with requirements 3 Document referred to it not responsive
Office of the DAG	9	5 Failure to comply with requirements 3 Record previously provided 1 Document referred to it not responsive
Office of the Assoc. AG	2	1 Failure to comply with requirements 1 Document referred to it not responsive
ATF	85	Failure to provide proof of identity
Civil	2	Requests for legal advice
Civil Rights	42	23 No certification of identity/consent 15 Unable to locate requester 4 Unable to locate file
Criminal	3	No deliverable return address included with request
DEA	101	Cases administratively closed: correspondence to requester returned due to unknown forwarding address or request referred to another office for handling
ENRD	2	Could not contact requester
EOIR	40	20 Unable to locate record 13 Computer error 6 Combined with another FOIA number 1 Requester referred to EOIR Web site
EOUSA	562	295 No certification of identity/consent 248 Administrative closing 19 No forwarding address
FBI	6	Request opened in error
NDIC	6	No certification of identity/consent
OIP	51	46 Failure to comply with requirements 3 Document referred to it not responsive 2 Record previously provided
OLP	4	2 Failure to comply with requirements 1 Document referred to it not responsive 1 Record previously provided
OLA	7	6 Failure to comply with requirements 1 Document referred to it not responsive
OPR	3	2 No certification of identity/consent 1 Fugitive disentitlement doctrine
Public Affairs	2	Failure to comply with requirements
OVW	2	No response to request for additional information
Tax	7	3Correspondence went unclaimed 2 Referred records not within the scope of request 1 Request for materials available on Tax Division Web site 1 Request received in error
USMS	17	11 No forwarding address 5 Requester no longer interested 1 No forwarding address
USNCB	13	11 Failure to reply 2 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	8	5	1	0	18	24	2	0	12	2	1	0	0	0
OFFICE OF THE DAG	1	1	1	0	10	13	2	0	9	3	1	0	0	0
OFFICE OF THE ASSOC. AG	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

ANTITRUST	0	3	11	6	17	17	18	0	11	13	0	0	0	0
BOP	0	184	0	12	400	93	3	1	319	13	69	198	0	0
ATF	0	271	141	33	36	231	65	0	319	28	38	1	0	0
CIVIL	0	7	0	0	57	19	9	1	3	0	4	0	0	0
CIVIL RIGHTS	0	3	3	3	62	9	33	0	211	0	0	0	0	0
CRS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CRIMINAL	6	6	20	0	57	111	5	0	109	12	3	4	0	0
DEA	9	517	31	25	27	158	39	0	604	316	68	473	0	0
ENRD	0	2	1	4	11	19	8	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
EOIR	0	0	0	0	1	130	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
EOUSA	1	198	251	11	495	498	54	0	970	199	40	80	1	0
EOUST	0	5	0	1	8	16	4	0	4	3	4	0	0	0
FBI	532	1,823	389	15	114	1,199	172	44	2,477	1,483	558	44	0	1
FCSC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JMD	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0
NDIC	0	5	0	0	0	8	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0
COPS	0	6	0	2	4	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ODR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OFDT	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
OIP	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
OIG	4	0	0	1	4	4	8	0	60	1	1	0	0	0
OIPR	35	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
OIPL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OJP	0	0	0	10	2	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OLC	4	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
OLP	0	0	0	0	2	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OLA	0	0	0	0	5	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pardon Attorney	0	0	0	0	12	15	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
OPR	0	24	2	0	14	41	4	0	42	3	1	1	0	0
Public Affairs	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OSG	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OVW	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PRAO	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TAX	0	0	6	0	12	0	2	0	13	0	3	1	0	0
USMS	1	71	4	1	25	77	11	2	442	12	28	10	0	0
USNCB	0	39	0	0	0	15	4	0	48	39	10	0	0	0
USPC	0	0	0	0	10	47	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0

TOTALS	601	3,171	861	127	1,460	2,900	445	48	5,746	2,128	840	813	1	1

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