8/23/2002
Agency FOIA Workloads & Backlogs
Fiscal Year 2001
Agency |
Pending Begin |
Received FY01 |
Processed FY01 |
Pending at End of FY01 |
Backlog as a percentage of yearly processing |
Median number of days that requests pending at end of year have been awaiting response |
Notes |
|
CIA |
2,295 |
3,255 |
3,684 |
1,866 |
50.7% |
605(FOIA)
215(PA) |
|
|
CPSC |
175 |
11,237 |
11,261 |
151 |
1.3% |
60 |
|
|
DOC |
268 |
2,183 |
2,232 |
219 |
9.8% |
30 |
|
|
DOD |
11,371 |
81,682 |
80,357 |
12,696 |
15.8% |
55 |
|
|
DOE |
1,000 |
3,245 |
2,673 |
1,572 |
58.8% |
2009 |
|
|
DOI [OS] |
788 |
5104 |
4961 |
931 |
18.8% |
[241] |
1, 9 |
|
DOJ [INS] |
33,091 |
196,917 |
194,612 |
35,396 |
18.2% |
[37-40] |
1 |
|
DOL |
906 |
20,222 |
19,840 |
1,288 |
6.5% |
24 |
|
|
DOT |
3,785 |
19,529 |
19,547 |
3,767 |
19.3% |
99 |
8 |
|
ED |
297 |
1,547 |
1,555 |
289 |
18.6% |
30.7 |
10 |
|
EEOC |
1,442 |
15,741 |
16,067 |
1,116 |
6.9% |
15.5 |
|
|
EPA [HQ] |
12,830 |
14,252 |
14,292 |
12,790 |
89.5% |
[939] |
1 |
|
FRS |
65 |
1,702 |
1,710 |
57 |
3.3% |
13 |
|
|
FTC |
71 |
1,586 |
1,581 |
76 |
4.8% |
14 |
|
|
GSA |
81 |
1,531 |
1,519 |
93 |
6.1% |
25 |
|
|
HHS [CMS] |
18,530 |
61,586 |
62,599 |
17,517 |
28.0% |
[10] |
1 |
|
HUD [FIELD] |
1,022 |
3,861 |
3,251 |
1,632 |
50.2% |
[266] |
1 |
|
NARA |
1,745 |
8,420 |
7,735 |
2,430 |
31.4% |
727 |
5 |
|
NASA
|
195 |
1,697 |
1,745 |
147 |
8.4% |
48 |
|
|
NLRB |
240 |
5287 |
5299 |
228 |
4.3% |
6 |
|
|
OPM |
235 |
7,486 |
7,449 |
272 |
3.7% |
15 |
10 |
|
Peace Corp. |
24 |
1.706 |
1,719 |
11 |
0.6% |
150 |
|
|
SBA |
117 |
2,663 |
2,648 |
132 |
5.0% |
varies by component/not reported |
|
|
SEC |
151 |
2,505 |
2,527 |
129 |
5.1% |
16 (Simple)
186(Complex) |
|
|
SSA |
27,087 |
263,756 |
264,055 |
26,788 |
10.1% |
84-99 |
6 |
|
State |
5,782 |
3,761 |
3,329 |
6,214 |
186.7% |
445 |
7, 10 |
|
Treasury [DO] |
6,826 |
56,590 |
54,469 |
8,947 |
16.4% |
[524] |
1 |
|
USDA |
2,615 |
83,617 |
83,194 |
3,038 |
3.7% |
30 |
2 |
|
USPS [Records Office] |
81 |
1,527 |
1,369 |
239 |
17.5% |
[174] |
1 |
|
VA non-VHA |
3,743 |
63,110 |
62,661 |
4,192 |
6.7% |
14.5 |
3
|
|
VA-VHA |
30,335 |
1,289,676 |
1,288,002 |
32,009 |
2.5% |
13.5 |
|
|
Totals |
166,872 |
2,233,728 |
2,224,668 |
175,932 |
|
|
|
Source: Agencies' Annual Reports on FOIA Activities for FY2001
Notes |
|
1 |
Medians vary by component. Number in table represents median for subdivision indicated in brackets. |
|
2 |
USDA: "Most agencies expressed the need for more professional staffing, more clerical assistance, and more money to pay for training, national meetings, and to upgrade automated record processing. Several agencies expressed the need for more advanced training." |
|
3 |
Numbers of requests are for VA components other than VHA. Median is for the entire VA. |
|
4 |
Median for pending requests at CMS is for simple requests only. Median for 313 complex requests is unavailable. |
|
5 |
Because FOIA requests for presidential records were tracked manually in FY 2001 and processing time for those requests is affected by additional review requirements of the Presidential Records Act, the median does not reflect the handling of those request |
|
6 |
Reported median does not include simple requests for Social Security Number Applications. |
|
7 |
State Department reports that it has "initiated an aggressive, on-going program to alleviate" backog problem. |
|
8 |
Requests not using multi-track processing reported separtely: 2713 requests, 30 days median time to process. |
|
9 |
Department of Interior report states, "[a]dditional resources are needed throughout the Department to ensure total compliance with the FOIA. This is especially true in the bureaus where FOIA is handled as a 'collateral duty.'" |
|
10 |
Medians reported are for calendar days. Most agencies report working days. See DOJ Guidelines for Agency FOIA Reports. |