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Annual Report 2000
Agency Name
CIA
DIA
OSD
DOE
DOS
FBI
NARA
NSA
Requests Received
3820
951
3,313
2935
3611
23889
9187
1180
Requests Pending from Previous Fiscal year
2964
1581
1,932
810
5241
7363
1869
747
Total Number of requests processed in fiscal year
4490
835
2,921
2649
3070
27519
9311
1195
Requests Pending at end fiscal year 00
2294
1697
2324
1096
5782
3733
1745
732
Percentage of Requests answ ered in fiscal year 2000
66.19%
32.98%
55.69%
70.73%
34.68%
88.06%
84.22%
62.01%
Requests granted
1084
117
914
1546
850
1284
8386
148
Requests partially granted
1287
356
338
328
822
4740
285
201
769
83
340
34
93
523
185
195
Percentage of Requests granted in full
24.14%
14.01%
31.29%
58.36%
27.69%
4.67%
90.07%
12.38%
Percentage of Requests partially granted
28.66%
42.63%
11.57%
12.38%
26.78%
17.22%
3.06%
16.82%
Percentage of Requests denied
17.13%
9.94%
11.64%
1.28%
3.03%
1.90%
1.99%
16.32%
Percentage excluded from data (not enough information, etc)
Request denied
30.07%
33.41%
45.50%
27.97%
42.51%
76.21%
4.89%
54.48%
Appeals Received
258
39
95
86
118
4547
47
53
Appeals Processed
277
29
62
83
124
4896
59
81
Appeals Denied
196
12
15
36
38
1909
45
40
Appeals Granted in Part
33
15
18
24
61
432
13
8
Appeals Granted in Full
2
0
5
1
11
104
1
3
1075
330
2,668
1001
413
6082
8886
1127
7
30
25
133
37
78
33
29
3415
485
251
375
2637
465
176
400
69
531
0
20
2
32
Fast Track Requests Processed
Median Number of Days To Process
Routine/Complex Requests
Median Number of Days To Process
Requests w ith Expedited Processing
Median Number of Days To Process
694 638; 2097
20
425
65
28.5
1318
0
3
10
0
60
10
10.3
58
66
0
16
FOIA Requests Pending as of 10/00
2294
1697
2003
1000
5782
3733
1745
732
Median Number of Days Pending
473.5
812
310
2090
839
194
378.5
182
30
8
13.58
45
108
665
7
17
47.8
0
28.31
27
28
7
25.5
0
Number of Full Time FOIA Personnel
Number of Part Time FOIA Personnel
FOIA Processing Costs (Staff and all other resources)
$ 8,100,000.00 $ 465,069.00 $ 2,413,414.00 $ 2,442,974.10 $ 11,616,361.00 $ 42,044,030.00 $ 1,336,087.00 $ 882,247.00
Litigation
$ 1,700,000.00 $ 10,500.00 $
Total Costs
$ 9,800,000.00 $ 475,569.00 $ 2,449,154.00 $ 2,442,974.10 $ 11,692,372.00 $ 43,804,012.00 $ 1,339,336.00 $ 1,011,278.00
Total Amount of Fees Collected to Process Requests
$
Percentage of Total Costs
Avg. Number of Requests processed per staff (in one year)
Average total cost per request
1,758.70 $
35,740.00 $
-
$
-
$
57,078.59 $
76,011.00 $
5,281.75 $
1,759,982.00 $
126,339.01 $
3,249.00 $ 129,031.00
-
$
-
0.02%
0.00%
0.00%
2.34%
0.05%
0.29%
0.00%
0.00%
57.71
$2,182.24
104.38
$569.54
69.73
$838.46
36.79
$900.68
22.57
$3,806.87
40.95
$1,587.18
286.49
$143.84
70.29
$846.26
Average Number of Requests Processed by One Staff
Member (FY 00)
Average Number of Requests Processed by One
Staff Member (FY 00)
286.49
300.00
250.00
200.00
150.00
100.00
104.38
70.29
69.73
57.71
36.79
50.00
22.57
40.95
0.00
CIA
DIA
OSD DOE
DOS
FBI NARA NSA
Average Total Cost Per Request By Agency (FY 00)
$3,806.87
$2,182.24
$1,587.18
$838.46 $900.68
$569.54
$143.84
CIA
DIA
OSD
DOE
DOS
FBI
NARA
Median Number of Days Taken To Process Fast Track
Requests (FY 00)
Median Number of Days Taken to Process Fast Track Requests
(20 days is the amount allow ed by FOIA Law )
29
NSA
33
NARA
78
FBI
DOS
37
DOE
133
OSD
25
DIA
30
7
CIA
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Percentage of Requests Answered in One Year (FY 00)
Agency Request Designations (DOS)
88.06%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
28%
84.22%
Percentage
excluded from
data
42%
90.00%
66.19%
80.00%
70.00%
70.73%
62.01%
55.69%
60.00%
50.00%
32.98%
34.68%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
3%
10.00%
0.00%
CIA
DIA OSD DOE DOS FBI NARA NSA
*Includes Requests received as w ell as requests
pending from the previous fiscal year
Agency Request Designations (OSD)
Percentage
excluded from
Data
45%
requests
granted in full
31%
requests
denied in full
12%
requests
partially granted
12%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
27%
Agency Request Designations (DOE)
Agency Request Designations (DIA)
Percentage
excluded from
data
33%
requests
denied in full
10%
requests
granted in full
14%
requests
partially granted
43%
Percentage
excluded from
data
28%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
1%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
12%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
59%
Percentage of Requests Answered in One Year (FY 00)
Agency Request Designations (CIA)
88.06%
Percentage
excluded from
data (not
enough
information,
etc)
30%
84.22%
90.00%
66.19%
80.00%
70.00%
70.73%
62.01%
55.69%
60.00%
50.00%
32.98%
34.68%
40.00%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
24%
30.00%
20.00%
0.00%
CIA
DIA OSD DOE DOS FBI NARA NSA
*Includes Requests received as w ell as requests
pending from the previous fiscal year
Agency Request Designations (NARA)
Percentage
excluded from
data
55%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
12%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
17%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
16%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
29%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
17%
10.00%
Agency Request Designations (FBI)
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
5%
Percentage
excluded from
data
76%
Percentage of
Requests
partially granted
17%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
2%
Agency Request Designations (NSA)
requests
granted in full
12%
Percentage
excluded from
data
55%
requests
partially granted
17%
requests
denied in full
16%
Annual Report 1999
Agency Name
CIA
DIA
OSD
DOE
Requests Received
5485
1215
3,384
Requests Pending from Previous Fiscal year
3703
1781
Total Number of requests processed in fiscal year
6225
661
Requests Pending at end fiscal year 99
DOS
FBI
NARA
NSA
2456
5349
10816
7022
1111
1,777
741
3716
20754
1111
540
3,196
2387
3824
24207
5479
1054
5241
7363
2654
597
42.18% 76.68%
67.37%
63.84%
2963
2335
1965
810
67.75%
22.06%
61.93%
74.66%
Requests granted
2503
173
1,163
1365
1203
1436
4778
205
Requests partially granted
1029
386
435
428
817
4729
503
163
821
133
226
84
120
652
191
135
Percentage of Requests granted in full
40.21%
26.17%
36.39%
57.18%
31.46%
5.93%
87.21%
19.45%
Percentage of Requests partially granted
16.53%
58.40%
13.61%
17.93%
21.37% 19.54%
9.18%
15.46%
Percentage of Requests denied
13.19%
20.12%
7.07%
3.52%
2.69%
3.49%
12.81%
Percentage excluded from data (not enough information, etc) 30.07%
44.04% 71.84%
Percentage of Requests answ ered in one year
Request denied
3.14%
-4.69%
42.93%
21.37%
0.13%
52.28%
Appeals Received
195
56
88
82
133
5005
39
54
Appeals Processed
254
46
80
83
151
5064
25
54
Appeals Denied
213
30
22
28
38
1583
5
14
39
13
23
36
90
709
20
6
2
0
8
Appeals Granted in Part
Appeals Granted in Full
Fast Track Requests Processed
1980
Median Number of Days To Process
7 "NA"
Routine/Complex Requests
Median Number of Days To Process
Requests w ith Expedited Processing
Median Number of Days Pending
6
12
131
0
538
387
6447
6145
17
16
48
248
4245
255
232
3424
340
361
187
26
55
308
1148
267
0
2963
FOIA=463, PA-261
53 "NA"
7
5
13
30
10
4
168
2337
2335
1965
810
5241
7363
1869
597
733
486
148
543
252
303
753
Median Number of Days To Process
FOIA Requests Pending as of 10/99
8
2,934
Number of Full Time FOIA Personnel
27
5
14.74
30
96
671
5
17
Number of Part Time FOIA Personnel
38
0
25.54
26
28
1
34.5
1.2
FOIA Processing Costs (Staff and all other resources) $ 7,900,000.00
$ 359,013.00
$
Litigation
$ 1,700,000.00
$
7,500.00
$
30,846.90
Total Costs
$ 9,600,000.00
$ 366,513.00
$
2,605,276.47
Total Amount of Fees Collected to Progess Requests $
Percentage of Total Costs
1,395.10
$
2,574,429.57
-
$3,641,888.07
$ 9,943,435.00
$
$
-
$ 10,003,435.00
$
$
20,956.24
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.58%
Avg. Number of Requests processed per staff member (in one year)
95.77
132.20
$554.48
79.34
$815.17
42.63
$1,516.94
Average total cost per request
$1,541.94
60,000.00
$3,641,888.07
$
-
5,821.75
0.06% #DIV/0!
30.84
$2,614.44
36.02
$0.00
$ 1,642,970.00
$ 1,890,683.92
$
$
-
54,876.08
$ 1,642,970.00
$ 1,945,560.00
$
$
-
-
0.00%
0.00%
138.71
$299.87
57.91
$1,845.88
Average Number of Requests Processed by One Staff
Member (FY 99)
138.71
140.00
132.20
120.00
100.00
95.77
79.34
80.00
57.91
60.00
42.63
36.02
40.00
30.84
20.00
0.00
CIA
DIA
OSD DOE DOS
FBI NARA NSA
Average Total Cost Per Request By Agency (FY 99)
Average total cost per request
NSA
$1,845.88
$299.87
NARA
FBI
N/A
DOS
$2,614.44
DOE
OSD
DIA
CIA
$0.00
$1,516.94
$815.17
$554.48
$1,541.94
$500.00 $1,000.00 $1,500.00 $2,000.00 $2,500.00 $3,000.00
Median Number of Days to Process Fast Track
Requests
248
53
48
17
16
7
0
CIA
DIA
0
OSD
DOE
DOS
FBI
NARA
NSA
Percentage of Requests Answered in One Year (FY 99)
Percentage of Requests Answered in One Year
Agency Request Designations (DOE)
90.00%
80.00%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
4%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
Percentage
excluded from
data
21%
40.00%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
57%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
CIA
67.75%
DIA
22.06%
OSD
61.93%
DOE
74.66%
DOS
42.18%
Agency Request Designations (OSD)
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
36%
Percentage
excluded from
data
43%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
7%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
14%
FBI
76.68%
NARA
67.37%
NSA
63.84%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
18%
Agency Request Designations (DOS)
Agency Request Designations (FBI)
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
6%
Percentage
excluded from
data
21%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
4%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
18%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
57%
Percentage
excluded from
data
71%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
20%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
3%
Percentage of Requests Answered in One Year (FY 99)
Percentage of Requests Answered in One Year
Agency Request Designations (CIA)
90.00%
Percentage
excluded from
data
30%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
40%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
13%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
CIA
67.75%
DIA
22.06%
OSD
61.93%
DOE
74.66%
Agency Request Designations (DIA)
Percentage
excluded from
Percentage of
data
Requests
4%
denied
18%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
24%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
54%
DOS
42.18%
FBI
76.68%
NARA
67.37%
NSA
63.84%
Agency Request Designations (NARA)
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
9%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
3%
Percentage
excluded from
data
0%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
88%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
17%
Agency Request Designations (NSA)
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
19%
Percentage
excluded from
data
53%
Percentage of
Requests
partially
granted
Percentage of
15%
Requests
denied
13%
Annual Report FY 98
Agency Name
CIA
DIA
OSD
DOE
DOS
FBI (DOJ)
NARA
NSA
Requests Received
6121
1313
3,483
2288
3355
15780
6606
621
Requests Pending from Previous Fiscal year
5764
1109
1,511
770
4311
15380
1520
587
Total requests processed in one year
7169
641
3,217
2314
2317
20344
5930
668
Requests Pending at end fiscal year 98
4716
1781
1777
744
5349
10816
2196
540
Percentage of Requests answ ered in one year
60.32%
26.47%
64.42%
75.67%
30.22%
65.29%
72.98%
55.30%
Requests granted
3188
183
1,256
1183
650
996
5423
180
Requests partially granted
1652
355
451
355
572
3962
157
120
951
103
65
149
96
455
712
117
Percentage of Requests granted in full
44.47%
28.55%
39.04%
51.12%
28.05%
4.90%
91.45%
26.95%
Percentage of Requests partially granted
23.04%
55.38%
14.02%
15.34%
24.69%
19.48%
2.65%
17.96%
Percentage of Requests denied
13.27%
16.07%
2.02%
6.44%
4.14%
2.24%
12.01%
17.51%
Percentage excluded from data (not enough information, etc)
Request denied
19.22%
0.00%
44.92%
27.10%
43.12%
73.39%
-6.10%
37.57%
Appeals Received
218
48
99
111
154
4263
15
63
Appeals Processed
195
28
72
115
179
3626
14
49
Appeals Denied
156
10
7
51
50
911
11
16
Appeals Granted in Part
37
12
16
36
93
425
1
1
Appeals Granted in Full
2
2
11
4
20
115
1
0
177
2,916
0
Fast Track Requests Processed
Median Number of Days To Process
NA
Routine/Complex Requests
Median Number of Days To Process
12
644
NA
NA
NA
37
7169
444
280
2361
3424
5930
14
FOIA-440, PA-21
240
18
184.1
333
29
939
20
21
0
9
Requests w ith Expedited Processing
Median Number of Days To Process
FOIA Requests Pending as of 10/98
Median Number of Days Pending
16 NA
4716
FOIA-511, PA-264
Number of Full Time FOIA Personnel
Number of Part Time FOIA Personnel
5
7
0
85
1781
1777
741
5349
10
19
1005
540
648
597
24
364
361
624
47.6
5
15.16
27
97
536
19
15.9
56.2
0
30.4
15
29
2
3.25
0.6
FOIA Processing Costs (Staff and all other resources)
$ 7,100,000.00 $ 346,656.00 $ 2,526,045.24 $4,369,353.20 $ 12,600,000.00 $30,066,115.00 $970,540.00 $ 1,197,447.75
Litigation
$ 1,700,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $
Total Costs
$ 8,800,000.00 $ 351,656.00 $ 2,562,458.87 $4,369,353.20 $ 12,710,000.00 $32,306,115.00 $976,449.00 $ 1,269,563.75
Total Amount of Fees Collected to Progess Requests
$
Percentage of Total Costs
Avg. Number of Requests processed per staff (in one year)
Average total cost per request
1,268.90 $
36,413.63 $
-
$
-
$
6,413.64 $
110,000.00 $ 2,240,000.00 $ 5,909.00 $
11,567.00 $
82,057.36 $
327.00 $
72,116.00
-
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.15%
0.09%
0.25%
0.03%
0.00%
69.07
$1,227.33
128.20
$548.61
70.61
$796.54
55.10
$1,885.45
18.39
$5,480.55
37.81
$1,583.96
266.52
$164.61
40.48
$1,900.54
Average Number of Requests Processed by One Staff
Member (FY 98)
266.52
128.20
70.61
69.07
55.10
40.48
37.81
18.39
CIA
DIA
OSD
DOE
DOS
FBI
(DOJ)
NARA
NSA
Average Total Cost Per Request By Agency (FY 98)
$5,480.55
$1,900.54
$1,885.45
$1,583.96
$1,227.33
$548.61
$796.54
$164.61
CIA
DIA
OSD
DOE
DOS
FBI
(DOJ)
NARA
NSA
Median Number of Day Taken To Process Fast Track
Requests (FY 98)
Median Number of Days Taken to Process Fast Track
Requests
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
CIA
DIA
OSD
12
16
NA
DOE
NA
DOS
NA
FBI NARA
(DOJ)
NA
37
Percentage of Requests Answered in One Year (FY 98)
Percentage of All Requests Processed in 1 Year
Agency Request Designation (DOS)
NARA
72.98%
65.29%
FBI (DOJ)
DOS
30.22%
DOE
Percentage
excluded from
data
43%
75.67%
64.42%
OSD
26.47%
DIA
60.32%
CIA
0.00%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
28%
55.30%
NSA
10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% 80.00%
Agency Request Designations (NSA)
Percentage
excluded from
data
37%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
18%
Percentage of
Requests
partially granted
25%
Agency Request Designations (FBI)
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
27%
Percentage of
Requests
partially granted
18%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
4%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
5%
Percentage
excluded from
data
74%
Agency Request Designations (DOE)
Percentage of
Requests
partially granted
19%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
2%
Percentage
excluded from
data
27%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
6%
Percentage of
Requests
partially granted
15%
Percentage
Requests
granted in
52%
Percentage of Requests Answered in One Year (FY 98)
Percentage of All Requests Processed in 1 Year
Agency request Designations (CIA)
55.30%
NSA
NARA
72.98%
65.29%
FBI (DOJ)
DOS
30.22%
DOE
75.67%
64.42%
OSD
26.47%
DIA
Percentage of
Requests
partially granted
23%
10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% 80.00%
Agency Request Designations (DIA)
Percentage of
Requests
denied
16%
Percentage
excluded from
data )
0%
Percentage of
Requests
partially granted
55%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
29%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
45%
Percentage of
Requests
denied
13%
60.32%
CIA
0.00%
Percentage
excluded from
data
19%
Agency Request Designations (NARA)
Percentage of
Requests
denied
11%
Percentage of
Requests
partially granted
2%
Percentage
excluded from
data
5%
Percentage of
Requests
granted in full
82%
Notes
All Annual Reports can be found on www.usdoj.gov
Any bold entries represent anomalies between values given in the annual reports and
calculated values
FBI values are in bold not b/c the numbers are conflicting, but to make note of the fact that
the numbers are not solely for the FBI but for all of DOJ
Percentage excluded from data includes a no records response, a request which was
referred to another agency, a withdrawn request, a fee related issue, a request that does not
reasonably describe an issue, an improper FOIA request, duplicate request, or a request for
records which are not in the agency’s purview