Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2010
(October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010)
(as required by 5 U.S.C. 552)

Table of Contents

  1. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT
  2. MAKING A FOIA REQUEST
  3. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS
  4. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES
  5. FOIA REQUESTS
  6. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS
  7. FOIA REQUESTS RESPONSE TIME FOR PROCESSED AND PENDING REQUESTS
  8. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING AND REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER
  9. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS
  10. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS
  11. FOIA REGULATIONS
  12. BACKLOGS, CONSULTATIONS, AND COMPARISONS

IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS

Personnel & Costs

 

PERSONNEL

COSTS

Number of
Full-Time
FOIA Employees

Number of Equivalent
Full-Time
FOIA Employees

Total Number of
Full-Time
FOIA Staff

Processing
Costs

Litigation-
Related
Costs

Total
Costs
AGENCY OVERALL

3.00*

0.86

3.86

$1,086,158.13

$3,571.62

$1,089,729.75

* Personnel and offices that search for responsive records are not included in the count for full-time FOIA employees

X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

Fees Collected
 

Total Amount of Fees Collected

Percentage of Total Costs
AGENCY OVERALL

$3,126.30

0.29

XI. FOIA Regulations (Including Fee Schedule)