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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

ANNUAL REPORT

FOR

FISCAL YEAR 2013

Preparation of this study/report cost the Department of Defense a total of approximately

$250,000 for the 2013 Fiscal Year.

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DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013

Report Period: October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Department of Defense Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) program processed 67,679 requests for records under the FOIA. Requests were granted in full for 24,368 requests; a partial release of documents was made in 15,396 requests; and 5,183 requests were denied in full on the basis of FOIA exemptions. The privacy exemptions, Exemptions 6 and 7(C), were the most common exemptions. Combined use of Exemptions 6 and 7(C) was approximately 50% of all exemptions used. The number of pending FOIA requests for the Department of Defense at the end of fiscal year 2013 was 9,862; an 4.3% increase from the 9,452 requests pending at the end of fiscal year 2012.

The number of backlogged requests (those still open past the statutory response time) for fiscal year 2013 was 6,593, a 3.5% increase from the 6,372 pending requests at the end of fiscal year 2012. The backlog increased by 221 requests. Some notable backlog reduction efforts were made by the Defense Intelligence Agency which reduced its backlog by 28.5% from 1132 requests to 809 requests and the Department of the Army which reduced its backlog by 17.6% from 625 requests to 515 requests. Seven of the ten oldest FOIA requests in the Department of Defense were closed in fiscal year 2013.

The number of backlogged appeals decreased by 96, from 769 to 673, a 12.5% decrease. The components that reduced their appeals backlog the most were: DIA – from 147 to 92 cases; OSD/JS – from 354 to 302 cases; and NSA – from 79 to 56 cases. All the ten oldest appeals, as well as consultations from the fiscal year 2012 FOIA Annual Reports, were closed in fiscal year 2013.

The total cost of processing FOIA requests for the Department of Defense, including litigation costs, increased to $83,461,793 in fiscal year 2013 compared to $75,209,902 in fiscal year 2012. The average cost of processing a FOIA request in the Department of Defense during this period was approximately $1,166 a case, compared to last year’s figure of $1,128. The total full time and full time equivalent (FTE – those working part of their time on FOIA) personnel working on FOIA decreased from 727.73 last year to 698.47 this year. Additionally, many full time and full time equivalent Department of Defense civil service FOIA professionals were furloughed for six days in fiscal year 2013.

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Table of Contents

Section Page

I. Basic Information Regarding Report

1

II. Making a FOIA Request

1

III. Acronyms, Definitions, and Exemptions

2

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes

7

V. FOIA Requests

18

VI. Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests

27

VII. FOIA Requests: Response Time for Processed and Pending Requests

40

VIII. Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waivers IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests XI. FOIA Regulations XII. Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisons

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64

65

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I. Basic Information Regarding Report

1. Title, address, and telephone number of person to be contacted with questions about the report:

Write to: Chief, Defense Freedom of Information Policy Office

1155 Defense Pentagon

Washington, DC 20301-1155

Telephone: (571) 372-0462

Toll-free number: (866) 574-4970

Fax number: (571) 372-0500

Point of Contact: Mr. Paul Levitan

Senior Freedom of Information Act Policy Analyst

2. The electronic address (Universal Resource Locator) for this report is:

http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/dfoipo/Annual_FOIA_reports.html

3. You may obtain a paper copy of this DoD Annual FOIA Report for fiscal year 2013 by telephoning,

faxing, or writing to the Defense Freedom of Information Policy Office. A FOIA request is not

necessary. Please include a return mailing address.

II. Making a FOIA Request

1. The DoD Freedom of Information Act Handbook is web based and interactive. It provides general

information about the FOIA Program within DoD and provides basic information about how to

submit a FOIA request. It also contains DoD component addresses, a brief description of expected

response times, and the reason why some requests are not granted. The DoD Freedom of

Information Act Handbook can be found at:

http://www.dod.gov/pubs/foi/dfoipo/foiaHandbook.html

To make a FOIA request to the DoD via the internet use the following:

http://www.dod.gov/pubs/foi/submit_foiaform.html

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Using this web page, you can navigate to the FOIA Requester Service Centers for the Military

Services, Combatant Commands, or Defense Department Agencies.

2. Reasons why some requests are not granted and general categories of agency records.

a. This is a summary of the most frequent reasons for a FOIA request not to be granted:

i. The request is transferred to another DoD component, or to another Federal

Agency.

ii. The request is withdrawn by the requester.

iii. The requester is unwilling to pay fees associated with a request; the requester is

past due in the payment of fees from a previous FOIA request; or the requester

disagrees with the fee estimate.

iv. A record has not been described with sufficient detail to enable the DoD

component to locate it with a reasonable amount of effort.

v. The information requested is not a record within the meaning of the FOIA.

vi. The request is a duplicate request (e.g., a requester asks for the same information

more than once). This includes identical requests received via different means

(e.g., electronic mail, facsimile, mail, courier) at the same or different times from

the same requester.

vii. The record is denied in whole or in part in accordance with one or more

exemptions as set forth in the FOIA.

b. The FOIA exemptions used by the DoD components apply to a number of different

categories of records. Some of these categories are:

i. Acquisition and Contracting,

ii. Personnel,

iii. Intelligence,

iv. Policy development,

v. Military/Operational,

vi. Law Enforcement,

vii. Inspector General.

3. Agency Component Abbreviations

Component Abbreviation Component Name

AF Department of the Air Force

AFRICOM U.S. Africa Command

ASBCA Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals

ARMY Department of the Army

CENTCOM U.S. Central Command

DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency

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DCMA Defense Contract Management Agency

DeCA Defense Commissary Agency

DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DIA Defense Intelligence Agency

DISA Defense Information Systems Agency

DLA Defense Logistics Agency

DoDEA Department of Defense Educational Activity

DoD IG Department of Defense Inspector General

DSS Defense Security Service

DTIC Defense Technical Information Center

DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency

EUCOM U.S. European Command

JPRA Joint Personnel Recovery Agency

NAVY Department of the Navy

NGB National Guard Bureau

NORTHCOM U.S. Northern Command

NRO National Reconnaissance Office

NSA National Security Agency

OSD/JS Office of the Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff

PACOM U.S. Pacific Command

SOCOM U.S. Special Operations Command

SOUTHCOM U.S. Southern Command

STRATCOM U.S. Strategic Command

TRANSCOM U.S. Transportation Command

TRICARE TRICARE Management Activity

NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

III. Definitions, and Exemptions

1. Definitions of terms.

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a. Administrative Appeal: A request to an agency asking that it review at a higher administrative

level a full or partial denial of access to records under the FOIA, or any other adverse FOIA

determination.

b. Average number: The number obtained by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by the

quantity of numbers in the group. For example: the average of 3, 7, and 14 is 8.

c. Backlog: The number of requests or administrative appeals that are pending at an agency at the

end of the fiscal year that are beyond the statutory time period for a response.

d. Component: DoD processes requests on a decentralized basis; a “component” is an entity, also

sometimes referred to as an Office, Combatant Command, or Defense Agency, within DoD that

processes FOIA requests.

e. Consultation: The procedure whereby an agency responding to a FOIA request first forwards a record to another agency for its review because that other agency has an interest in the document. Once the agency in receipt of the consultation finishes its review of the record, it responds back to the agency that forwarded it. That agency, in turn, will then respond to the FOIA requester. The DoD tracked consultations as FOIA requests until July 1, 2008. Due to DOJ guidance, they are now tracked and reported separately.

f. Exemption 3 Statute: A separate federal statute prohibiting the disclosure of a certain type of information and authorizing it being withheld under FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3).

g. FOIA Request: A FOIA request is generally a request to an agency for access to records concerning another person (i.e. a “third-party” request), or concerning an organization, or a particular topic of interest. FOIA requests also include requests made by requesters seeking records concerning themselves (i.e., “first-party” requests) when those requesters are not subject to the Privacy Act, such as non-U.S. citizens. Moreover, because all first-party requesters should be afforded the benefit of both the access provisions of the FOIA as well as those of the Privacy Act, FOIA requests also include any first-party requests where an agency determines that it must search beyond its Privacy Act “systems of records” or where a Privacy Act exemption applies, and the agency looks to FOIA to afford the greatest possible access. All requests which require the agency to utilize the FOIA in responding to the requester are included in this report.

h. Full Grant: An agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request.

i. Full Denial: An agency decision not to release any part of a record or records in response to a FOIA request because all the information in the requested record or records is determined by the agency to be exempt under one or more of the FOIA exemptions, or for some procedural reason such as no record is located in response to a FOIA request.

j. Median number: The middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the median number is 7.

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k. Multi-track processing: A system in which simple requests requiring relatively minimal review are placed in one processing track and more voluminous and complex requests are placed in one or more other tracks. Requests in each track are processed on a first-in/first out basis. A requester who has a compelling need for records may request expedited processing (see below).

i. Expedited Processing – an agency will process a FOIA request on an expedited basis when a requester satisfies the requirements for expedited processing as set forth in the statute and in agency regulations.

ii. Simple Request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in its fastest (non-expedited) track based on the low volume and/or simplicity of the records requested.

iii. Complex Request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in a slower track based on the high volume and/or complexity of the records requested.

l. Partial Grant/Partial Denial: An agency decision to disclose a record only in part in response to a FOIA request, deleting information determined to be exempt under one or more exemptions under the FOIA; or a decision to disclose some records in their entirety, but to withhold others in whole or in part.

m. Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal: A request or administrative appeal for which an agency has not taken final action in all respects.

n. Perfected Request: A request for records which reasonably describes such records and is made in accordance with published rules stating the time, place, fees (if any) and procedures to be followed.

o. Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal: A request or administrative appeal for which an agency has taken final action in all respects.

p. Range in Number of Days: The minimum and maximum number of days to process requests or administrative appeals.

q. Time limits: The time period in the FOIA for an agency to respond to a FOIA request

(ordinarily 20 working days from proper receipt of a "perfected" FOIA request).

2. Short definitions of the nine FOIA exemptions:

a. Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations information

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b. Exemption 2: records related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the DoD or

any of the DoD Components

c. Exemption 3: information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law

d. Exemption 4: trade secrets and other confidential business information

e. Exemption 5: inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal privileges

f. Exemption 6: information involving matters of personal privacy

g. Exemption 7: records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, to the extent that

the production of those records (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement

proceedings, (B) would deprive a person of the right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication,

(C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D)

could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, (E) would disclose

techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose

guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or (F) could reasonably be

expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual

h. Exemption 8: information relating to the supervision of financial institutions

i. Exemption 9: geological information on wells

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IV. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES

Statute Type of Information

Withheld Case Citation

Agency /

Component

Number of

Times

Relied upon

by Agency /

Component

Total Number

of

Times Relied

upon

by Agency

Overall

5 U.S.C. app §107(a) Ethics in Governments Act of 1978 -

Protecting Financial Disclosure

Reports of Special Government

Employees

Meyerhoff v. EPA, 958 F.2d 1498,

1500-02 (9th Cir. 1992);

Concepcion v. FBI, 606 F. Supp. 2d

14, 33 (D.D.C.

2009), renewed motion for

summary judgment granted in part

on other grounds, 699 F. Supp. 2d

106 (D.D.C. 2010).

AF 4

6

ARMY 2

5 USC § 574(j) Dispute resolution communications

between a neutral and a party to the

dispute

No AF 2

6

ARMY 3

OSD/JS 1

5 USC § 7114(b)(4) Civil Service Reform Act -

Representation Rights and Duties,

Labor Unions

Hiken v. DOD, 521 F. Supp. 2d

1047, 1062(N.D. Cal. 2007);

O’Keefe v. DOD, 463 F. Supp. 2d

317, 325 (E.D.N.Y. 2006); Windel v.

United States, No. A02-306, 2005

WL 846206, at *2 (D. Alaska Apr.

11, 2005).

AF 1

4

ARMY 3

10 USC § 128 Unclassified special nuclear No AF 2 9

8

weapons information

ARMY 3

CENTCOM 1

DLA 1

NAVY 1

STRATCOM 1

10 USC § 130 Certain technical data with military

or space application in the

possession of, or under the control

of, the Department of Defense

Newport Aeronautical Sales v. Dep’t

of the Air Force, 660 F. Supp. 2d

60, 65 (D.D.C. 2009); Chenkin v.

Department of the Army, No. 93-

494, 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20907,

at *8 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 14, 1994), aff’d,

61 F.3d 894 (3d Cir. 1995)

(unpublished table decision).

AF 26

145

ARMY 27

DTRA 24

NAVY 44

NGA 2

NSA 7

OSD/JS 3

STRATCOM 1

SOCOM 2

SOUTHCOM 9

10 USC § 130b Personally identifying information of

DoD and Coast Guard personnel in

overseas, sensitive or routinely

deployable units

Hiken v. DOD, 521 F. Supp. 2d

1047, 1062(N.D. Cal. 2007);

O’Keefe v. DOD, 463 F. Supp. 2d

317, 325 (E.D.N.Y. 2006); Windel v.

United States, No. A02-306, 2005

AF 110

798

9

WL 846206, at *2 (D. Alaska Apr.

11, 2005).

AFRICOM 21

ARMY 31

CENTCOM 101

DCMA 3

DoDEA 6

DoD IG 1

EUCOM 19

NAVY 439

OSD/JS 7

SOCOM 18

SOUTHCOM 33

PACOM 9

10 USC § 130c Certain sensitive information of

foreign governments and

international organizations

Nat’l Inst. Of Military Justice v. DoD

404 F. Supp 2d 325, 335-37

(D.D.C. 2005), aff’d on other

grounds, 512 F.3d 677 (D.C. Cir

2008); ACLU v. DOD, 389 F. Supp.

2d 547, 554 (S.D.N.Y. 2005);

Gerstein v. DOD, No. 03-5193, slip

op. at 8 (N.D. Ca. Dec. 21, 2004).

AF 5

50

ARMY 1

CENTCOM 5

DTRA 4

NAVY 4

10

NGA 3

NORTHCOM 1

OSD/JS 12

STRATCOM 1

SOCOM 3

SOUTHCOM 11

10 USC § 424 Organization or any function of, and

certain information pertaining to,

employees of DIA, NRO, and NGA

Physicians for Human Rights v.

DOD, No. RDB-08-273, 2011 WS

1495942, at *7 (D.D.C. Apr. 19,

2011); Miller v. DOJ, 562 D. Supp.

2d 82, 112 (D.D.C. 2008).

Wickerwire Gavin, P.C. v. Defense

Intelligence Agency, 330 F. Supp.

2d 592, 602 (E.D. Va. 2004).

AF 7

757

CENTCOM 54

DIA 529

DoD IG 1

NAVY 1

NGA 75

NRO 67

NSA 4

OSD/JS 16

PACOM 2

SOCOM 1

10 USC § 455 Maps, charts, and geodetic data No CENTCOM 4 34

11

DIA 3

NAVY 11

NGA 15

SOCOM 1

10 USC § 613a(a) Proceedings from selection and

Special Selection Boards for Active

Duty Officers and Warrant Officers

No AF 1

1

10 USC § 1102 Medical quality assurance records Goodrich v. Dept of Air Force, 404

F. Supp. 2d 48, 50-51 (D.D.C.

2005); Dayton Newspapers, Inc. v

Dep’t of the Air Force, 107 F Supp.

2d 912, 917 (S.D. Ohio 1999).

AF 9

18

ARMY 2

NAVY 5

OSD/JS 2

10 USC § 1506 (d) & (f) Records pertaining to the debriefing

of a missing person return to U.S.

control

No JPRA 1

1

10 USC § 2305(g) DoD contractor proposals 10 U.S.C. § 2305(g): Roman v.

NSA, Nos. 09-2947, 09-4281, 09-

3344, 09-2504, 09-5633, 2012 WL

569747, at *7 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 22,

2012); Margolin v. NASA, No. 09-

CV-00421-LRH-VPC, 2011 WL

1303221, at *6 (D. Nev. Mar. 31,

2011).

AF 49

203

ARMY 78

12

DIA 3

DISA 5

DLA 24

DoDEA 7

DoD IG 1

DTRA 1

NAVY 16

NSA 2

OSD/JS 9

SOCOM 1

TRANSCOM 1

TRICARE 6

10 USC § 2371(i) Proposals, business plans, or

technical information submitted to

the DoD as part of a process

resulting in awards other than

contracts and grants

No AF 2

3

OSD/JS 1

10 USC § 14104(a) Proceedings from selection and

Special Selection Boards for

Reserve Officers

No NGB 1

1

10 USC § 2485(h) Commissary commercially valuable

information

No DeCA 1

1

13

16 USC § 470w-3 National historic preservation

information

Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep’t of the

Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d 21, 30

(D.D.C. 2003), summary affirmance

granted, No. 03-5257, 2004 WL

1900562 (D.D.Cir Aug. 25, 2004).

AF 1

43

ARMY 41

NAVY 1

18 USC § 798(a) Certain classified information

pertaining to the communication

intelligence and cytological devices

of the United States of any foreign

government

Larson v. Dept of State, 565 F 3d

857, 868-869 (D.C. Cir. 2009);N.Y.

Times Co. v. DoD 499 F. Supp. 2d

501, 512 (S.D.N.Y. 2007);

Adejumobi v. NSA, No. 07-1237,

2007 WL 4247878, at *3 (M.D. Fla

Dec 3, 2007), aff’d per curiam, 287

F. App’x 770 (11th Cir. 2008).

CENTCOM 1

3,328

DIA 6

NAVY 5

NSA 3,316

18 USC § 3509(d) Certain records containing

identifying information pertaining to

children involved in criminal

proceedings

Tampico v. EOUSA, No. 04-2285,

slip op. at 8 (D.D.C. Apr. 29, 2005).

AF 20

20

22 USC § 2778(e) Sec

38(e)of the Arms Export

Control Act

Certain information pertaining to

export license applications

Council for a Livable World v. U.S.

Dept. of State, No 96-1807, slip op.

at 11 (D.D.C. Jan. 21, 1998),

amended (D.D.C Nov. 23, 1998).

AF 5

8

NAVY 2

OSD/JS 1

14

26 USC § 6103 Confidentiality and Disclosure of

Returns and Return Information.

Church of Scientology v. IRS, 484

U.S. 9, 15 (1987) (26 U.S.C. §

6103); Pac. Fisheries, Inc. v. IRS,

395 F. App'x. 438, 440 (9th Cir.

2010) (unpublished disposition) (26

U.S.C. §§ 6103, 6105); Tax

Analysts v. IRS, 217 F. Supp. 2d

23, 27-29 (D.D.C. 2002) (26 U.S.C.

§ 6105).

AF 1

1

41 USC § 423 Contractor bid or proposal

information source selection

information

Legal & Safety Employer Research,

Inc. v. U.S. Dept of Army. No. Civ.

S001748, 2001 WL 34098652 at *3-

4 (E.D. Cal. May 4, 2001) (dictum).

AF 1

7 DISA 1

NAVY 3

OSD/JS 2

42 USC § 2162(a)(Restricted

Data) § 2168(a)(1)c (Formerly

Restricted Data)

Information regarding atomic

energy: Restricted and Formerly

Restricted Data

Meeropol v. Smith, No. 75-1121,

slip op. at 53-55 (D.D.C. Feb. 29

1984), aff’d in relevant part &

remanded in part on other grounds

sub nom, Meeropol v. Meese, 790

F.2d 942 (D.C. Cir. 1986).

AF 7

15

DIA 2

NAVY 2

OSD/JS 4

42 USC § 262a(h) Enhanced control of dangerous

biological agents and toxins

No ARMY 1 1

15

50 USC § 402 Note Sec 6

P.L.

Information pertaining to the

functions or information of NSA;

certain information pertaining to

NSA employees

Houghton v. NSA, No. 09-4440,

2010 WL 1784058, at *3 (3d Cir.

May 5, 2010)(per curiam); Larson v.

Dept of State, 565 F. 3d 857, 868-

869 (D.C. Cir. 2009); Founding

Church of Scientology v. NSA, 610

F.2d 824, 827-28 (D.C. Cir. 1979);

Roman v. NSA, No. 07-CV-4502,

2009 WL 303686, at *5-6 (E.D.N.Y

Feb. 9, 2009), summary affirmance

granted, 354 F. App’x. 591 (2d Cir.

2009).

ARMY 1

3,612

CENTCOM 2

DIA 11

NRO 1

NSA 3,595

OSD/JS 1

STRATCOM 1

50 USC § 403(g) Section 6 of

the CIA Act of 1949

Certain information pertaining to

CIA employees, specifically: the

organization, functions, names,

official titles, salaries, or numbers of

personnel employed by the CIA

Larson v. Dept of State, 565 F. 3d

857, 868-869 (D.C. Cir. 2009);

Berman v. CIA, 501 F.3d 1136,

1137-38, 1140 (9th Cir. 2007);

Makky v Chertoff, 489 F.Supp. 2d

421, 442 (D.N.J. 2007), aff’d on

other grounds, 541 F. 3d 205 (3d

Cir 2008).

AF 4

33

ARMY 1

CENTCOM 15

DIA 2

16

DoD IG 1

NRO 3

OSD/JS 6

PACOM 1

50 USC § 403-1(i) Intelligence sources and methods CIA v. Sims, 471 U.S. 159, 167

(1985); Berman v. CIA, 501 F.3d

1136, 1137-38, 1140 (9th Cir.

2007); Wolf v. CIA, 473 F.3d 370,

378, 380 (D.D. Cir. 2007).

CENTCOM 2

554 DIA 335

NRO 22

NSA 194

STRATCOM 1

50 USC § 421 Protection of identities of certain

United States undercover

intelligence officers, agents,

informants, and sources

No SOCOM 1

2

PACOM 1

50 USC § 432b NSA operational files No NGA 9 15

NSA 6

50 USC § 435 Note Sec

1082, P.L.

Information concerning US

personnel classified as POW/MIA

during the Vietnam and Korean

Conflicts ("McCain Bill")

No OSD/JS 3

4

PACOM 1

17

50 USC app. § 2170(c) Information or documentary

material filed with the President or

President's designee pursuant to

this section.

No DIA 1

1

50 USC § 2411(c) Export License Application

Information

Wis. Project on Nuclear Arms

Control v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce,

317 F.3d 275, 284 (D.C. Cir. 2003);

Times Publishing Co. v. U.S. Dep't

of Commerce, 236 F.3d 1286, 1292

(11th Cir. 2001).

AF 3

3

IG Act of 1978, Sec 7(b). P.L.

95-452

Confidentiality of employee

complaints to the IG

No DoD IG 2

6 NAVY 2

OSD/JS 1

NGA 1

10 USC § 130e DoD Critical Infrastructure Security No OSD/JS 2 2

41 USC § 2102 Contract proposals prohibited from

release by statute.

No SOCOM 1

1

0

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V. FOIA Requests

V.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS

Agency / Component

Number of

Requests

Pending as of

Start

of Fiscal Year

Number of

Requests

Received

in Fiscal Year

Number of

Requests

Processed

in Fiscal Year

Number of

Requests

Pending as of End

of Fiscal Year

AF 958 6,362 6,283 1,037

AFRICOM 26 69 53 42

ASBCA 0 3 3 0

ARMY 2,270 33,056 33,315 2,011

CENTCOM 227 295 321 201

DCAA 5 105 107 3

DCMA 59 209 221 47

DeCA 7 177 184 0

DFAS 8 266 261 13

DIA 1,194 1,312 1,667 839

DISA 26 269 249 46

DLA 112 5,286 5,351 47

DoDEA 5 54 53 6

DoD IG 288 682 496 474

DSS 8 92 95 5

DTIC 3 179 167 15

DTRA 53 122 137 38

EUCOM 63 96 124 35

JPRA 2 7 8 1

NAVY 1,774 12,409 12,107 2,076

NGA 86 96 118 64

NGB 24 108 79 53

NORTHCOM 30 109 128 11

NRO 45 199 186 58

NSA 662 4,328 4,060 930

OSD/JS 1,147 1,462 1,347 1,262

PACOM 64 93 60 97

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SOCOM 157 140 112 185

SOUTHCOM 170 190 172 188

STRATCOM 1 35 25 11

TRANSCOM 34 74 61 47

TRICARE 19 130 129 20

AGENCY OVERALL 9,527 68,014 67,679 9,862

Column one should be the same number as the number of pending FOIA requests reported by each component at the end of FY12.

The differences in numbers for AF, ARMY, CENTCOM, DCAA, DIA, DISA, DoDIG, NAVY, NORTHCOM, NSA, OSD/JS, PACOM,

SOCOM and TMA are due to better accounting methods which caused some minor discrepancy in starting numbers.

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V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS

Agency /

Component

Number

of Full

Grants

Number

of Partial

Grants /

Partial

Denials

Number of

Full Denials

Based on

Exemptions

Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions

No

Records

All Records

Referred to

Another

Component

or Agency

Request

Withdrawn

Fee-

Related

Reason

Records

not

Reasonably

Described

Improper

FOIA

Request

for Other

Reason

Not

Agency

Record

Duplicate

Request

Other

*Explain

in Chart

Below

TOTAL

AF 1,557 2,058 162 714 40 341 121 96 84 78 306 726 6,283

AFRICOM 5 25 4 10 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 53

ASBCA 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

ARMY 15,853 6,067 774 2,497 4,047 739 372 179 766 287 517 1,217 33,315

CENTCOM 7 125 21 40 86 22 0 1 1 6 4 8 321

DCAA 28 36 6 14 17 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 107

DCMA 25 63 0 15 3 17 6 2 21 12 6 51 221

DeCA 126 28 2 12 4 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 184

DFAS 149 31 9 16 7 10 1 6 15 12 1 4 261

DIA 34 457 101 932 35 27 0 3 2 3 11 62 1,667

DISA 152 27 7 18 12 5 14 5 1 1 2 5 249

DLA 3,799 1,062 7 86 38 126 27 16 26 12 27 125 5,351

DoDEA 12 28 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 53

DoD IG 21 161 117 43 3 31 0 8 12 54 15 31 496

DSS 15 19 1 46 7 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 95

DTIC 65 1 4 25 62 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 167

DTRA 20 59 2 18 4 8 9 0 4 4 4 5 137

EUCOM 5 47 6 19 34 5 0 4 0 0 0 4 124

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JPRA 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8

NAVY 2,059 4,200 531 1,111 1,837 534 163 116 195 383 310 668 12,107

NGA 14 30 11 18 1 14 1 1 1 1 4 22 118

NGB 3 12 4 9 16 7 11 6 4 0 2 5 79

NORTHCOM 11 29 8 20 8 6 7 7 1 14 17 0 128

NRO 17 64 11 43 4 4 8 16 19 0 0 0 186

NSA 82 292 3,325 134 4 30 27 11 22 7 82 44 4,060

OSD/JS 220 294 44 125 52 95 32 154 9 16 20 286 1,347

PACOM 5 22 10 12 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 60

SOCOM 5 19 3 26 19 11 4 0 4 2 1 18 112

SOUTHCOM 20 86 0 36 0 4 0 0 5 9 0 12 172

STRATCOM 7 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 25

TRANSCOM 18 21 2 5 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 61

TRICARE 32 28 5 11 12 17 6 4 6 6 1 1 129

AGENCY

OVERALL 24,368 15,396 5,183 6,063 6,365 2,080 814 642 1,206 917 1,331 3,314 67,679

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V.B.(2). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- "OTHER" REASONS FOR "FULL DENIALS

BASED ON REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS"

Agency /

Component Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from Chart B(1)

Number of Times

"Other" Reason

Was Relied Upon

TOTAL

AF Unable to Contact Requester 111

726

Administratively Closed 511

Litigation 4

Misdirected Request 100

AFRICOM Misdirected Request 3 3

ASBCA N/A 0 0

ARMY Misdirected Request 67 1,217

Administratively Closed 1,150

CENTCOM Administratively Closed 2

8 Misdirected Request 4

Unable to Contact Requester 2

DCAA N/A 0 0

DCMA Misdirected Request 51 51

DeCA N/A 0 0

DFAS Administratively Closed 4 4

DIA Administratively Closed 3

62 Unable to Contact Requester 43

Misdirected Request 16

DISA Misdirected Request 2 5

Administratively Closed 3

DLA Misdirected Request 91 125

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Administratively Closed 34

DoDEA Misdirected Request 0 0

DoD IG Misdirected Request 5 31

Administratively Closed 26

DSS N/A 0 0

DTIC N/A 0 0

DTRA Administratively Closed 5 5

EUCOM Administratively Closed 4 4

JPRA Misdirected Request 1 1

NAVY Misdirected Request 558

668 Administratively Closed 108

Litigation 2

NGA Administratively Closed 22 22

NGB Administratively Closed 5 5

NORTHCOM N/A 0 0

NRO N/A 0 0

NSA Misdirected Request 40 44

Administratively Closed 4

OSD/JS Administratively Closed 51

286 Litigation 5

Misdirected Request 225

Insufficient Address 5

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PACOM Administratively Closed 1 3

Misdirected Request 2

SOCOM Administratively Closed 16

18 Litigation 1

Misdirected Request 1

SOUTHCOM Administratively Closed 1

12 Misdirected Request 1

Litigation 10

STRATCOM Misdirected Request 5 5

TRANSCOM Administratively Closed 8 8

TRICARE Administratively Closed 1 1

AGENCY

OVERALL 3,314

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V.B.(3). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Agency /

Component Ex. 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Ex. 4 Ex. 5 Ex. 6 Ex. 7(A) Ex. 7(B) Ex. 7(C) Ex. 7(D) Ex. 7(E) Ex. 7(F) Ex. 8 Ex. 9

AF 89 3 233 252 377 1,772 41 6 0 68 19 17 0 3

AFRICOM 4 2 21 1 9 24 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

ASBCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ARMY 118 45 202 443 969 5,837 399 17 3,564 214 1,359 610 1 4

CENTCOM 118 2 105 0 71 137 9 2 15 0 5 2 0 0

DCAA 0 1 0 2 12 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DCMA 0 0 3 19 10 55 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

DeCA 0 0 1 13 2 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

DFAS 0 0 0 9 1 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DIA 360 3 889 50 27 193 5 17 8 14 1 0 0 0

DISA 0 0 6 1 6 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DLA 0 4 25 98 862 111 2 0 72 0 4 9 0 0

DoDEA 0 1 13 13 7 19 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0

DoD IG 1 2 6 22 95 258 80 0 212 5 82 0 0 0

DSS 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 0 16 0 1 1 0 0

DTIC 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DTRA 2 1 28 46 10 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

EUCOM 32 3 19 1 7 34 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

JPRA 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NAVY 206 39 533 169 343 3,639 319 6 1,648 34 51 121 0 0

NGA 32 0 105 3 6 63 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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NGB 0 0 1 3 9 16 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

NORTHCOM 12 0 1 0 16 22 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

NRO 54 0 75 1 2 26 0 0 4 4 2 0 0 0

NSA 3,369 72 3,598 7 17 130 2 0 9 9 73 0 0 0

OSD/JS 62 2 61 40 70 268 6 0 20 5 14 3 0 0

PACOM 18 1 10 0 6 17 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

SOCOM 10 0 24 4 3 20 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

SOUTHCOM 101 0 53 2 37 92 1 3 29 15 9 8 0 0

STRATCOM 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

TRANSCOM 0 0 1 1 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

TRICARE 0 0 6 16 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AGENCY

OVERALL 4,594 182 6,024 1,219 2,986 12,925 869 51 5,611 369 1,624 776 1 7

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VI. Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests

VI.A. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS --

RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component

Number of Appeals

Pending as of Start

of Fiscal Year

Number of

Appeals Received

in Fiscal Year

Number of

Appeals Processed

in Fiscal Year

Number of Appeals

Pending as of End

of Fiscal Year

AF 72 258 176 154

ASBCA 0 0 0 0

ARMY 26 115 106 35

DCAA 0 6 6 0

DCMA 3 3 6 0

DeCA 0 0 0 0

DFAS 0 2 2 0

DIA 158 91 155 94

DISA 3 1 0 4

DLA 6 7 13 0

DoD IG 30 26 29 27

DSS 0 1 1 0

DTRA 1 4 3 2

NAVY 17 315 312 20

NGA 5 10 2 13

NRO 1 12 6 7

NSA 80 87 99 68

OSD/JS 364 173 229 308

AGENCY OVERALL 766 1,111 1,145 732

Concerning all tables in Section VI, not all components process administrative appeals. OSD/JS FOIA Appeals Branch processes the

following components’ appeals: AFRICOM, CENTCOM, DoDEA, DTIC, EUCOM, JPRA, NGB, NORTHCOM, OSD/JS, PACOM,

SOCOM, SOUTHCOM, STRATCOM, TRANSCOM, and TMA.

Column one should be the same number as the number of pending appeals reported by each component at the end of FY12. The

differences in numbers for AF, DIA and DSS are due to better accounting methods which caused some minor discrepancy in starting

numbers.

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VI.B. DISPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS -- ALL PROCESSED APPEALS

Agency / Component Number Affirmed on

Appeal

Number Partially

Affirmed & Partially

Reversed/Remanded on

Appeal

Number Completely

Reversed/Remanded on

Appeal

Number of Appeals

Closed for Other

Reasons

TOTAL

AF 26 34 13 103 176

ASBCA 0 0 0 0 0

ARMY 50 8 11 37 106

DCAA 1 5 0 0 6

DCMA 3 2 0 1 6

DeCA 0 0 0 0 0

DFAS 1 0 0 1 2

DIA 95 39 3 18 155

DISA 0 0 0 0 0

DLA 3 9 0 1 13

DoD IG 16 1 5 7 29

DSS 0 0 0 1 1

DTRA 0 1 0 2 3

NAVY 101 26 30 155 312

NGA 2 0 0 0 2

NRO 3 1 0 2 6

NSA 82 1 0 16 99

OSD/JS 45 42 37 105 229

AGENCY OVERALL 428 169 99 449 1,145

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ABSCA, DCAA, DeCA and DISA did not process any appeals in FY13.

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VI.C.(1). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Agency /

Component Ex. 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Ex. 4 Ex. 5 Ex. 6 Ex. 7(A) Ex. 7(B) Ex. 7(C) Ex. 7(D) Ex. 7(E) Ex. 7(F) Ex. 8 Ex. 9

AF 1 0 10 3 28 40 2 0 11 2 1 0 0 0

ASBCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ARMY 1 0 2 2 19 34 4 0 27 5 1 1 0 0

DCAA 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DCMA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DeCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DFAS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DIA 74 0 114 2 0 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

DISA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DLA 0 0 1 7 5 8 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

DoD IG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0

DSS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DTRA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NAVY 4 0 2 1 14 35 9 0 10 0 1 1 0 0

NGA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRO 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0

NSA 59 2 63 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0

OSD/JS 56 1 25 2 23 29 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0

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AGENCY

OVERALL 199 3 219 18 94 170 15 0 63 8 10 4 0 0

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VI.C.(2). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS

Agency /

Component

No

Records

Records

Referred at

Initial

Request

Level

Request

Withdrawn

Fee-

Related

Reason

Records

not

Reasonably

Described

Improper

Request

for Other

Reasons

Not

Agency

Record

Duplicate

Request or

Appeal

Request in

Litigation

Appeal

Based

Solely on

Denial of

Request

for

Expedited

Processing

Other

*Explain in

chart

below

AF 32 2 8 0 1 9 2 11 0 0 38

ASBCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ARMY 23 4 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 0

DCAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DCMA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DeCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DFAS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

DIA 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3

DISA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DLA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DoD IG 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3

DSS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

NAVY 0 0 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 144

NGA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRO 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NSA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 13

33

OSD/JS 19 4 32 8 0 5 2 3 0 6 25

AGENCY

OVERALL 87 10 54 8 1 25 9 17 2 17 228

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VI.C.(3). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- "OTHER" REASONS

Agency /

Component Description of "Other" Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C(2)

Number of Times

"Other" Reason

Was Relied Upon

TOTAL

AF Misdirected 2

38 Administratively Closed 35

Litigation 1

ASBCA N/A 0 0

ARMY N/A 0 0

0

DCAA N/A 0 0

DCMA N/A 0 0

DeCA N/A 0 0

DFAS N/A 0 0

DIA Administratively Closed 3 3

DISA N/A 0 0

DLA N/A 0 0

0

DoD IG Inadequate Appeal 3 3

DSS N/A 0 0

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0

DTRA Administratively Closed 2 2

0

0

NAVY Misdirected 125 144

Administratively Closed 19

NGA N/A 0 0

0

0

NRO N/A 0 0

NSA Administratively Closed 13 13

OSD/JS Administratively Closed 21

25

Litigation 1

Misdirected Request 3

AGENCY

OVERALL 228

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VI.C.(4). RESPONSE TIME FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component Median Number of Days Average Number of

Days Lowest Number of Days

Highest Number of

Days

AF 80.00 98.00 1.00 489.00

ASBCA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

ARMY 0.00 62.00 1.00 462.00

DCAA 18.00 18.00 15.00 21.00

DCMA 123.00 96.00 8.00 239.00

DeCA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

DFAS 12.00 16.00 12.00 21.00

DIA 265.00 686.00 8.00 3,723.00

DISA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

DLA 86.00 116.00 30.00 264.00

DoD IG 50.00 180.00 1.00 1,007.00

DSS 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

DTRA 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00

NAVY 37.00 42.00 2.00 213.00

NGA 237.00 237.00 71.00 614.00

NRO 60.00 63.00 23.00 118.00

NSA 127.00 229.00 2.00 1,095.00

OSD/JS 123.00 526.00 <1 4,147.00

AGENCY OVERALL 0.00 402.00 <1 4,147.00

Due to the decentralized processing and tracking of FOIA requests within the DoD and because the DoD does not have the means to

centrally capture all the required data, it is not possible to calculate DoD (Agency) medians. Furthermore, Army has multiple reporting

components and is not able to compute medians for its overall totals.

ABSCA, DeCA and DISA did not process any appeals this year.

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VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency /

Component

10th Oldest

Appeal 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd

Oldest

Appeal

AF

Date of Appeal 2012-01-20 2011-12-29 2011-12-07 2011-11-02 2011-10-28 2011-10-17 2011-10-05 2011-10-04 2011-04-29 2011-02-17

Number of Days

Pending 426 440 456 479 482 491 498 499 608 658

ASBCA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ARMY

Date of Appeal 2013-06-24 2013-06-06 2013-06-06 2013-05-22 2013-05-21 2013-05-03 2013-01-18 2012-09-06 2012-08-27 2012-02-24

Number of Days

Pending 68 80 80 90 91 103 176 266 273 402

DCAA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DCMA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DeCA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DFAS

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DIA

Date of Appeal 2007-04-10 2007-04-04 2007-03-09 2006-11-07 2006-09-25 2006-07-20 2006-05-24 2004-07-30 2004-04-21 2003-07-23

Number of Days 1625 1629 1647 1728 1758 1804 1843 2298 2367 2553

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Pending

DISA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-07-08 2012-05-08 2009-06-23 2009-06-23

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 350 1072 1072

DLA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DoD IG

Date of Appeal 2011-01-28 2011-01-04 2010-11-13 2010-09-03 2010-08-31 2010-07-01 2010-04-04 2009-10-13 2007-11-05 2006-08-21

Number of Days

Pending 672 689 722 770 773 815 879 995 1480 1782

DSS

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DTRA

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-04-09 2011-09-09

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 516

NAVY

Date of Appeal 2013-09-20 2013-09-20 2013-09-19 2013-09-19 2013-09-10 2013-09-10 2013-09-03 2013-08-30 2013-08-30 2013-05-31

Number of Days

Pending 6 6 7 7 14 14 19 20 20 84

NGA

Date of Appeal 2012-11-30 2012-11-01 2012-11-01 2012-11-01 2012-10-31 2012-10-15 2012-09-14 2012-09-12 2012-09-12 2011-05-13

Number of Days

Pending 208 227 227 227 228 240 260 262 262 598

NRO

Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A 2013-09-24 2013-08-13 2013-08-07 2013-07-16 2013-06-25 2013-06-17 2009-09-24

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 4 33 37 53 67 73 1007

NSA Date of Appeal 2011-11-17 2011-08-09 2011-05-10 2010-11-16 2010-11-03 2010-11-01 2010-10-08 2010-09-02 2010-08-25 2010-08-25

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Number of Days

Pending 469 538 601 721 729 731 746 771 777 777

OSD/JS

Date of Appeal 2003-04-21 2002-11-01 2002-10-09 2002-05-07 2002-04-19 2002-04-08 2002-02-25 2002-02-14 2002-02-12 2002-01-10

Number of Days

Pending 2618 2733 2749 2857 2869 2878 2908 2914 2916 2938

AGENCY

OVERALL

Date of Appeal 2003-04-21 2002-11-01 2002-10-09 2002-05-07 2002-04-19 2002-04-08 2002-02-25 2002-02-14 2002-02-12 2002-01-10

Number of Days

Pending 2618 2733 2749 2857 2869 2878 2908 2914 2916 2938

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VII. FOIA Requests: Response Time for Processed and Pending FOIA Requests

VII.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency /

Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Median

Number

of Days

Average

Number

of Days

Lowest

Number

of Days

Highest

Number

of Days

Median

Number

of Days

Average

Number

of Days

Lowest

Number

of Days

Highest

Number

of Days

Median

Number

of Days

Average

Number

of Days

Lowest

Number

of Days

Highest

Number

of Days

AF 8 14 1 1031 40 82 1 887 11 22 1 111

AFRICOM 39 35 1 68 128 445 29 861 N/A N/A N/A N/A

ASBCA 3 5 1 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

ARMY N/A 6 <1 443 N/A 34 <1 1456 N/A 13 <1 30

CENTCOM 5 5 1 18 87 159 1 1418 57 52 13 58

DCAA 11 4 1 22 47 22 5 95 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DCMA 22 11 <1 44 544 182 23 1066 3 3 1 6

DeCA 6 13 <1 179 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

DFAS 10 12 <1 79 21 42 1 288 9 9 9 9

DIA 5 6 1 20 553 855 21 3517 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DISA 107 116 1 667 18 17 <1 53 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DLA 5 9 <1 121 12 32 1 274 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DoDEA 18 18 1 47 40 48 20 110 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DoD IG 4 6 1 19 33 126 10 1665 26 25 5 62

DSS 5 5 1 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

DTIC 13 13 1 20 24 25 21 54 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DTRA 9 13 <1 65 72 119 <1 459 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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EUCOM 5 10 1 76 168 385 11 1752 N/A N/A N/A N/A

JPRA 17 15 4 23 25 25 25 25 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NAVY 5 7 1 20 20 43 1 3089 <1 2 <1 21

NGA N/A N/A N/A N/A 155 255 <1 819 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NGB 10 10 <1 30 61 85 6 604 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NORTHCOM 19 8 1 21 89 218 23 973 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NRO 11 8 1 20 110 137 23 1148 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NSA 7 19 1 3061 559 993 18 4585 39 173 4 609

OSD/JS 5 8 <1 173 83 336 <1 3208 N/A N/A N/A N/A

PACOM 8 8 1 17 68 109 21 495 N/A N/A N/A N/A

SOCOM 16 15 1 83 94 308 1 2517 N/A N/A N/A N/A

SOUTHCOM 21 10 4 28 145 202 53 695 N/A N/A N/A N/A

STRATCOM 3 5 <1 16 48 68 26 135 N/A N/A N/A N/A

TRANSCOM 12 7 1 20 33 60 23 163 N/A N/A N/A N/A

TRICARE 12 21 <1 369 40 59 16 298 18 18 18 18

AGENCY

OVERALL N/A 10 <1 3061 N/A 93 <1 4585 N/A 15 <1 609

Due to the decentralized processing and tracking of FOIA requests within the DoD and because the DoD does not have the means to

centrally capture all the required data, it is not possible to calculate DoD (Agency) medians. Furthermore, Army has multiple reporting

components and was not able to compute medians for its overall totals. This applies to all tables with medians in Section VII.

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VII.B. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR PERFECTED REQUESTS IN WHICH INFORMATION WAS

GRANTED

Agency /

Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Median

Number

of Days

Average

Number

of Days

Lowest

Number

of Days

Highest

Number

of Days

Median

Number

of Days

Average

Number

of Days

Lowest

Number

of Days

Highest

Number

of Days

Median

Number

of Days

Average

Number

of Days

Lowest

Number

of Days

Highest

Number

of Days

AF 11 15 1 1031 50 98 1 794 17 28 1 111

AFRICOM 75 71 32 110 166 458 54 861 N/A N/A N/A N/A

ASBCA 7 7 3 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

ARMY N/A 6 <1 256 N/A 36 <1 1295 N/A 13 <1 29

CENTCOM 2 2 2 2 151 220 29 1418 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DCAA 9 6 1 19 47 24 5 95 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DeCA 6 14 <1 179 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

DCMA 22 14 <1 44 544 176 23 1066 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DFAS 10 12 <1 79 21 49 1 288 9 9 9 9

DIA 9 9 2 20 626 944 21 3462 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DISA 121 129 17 296 21 22 11 33 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DLA 11 12 <1 121 15 25 1 274 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DoDEA 21 20 1 47 42 56 25 110 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DoD IG 5 6 1 17 80 161 1 1603 26 37 26 62

DSS 5 5 1 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

DTIC 12 14 1 20 23 21 21 54 N/A N/A N/A N/A

DTRA 9 18 <1 65 149 156 11 436 N/A N/A N/A N/A

EUCOM 7 10 1 76 89 277 11 1279 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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JPRA N/A N/A N/A N/A 25 25 25 25 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NAVY 5 7 1 20 20 43 1 3089 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NGA N/A N/A N/A N/A 142 200 <1 819 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NGB 16 16 16 16 112 153 32 604 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NORTHCOM 12 11 1 21 52 147 23 610 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NRO 11 12 2 18 83 131 22 1148 N/A N/A N/A N/A

NSA 18 109 2 2206 624 1027 18 4585 609 609 609 609

OSD/JS 7 13 <1 142 99 373 2 3208 N/A N/A N/A N/A

PACOM 7 7 7 7 90 90 21 495 N/A N/A N/A N/A

SOCOM 8 8 1 15 131 480 22 2517 N/A N/A N/A N/A

SOUTHCOM 17 24 9 27 101 126 107 602 N/A N/A N/A N/A

STRATCOM 8 8 <1 16 77 79 26 135 N/A N/A N/A N/A

TRANSCOM 5 7 2 18 32 60 23 163 N/A N/A N/A N/A

TRICARE 17 20 1 84 36 67 16 298 18 18 18 18

AGENCY

OVERALL N/A 10 <1 2206 N/A 93 <1 4585 N/A 15 <1 0

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VII.C. PROCESSED SIMPLE REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency /

Component

<1-20

Days

21-40

Days

41-60

Days

61-80

Days

81-100

Days

101-120

Days

121-140

Days

141-160

Days

161-180

Days

181-200

Days

201-300

Days

301-400

Days

401+

Days TOTAL

AF 3,417 329 70 41 17 14 7 3 4 1 2 4 6 3,915

AFRICOM 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

ASBCA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

ARMY 16,543 278 9 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 16,844

CENTCOM 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35

DCAA 96 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97

DCMA 52 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65

DeCA 146 31 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 184

DFAS 217 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 248

DIA 910 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 910

DISA 178 14 0 6 5 6 6 5 2 1 3 1 1 228

DLA 4,085 729 21 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,839

DoDEA 24 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42

DoD IG 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156

DSS 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87

DTIC 129 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 167

DTRA 34 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38

EUCOM 54 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61

JPRA 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

NAVY 6,253 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,253

NGA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

45

NGB 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21

NORTHCOM 81 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83

NRO 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46

NSA 3,708 117 41 12 6 9 3 3 2 3 18 10 37 3,969

OSD/JS 567 9 8 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 590

PACOM 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

SOCOM 22 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27

SOUTHCOM 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68

STRATCOM 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16

TRANSCOM 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29

TRICARE 66 15 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 87

0

AGENCY

OVERALL 36,990 1,631 233 79 30 34 18 14 11 5 24 16 45 39,130

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VII.C. PROCESSED COMPLEX REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency /

Component

<1-20

Days

21-40

Days

41-60

Days

61-80

Days

81-100

Days

101-120

Days

121-140

Days

141-160

Days

161-180

Days

181-200

Days

201-300

Days

301-400

Days

401+

Days TOTAL

AF 495 675 305 197 125 74 60 50 41 32 137 74 56 2,321

AFRICOM 0 1 3 2 5 1 4 3 2 7 14 3 1 46

ASBCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ARMY 6,676 2,071 743 412 216 136 119 79 45 69 133 47 97 10,843

CENTCOM 53 27 27 24 19 18 6 13 7 7 24 25 27 277

DCAA 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

DCMA 0 13 11 12 6 8 1 3 2 2 8 2 12 80

DeCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DFAS 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12

DIA 0 36 26 29 39 25 26 21 16 17 52 28 442 757

DISA 13 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21

DLA 383 83 19 5 5 1 5 2 2 3 4 0 0 512

DoDEA 1 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

DoD IG 101 85 27 13 14 12 5 6 8 7 17 9 28 332

DSS 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

DTIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DTRA 14 24 7 9 6 3 1 1 1 4 25 1 3 99

EUCOM 4 4 6 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 10 38

JPRA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

NAVY 1,230 1,705 491 242 162 119 82 56 44 27 135 83 189 4,565

NGA 21 16 9 0 2 2 3 7 3 6 13 5 31 118

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NGB 4 21 1 6 6 5 4 2 2 0 3 0 1 55

NORTHCOM 0 10 8 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 7 35

NRO 0 17 23 8 12 20 21 11 3 4 13 1 7 140

NSA 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 3 10 37 63

OSD/JS 141 97 84 48 39 40 31 21 19 14 50 36 137 757

PACOM 0 6 10 2 6 2 1 0 1 1 5 1 2 37

SOCOM 18 8 3 7 4 4 2 1 3 1 3 5 19 78

SOUTHCOM 0 12 7 9 4 5 7 6 8 9 12 10 15 104

STRATCOM 0 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

TRANSCOM 0 10 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 5 31

TRICARE 2 20 9 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 41

0

0

0

0

0

AGENCY

OVERALL 9,169 4,972 1,835 1,036 683 482 383 289 210 214 657 345 1,126 21,401

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VII.C. PROCESSED REQUESTS GRANTED EXPEDITED PROCESSING -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency /

Component

<1-20

Days

21-40

Days

41-60

Days

61-80

Days

81-100

Days

101-120

Days

121-140

Days

141-160

Days

161-180

Days

181-200

Days

201-300

Days

301-400

Days

401+

Days TOTAL

AF 34 6 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47

AFRICOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ASBCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ARMY 589 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 659

CENTCOM 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

DCAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DCMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DeCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DFAS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

DIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DISA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DoDEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DoD IG 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

DSS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DTIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

EUCOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

JPRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NAVY 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20

NGA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

49

NGB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NORTHCOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NSA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4

OSD/JS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PACOM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

SOCOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SOUTHCOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

STRATCOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TRANSCOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TRICARE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

AGENCY

OVERALL 649 83 11 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 750

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VII.D. PENDING REQUESTS -- ALL PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / Component

SIMPLE COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Number

Pending

Median

Number of

Days

Average

Number of

Days

Number

Pending

Median

Number of

Days

Average

Number of

Days

Number

Pending

Median

Number of

Days

Average

Number of

Days

AF 232 11 32 799 78 121 3 22 97

AFRICOM 6 58 70 41 190 216 0 N/A N/A

ASBCA 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

ARMY 527 N/A 7 722 N/A 98 16 N/A 5

CENTCOM 3 296 224 197 234 266 1 76 76

DCAA 3 18 17 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

DCMA 14 68 108 28 209 318 0 N/A N/A

DeCA 0 N/A 0 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

DFAS 9 8 8 4 23 53 0 N/A N/A

DIA 30 14 12 809 829 1036 0 N/A N/A

DISA 44 69 70 2 45 45 0 N/A N/A

DLA 24 1 5 22 0 7 0 N/A N/A

DoDEA 6 7 7 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

DoD IG 0 N/A N/A 469 233 299 5 154 152

DSS 2 7 20 3 31 42 0 N/A N/A

DTIC 15 10 9 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

DTRA 0 N/A N/A 36 57 91 0 N/A N/A

EUCOM 0 N/A N/A 36 406 470 0 N/A N/A

JPRA 1 9 9 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A

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NAVY 142 9 9 1169 23 94 2 1 8

NGA 0 N/A N/A 62 143 210 0 N/A N/A

NGB 1 3 3 51 120 132 0 N/A N/A

NORTHCOM 0 N/A N/A 11 930 402 0 N/A N/A

NRO 2 7 7 56 110 196 0 N/A N/A

NSA 150 26 136 718 323 437 9 74 245

OSD/JS 35 27 55 1226 531 760 0 N/A N/A

PACOM 0 N/A N/A 82 333 1258 0 N/A N/A

SOCOM 1 176 176 181 310 404 0 N/A N/A

SOUTHCOM 13 9 13 175 193 502 0 0 0

STRATCOM 1 4 4 10 117 103 0 0 0

TRANSCOM 0 0 0 34 10 22 0 0 0

TRICARE 7 23 37 7 70 73 0 0 0

AGENCY OVERALL 1268 N/A 27 6,950 N/A 402 36 N/A 87

Due to the decentralized processing and tracking of FOIA requests within the DoD and because the DoD does not have the means to

centrally capture all the required data, it is not possible to calculate DoD (Agency) medians. Furthermore, Army has multiple reporting

components and is not able to compute medians for its overall totals.

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VII.E. PENDING REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency /

Component

10th Oldest

Request 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd

Oldest

Request

AF

Date of Receipt 2011-06-27 2011-06-14 2011-05-25 2011-04-15 2011-04-15 2010-12-22 2010-11-04 2010-10-27 2010-05-04 2010-04-08

Number of Days

Pending 568 577 590 618 618 696 728 734 856 874

AFRICOM

Date of Receipt 2012-03-21 2011-12-19 2011-10-19 2011-09-22 2011-09-19 2011-06-16 2011-04-15 2011-01-13 2011-01-13 2010-12-22

Number of Days

Pending 384 448 489 507 510 575 618 682 682 696

ASBCA

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ARMY

Date of Receipt 2010-09-20 2010-09-20 2010-09-20 2010-09-08 2010-07-14 2009-09-23 2009-08-21 2009-07-23 2009-07-09 2008-03-21

Number of Days

Pending 760 760 760 768 807 1008 1030 1051 1061 1388

CENTCOM

Date of Receipt 2010-11-10 2010-10-25 2010-10-07 2010-10-04 2010-09-23 2010-09-21 2010-09-15 2010-07-13 2010-02-05 2009-12-17

Number of Days

Pending 724 736 747 750 757 759 763 808 917 950

DCAA

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-09-17 2013-09-13 2013-09-10

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 14

DCMA

Date of Receipt 2012-08-13 2012-08-13 2012-04-23 2012-02-02 2012-01-27 2011-07-07 2011-06-27 2011-01-21 2009-11-09 2009-04-22

Number of Days

Pending 283 283 361 410 421 561 568 677 976 1115

DeCA

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Pending

DFAS

Date of Receipt 2013-09-19 2013-09-18 2013-09-18 2013-09-18 2013-09-12 2013-09-03 2013-08-29 2013-08-29 2013-08-29 2013-03-15

Number of Days

Pending 7 8 8 8 12 19 21 21 21 138

DIA

Date of Receipt 2001-04-27 2001-04-27 2001-04-27 2001-04-27 2001-04-16 2001-04-16 2001-03-27 2001-03-20 2001-03-02 2000-07-14

Number of Days

Pending 3113 3113 3113 3113 3122 3122 3136 3141 3153 3310

DISA

Date of Receipt 2013-02-05 2012-08-27 2012-08-02 2011-10-13 2011-09-12 2011-09-04 2011-06-14 2011-03-31 2009-09-26 2008-04-22

Number of Days

Pending 165 273 290 493 515 519 577 629 1005 1366

DLA

Date of Receipt 2013-09-11 2013-09-11 2013-09-11 2013-09-10 2013-09-04 2013-09-03 2013-09-03 2013-08-29 2013-08-28 2013-08-26

Number of Days

Pending 13 13 13 14 18 19 19 21 22 24

DoDEA

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-09-26 2013-09-25 2013-09-20 2013-09-19 2013-09-12 2013-09-12

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 7 12 12

DoD IG

Date of Receipt 2009-07-15 2009-07-13 2009-07-13 2009-07-13 2009-07-13 2009-04-02 2008-07-14 2007-10-16 2005-08-11 2005-01-10

Number of Days

Pending 1057 1059 1059 1059 1059 1129 1309 1499 2039 2188

DSS

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-09-24 2013-09-11 2013-09-09 2013-08-12 2013-07-24

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 15 34 47

DTIC

Date of Receipt 2013-09-24 2013-09-17 2013-09-17 2013-09-17 2013-09-16 2013-09-12 2013-09-12 2013-09-11 2013-09-11 2013-09-06

Number of Days

Pending 4 9 9 9 10 12 12 13 13 16

DTRA Date of Receipt 2013-05-07 2013-05-05 2013-04-29 2013-03-19 2013-02-19 2013-02-01 2012-12-24 2012-12-24 2012-09-06 2011-02-28

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Number of Days

Pending 101 102 107 136 156 167 192 192 266 652

EUCOM

Date of Receipt 2011-01-05 2011-01-05 2011-01-05 2010-08-05 2010-08-05 2009-06-16 2009-06-12 2008-12-06 2008-07-31 2007-01-12

Number of Days

Pending 688 688 688 791 791 1077 1079 1207 1296 1685

JPRA

Date of Receipt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-09-18

Number of Days

Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

NAVY

Date of Receipt 2009-06-08 2009-04-30 2009-03-13 2009-02-05 2008-11-11 2008-02-13 2008-01-03 2007-12-13 2006-12-19 2006-11-09

Number of Days

Pending 1083 1109 1143 1168 1225 1414 1442 1454 1700 1726

NGA

Date of Receipt 2012-02-18 2012-01-20 2012-01-13 2011-10-10 2011-10-05 2011-09-20 2011-09-20 2011-08-05 2011-04-07 2011-03-22

Number of Days

Pending 405 426 430 495 498 509 509 540 624 636

NGB

Date of Receipt 2012-10-24 2012-10-11 2012-09-18 2012-09-12 2012-09-11 2012-08-30 2012-06-25 2012-05-31 2012-05-24 2012-02-14

Number of Days

Pending 233 242 258 262 263 270 317 334 338 409

NORTHCOM

Date of Receipt 2013-07-29 2013-07-24 2013-06-19 2013-04-30 2012-05-07 2012-01-31 2011-03-22 2010-08-30 2010-03-05 2010-02-22

Number of Days

Pending 44 47 71 106 351 419 636 774 898 907

NRO

Date of Receipt 2012-04-17 2012-04-11 2012-04-02 2012-03-19 2012-02-23 2011-10-03 2011-09-22 2010-01-13 2009-06-24 2008-12-01

Number of Days

Pending 365 369 376 386 403 500 507 933 1071 1212

NSA

Date of Receipt 2003-10-30 2003-10-08 2003-07-31 2003-05-06 2002-11-18 2002-05-17 2002-03-29 2002-01-10 1998-07-20 1998-02-09

Number of Days

Pending 2484 2499 2547 2607 2723 2849 2884 2938 3809 3921

OSD/JS Date of Receipt 2003-05-16 2003-05-05 2003-04-10 2003-04-07 2003-03-25 2003-01-31 2003-01-27 2002-07-11 2002-05-02 2002-03-06

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Number of Days

Pending 2599 2608 2625 2628 2637 2673 2677 2812 2860 2901

PACOM

Date of Receipt 2009-01-20 2007-04-26 2007-04-26 2006-10-24 2006-10-24 2006-10-24 2006-10-24 2006-10-24 2006-10-24 2006-08-02

Number of Days

Pending 1179 1613 1613 1738 1738 1738 1738 1738 1738 1795

SOCOM

Date of Receipt 2009-01-14 2009-01-13 2008-12-17 2008-02-27 2007-12-12 2007-03-09 2006-10-19 2006-08-15 2005-08-30 2003-03-31

Number of Days

Pending 1183 1184 1200 1405 1455 1647 1741 1786 2026 2633

SOUTHCOM

Date of Receipt 2011-06-29 2011-06-29 2011-06-13 2011-04-13 2011-03-14 2010-10-01 2010-08-20 2010-06-02 2009-10-27 2009-10-10

Number of Days

Pending 566 566 578 620 642 751 780 836 985 995

STRATCOM

Date of Receipt 2013-07-27 2013-07-26 2013-06-24 2013-04-30 2013-04-22 2013-04-08 2013-04-08 2013-04-08 2013-03-25 2013-02-14

Number of Days

Pending 44 45 68 106 112 122 122 122 132 158

TRANSCOM

Date of Receipt 2012-09-08 2012-09-05 2012-06-21 2012-06-21 2012-04-27 2011-12-29 2010-11-03 2010-09-21 2008-11-13 2008-10-30

Number of Days

Pending 264 267 319 319 357 440 729 759 1224 1233

TRICARE

Date of Receipt 2013-08-28 2013-08-27 2013-08-27 2013-07-02 2013-06-25 2013-06-24 2013-06-20 2013-06-20 2013-06-20 2013-03-21

Number of Days

Pending 22 23 23 62 67 68 70 70 70 134

AGENCY

OVERALL

Date of Receipt 2001-04-27 2001-04-27 2001-04-16 2001-04-16 2001-03-27 2001-03-20 2001-03-02 2000-07-14 1998-07-20 1998-02-09

Number of Days

Pending 3113 3113 3122 3122 3136 3141 3153 3310 3809 3921

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VIII. Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waivers

VIII.A. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Agency /

Component Number Granted Number Denied

Median Number of

Days to

Adjudicate

Average Number

of Days to

Adjudicate

Number

Adjudicated

Within Ten

Calendar Days

AF 49 527 0 4 546

AFRICOM 0 0 N/A N/A 0

ASBCA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

ARMY 167 11 N/A 2 155

CENTCOM 10 9 2 7 17

DCAA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

DCMA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

DeCA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

DFAS 0 1 9 9 1

DIA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

DISA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

DLA 1 14 1 3 14

DoDEA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

DoD IG 10 39 8 18 40

DSS 0 0 N/A N/A 0

DTIC 0 0 N/A N/A 0

DTRA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

EUCOM 0 0 N/A N/A 0

JPRA 0 0 N/A N/A 0

NAVY 24 55 2 5 60

NGA 1 0 5 5 5

NGB 0 0 N/A N/A 0

NORTHCOM 0 0 N/A N/A 0

NRO 0 0 N/A N/A 0

NSA 4 7 6 6 10

OSD/JS 0 84 4 7 72

PACOM 0 0 N/A N/A 0

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SOCOM 0 0 N/A N/A 0

SOUTHCOM 0 0 N/A N/A 0

STRATCOM 0 0 N/A N/A 0

TRANSCOM 0 0 N/A N/A 0

TRICARE 1 0 11 11 0

AGENCY

OVERALL 267 747 N/A 5 920

Due to the decentralized processing and tracking of FOIA requests within the DoD and because the DoD does not have the means to

centrally capture all the required data, it is not possible to calculate DoD (Agency) medians. Furthermore, Army has multiple reporting

components and was not able to compute medians for its overall totals. This applies to all tables with medians in Section VIII

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VIII.B. REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER

Agency /

Component Number Granted Number Denied

Median Number of

Days to

Adjudicate

Average Number

of Days to

Adjudicate

AF 158 206 0 3

AFRICOM 11 0 8 9

ASBCA 0 0 N/A N/A

ARMY 537 176 N/A 7

CENTCOM 0 25 5 11

DCAA 0 0 N/A N/A

DCMA 2 6 9 8

DeCA 0 0 N/A N/A

DFAS 0 0 N/A N/A

DIA 0 0 N/A N/A

DISA 0 0 N/A N/A

DLA 9 5 32 11

DoDEA 1 0 1 1

DoD IG 0 0 N/A N/A

DSS 0 0 N/A N/A

DTIC 0 0 N/A N/A

DTRA 1 0 6 6

EUCOM 0 0 N/A N/A

JPRA 0 0 N/A N/A

NAVY 287 198 5 6

NGA 0 0 N/A N/A

NGB 0 10 12 12

NORTHCOM 3 0 N/A N/A

NRO 10 7 2 2

NSA 0 16 20 55

OSD/JS 5 11 0 67

PACOM 0 0 N/A N/A

SOCOM 0 0 N/A N/A

SOUTHCOM 0 0 N/A N/A

STRATCOM 0 0 N/A N/A

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TRANSCOM 0 0 N/A N/A

TRICARE 7 1 5 6

AGENCY

OVERALL 1,031 661 49 7

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IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS

Agency /

Component

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

AF 5 99 104 $12,987,021.00 $288,115.00 $13,275,136.00

AFRICOM 1 0 1 $83,551.00 $0.00 $83,551.00

ASBCA 0 0 0 $1,075.00 $0.00 $1,075.00

ARMY 110 145.51 255.51 $25,855,247.00 $1,477,107.00 $27,332,354.00

CENTCOM 25 5 30 $5,227,478.00 $4,000.00 $5,231,478.00

DCAA 1 0.63 1.63 $211,788.00 $0.00 $211,788.00

DCMA 1 7 8 $1,027,660.00 $16,372.00 $1,044,032.00

DeCA 1 0 1 $67,392.00 $0.00 $67,392.00

DFAS 0 2.05 2.05 $154,978.00 $0.00 $154,978.00

DIA 28 4 32 $3,890,802.00 $645,175.00 $4,535,977.00

DISA 2 0 2 $209,405.00 $0.00 $209,405.00

DLA 6 8 14 $1,870,202.00 $21,050.00 $1,891,252.00

DoDEA 1 0 1 $91,228.00 $0.00 $91,228.00

DoD IG 8 0 8 $1,115,968.00 $49,556.00 $1,165,524.00

DSS 1 0 1 $136,771.00 $0.00 $136,771.00

DTIC 0 1 1 $66,024.00 $0.00 $66,024.00

DTRA 4 0 4 $597,000.00 $0.00 $597,000.00

EUCOM 2 0.4 2.4 $172,436.00 $2,000.00 $174,436.00

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JPRA 1 0 1 $83,306.00 $0.00 $83,306.00

NAVY 56 48.83 104.83 $9,594,616.00 $9,470.00 $9,604,086.00

NGA 4 0 4 $498,304.00 $0.00 $498,304.00

NGB 0 1 1 $120,277.00 $2,686.00 $122,963.00

NORTHCOM 1 0 1 $114,565.00 $0.00 $114,565.00

NRO 1 1 2 $675,000.00 $0.00 $675,000.00

NSA 12 14 26 $4,424,009.00 $446,048.00 $4,870,057.00

OSD/JS 50 10.91 60.91 $6,631,127.00 $1,550,000.00 $8,181,127.00

PACOM 1 0.14 1.14 $146,831.00 $0.00 $146,831.00

SOCOM 10 6 16 $1,883,862.00 $0.00 $1,883,862.00

SOUTHCOM 3 2 5 $301,283.00 $21,038.00 $322,321.00

STRATCOM 1 0 1 $122,409.00 $22,000.00 $144,409.00

TRANSCOM 3 0 3 $257,615.00 $0.00 $257,615.00

TRICARE 3 0 3 $287,946.00 $0.00 $287,946.00

AGENCY

OVERALL 342 356.47 698.47 $78,907,176.00 $4,554,617.00 $83,461,793.00

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X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

Agency / Component Total Amount of Fees

Collected

Percentage of Total

Costs

AF $96,743.00 0.74%

AFRICOM $0.00 0.00%

ASBCA $0.00 0.00%

ARMY $490,136.00 1.90%

CENTCOM $177.00 0.00%

DCAA $44.00 0.02%

DCMA $4,742.00 0.46%

DeCA $290.00 0.43%

DFAS $3,440.00 2.22%

DIA $3,000.00 0.08%

DISA $7,151.00 3.41%

DLA $58,159.00 3.11%

DoDEA $447.00 0.49%

DoD IG $0.00 0.00%

DSS $0.00 0.00%

DTIC $0.00 0.00%

DTRA $2,402.00 0.40%

EUCOM $0.00 0.00%

JPRA $0.00 0.00%

NAVY $70,938.00 0.74%

NGA $0.00 0.00%

NGB $3,394.00 2.82%

NORTHCOM $0.00 0.00%

NRO $1,304.00 0.19%

NSA $19,216.00 0.43%

OSD/JS $6,031.00 0.09%

PACOM $0.00 0.00%

SOCOM $242.00 0.01%

SOUTHCOM $0.00 0.00%

STRATCOM $0.00 0.00%

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TRANSCOM $0.00 0.00%

TRICARE $1,240.00 0.43%

AGENCY OVERALL $769,096.00 0.97%

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XI. FOIA Regulations

A. The Department of Defense (DoD) Freedom of Information Act Program Regulation, DoD

5400.7-R, September 4, 1998, which provides guidance regarding administration of FOIA

Program within the DoD, can be found at:

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/540007r.pdf

B. The Fee Schedule is found in Chapter 6 of the above regulation.

C. Additional Department of Defense FOIA documents and hyperlinks can be found by accessing

the following Universal Resource Locator:

http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/dfoipo/

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XII. Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisons

XII.A. BACKLOGS OF FOIA REQUESTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component

Number of Backlogged

Requests as of End of

Fiscal Year

Number of Backlogged

Appeals as of End of

Fiscal Year

AF 654 141

AFRICOM 41 N/A

ASBCA 0 0

ARMY 515 27

CENTCOM 177 N/A

DCAA 0 0

DCMA 37 0

DeCA 0 0

DFAS 13 0

DIA 809 92

DISA 30 4

DLA 1 0

DoDEA 0 N/A

DoD IG 426 27

DSS 5 0

DTIC 15 N/A

DTRA 30 2

EUCOM 35 N/A

JPRA 0 0

NAVY 1,163 3

NGA 51 13

NGB 45 N/A

NORTHCOM 11 N/A

NRO 48 6

NSA 805 56

OSD/JS 1,183 302

PACOM 84 N/A

SOCOM 169 N/A

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SOUTHCOM 188 N/A

STRATCOM 11 N/A

TRANSCOM 34 N/A

TRICARE 13 N/A

AGENCY OVERALL 6,593 673

Not all components process administrative appeals. OSD/JS FOIA Appeals Branch processes the following components’ appeals:

AFRICOM, CENTCOM, DoDEA, DTIC, EUCOM, NGB, NORTHCOM, PACOM, SOCOM, SOUTHCOM, TRANSCOM, and TMA.

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XII.B. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND

PENDING CONSULTATIONS

Agency / Component

Number of

Consultations Received

from Other Agencies

that were Pending at the

Agency as of Start

of the Fiscal Year

Number of

Consultations Received

from Other Agencies

During the Fiscal Year

Number of

Consultations Received

from Other Agencies

that were Processed by

the Agency During the

Fiscal Year

Number of

Consultations Received

from Other Agencies

that were Pending at the

Agency as of End

of the Fiscal Year

AF 44 147 123 68

AFRICOM 28 33 21 40

ASBCA 0 0 0 0

ARMY 204 351 398 157

CENTCOM 22 88 82 28

DCAA 0 5 5 0

DCMA 0 5 5 0

DeCA 0 0 0 0

DFAS 0 0 0 0

DIA 181 337 339 179

DISA 4 5 6 3

DLA 0 7 7 0

DoDEA 0 0 0 0

DoD IG 1 19 20 0

DSS 0 1 1 0

DTIC 0 0 0 0

DTRA 0 14 13 1

EUCOM 6 18 15 9

JPRA 0 0 0 0

NAVY 83 233 261 55

NGB 0 0 0 0

NORTHCOM 4 13 15 2

NRO 1 62 36 27

NSA 128 308 266 170

OSD/JS 217 207 203 221

PACOM 5 19 14 10

SOCOM 31 32 39 24

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SOUTHCOM 18 23 16 25

STRATCOM 10 25 30 5

TRANSCOM 1 0 0 1

TRICARE 0 1 0 1

NGA 28 40 37 31

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AGENCY OVERALL 1,016 1,993 1,952 1,057

Column one should be the same number as the number of pending appeals reported by each component at the end of FY12. The

differences in numbers for ARMY, DIA, DLA, EUCOM, NGA, NORTHCOM, OSD/JS, STRATCOM and TRANSCOM are due to better

accounting methods which caused some minor discrepancy in starting numbers.

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XII.C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES

AND PENDING AT THE AGENCY

Agency /

Component

10th Oldest

Consultation 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd

Oldest

Consultation

AF

Date 2012-10-24 2012-09-28 2012-09-10 2012-09-07 2012-09-05 2012-08-24 2012-04-23 2011-11-14 2011-10-13 2010-12-15

Number of Days 233 250 264 265 267 274 361 472 493 701

AFRICOM

Date 2011-03-14 2011-03-10 2011-02-25 2011-02-16 2011-01-19 2011-01-19 2011-01-19 2011-01-19 2011-01-19 2010-11-29

Number of Days 642 644 653 659 679 679 679 679 679 713

ASBCA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ARMY

Date 2008-06-17 2008-06-17 2008-06-17 2008-06-17 2008-06-17 2008-06-17 2008-06-16 2008-06-16 2008-04-21 2008-02-19

Number of Days 1327 1327 1327 1327 1327 1327 1328 1328 1367 1411

CENTCOM

Date 2013-04-03 2013-03-01 2013-02-27 2013-02-08 2013-01-24 2012-10-01 2012-07-25 2012-06-15 2012-05-22 2012-04-12

Number of Days 125 148 150 162 173 249 296 323 340 368

DCAA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DCMA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DeCA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DFAS

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DIA

Date 2008-05-21 2007-11-06 2007-08-24 2007-06-12 2006-11-13 2006-09-25 2006-08-01 2006-06-19 2006-06-02 2006-04-05

Number of Days 1345 1479 1529 1581 1725 1758 1796 1826 1837 1878

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DISA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-04-11 2013-02-15 2013-02-15

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 157 157

DLA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DoDEA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DoD IG

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DSS

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DTIC

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DTRA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-09-04

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18

EUCOM

Date N/A 2013-08-09 2013-04-10 2013-03-28 2011-01-21 2011-01-05 2010-08-05 2009-06-16 2009-06-06 2008-07-31

Number of Days 0 35 120 129 677 688 791 1077 1083 1296

JPRA

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NAVY

Date 2012-10-01 2012-06-07 2012-05-04 2012-02-24 2012-01-12 2011-06-24 2011-05-11 2011-02-17 2010-05-10 2010-04-29

Number of Days 249 329 352 402 431 569 600 658 852 859

NGA

Date 2012-12-03 2012-12-03 2012-11-30 2012-06-20 2012-06-13 2012-03-20 2011-12-29 2011-12-29 2011-09-20 2011-07-14

Number of Days 207 207 208 320 325 385 440 440 509 556

NGB

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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NORTHCOM

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-04-16 2012-03-20

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NRO

Date 2013-05-31 2013-05-31 2013-05-17 2013-04-30 2013-04-30 2013-04-20 2013-02-22 2013-01-31 2013-01-15 2012-06-14

Number of Days 84 84 93 106 106 112 153 168 179 324

NSA

Date 2010-11-19 2010-11-19 2010-11-19 2010-11-19 2010-11-19 2010-11-19 2010-10-20 2010-10-07 2009-07-28 2008-09-12

Number of Days 718 718 718 718 718 718 739 747 1048 1266

OSD/JS

Date 2006-08-23 2006-07-25 2005-10-20 2005-06-30 2004-12-29 2004-12-16 2004-10-06 2004-08-31 2004-08-25 2004-07-08

Number of Days 1780 1801 1991 2068 2195 2203 2251 2276 2280 2314

PACOM

Date 2013-08-20 2013-06-27 2013-04-26 2013-03-27 2013-03-20 2013-03-18 2013-02-11 2009-08-27 2009-08-03 2009-01-20

Number of Days 28 65 108 130 135 137 161 1026 1044 1179

SOCOM

Date 2012-07-18 2012-07-12 2011-12-21 2011-12-15 2011-09-13 2011-08-18 2011-05-03 2011-01-04 2010-11-23 2007-06-20

Number of Days 301 305 446 450 514 531 606 689 716 1575

SOUTHCOM

Date 2013-04-23 2013-04-23 2013-04-11 2012-10-23 2012-08-01 2012-08-01 2012-07-24 2011-11-02 2011-01-01 2010-03-03

Number of Days 111 111 119 234 291 291 297 479 690 900

STRATCOM

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-09-06 2013-07-31 2013-05-23 2013-04-09 2012-12-18

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 16 42 89 121 196

TRANSCOM

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2012-06-21

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 319

TRICARE

Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013-07-08

Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59

AGENCY

OVERALL

Date 2006-06-02 2006-04-05 2005-10-20 2005-06-30 2004-12-29 2004-12-16 2004-10-06 2004-08-31 2004-08-25 2004-07-08

Number of Days 1837 1878 1991 2068 2195 2203 2251 2276 2280 2314

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XII.D.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT --

REQUESTS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

Agency / Component

NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED

Number Received

During Fiscal Year from

Last Year's Annual

Report

Number Received

During Fiscal Year from

Current Annual Report

Number Processed

During Fiscal Year from

Last Year's Annual

Report

Number Processed

During Fiscal Year from

Current Annual Report

AF 6,284 6,362 6,302 6,283

AFRICOM 38 69 31 53

ASBCA 4 3 4 3

ARMY 32,871 33,056 32,778 33,315

CENTCOM 429 295 388 321

DCAA 72 105 69 107

DCMA 187 209 204 221

DeCA 190 177 201 184

DFAS 239 266 240 261

DIA 1,144 1,312 1,592 1,667

DISA 310 269 312 249

DLA 6,325 5,286 6,266 5,351

DoDEA 50 54 50 53

DoD IG 495 682 428 496

DSS 51 92 44 95

DTIC 79 179 81 167

DTRA 137 122 103 137

EUCOM 72 96 70 124

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JPRA 2 7 1 8

NAVY 12,708 12,409 13,125 12,107

NGA 89 96 154 118

NGB 108 108 105 79

NORTHCOM 58 109 45 128

NRO 225 199 227 186

NSA 1,809 4,328 1,698 4,060

OSD/JS 1,387 1,462 1,494 1,347

PACOM 45 93 48 60

SOCOM 179 140 195 112

SOUTHCOM 195 190 123 172

STRATCOM 33 35 32 25

TRANSCOM 111 74 95 61

TRICARE 154 130 147 129

AGENCY OVERALL 66,080 68,014 66,652 67,679

JPRA was added to the list, increasing the number of requests received from last years report by two requests and the number

processed from last year’s report by one request as of the end of fiscal year from the previous annual report by one.

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XII.D.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT

ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED REQUESTS

Agency / Component

Number of Backlogged

Requests as of End of the

Fiscal Year from Previous

Annual Report

Number of Backlogged

Requests as of End of the

Fiscal Year from Current

Annual Report

AF 509 654

AFRICOM 29 41

ASBCA 0 0

ARMY 625 515

CENTCOM 205 177

DCAA 0 0

DCMA 49 37

DeCA 0 0

DFAS 8 13

DIA 1,132 809

DISA 20 30

DLA 23 1

DoDEA 1 0

DoD IG 252 426

DSS 8 5

DTIC 3 15

DTRA 39 30

EUCOM 37 35

JPRA 1 0

NAVY 1,202 1,163

NGA 73 51

NGB 17 45

NORTHCOM 16 11

NRO 33 48

NSA 597 805

OSD/JS 1,097 1,183

PACOM 33 84

SOCOM 148 169

SOUTHCOM 170 188

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STRATCOM 1 11

TRANSCOM 34 34

TRICARE 10 13

AGENCY OVERALL 6,372 6,593

JPRA was added to the list, increasing the number of backlogged requests as of the end of fiscal year from the previous annual report

by one.

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XII.E.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL

REPORT -- APPEALS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

Agency / Component

NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED

Number Received

During Fiscal Year from

Last Year's Annual

Report

Number Received

During Fiscal Year from

Current Annual Report

Number Processed

During Fiscal Year from

Last Year's Annual

Report

Number Processed

During Fiscal Year from

Current Annual Report

AF 303 258 219 176

ASBCA 0 0 0 0

ARMY 122 115 125 106

DCAA 3 6 3 6

DCMA 8 3 6 6

DeCA 0 0 0 0

DFAS 6 2 6 2

DIA 117 91 163 155

DISA 1 1 1 0

DLA 23 7 18 13

DoD IG 23 26 20 29

DSS 1 1 0 1

DTRA 1 4 1 3

NAVY 293 315 288 312

NGA 4 10 0 2

NRO 6 12 7 6

NSA 57 87 44 99

OSD/JS 180 173 179 229

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AGENCY OVERALL 1,148 1,111 1,080 1,145

Not all components process administrative appeals. OSD/JS FOIA Appeals Branch processes the following components’ appeals:

AFRICOM, CENTCOM, DoDEA, DTIC, EUCOM, JPRA, NGB, NORTHCOM, PACOM, SOCOM, SOUTHCOM, TRANSCOM, and

TMA.

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XII.E.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM

PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED APPEALS

Agency / Component

Number of Backlogged

Appeals as of End of the

Fiscal Year from Previous

Annual Report

Number of Backlogged

Appeals as of End of the

Fiscal Year from Current

Annual Report

AF 119 141

ASBCA 0 0

ARMY 26 27

DCAA 0 0

DCMA 3 0

DeCA 0 0

DFAS 0 0

DIA 147 92

DISA 3 4

DLA 4 0

DoD IG 29 27

DSS 1 0

DTRA 1 2

NAVY 1 3

NGA 1 13

NRO 1 6

NSA 79 56

OSD/JS 354 302

AGENCY OVERALL 769 673

Not all components process administrative appeals. OSD/JS FOIA Appeals Branch processes the following components’ appeals:

AFRICOM, CENTCOM, DoDEA, DTIC, EUCOM, JPRA, NGB, NORTHCOM, PACOM, SOCOM, SOUTHCOM, TRANSCOM, and

TRICARE.

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