FOIA Annual Report Workbook2013-02-08FOIA Annual ReportDOSU.S. Department of StateStateState Department Centralized ProcessingOIGOffice of Inspector General20125 U.S.C. app 3 § 7(b)Names of employees who provide information or complaints to the Inspector GeneralNoFed. R. Crim. P. 6(e), enacted by Act of July 30, 1977, Pub. L. No. 95-78, 91 Stat. 319 Certain records pertaining to grand jury proceedings Sussman v. USMS, 494 F.3d 1106, 1113 (D.C. Cir. 2007); Fund for Constitutional Gov't v. Nat'l Archives & Records Serv., 656 F.2d 856, 867-68 (D.C. Cir. 1981); Durham v. U.S. Atty. Gen., No. 06-843, 2008 WL 620744, at *2 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 3, 2008); Cozen O'Connor v. U.S. Dep't of Treasury, 570 F. Supp. 2d 749, 776 (E.D. Pa. 2008).8 U.S.C. § 1202(f) Records pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas to enter the U.S.Medina-Hincapie v. Dep't of State 700 F.2d 737, 741 - 42 (D.C. Cir. 1983) 10 U.S.C. § 424 Organization or any function of, and certain information pertaining to, employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Physicians for Human Rights v. DOD, No. RDB-08-273, 2011 WL 1495942, at *7 (D.D.C. Apr. 19, 2011); Miller v. DOJ 562 F. Supp. 82, 112 (D.D.C. 2008), Wickwire Gavin, P.C. v. Def. Intelligence Agency, 330 F. Supp. 2d 592, 602 (E.D. Va. 2004) 22 U.S.C. § 2778(e) Certain information pertaining to export license applicationsCouncil for a Livable World v. U.S. Dep’t of State, No. 96-1807, slip op. at 11 (D.D.C. Jan. 21, 1998), amended (D.D.C. Nov. 23, 1998) 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.C. Cir. 2007) 50 U.S.C. § 403g Intelligence sources and methods; certain information pertaining to Agency employees, specifically: “the organization, functions, names, official titles, salaries, or numbers of personnel employed by the Agency”Larson v. Dep’t of State, 565 F.3d 857, 865 n.2 (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)50 U.S.C. § 402 note Information pertaining to the functions or organization 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. DOS, 565 F.3d 857, 868-69 (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) 1010205774057743032021001030386081847815304117823433978611185211534311789As reported in the Department of State’s FOIA Annual Report for FY 2011, the number of cases pending at the end of the fiscal year for State was 8,715. The discrepancy is due to data reconciliation, which is conducted to ensure the highest level of data integrity in the case tracking system.230828014101NoRecords1041Referred198Withdrawn157FeeRelated50NotDescribed509ImproperRequest3016NotAgency989Duplicate125Other9153045202NoRecords1239231328214103NoRecords1053Referred198Withdrawn157FeeRelated50NotDescribed509ImproperRequest3016NotAgency989Duplicate125Other915343Cases closed and went directly to litigation999Ex. 1202Ex. 222Ex. 35787Ex. 437Ex. 5209Ex. 6475Ex. 7(A)23Ex. 7(B)4Ex. 7(C)65Ex. 7(D)8Ex. 7(E)268Ex. 7(F)9Ex. 11Ex. 32Ex. 54Ex. 65Ex. 7(C)16Ex. 7(E)1Ex. 1203Ex. 222Ex. 35789Ex. 437Ex. 5213Ex. 6480Ex. 7(A)23Ex. 7(B)4Ex. 7(C)81Ex. 7(D)8Ex. 7(E)269Ex. 7(F)93292121304110000329212130411All of the Department's appeals in this section are processed through the Appeals Review Panel; therefore, this statistic includes appeals for the Office of Inspector General.6152152130000006152152130Ex. 156Ex. 342Ex. 42Ex. 513Ex. 629Ex. 7(A)2Ex. 7(C)8Ex. 7(D)3Ex. 7(E)5Ex. 7(F)2Ex. 156Ex. 342Ex. 42Ex. 513Ex. 629Ex. 7(A)2Ex. 7(C)8Ex. 7(D)3Ex. 7(E)5Ex. 7(F)2NoRecords6Other3NoRecords6Other3Multiple reasons1All documents transferred to another agency233303472LT119420000303472LT119422007-01-1714802007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-01-1714802007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-1413312007-08-14133166.4388.51LT11589450559.9LT13035921.43760.4446155969.491756688LT11589450559.9LT13035921.43760.4446155968.5796.75101589464.3579163035921.437334615591113.19175689611589464.3579163035921.437334615591-201121-4013841-60152161-80293981-100424101-120176121-140164141-160112161-18044181-20030201-300118301-40060401+10258391-202921-40741-60261-80181-1000101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2000201-3000301-4000401+0391-204021-4014541-60152361-80294081-100424101-120176121-140164141-160112161-18044181-20030201-300118301-40060401+10258781-20821-402241-601661-803081-10028101-12069121-14054141-16059161-18057181-20049201-300327301-400225401+110920531-20021-40041-60061-80081-1000101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2000201-3000301-4000401+001-20821-402241-601661-803081-10028101-12069121-14054141-16059161-18057181-20049201-300327301-400225401+110920531-20021-40041-60161-80081-1001101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2001201-3000301-4000401+691-20021-40041-60061-80081-1000101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2000201-3000301-4000401+001-20021-40041-60161-80081-1001101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2001201-3000301-4000401+69244139.3165.67127285.7505.820147.9428.65735.140000002448391657127285.7505.820147.9428.652005-05-2019222005-07-1318832005-07-1418822005-07-2018782005-08-1518602005-08-1518602005-08-1518602005-08-1718582005-08-1718582005-08-2418532012-09-10152012-09-2072012-09-2542012-09-2632012-09-2632012-09-2632012-09-2812005-05-2019222005-07-1318832005-07-1418822005-07-2018782005-08-1518602005-08-1518602005-08-1518602005-08-1718582005-08-1718582005-08-241853162052027.1275000162052027.1275OIG Reported no Requests for Expedited Processing.58541.4310.470058541.4310.47OIG Reported no Requests for Fee Waivers.83.1470.19153.33162258829647571719063910.51.5241701024170184.1470.69154.831646758396475717432340This year’s personnel and budget costs include data used towards personnel and costs for the new FOIA electronic case tracking system at the Department, as well as overtime for litigation-related costs.11556.920.000700.000011556.920.000710464352001046435218691094683634452000018691094683634452As reported in the Department of State’s FOIA Annual Report FY 2011, the number of consultations pending at the end of the fiscal year was 1,867. The discrepancy is due to data reconciliation, which is conducted to ensure the highest level of data integrity in the case tracking system. 2006-12-1915092007-01-1114922007-02-0214772007-03-0614542007-03-1614472007-03-2314422007-04-0214352007-04-0914302007-04-2314202007-05-2114002006-12-1915092007-01-1114922007-02-0214772007-03-0614542007-03-1614472007-03-2314422007-04-0214352007-04-0914302007-04-2314202007-05-21140014262184782680215304364334391429818521268361534380781046400807810464Compared with the end of FY 2011, the Department’s backlog increased by approximately 33% during this fiscal year due to an increase in referrals and transitioning to a new FOIA case processing system.323212364130000032321236413029435200294352