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HHS Fiscal Year 2010 Freedom of Information Annual Report

BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT [XML]
HOW TO MAKE A FOIA REQUEST
ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS
Exemption 3 Statutes
FOIA Requests
Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests
FOIA Requests: Response Time for Processed and Pending Requests
Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waiver
FOIA Personnel and Costs
Fees Collected for Processing Requests
FOIA Regulations
Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisons

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT

1. Name, title, address, and telephone number of person(s) to be contacted with questions about the Report.

Robert Eckert
Director, Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts Division
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
United Sates Department of Health and Human Services
330 C Street, S.W., Room 2221
Washington D.C. 20201
(202) 690-7453

2. ELECTRONIC ADDRESS FOR THIS REPORT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB:

3. ADDRESS FOR PAPER COPIES OF THIS REPORT

Contact Robert Eckert at the address or telephone number listed above, or the link shown: http://www.hhs.gov/foia/request/index.html

**Copies of the annual reports of a number of individual HHS Operating Divisions can be found by contacting the responsible component shown in Section II below, or by locating a FOIA link at the following websites:

Administration on Aging (AOA): http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Site_Utilities/FOIA/

Administration for Children and Families (ACF): http://www.acf.hhs.gov/acf_foia.html

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): http://www.ahrq.gov/news/foia.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/od/foia/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/foia/

Food and Drug Administration (FDA): http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/foi/

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): http://www.hrsa.gov/foia/

Indian Health Service (IHS): http://www.ihs.gov/AdminMngrResources/FOIA/

National Institute of Health (NIH): http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/foia/

Office of Inspector General (OIG): http://oig.hhs.gov/foia/

Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS): http://www.psc.gov/foia/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: http://www.samhsa.gov/foia/

II. HOW TO MAKE A FOIA REQUEST

Requests may be submitted electronically at: http://www.hhs.gov/foia/request/index.html

1. HHS and OPDIV Freedom of Information Officers/FOIA Requester Service Centers

Health and Human Services (HHS)
Freedom of Information Officer
Mary E. Switzer Building, Room 2206
330 C Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 202-690-7453

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Freedom of Information Officer
901 D Street, S.W.
7th Floor West Aerospace Building
Washington, D.C. 20447
Phone: 202-401-9215

Administration on Aging (AOA)
Freedom of Information Officer
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 202-357-3540

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Freedom of Information Officer
North Building, Room N2-20-06
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21244
Phone: 410-786-5353

Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Freedom of Information Officer
Cohen Building, Suite 1062
330 Independence Ave, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 202-619-2541

Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS)
Freedom of Information Officer
Room 17-66, Parklawn Building
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 301-443-5252

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Freedom of Information Officer
540 Gaither Road
The Eisenberg Building, Room 2222
Rockville, Maryland 20850
Phone: 301-427-1866

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and/or
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Freedom of Information Officer
1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS D-54
Atlanta, Georgia 30333 Phone: 404-498-1580

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Freedom of Information Officer
12420 Parklawn Drive, Room 1050
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-827-6567

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Freedom of Information Officer
Parklawn Building, Room 14-15
5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone: 301-443-3376

Indian Health Service (IHS)
Freedom of Information Officer
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450
Twinbrook II, Metro Plaza Building
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone: 301-443-1116

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Freedom of Information Officer
Building 31, Room 5B35 9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Phone: 301-496-5633

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Freedom of Information Officer
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 8-1042
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone: 240-276-2137

2. Brief description of why some requests are not granted: Documents requested were protected by an exemption and release would have caused harm to the interest protected by the exemption. Information withheld may include home addresses and phone numbers, social security numbers, medical records, proprietary business records, investigatory records, that if released may interfere with open investigations, and drafts of documents.

III. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS:

1. Agency-specific acronyms or other terms:

HHS - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
OPDIVs - Operating Divisions of HHS
OS - Office of the Secretary, HHS
OASPA - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, HHS
AoA - Administration on Aging
ACF - Administration for Children and Families
AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration
IHS - Indian Health Service
NIH - National Institutes of Health
OIG - Office of the Inspector General
OPHS - Office of Public Health and Science
PHS - Public Health Service
PRO - Professional Review Organization
PSC - Program Support Center
SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

2. Basic terms (from FOIA UPDATE, Summer 1997):

Administrative Appeal - a request to a federal agency asking that it review at a higher administrative level a FOIA determination made by the agency at the initial request level.
Average Number - the number obtained by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by the quantity of numbers in the group. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the average number is 8.
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.
Component - for agencies that process requests on a decentralized basis, a "component" is an entity, also sometimes referred to as an Office, Division, Bureau, Center, or Directorate, within the agency that processes FOIA requests. The FOIA now requires that agencies include in their annual report data for both the agency overall and for each principal component of the agency.
Consultation - the procedure whereby the agency responding to a FOIA request first forwards a record to another agency for its review because that 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.
Exemption 3 Statute - a federal statute that exempts information from disclosure and which the agency relies on to withhold information under subsection (b)(3) of the FOIA.
FOIA Request - a FOIA request is generally a request to a federal 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. Additionally, a FOIA request includes records referred to the agency for processing and direct response to the requester. It does not, however, include records for which the agency has received a consultation from another agency. (Consultations are reported separately in Section XII of this Report.)
Full Grant - an agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request.
Full Denial - an agency decision not to release any records in response to a FOIA request because the records are exempt in their entireties under one or more of the FOIA exemptions, or because of a procedural reason, such as when no records could be located.
Median Number - the middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the median number is 7.
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 granted expedited processing are placed in yet another track. Requests in each track are processed on a first in/first out basis.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
Partial Grant/Partial Denial - in response to a FOIA request, an agency decision to disclose portions of the records and to withhold other portions that are exempt under the FOIA, or to otherwise deny a portion of the request for a procedural reason.
Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal - a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has not taken final action in all respects.
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.
Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal - a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has taken final action in all respects.
Range in Number of Days - the lowest and highest number of days to process requests or administrative appeals.
Time Limits - the time period in the statute for an agency to respond to a FOIA request (ordinarily twenty working days from receipt of a perfected FOIA request).

3. Concise descriptions of the nine FOIA exemptions:

Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations information
Exemption 2: internal agency rules and practices
Exemption 3: information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law
Exemption 4: trade secrets and other confidential business information e. Exemption 5: inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal privileges
Exemption 6: information involving matters of personal privacy
Exemption 7: records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, to the extent that the production of those records
1. could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings,
2. would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication,
3. could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,
4. could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source,
5. would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or
6. could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual
Exemption 8: information relating to the supervision of financial institutions
Exemption 9: geological information on wells

Section IV: Exemption 3 Statutes

Statute	Type Of Information Withheld	Case Citation	Number of Times Relied Upon per Component	Total Number of Times Relied Upon by Agency
41 U.S.C. § 253b(m)	Technical proposal not incorporated into a final contract	Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep't. of Interior, 305 F.Supp.2d 21 (D.D.C. 2003)	OS – 8 NIH – 3 FDA – 15 CMS – 7 OPHS/PSC – 2 CDC – 14 HRSA – 1	50
42 U.S.C. § 242m(d) (Public Health Service Act 308(d))	Identifiable information for certain research and statistical activities.	None	CDC – 2	2
42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4)(A)	Medical records presented to a Special Master in National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program court proceedings	Diane and Craig Arpino on behalf of Joseph Craig Arpino, Somers Point, New Jersey, HRSA - Fed. Cl. Number 040005V; Poling ex rel. Poling v. Secretary of HHS, No. 02-1466V, 2008 WL 1883059 (Fed. Cl. Apr. 10, 2008	HRSA – 3	3
42 U.S.C. § 11137 (b)	Adverse reports of a health practitioner's conduct	None	HRSA – 1	1
21 U.S.C. § 331(j)	Trade Secrets	Anderson v. Department of Health & Human Servs., 907 F.2d 936 (10th Cir. 1990)	AOA – 6 FDA – 35	41
21 U.S.C. § 350d(a)(4)	Food Registration Documents	None	FDA – 1	1
5 U.S.C. app. § 107(a) (Ethics in Government Act of 1978)	Financial disclosure information pertaining to certain 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).	CDC – 2 NIH - 3	5
42 U.S.C. § 262a(h)(1)(C)	Bioterrorism-related information	None	CDC - 3 OS - 1	4
18 U.S.C. § 208	Financial disclosure forms/personal financial interest.	None	FDA – 4	4
41 U.S.C. § 423	Information that would identify organizations who have submitted proposals prior to the issuance of an award and the disclosure of unfunded grant applications	Legal & Safety Employer Research, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of the Army, No. Civ. S001748, 2001 WL 34098652, at *3-4 (E.D. Cal. May 4, 2001) (dictum)	CDC – 5	5
5 U.S.C. § 7114(b)(4), 7132 (Civil Service Reform Act)	Pen Register Information	Dubin v. Dep't of Treasury, 555 F. Supp. 408, 412 (N.D. Ga. 1981) (5 U.S.C. 7114(b)(4)), aff'd, 697 F.2d 1093 (11th Cir. 1983) (unpublished table decision) NTEU v. OPM, No. 76-695, slip op. at 3-4 (D.D.C. July 9, 1979) (5 U.S.C. 7114(b)(4) and 5 U.S.C. 7132).	SAMHSA – 1	1
15 U.S.C. § 3710a(c) (Federal Technology Transfer Act)	Trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential, under the meaning of section 552(b)(4) of Title 5, which is obtained in the conduct of research or as a result of activities under this chapter,” which pertains to cooperative research and development agreements for the purpose of technological and industrial innovation.	Pub. Citizen Health Research Group v. NIH, 209 F.Supp. 2d 37, 43, 51 (DDC 2002); DeLorme Pub. Co., Inc. v. NOAA, 917 F.Supp. 867, 871-72 (D.ME. 19960, appeal dismissed per stipulation, No. 96-1601 (1st Cir. July 8, 1996).	NIH - 1	1
42 U.S.C. § 299c-3(c) and (d) (Public Health Service Act)	Raw research data in HCUP database	None	AHRQ – 2	2

Section V: FOIA Requests

V.A. Received, Processed and Pending FOIA Requests

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
OS	722	2,144	2,306	560
ACF	722	1,133	1,538	317
AOA	0	27	27	0
CMS	10,312	46,586	51,665	5,233
OIG	24	563	569	18
OPHS/PSC	217	496	555	158
AHRQ	11	57	61	7
CDC	488	1,207	1,372	323
FDA	4,880	9,690	9,879	4,691
HRSA	31	369	369	31
IHS	31	98	94	35
NIH	114	1,253	1,282	85
SAMHSA	81	216	143	154
Agency Overall	17,633	63,839	69,860	11,612

Footnote

FDA - Number of Pending Requests was revised as a result of a miscount by the in-house tracking system.

NIH - The FY 2009 Annual Report indicated that 115 requests were pending at the end of the fiscal year, however, one inaccuracy was identified.

V.B. Disposition of FOIA Requests

V.B.(1) All Processed Requests

Compo- nent	Num- ber of Full Grants	Number of Partial Grants/ Partial Denials	Number of Full Denials Based on Exemp- tions	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemp- tions: No Records	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemp- tions: All Records Referred to Another Compo- nent or Agency	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemp- tions: Request With- drawn	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemp- tions: Fee- Related Reason	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemp- tions: Records not Reason- ably Described	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemp- tions: Im- proper FOIA Request for Other Reason	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemp- tions: Not Agency Record	Number of Full Denials Based on Rea- sons Other than Exemp- tions: Dupli- cate Request	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemp- tions: Other *Explain in chart below	Total
OS	79	129	30	39	1,628	31	1	15	67	64	8	215	2,306
ACF	1,055	146	6	50	128	114	6	0	0	8	25	0	1,538
AOA	11	12	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27
CMS	24,742	731	6,661	4,899	51	371	1,176	111	961	50	260	11,652	51,665
OIG	129	114	30	60	19	23	13	16	71	62	10	22	569
OPHS/ PSC	229	124	10	42	41	78	0	16	1	0	1	13	555
AHRQ	12	23	2	12	4	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	61
CDC	408	248	32	356	68	136	33	15	14	4	43	15	1,372
FDA	7,281	130	98	655	19	828	241	7	69	5	189	357	9,879
HRSA	278	40	5	16	23	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	369
IHS	13	12	1	10	15	6	0	0	14	0	2	21	94
NIH	813	114	18	141	14	112	23	20	6	20	1	0	1,282
SAMHSA	13	120	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	143
Agency Overall	35,063	1,943	6,893	6,288	2,016	1,708	1,493	201	1,204	215	541	12,295	69,860

V.B.(2) "Other" Reasons for "Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions" from Section V.B(1)

Component	Description of 'Other' Reasons for Denials from Chart B(1)	Number of Times 'Other' Reason was Relied Upon	Component Total
OS	Administrative Closure	215	215
CMS	Administrative Closure; Based on Response and Non Response to Continued Interest Calls and Correspondence	11,652	11,652
OIG	Records on OIG Website No Response from Requestor Enjoined from Release by Court Order Administratively Closed	8 7 2 5	22
OPHS/PSC	No response to still interested letter	13	13
CDC	No response to still interested letter	15	15
FDA	Available on the Internet	357	357
IHS	No response to still interested letter	21	21
Agency Overall			12,295

V.B.(3) Number of Times Exemptions Applied

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
OS	0	16	10	37	73	115	33	0	57	0	2	0	0	0
ACF	0	0	0	112	20	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AOA	0	0	6	7	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CMS	0	64	7	33	84	7,613	5	0	123	7	2	2	0	0
OIG	0	2	0	60	37	107	30	0	50	3	20	0	0	0
OPHS/ PSC	0	4	2	40	19	91	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0
AHRQ	0	0	2	25	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	0	48	25	133	60	152	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FDA	0	5	36	104	24	47	103	0	9	3	3	1	0	0
HRSA	0	0	5	40	8	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	5	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	3	7	20	25	39	5	0	8	2	0	0	0	0
SAMHSA	0	0	1	120	2	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Agency Overall	0	142	101	736	360	8,482	195	0	269	15	27	3	0	0

Section VI: Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests

VI.A. Received, Processed and Pending Administrative Appeals

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
OS	267	168	224	211
ACF	0	0	0	0
AOA	0	0	0	0
CMS	150	26	145	31
OIG	0	0	0	0
OPHS/PSC	0	0	0	0
AHRQ	0	0	0	0
CDC	0	0	0	0
FDA	0	0	0	0
HRSA	0	0	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	0	0	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0	0
Agency Overall	417	194	369	242

Footnote

OS - The FY 2009 Annual Report incorrectly reflected 449 appeals pending. The revised number reflects appeals actually closed in prior years.

VI.B. Disposition of Administrative Appeals - All Processed Appeals

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
OS	64	5	7	148	224
ACF	0	0	0	0	0
AOA	0	0	0	0	0
CMS	0	0	18	127	145
OIG	0	0	0	0	0
OPHS/PSC	0	0	0	0	0
AHRQ	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	0	0	0	0	0
FDA	0	0	0	0	0
HRSA	0	0	0	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	0	0	0	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0	0	0
Agency Overall	64	5	25	275	369

Footnote

OS - 51 appeals closed to correct administrative processing errors.

VI.C. Reasons for Denial on Appeal

VI.C. (1) Number of Times Exemptions Applied

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
OS	0	0	10	21	13	11	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0
ACF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AOA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CMS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OIG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OPHS/PSC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AHRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FDA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HRSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Agency Overall	0	0	10	21	13	11	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0

VI.C. (2) Reasons Other than Exemptions

Component	No Records	All Records Referred to Another Compo- nent or Agency	Request With- drawn	Fee-Related Reason	Records not Reason- ably Described	Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason	Not Agency Record	Duplicate Request	Request in Litiga- tion	Appeal Based Solely on Denial of Request for Expedited Processing	Other *Explain in chart below
OS	16	2	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	148
ACF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AOA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CMS	0	1	63	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	60
OIG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OPHS/PSC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AHRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FDA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HRSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Agency Overall	16	3	69	4	0	0	0	2	1	10	208

VI.C. (3) "Other" Reasons from Section VI.C(2)

Component	Description of 'Other' Reasons for Denials from Chart VI.C(2)	Number of Times 'Other' Reason was Relied Upon	Component Total
OS	Appeals closed to correct administrative processing errors.	148	148
CMS	Administrative Closure	60	60
Agency Overall			208

VI.C. (4) Response Time for Administrative Appeals

Component	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Lowest Number of Days	Highest Number of Days
OS	67.00	316.00	1.00	1,310.00
ACF	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AOA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
CMS	1,365.00	1,420.00	9.00	4,008.00
OIG	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
OPHS/PSC	185.00	280.00	1.00	1,041.00
AHRQ	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
CDC	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
FDA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
HRSA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
IHS	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
NIH	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
SAMHSA	38.00	60.00	30.00	65.00
Agency Overall	185.00	159.69	0.00	4,008.00

VI.C.(5) Ten Oldest Pending Administrative Appeals

Compo- nent	Sub-Row Heading	10th Oldest Appeal	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Appeal
OS	Date of Appeal	09/01/ 2004	08/31/ 2004	08/24/ 2004	07/29/ 2004	06/22/ 2004	06/03/ 2004	06/01/ 2004	04/16/ 2004	02/24/ 2004	02/11/ 2004
	Number of Days Pending	1,526	1,527	1,532	1,550	1,576	1,589	1,591	1,622	1,660	1,668
ACF	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
AOA	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
CMS	Date of Appeal	08/17/ 2009	08/13/ 2009	08/12/ 2009	08/10/ 2009	07/23/ 2009	06/17/ 2009	03/05/ 2009	09/18/ 2008	11/14/ 2005	10/31/ 2003
	Number of Days Pending	283	285	286	288	300	325	398	511	1,226	1,736
OIG	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
OPHS/PSC	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
AHRQ	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
CDC	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
FDA	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
HRSA	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
IHS	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
NIH	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
SAMHSA	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
Agency Overall	Date of Appeal	08/31/ 2004	08/24/ 2004	07/29/ 2004	06/22/ 2004	06/03/ 2004	06/01/ 2004	04/16/ 2004	02/24/ 2004	02/11/ 2004	10/31/ 2003
	Number of Days Pending	1,527	1,532	1,550	1,576	1,589	1,591	1,622	1,660	1,668	1,736

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

VII.A. Processed Requests - Response Time for All Processed Perfected Requests

Compo- nent	SIMPLE: Median Number of Days	SIMPLE: Average Number of Days	SIMPLE: Lowest Number of Days	SIMPLE: Highest Number of Days	COM- PLEX: Median Number of Days	COMP- LEX: Average Number of Days	COM- PLEX: Lowest Number of Days	COM- PLEX: Highest Number of Days	EXPE- DITED PRO- CESS- ING: Median Number of Days	EXPE- DITED PRO- CESS- ING: Average Number of Days	EXPE- DITED PRO- CESS- ING: Lowest Number of Days	EXPE- DITED PRO- CESS- ING: Highest Number of Days
OS	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	220.00	79.00	1.00	2,155.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
ACF	7.00	149.00	1.00	925.00	106.00	238.00	12.00	776.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AOA	0.00	0.00	1.00	8.00	0.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
CMS	27.00	37.00	1.00	1,262.00	308.00	364.00	1.00	3,926.00	145.00	169.00	3.00	416.00
OIG	1.00	3.00	1.00	22.00	65.00	95.00	21.00	539.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
OPHS/ PSC	10.00	24.00	1.00	463.00	176.00	255.00	1.00	856.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AHRQ	14.00	18.95	0.00	143.00	46.50	60.38	0.00	221.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
CDC	18.00	90.18	1.00	848.00	35.00	95.26	1.00	927.00	121.00	145.22	21.00	321.00
FDA	8.00	53.10	1.00	1,401.00	122.00	248.60	1.00	1,446.00	40.00	40.00	15.00	65.00
HRSA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.00	15.00	1.00	174.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
IHS	16.00	14.00	3.00	26.00	80.00	90.00	60.00	120.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
NIH	14.00	27.00	0.00	1,127.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
SAMHSA	5.00	12.00	2.00	17.00	190.00	273.00	53.00	280.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Agency Overall	14.00	32.94	0.0	1,401.0	122.00	139.79	0.0	3,926.0	121.00	27.25	0.0	416.0

VII.B. Processed Requests - Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which Information Was Granted

Compo- nent	SIMPLE: Median Number of Days	SIMPLE: Average Number of Days	SIMPLE: Lowest Number of Days	SIMPLE: Highest Number of Days	COM- PLEX: Median Number of Days	COM- PLEX: Average Number of Days	COM- PLEX: Lowest Number of Days	COM- PLEX: Highest Number of Days	EXPE- DITED PRO- CESS- ING: Median Number of Days	EXPE- DITED PRO- CESS- ING: Average Number of Days	EXPE- DITED PRO- CESS- ING: Lowest Number of Days	EXPE- DITED PRO- CESS- ING: Highest Number of Days
OS	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	39.00	191.00	1.00	1,756.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
ACF	6.00	88.00	1.00	845.00	106.00	238.00	12.00	776.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AOA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	4.00	1.00	8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
CMS	24.00	33.00	1.00	1,262.00	92.00	178.00	1.00	3,104.00	62.00	106.00	3.00	334.00
OIG	1.00	3.00	1.00	22.00	81.00	113.00	21.00	539.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
OPHS/ PSC	14.00	30.00	1.00	463.00	117.00	206.00	1.00	856.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AHRQ	17.00	23.40	1.00	143.00	48.00	65.80	16.00	221.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
CDC	20.00	59.54	1.00	820.00	43.00	103.14	3.00	927.00	221.50	199.83	23.00	321.00
FDA	8.00	53.30	1.00	1,401.00	124.00	250.20	1.00	1,446.00	40.00	40.00	15.00	65.00
HRSA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.00	15.00	1.00	174.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
IHS	29.00	28.00	20.00	36.00	80.00	79.00	22.00	136.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
NIH	14.00	27.00	1.00	1,127.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
SAMHSA	3.00	10.00	0.00	20.00	60.00	114.00	20.00	320.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Agency Overall	17.00	27.33	0.0	1,401.0	92.00	119.78	0.0	3,104.0	62.00	26.6	0.0	334.0

VII.C. Processed Requests - Response Time in Day Increments

VII.C.(1) Simple Requests

Compo- nent	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
OS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ACF	990	26	29	25	27	26	17	6	12	17	86	36	225	1,522
AOA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27
CMS	28,679	3,087	1,538	1,053	937	714	568	492	377	283	1,256	440	118	39,542
OIG	483	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	484
OPHS/ PSC	205	43	14	14	10	1	6	0	1	0	1	1	1	297
AHRQ	1	25	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	37
CDC	4	27	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	54
FDA	4,210	689	263	164	110	108	70	74	53	39	109	121	234	6,244
HRSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IHS	12	6	7	2	3	2	3	4	9	0	0	0	0	48
NIH	721	269	78	37	27	17	12	8	3	3	9	2	5	1,191
SAMHSA	17	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
Agency Overall	35,349	4,179	1,947	1,303	1,114	869	676	585	455	343	1,461	600	588	49,469

Compo- nent	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
OS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ACF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AOA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CMS	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	10
OIG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OPHS/ PSC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AHRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
FDA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
HRSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Agency Overall	4	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	15

VII.D. Pending Requests - All Pending Perfected Requests

Compo- nent	SIMPLE: Number Pending	SIMPLE: Median Number of Days	SIMPLE: Average Number of Days	COM- PLEX: Number Pending	COM- PLEX: Median Number of Days	COM- PLEX: Average Number of Days	EXPEDITED PROCESS- ING: Number Pending	EXPEDITED PROCESS- ING: Median Number of Days	EXPEDITED PROCESS- ING: Average Number of Days
OS	0	0.00	0.00	560	929.00	1,019.00	0	0.00	0.00
ACF	299	4.00	385.00	18	33.00	196.00	0	0.00	0.00
AOA	0	0.00	0.00	0	5.00	4.00	0	0.00	0.00
CMS	2,981	36.00	57.00	2,252	292.00	245.00	18	208.00	187.00
OIG	3	1.00	8.00	15	65.00	36.00	0	0.00	0.00
OPHS/ PSC	21	10.00	116.00	210	176.00	196.00	0	0.00	0.00
AHRQ	0	0.00	0.00	7	70.00	116.33	0	0.00	0.00
CDC	11	39.00	75.00	299	74.00	150.00	0	357.00	357.00
FDA	623	273.00	108.30	4,034	240.00	254.90	0	0.00	0.00
HRSA	0	0.00	0.00	31	7.00	13.00	0	0.00	0.00
IHS	5	32.00	47.00	30	130.00	144.00	0	0.00	0.00
NIH	85	17.00	42.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
SAMHSA	0	0.00	0.00	91	60.00	114.00	0	0.00	0.00
Agency Overall	4,028	39.00	64.48	7,547	292.00	191.4	18	208.00	41.85

VII.E. Processed Requests - Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests

Component		10th Oldest Request	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Request
OS	Date of Request	06/05/ 2002	05/31/ 2002	04/17/ 2002	04/01/ 2002	03/13/ 2002	02/04/ 2002	01/31/ 2002	01/16/ 2002	10/09/ 2001	10/09/ 2001
	Number of Days Pending	2,090	2,093	2,124	2,136	2,149	2,175	2,177	2,187	2,254	2,254
ACF	Date of Request	03/12/ 2008	03/06/ 2008	02/27/ 2008	01/24/ 2008	01/23/ 2008	01/15/ 2008	01/04/ 2008	01/04/ 2008	01/03/ 2008	06/04/ 2007
	Number of Days Pending	644	648	654	677	678	683	690	690	691	837
AOA	Date of Request	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
CMS	Date of Request	11/24/ 2004	11/18/ 2004	11/18/ 2004	10/15/ 2004	09/17/ 2004	08/10/ 2004	06/30/ 2004	12/09/ 2003	05/21/ 2002	01/19/ 2001
	Number of Days Pending	1,469	1,473	1,473	1,496	1,515	1,542	1,570	1,711	2,100	2,436
OIG	Date of Request	08/31/ 2010	08/27/ 2010	08/27/ 2010	08/27/ 2010	08/10/ 2010	08/04/ 2010	08/04/ 2010	07/06/ 2010	06/07/ 2010	03/15/ 2010
	Number of Days Pending	22	24	24	24	37	41	41	62	82	141
OPHS/PSC	Date of Request	07/31/ 2008	07/03/ 2008	06/17/ 2008	05/01/ 2008	03/24/ 2008	03/24/ 2008	01/31/ 2008	01/07/ 2008	12/10/ 2007	10/29/ 2007
	Number of Days Pending	545	564	576	608	636	636	672	689	707	735
AHRQ	Date of Request	N/A	N/A	N/A	09/28/ 2010	09/28/ 2010	09/28/ 2010	09/28/ 2010	09/27/ 2010	09/27/ 2010	04/30/ 2010
	Number of Days Pending	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	4	4	100
CDC	Date of Request	07/23/ 2008	04/28/ 2008	04/21/ 2008	03/03/ 2008	03/03/ 2008	03/03/ 2008	01/22/ 2008	12/31/ 2007	07/03/ 2007	02/09/ 2007
	Number of Days Pending	551	611	616	651	651	651	679	693	816	916
FDA	Date of Request	01/22/ 2007	05/23/ 2006	05/03/ 2006	05/03/ 2006	03/16/ 2006	02/23/ 2006	01/18/ 2006	12/07/ 2005	09/17/ 2004	04/27/ 2004
	Number of Days Pending	930	1,095	1,109	1,109	1,143	1,156	1,183	1,210	1,515	1,615
HRSA	Date of Request	09/14/ 2010	09/13/ 2010	09/13/ 2010	09/13/ 2010	09/13/ 2010	09/09/ 2010	09/09/ 2010	09/09/ 2010	06/01/ 2010	04/19/ 2010
	Number of Days Pending	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	86	116
IHS	Date of Request	03/24/ 2010	03/23/ 2010	03/02/ 2010	02/25/ 2010	02/04/ 2010	01/15/ 2010	01/07/ 2010	01/07/ 2010	12/10/ 2009	12/10/ 2009
	Number of Days Pending	134	135	150	153	167	180	186	186	204	204
NIH	Date of Request	05/04/ 2010	04/16/ 2010	04/15/ 2010	04/07/ 2010	03/29/ 2010	03/15/ 2010	02/05/ 2010	01/21/ 2010	11/06/ 2009	08/17/ 2007
	Number of Days Pending	105	117	118	124	131	141	166	177	226	784
SAMHSA	Date of Request	09/02/ 2009	09/02/ 2009	09/01/ 2009	07/14/ 2009	02/06/ 2009	02/06/ 2009	02/06/ 2009	02/06/ 2009	02/06/ 2009	02/06/ 2009
	Number of Days Pending	269	269	270	300	384	384	384	384	384	384
Agency Overall	Date of Request	05/21/ 2002	04/17/ 2002	04/01/ 2002	03/13/ 2002	02/04/ 2002	01/31/ 2002	01/16/ 2002	10/09/ 2001	10/09/ 2001	01/19/ 2001
	Number of Days Pending	2,100	2,124	2,136	2,149	2,175	2,177	2,187	2,254	2,254	2,436

Section VIII: Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waiver

VIII.A. Requests for Expedited Processing

Component	Number Granted	Number Denied	Median Number of Days to Adjudicate	Average Number of Days to Adjudicate	Number Adjudicated Within Ten Calendar Days
OS	0	48	5.00	19.00	6
ACF	0	10	3.00	3.00	10
AOA	0	0	0.00	0.00	0
CMS	14	4	1.00	56.00	11
OIG	0	1	1.00	1.00	1
OPHS/PSC	0	0	0.00	0.00	0
AHRQ	0	0	0.00	0.00	0
CDC	3	13	9.00	8.56	13
FDA	2	105	17.00	40.60	29
HRSA	0	5	4.00	5.00	5
IHS	0	0	0.00	0.00	0
NIH	0	0	0.00	0.00	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0.00	0.00	0
Agency Overall	19.000	186	9.0	10.24	75.000

VIII.B. Requests for Fee Waiver

Component	Number Granted	Number Denied	Median Number of Days to Adjudicate	Average Number of Days to Adjudicate
OS	0	0	0.00	0.00
ACF	0	19	3.00	3.00
AOA	0	0	0.00	0.00
CMS	2	1	1.00	5.00
OIG	0	3	1.00	1.00
OPHS/PSC	0	5	4.00	5.00
AHRQ	0	0	0.00	0.00
CDC	0	4	0.00	0.00
FDA	287	28	12.00	25.30
HRSA	1	5	5.00	6.00
IHS	1	0	10.00	10.00
NIH	0	1	2.00	2.00
SAMHSA	0	0	0.00	0.00
Agency Overall	291.000	66	5.0	4.41

IX: FOIA Personnel and Costs

Component	Personnel: Number of "Full-Time FOIA Employees"	Personnel: Number of "Equivalent Full-Time FOIA Employees"	Personnel: Total Number of "Full-Time FOIA Staff" (The sum of Columns 1 & 2)	Cost: Processing Cost (At initial request and appeal levels)	Cost: Litigation-Related Costs	Cost: Total Costs
OS	5.00	0.50	5.50	$526,720.00	$381,940.00	$908,660.00
ACF	4.00	1.00	5.00	$443,000.00	$0.00	$443,000.00
AOA	0.00	0.04	0.04	$2,576.00	$0.00	$2,576.00
CMS	20.00	54.01	74.01	$4,594,802.00	$57,470.00	$4,652,272.00
OIG	3.00	2.00	5.00	$88,000.00	$5,000.00	$93,000.00
OPHS/PSC	5.00	2.00	7.00	$938,933.00	$2,000.00	$940,933.00
AHRQ	1.00	0.00	1.00	$54,903.10	$0.00	$54,903.10
CDC	10.00	1.00	11.00	$1,180,538.00	$0.00	$1,180,538.00
FDA	89.75	22.63	112.38	$24,459,583.93	$468,656.00	$24,928,239.93
HRSA	2.00	1.50	3.50	$399,810.00	$0.00	$399,810.00
IHS	1.00	1.72	2.72	$369,945.00	$0.00	$369,945.00
NIH	15.00	12.14	27.14	$3,087,919.00	$2,180.00	$3,090,099.00
SAMHSA	1.00	0.00	1.00	$96,791.00	$0.00	$96,791.00
Agency Overall	156.75	98.54	255.29	$36,243,521.03	$917,246.00	$37,160,767.03

X: Fees Collected for Processing Requests

Component	Total Amount of Fees Collected	Percentage of Total Costs
OS	$1,225.70	0.23%
ACF	$43.60	0.01%
AOA	$0.00	0.00%
CMS	$412,180.03	8.97%
OIG	$4,161.00	4.73%
OPHS/PSC	$1,720.00	0.18%
AHRQ	$48.40	0.09%
CDC	$27,669.65	2.34%
FDA	$289,402.60	1.18%
HRSA	$4,629.00	1.16%
IHS	$0.00	0.00%
NIH	$54,484.00	1.76%
SAMHSA	$1,023.00	1.06%
Agency Overall	$796,586.98	2.20%

XI. FOIA Regulations

See the FOIA regulation at: http://www.hhs.gov/foia/45cfr5.html.

Section XII: Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisons

XII.A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals

Component	Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of Fiscal Year	Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of Fiscal Year
OS	525	198
ACF	299	0
AOA	0	0
CMS	3,486	31
OIG	11	0
OPHS/PSC	129	0
AHRQ	1	0
CDC	245	0
FDA	4,691	0
HRSA	2	0
IHS	35	0
NIH	37	0
SAMHSA	91	0
Agency Overall	9,552	229

XII.B. Consultations on FOIA Requests - Received, Processed, and Pending Consultations

Component	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Pending at HHS at the 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 at HHS During the Fiscal Year	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Pending at HHS at the End of Fiscal Year
OS	0	0	0	0
ACF	0	1	1	0
CMS	0	0	0	0
OIG	0	0	0	0
OPHS/PSC	0	3	3	0
AHRQ	0	0	0	0
CDC	0	0	0	0
FDA	0	13	13	0
HRSA	0	0	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	0
NIH	1	1	2	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0	0
Agency Overall	1	18	19	0

XII.C. Consultations on FOIA Requests - Ten Oldest Consultations Received from Other Agencies and Pending at Your Agency

Component	Sub-Row Heading	10th Oldest Consultation	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Consultation
OS	Date of Consultation	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
ACF	Date of Consultation	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
AOA	Date of Consultation	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
CMS	Date of Consultation	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
OIG	Date of Consultation	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
OPHS/PSC	Date of Consultation	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
AHRQ	Date of Consultation	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
CDC	Date of Consultation	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
FDA	Date of Consultation	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
HRSA	Date of Consultation	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
IHS	Date of Consultation	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
NIH	Date of Consultation	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
SAMHSA	Date of Consultation	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
Agency Overall	Date of Consultation	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

XII.D. Comparison of Numbers of Requests from Previous and Current Annual Report

XII.D.(1) Requests Received, Processed

Component	Number of Requests Received: Number of Received During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number of Requests Received: Number of Received During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report	Number of Requests Processed: Number of Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number of Requests Processed: Number of Processed During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
OS	1,018	2,144	964	2,306
ACF	467	1,133	177	1,538
AOA	10	27	11	27
CMS	32,541	46,586	32,706	51,665
OIG	419	563	410	569
OPHS/PSC	564	496	662	555
AHRQ	72	57	66	61
CDC	1,290	1,207	1,300	1,372
FDA	4,880	9,690	12,127	9,879
HRSA	338	369	334	369
IHS	97	98	115	94
NIH	1,269	1,253	1,306	1,282
SAMHSA	157	216	125	143
Agency Overall	43,122	63,839	50,303	69,860

Footnote

FDA - Numbers of Pending and Processed Requests were revised as a result of a miscount of the in-house tracking system.

NIH - The NIH FY 2009 Annual Report indicated that NIH received 1,270 requests in FY 2009, however, one inaccuracy was identified.

XII.D. (2) Requests Backlogged

Component	Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report	Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
OS	722	525
ACF	722	299
AOA	0	0
CMS	10,312	3,486
OIG	21	11
OPHS/PSC	196	129
AHRQ	11	1
CDC	488	245
FDA	4,880	4,691
HRSA	30	2
IHS	31	35
NIH	70	37
SAMHSA	28	91
Agency Overall	17,511	9,552

Footnote

FDA - Number of Pending Requests was revised as a result of a miscount by the in-house tracking system.

XII.E. Comparison of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current Annual Report

XII.E.(1) Appeals Received, Processed

Component	Number of Appeals Received: Number of Received During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number of Appeals Received: Number of Received During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report	Number of Appeals Processed: Number of Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number of Appeals Processed: Number of Processed During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
OS	153	168	170	224
ACF	0	0	0	0
AOA	0	0	0	0
CMS	7	26	4	145
OIG	0	0	0	0
OPHS/PSC	0	0	0	0
AHRQ	0	0	0	0
CDC	0	0	0	0
FDA	0	0	0	0
HRSA	0	0	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	0	0	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0	0
Agency Overall	160	194	174	369

XII.E.(2) Appeals Backlogged

Component	Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report	Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
OS	299	198
ACF	0	0
AOA	0	0
CMS	150	31
OIG	0	0
OPHS/PSC	0	0
AHRQ	0	0
CDC	0	0
FDA	0	0
HRSA	0	0
IHS	0	0
NIH	0	0
SAMHSA	0	0
Agency Overall	449	229

HHS Fiscal Year 2010 Freedom of Information Annual Report

Contents

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT

II. HOW TO MAKE A FOIA REQUEST

III. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS:

Section IV: Exemption 3 Statutes

Section V: FOIA Requests

Section VI: Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of FOIA Requests

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

Section VIII: Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee Waiver

IX: FOIA Personnel and Costs

X: Fees Collected for Processing Requests

XI. FOIA Regulations

Section XII: Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisons