NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT REPORT
FOR OCTOBER 1,
2008 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
I. BASIC INFORMATION:
A. Point of Contact:
Leslie A.
Jensen, NSF FOIA Officer
Office of the
General Counsel
(703) 292-5065
B. Electronic Address for report: The FY 2009
FOIA Report for the National
Science
Foundation (NSF) will be available as one of the choices under the
References
section of the FOIA page on the NSF web site:
https://www.nsf.gov/policies/foia.jsp
.
C. Paper Copies of report: Paper copies can be
requested from the Point of
Contact listed
above.
II. HOW TO MAKE A FOIA REQUEST:
NSF policy is
to make the fullest possible disclosure of information and
records to any
requester, without unnecessary expenses or delay. NSF’s
“Public
Information Handbook” is available electronically as one of the
choices under
the References section of the FOIA page on the Foundation’s
web site:
There are four
basic agency requirements for making a FOIA request:
(1) the request must be in writing (mailed
correspondence, fax, or email) and
include the
requester’s mailing address;
(2) the envelope and letter content must identify
the request as a FOIA
request;
(3) the request must provide enough detail to
allow identification of the
requested
records; and
(4) the request must include agreement to pay
fees chargeable under NSF’s
fee schedule.
A. Agency Components:
Requests for
records of the agency should be sent to the NSF FOIA Officer,
Office of the
General Counsel, Room 1265,
22230.
Phone:
703-292-5065, Fax: 703-292-9041. Email: foia@nsf.gov.
Requests for
documents maintained by the Office of the Inspector General
should be
addressed directly to the OIG, FOIA, Room 1135,
Phone: 703-292-7100.
Email: oig@nsf.gov
B. Why some requests are not granted:
Requests for
records may not be granted if the records do not exist; if
records have
been transferred to the ownership of the National Archives and
Records
Administration (NARA); if records contain predecisional
information
that if
released would cause harm to NSF’s decision-making processes; if
records
contain personal and/or proprietary information; if records contain
information
compiled for law enforcement purposes; or if the requester
asked for
information specifically prohibited from disclosure by other
statutes.
III. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS:
1. Agency-specific terms and acronyms:
NSF - National
Science Foundation – The National Science Foundation was
established by
Congress to promote progress in science and engineering.
The agency
does so primarily through grants and cooperative agreements with
colleges,
universities, K-12 school systems, businesses, information
science
organizations and other research institutions throughout the
2. Basic terms:
a. 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.
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, of 3,
7, and 14, the average number 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 – 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 FOIA Report data
for both the agency overall
and for each principal component of the
agency.
e. Consultation – the procedure whereby the
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.
f. 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.
g. 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 requestors 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.)
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 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.
j. Median Number – the middle, not average,
number. For example, of 3,
7, and 14, the median number is 7.
k. Multi-Track Processing – a system in which
simple requests requiring
relative 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.
i. Expedited Processing – an agency will process
a FOIA request on an
expedited basis when a requester satisfied
the requirement 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 – 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.
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 lowest and
highest number of days to
process requests or administrative
appeals.
q. Time Limits – the time period in the
statue for an agency to respond
to a FOIA request (ordinarily twenty
working days from receipt of a
perfected FOIA request).
3. Nine FOIA exemptions:
a.
Exemption 1: classified national
defense and foreign relations
information.
b.
Exemption 2: internal agency
rules and practices.
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 a 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
be 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.
IV. Exemption
3 Statutes
A. Exemption 3
Statutes Relied upon to Withhold Information
Status |
Type of Information Withheld |
Case Citation |
Number of Times Relied upon per
Component |
Total Number of Times Relied upon by
Agency |
35 U.S.C. §
122 |
Patent pending applications |
Irons &
Sears v. Dann, 606
F.2d 1215, 1219-21 (D.C. Cir. 1979). |
NSF # 13 |
13 |
41 U.S.C. §
253b(m)(1) |
Proposal documents not incorporated
into contracts |
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.C. Cir. Aug. 25, 2004). |
NSF # 3 |
3 |
V. FOIA
REQUESTS
A. Received, Processed
and Pending FOIA Requests
|
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|
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 |
NSF |
1 |
318 |
303 |
16 |
OIG |
2 |
77 |
79 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
3 |
395 |
382 |
16 |
B. (1)
Disposition of FOIA Requests - All Processed Requests
|
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 |
NSF |
84 |
167 |
7 |
19 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
303 |
OIG |
3 |
50 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
79 |
Agency Overall |
87 |
217 |
17 |
26 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
382 |
B. (2)
Disposition of FOIA Requests - "Other" Reasons for "Full Denials
Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions" from Section V, B (1) Chart
|
Description of "Other"
Reasons for Denials from Chart B(1) & Number of Times Those Reasons Were
Relied upon |
TOTAL |
NSF |
No
awarded proposal. [1] Suspended [2]
|
3 |
OIG |
|
0 |
B. (3)
Disposition of FOIA Requests - Number of Times Exemptions Applied
|
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 |
NSF |
0 |
0 |
16 |
95 |
13 |
213 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
59 |
2 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
0 |
0 |
16 |
96 |
16 |
272 |
2 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
VI.
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS
A. Received,
Processed and Pending Administrative Appeals
|
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 |
NSF |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
OIG |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
B. Disposition
of Administrative Appeals - All Processed Appeals
|
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 |
NSF |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
OIG |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Agency Overall |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
C.(1) Reasons
for Denial on Appeal - Number of Times Exemptions Applied
|
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 |
NSF |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
C. (2) Reasons
for Denial on Appeal - Reasons Other than Exemptions
|
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 |
NSF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
C. (3) Reasons
for Denial on Appeal - "Other" Reasons from Section VI, C (2) Chart
|
Description of "Other"
Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C(2) & Number of Times Those
Reasons Were Relied upon |
TOTAL |
NSF |
|
0 |
OIG |
|
0 |
C. (4)
Response Time for Administrative Appeals
|
Median Number of Days |
Average Number of Days |
Lowest Number of Days |
Highest Number of Days |
NSF |
20 |
13 |
1 |
20 |
OIG |
13 |
15 |
13 |
17 |
Agency Overall |
17 |
14 |
1 |
20 |
C. (5) Ten
Oldest Pending Administrative Appeals
|
|
10th Oldest Appeal |
9th |
8th |
7th |
6th |
5th |
4th |
3rd |
2nd |
Oldest Appeal |
NSF |
Perfected Date of Ten Oldest Appeals |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Number of Days Pending |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
OIG |
Perfected Date of Ten Oldest Appeals |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Number of Days Pending |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Agency Overall |
Perfected Date of Ten Oldest Appeals |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Number of Days Pending |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
VII. FOIA
REQUESTS: RESPONSE TIME FOR PROCESSED AND PENDING REQUESTS
A. Processed
Requests - Response Time for All Processed Perfected Requests
|
SIMPLE |
EXPEDITED |
||||||
|
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 |
NSF |
16 |
22 |
1 |
1825 |
8 |
21 |
6 |
41 |
OIG |
14 |
13 |
1 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
15 |
20 |
1 |
1825 |
8 |
21 |
6 |
41 |
B. Processed
Requests - Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which Information Was
Granted
|
SIMPLE |
EXPEDITED |
||||||
|
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 |
NSF |
17 |
24 |
1 |
1825 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
OIG |
15 |
14 |
4 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
16 |
22 |
1 |
1825 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
C. Processed
Requests - Response Time in Day Increments
Simple
Requests
|
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 |
NSF |
234 |
60 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
303 |
OIG |
79 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
79 |
Agency Overall |
313 |
60 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
382 |
Requests
Granted Expedited Processing
|
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 |
NSF |
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 |
Agency Overall |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
D. Pending
Requests - All Pending Perfected Requests
|
SIMPLE |
EXPEDITED |
||||
|
Number Pending |
Median Number of Days |
Average Number of Days |
Number Pending |
Median Number of Days |
Average Number of Days |
NSF |
16 |
10 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
16 |
10 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
E. Pending
Requests - Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests
|
|
10th Oldest Request and Number of Days
Pending |
9th |
8th |
7th |
6th |
5th |
4th |
3rd |
2nd |
Oldest Request and Number of Days
Pending |
NSF |
Perfected Date of Ten Oldest |
9/18/2009 |
9/17/2009 |
9/11/2009 |
9/10/2009 |
9/9/2009 |
9/8/2009 |
9/8/2009 |
9/2/2009 |
8/31/2009 |
3/23/2009 |
Number of Days Pending |
9 |
10 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
17 |
20 |
22 |
135 |
|
OIG |
Perfected Date of Ten Oldest |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Number of Days Pending |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Agency Overall |
Perfected Date of Ten Oldest |
9/18/2009 |
9/17/2009 |
9/11/2009 |
9/10/2009 |
9/9/2009 |
9/8/2009 |
9/8/2009 |
9/2/2009 |
8/31/2009 |
3/23/2009 |
Number of Days Pending |
9 |
10 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
17 |
20 |
22 |
135 |
VIII. REQUESTS
FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING AND REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER
A. Requests
for Expedited Processing
|
Number Granted |
Number Denied |
Median Number of Days to Adjudicate |
Average Number of Days to Adjudicate |
Number Adjudicated Within Ten Calendar
Days |
NSF |
0 |
4 |
14 |
100 |
1 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
0 |
4 |
14 |
100 |
1 |
B. Requests
for Fee Waiver
|
Number Granted |
Number Denied |
Median Number of Days to Adjudicate |
Average Number of Days to Adjudicate |
NSF |
0 |
1 |
13 |
13 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
0 |
1 |
13 |
13 |
IX. FOIA
PERSONNEL AND COSTS
|
PERSONNEL |
COSTS |
||||
|
Number of "Full-Time FOIA Employees" |
Number of "Equivalent Full-Time
FOIA Employees" |
Total Number of "Full-Time FOIA
Staff" |
Processing Costs |
Litigation-Related Costs |
Total Costs |
NSF |
0 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
320,000.00 |
0 |
320,000.00 |
OIG |
0 |
0.23 |
0.23 |
29,224.00 |
0 |
29,224.00 |
Agency Overall |
0 |
3.83 |
3.83 |
349,224.00 |
0 |
349,224.00 |
X. FEES
COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS
|
Total Amount of Fees Collected |
Percentage of Total Costs |
NSF |
1085.72 |
0.3 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
1085.72 |
0.3 |
XI. FOIA
REGULATIONS
https://www.nsf.gov/policies/ogc1009.pdf
XII. BACKLOGS,
CONSULTATIONS, AND COMPARISONS
A. Backlogs of
FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals
|
Number of Backlogged Requests as of
End of Fiscal Year |
Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End
of Fiscal Year |
NSF |
0 |
0 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
0 |
0 |
B.
Consultations on FOIA Requests - Received, Processed, and Pending Consultations
|
Number of Consultation Received from
Other Agencies that Were Pending at Your 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 Your Agency During the Fiscal Year |
Number of Consultations Received from
Other Agencies that Were Pending at Your Agency as of End of the Fiscal Year |
NSF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
C.
Consultations on FOIA Requests - Ten Oldest Consultations Received from Other
Agencies and Pending at Your Agency
|
|
10th Oldest Consultation and Number of
Days Pending |
9th |
8th |
7th |
6th |
5th |
4th |
3rd |
2nd |
Oldest Consultation |
NSF |
Oldest Consultation and Number of Days
Pending |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
Number of Days Pending |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
OIG |
Oldest Consultation and Number of Days
Pending |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
Number of Days Pending |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
Agency Overall |
Oldest Consultation and Number of Days
Pending |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
Number of Days Pending |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
D. Comparison
of Numbers of Requests from Previous and Current Annual Report - Requests
Received, Processed, and Backlogged
|
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 |
NSF |
314 |
318 |
315 |
302 |
OIG |
39 |
77 |
37 |
77 |
Agency Overall |
353 |
395 |
352 |
379 |
|
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 |
NSF |
1 |
0 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
Agency Overall |
1 |
0 |
E. Comparison
of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current Annual Report -
Appeals Received, Processed, and Backlogged
1. Provide the
number of administrative appeals received and the number of administrative
appeals processed during the fiscal year from last year’s Annual Report and the
number of those received and processed during the fiscal year from the current
Annual Report.
|
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 |
NSF |
7 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
OIG |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
Agency Overall |
10 |
7 |
10 |
7 |
2. Starting
with the Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2009, provide the number of backlogged administrative
appeals as of the end of the fiscal year from the previous Annual Report and
the number of backlogged administrative appeals as of the end of the fiscal
year from the current Annual Report.
|
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 |
NSF |
0 |
0 |
OIG |
0 |
0 |
Overall |
0 |
0 |
F. Discussion
of Other FOIA Activities (Optional)
1. Provide
here any further information about the agency's efforts to improve FOIA
administration.