DoD Freedom of Information Act Program Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001
Abstract
During fiscal year (FY) 2001, a total of 80,357 public requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) were completed by the Department of Defense (DoD). In the processing of these cases, the Department of Defense fully denied 2,172 and partially denied 11,371 out of 80,357 requests on the basis of FOIA exemptions. Of those exemptions, 6% were for classified information; 7% for internal rules and practices; 6% for statutory exemptions; 6% for proprietary data; 9% for deliberative material; 37% for privacy information; and 29% for law enforcement investigations. Twenty three thousand, five hundred and sixteen (23,516) requests could not be tilled in whole or in part for other reasons, such as lack of records, referral to another agency, or lack of specificity sufficient to identify the requested records. There were 927 actions taken on appeals of denied requests (34 granted, 176 partially denied, 436 fully denied, and 281 not filled for other reasons, as mentioned earlier). The total DoD operating cost associated with the processing of requests during this report period was $39,712,317. The average cost of processing a single case during this period was approximately $494.20. Fee collections for records provided to the public amounted to $652,515.53 (1.6% of total program cost).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA399341
Entities
Organizations
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs