DoD Freedom of Information Act Program Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000
Abstract
During fiscal year (FY) 2000, a total of 96,479 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 2,367 and partially denied 11,551 out of 97,266 requests on the basis of FOIA exemptions. Of those exemptions, 7% were for classified information; 6% for internal rules and practices; 7% for statutory exemptions; 6% for proprietary data; 10% for deliberative material; 39% for privacy information; and 24% for law enforcement investigations. Thirty thousand and eighty (30,080) requests could not be filled 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 1,058 actions taken on appeals of denied requests (39 granted, 193 partially denied, 473 fully denied, and 357 not filled for other reasons, as mentioned earlier). The total DoD operating cost associated with the processing of requests during this report period was 536,526,67 1.09. The average cost of processing a single case during this period was approximately $378.60. Fee collections for records provided to the public amounted to $666,362.64 (1.8% of total program cost).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA399342