Freedom of Information Act Program Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999
Abstract
During the report period, fiscal year (FY) 1999, a total of 97,171 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 2,147 and partially denied 11,742 out of 97,171 requests on the basis of FOIA exemptions. Of those exemptions, 7% were for classified information; 6% for internal rules and practices; 5% for statutory exemptions; 6% for proprietary data; 11% for deliberative material; 37% for privacy information; and 28% for law enforcement investigations. Thirty-one thousand two hundred sixty six (31,266) 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 1,067 actions taken on appeals of denied requests (50 granted, 177 partially denied, 575 fully denied, and 265 not filled for other reasons, as mentioned earlier). The total DoD operating cost associated with the processing of requests during this report period was $32,618,179.33. The average cost of processing a single case during this period was approximately $336.00. Fee collections for records provided to the public amounted to $834,816.23 (2.6% of total program cost).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA436538
Entities
Organizations
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs