Freedom of Information Act Program Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003
Abstract
During fiscal year (FY) 2003, a total of 73,814 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 2,173 and partially denied 10,276 out - of 73,814 requests on the basis of FOIA exemptions. Of those exemptions, 8% were for classified information; 9% for internal rules and practices; 8% for statutory exemptions; 8% for proprietary data; 7% for deliberative material; 33% for privacy information; and 26% for law enforcement investigations. Twenty three thousand, five hundred and sixty three (23,563) 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 749 actions taken on appeals of denied requests (41 granted, 104 partially denied, 289 fully denied, and 315 not filled for other reasons, as mentioned earlier). The total DoD operating cost associated with the processing of requests during this report period was $42,890,626. The average cost of processing a single case during this period was approximately $581.06. Fee collections for records provided to the public amounted to $518,814.88 (1.2% of total program cost).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA436543
Entities
Organizations
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs