Department of Defense (DoD) Freedom of Information Act Program Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004

Abstract

During fiscal year (FY) 2004, a total of 77,256 public requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) were comp!completed by the Department of Defense (DoD). In the processing of these cases, the Department of Defense fully denied 2,340 and partially denied 11,779 on the basis of FOlA exemptions Of those exemptions, 6% were for classified information; 9% for internal rules and practices; 7% for statutory exemptions; 6% for proprietary data, 6% deliberative material; 41% for privacy information; 24% for law enforcement investigations; and 1% for information concerning wells Twenty five thousand, Iwo hundred and twenty three (25,223) 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 933 actions taken on appeals of denied requests (30 granted, 162 partially denied, 433 fully denied, and 308 not filled for other reasons, as mentioned earlier).

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA436749

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