HHS Fiscal Year 2014 Freedom of Information Annual Report

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT

1. Name, title, address, and telephone number of person(s) to be contacted with questions about the Report.

Michael S. Marquis
Director, Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts Division
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
United Sates Department of Health and Human Services
330 C Street, S.W., Room 2221
Washington D.C. 20201
(202) 690-7453

2. ELECTRONIC ADDRESS FOR THIS REPORT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB:

3. ADDRESS FOR PAPER COPIES OF THIS REPORT

Contact Michael Marquis or Michael Bell, FOIA Public Liaison, at the address or telephone number listed above, or at: http://www.hhs.gov/foia/contacts/index.html

II. HOW TO MAKE A FOIA REQUEST

1. HHS and OPDIV Freedom of Information Officers/FOIA Requester Service Centers:

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):
Website: http://www.hhs.gov/foia
Freedom of Information Officer
Mary E. Switzer Building, Room 2206
330 C Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 202-690-7453

Administration for Children and Families (ACF):
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/freedom-of-information-act
Freedom of Information Officer
901 D Street, S.W.
7th Floor West
Aerospace Building
Washington, D.C. 20447
Phone: 202-401-9215

Administration for Community Living (ACL):
Website: http://www.acl.gov/Site_Utilities/FOIA/index.aspx
Freedom of Information Officer
Administration for Community Living
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 202-357-3540

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ):
Website: http://www.ahrq.gov/news/foia.htm
Freedom of Information Officer
540 Gaither Road
The Eisenberg Building, Room 3129
Rockville, Maryland 20850
Phone: 301-427-1866

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/od/foia/
Freedom of Information Officer
1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS D-54
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Phone: 404-498-1580

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS):
Website: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/foia/
Freedom of Information Officer
North Building, Room N2-20-06
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21244
Phone: 410-786-5353

Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
Website: http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/foi/
Division of Freedom of Information
Office the Executive Secretariat, OC
12420 Parklawn Drive, Room 1020
Rockville, Maryland 20857
301-796-3900 (main)

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA):
Website: http://www.hrsa.gov/foia/
Freedom of Information Officer
Parklawn Building, Room 14-15
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone: 301-443-3376

Indian Health Service (IHS):
Website: http://www.ihs.gov/AdminMngrResources/FOIA/
Freedom of Information Officer
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450
Twinbrook II, Metro Plaza Building
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone: 301-443-1116

National Institute of Health (NIH):
Website: http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/foia/
Freedom of Information Officer
Building 31, Room 5B35
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Phone: 301-496-5633

Office of Inspector General (OIG):
Website: http://oig.hhs.gov/foia/
Freedom of Information Officer
Cohen Building, Suite 1062
330 Independence Ave, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 202-619-2541

Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS):
Website: http://www.psc.gov/psc_foia/
Freedom of Information Officer
Room 17-66, Parklawn Building
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 301-443-5252

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH):
Website: http://www.psc.gov/psc_foia/
Freedom of Information Officer
7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 920
Bethesda, MD 20857
Phone: 301-492-4800

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):
Website: http://www.samhsa.gov/foia/
Freedom of Information Officer
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 8-1042
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone: 240-276-2137

2. Brief description of why some requests are not granted: Documents requested were protected by an exemption and release would have caused harm to the interest protected by the exemption. Information withheld may include home addresses and phone numbers, social security numbers, medical records, proprietary business records, investigatory records, that if released may interfere with open investigations, and drafts of documents.

3. HHS FOIA Regulations: http://www.hhs.gov/foia/45cfr5.html

III. ACRONYMS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXEMPTIONS:

1. The following acronyms / agency component abbreviations, are utilized in this report:

Component Abbreviation	Component Name
OS	Office of the Secretary
ACF	Administration for Children and Families
ACL	Administration for Community Living
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CMS	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
HRSA	Health Resources and Services Administration
IHS	Indian Health Service
NIH	National Institutes of Health
OASH	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
OIG	Office of Inspector General
SAMHSA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

 

2. Following are definitions of terms used in this Report:

Administrative Appeal – a request to a federal agency asking that it review at a higher administrative level a FOIA determination made by the agency at the initial request level.

Average Number – the number obtained by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by the quantity of numbers in the group. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the average number is 8.

Backlog – the number of requests or administrative appeals that are pending at an agency at the end of the fiscal year that are beyond the statutory time period for a response.

Component – for agencies that process requests on a decentralized basis, a "component" is an entity, also sometimes referred to as an Office, Division, Bureau, Center, or Directorate, within the agency that processes FOIA requests. The FOIA now requires that agencies include in their Annual FOIA Report data for both the agency overall and for each principal component of the agency.

Consultation – the procedure whereby the agency responding to a FOIA request first forwards a record to another agency or component within the same agency for its review because that other agency has an interest in the document. Once the agency in receipt of the consultation finishes its review of the record, it responds back to the agency or component within the same agency that forwarded it. That agency, in turn, will then respond to the FOIA requester.

Exemption 3 Statute – a federal statute that exempts information from disclosure and which the agency relies on to withhold information under subsection (b)(3) of the FOIA.

FOIA Request – a FOIA request is generally a request to a federal agency for access to records concerning another person (i.e., a "third- party" request), or concerning an organization, or a particular topic of interest. FOIA requests also include requests made by requesters seeking records concerning themselves (i.e., "first-party" requests) when those requesters are not subject to the Privacy Act, such as non- U.S. citizens. Moreover, because all first-party requesters should be afforded the benefit of both the access provisions of the FOIA as well as those of the Privacy Act, FOIA requests also include any first-party requests where an agency determines that it must search beyond its Privacy Act "systems of records" or where a Privacy Act exemption applies, and the agency looks to FOIA to afford the greatest possible access. All requests which require the agency to utilize the FOIA in responding to the requester are included in this Report. Additionally, a FOIA request includes records referred to the agency for processing and direct response to the requester. It does not, however, include records for which the agency has received a consultation from another agency. (Consultations are reported separately in Section XII of this Report.)

Full Grant – an agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request.

Full Denial – an agency decision not to release any records in response to a FOIA request because the records are exempt in their entireties under one or more of the FOIA exemptions, or because of a procedural reason, such as when no records could be located.

Median Number – the middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the median number is 7.

Multi-Track Processing – a system in which simple requests requiring relatively minimal review are placed in one processing track and more voluminous and complex requests are placed in one or more other tracks. Requests granted expedited processing are placed in yet another track. Requests in each track are processed on a first in/first out basis.

Expedited Processing – an agency will process a FOIA request on an expedited basis when a requester satisfies the requirements for expedited processing as set forth in the statute and in agency regulations.

Simple Request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in its fastest (non- expedited) track based on the low volume and/or simplicity of the records requested.

Complex Request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in a slower track based on the high volume and/or complexity of the records requested.

Partial Grant/Partial Denial – in response to a FOIA request, an agency decision to disclose portions of the records and to withhold other portions that are exempt under the FOIA, or to otherwise deny a portion of the request for a procedural reason.

Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has not taken final action in all respects.

Perfected Request – a request for records which reasonably describes such records and is made in accordance with published rules stating the time, place, fees (if any) and procedures to be followed.

Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has taken final action in all respects.

Range in Number of Days – the lowest and highest number of days to process requests or administrative appeals.

Time Limits – the time period in the statute for an agency to respond to a FOIA request (ordinarily twenty working days from receipt of a perfected FOIA request).

3. Following are concise descriptions of the nine FOIA exemptions:

Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations information

Exemption 2: information that is related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency

Exemption 3: information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law

Exemption 4: trade secrets and other confidential business information

Exemption 5: inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal privileges

Exemption 6: information involving matters of personal privacy

Exemption 7: records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, to the extent that the production of those records (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual

Exemption 8: information relating to the supervision of financial institutions

Exemption 9: geological information on wells

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes

Statute	Type of Information Withheld	Case Citation	Agency / Component	Number of Times Relied upon by Agency / Component	Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency Overall
42 U.S.C § 247d-6b(d)	National stockpile information	None	OS	1	2
			CDC	1
18 U.S.C. § 208(d)(1)	Providing that "a copy of any determination granting an exemption under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(3) [from application of penalties for acts affecting personal financial interests determined to constitute bribery, graft, or conflicts of interest] shall be made available to the public," but exempting from this disclosure requirement "any information contained in the determination that would be exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5"	Seife v. NIH, 874 F. Supp. 2d 248, 256 (S.D.N.Y. 2012).	OS	1	1
42 U.S.C § 247d-6b(d)	Technical data or scientific information that is created or obtained during the countermeasure and product advanced research and development	None	OS	1	1
15 U.S.C § 1335a (b)(2)(A)	Cigarette additive information	None	CDC	1	1
42 U.S.C § 242m(d)	Identifiable information for certain research and statistical activities – guarantee of confidentiality	None	CDC	6	6
50 U.S.C Section §3024(i)	Intelligence sources and methods	None	CDC	1	1
21 USC § 350 d(a)(5)	Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act	None	FDA	11	11
21 U.S.C. § 331(j) (Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)	Certain information "concerning any method or process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection"	Anderson v. HHS, 907 F.d 936 950-5-1 (10th Cir. 1990).	FDA	163	163
42 U.S.C § 300aa12(d)(4)(A)	"Except as provided in subparagraph (B), information submitted to a special master or the court in a proceeding on a petition [for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program] . . . without the express written consent of the person who submitted the information"	Long V DOJ, NO 06CB1086, 2011 WL 113925 at *10 (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 25, 2011).	HRSA	1	1
42 U.S.C § 11137(b)	Adverse reports of a health care practitioner's conduct reported to the National Practitioner Data Base	None	HRSA	2	2
25 U.S.C § 1675(a)(3)	Medical quality assurance records cannot be released		IHS	2	2
5 U.S.C § 574(j)	Confidential communications with agency Ombudsman (3rd party neutral)	None	NIH	1	1
5 U.S.C. app. § 107(a) (Ethics in Government Act of 1978)	Financial disclosure information pertaining to certain government employees	Meyerhoff v. EPA, 958 F.2d 1498, 1500-02 (9th Cir. 1992); Seife v. NIH, 874 F. Supp. 2d 248, 254 (S.D.N.Y. 2012); Concepcion v. FBI, 606 F. Supp. 2d 14, 33 (D.D.C. 2009), renewed motion for summary judgment granted in part on other grounds, 699 F. Supp. 2d 106 (D.D.C. 2010); Glascoe v. DOJ, No. 04-0486, 2005 WL 1139269, at *1 (D.D.C. May 15, 2005).	NIH	2	2
15 U.S.C. § 3710a(c)(7)(A)	“[T]rade secrets or commercial or financial, under the meaning of section 552(b)(4) of Title 5, which is obtained in the conduct of research or as a result of activities under this chapter,” which pertains to cooperative research and development agreements for the purpose of technological and industrial innovation.	Publ. Citizen Health Research Group v. NIH, 209 F.Supp.2d 37, 43, 51 (D.D.C. 2002); DeLorme Pub. Col, Inc., v. NOAA, 917 F.Supp.867, 871-72 (D. Me. 1996), appeal dismissed per stipulation, No. 96-1601 (1st Cir. July 8, 1996).	NIH	11	11
42 U.S.C. § 262a(h)(1)	Information regarding select agents	None	NIH	2	44
			OIG	37
			CDC	5
35 U.S.C. § 209(f)	Plans of a licensee for development or marketing of a federally owned invention.		NIH	1	1
41 U.S.C. § 2102 (amending 41 U.S.C.§ 423(a)(1))* (Procurement Integrity Act)	Contractor bid or proposal information; source selection information	Legal & Safety Employer Research, Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of the Army, No. Civ. S001748, 2001 WL 34098652, at *3-4 (E.D. Cal. May 4, 2001) (dictum).	NIH	1	2
			CMS	1
41 U.S.C. § 253b(m)(1) (currently at 41 U.S.C. § 4702)	Contractor proposals that are in the possession or control of an executive agency and that have not been set forth or incorporated by reference into contracts.	Sinkfield v. HUD, No. 10- 885, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35233, at *13-15 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 15, 2012); Margolin v. NASA, No. 09-CV-00421, 2011 WL 1303221, at *6 (D. Nev. Mar. 31, 2011); Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d 21, 30 (D.D.C. 2003), summary affirmance granted, No. 03-5257, 2004 WL 1900562 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 25, 2004).	NIH	1	43
			CDC	5
			CMS	28
			FDA	3
			OASH	6
42 U.S.C § 1306C	Master File Death Records		OIG	2	2
Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.)	Complaints by employees; Disclosure of identity; Reprisals	None	OIG	43	43
Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e), enacted by Act of July 30, 1977, Pub. L. No. 95-78, 91 Stat. 319	Certain records pertaining to grand jury proceedings	Sussman v. USMS, 494 F.3d 1106, 1113 (D.C. Cir. 2007); Fund for Constitutional Gov't v. Nat'l Archives & Records Serv., 656 F.2d 856, 867-68 (D.C. Cir. 1981); Durham v. U.S. Atty. Gen., No. 06-843, 2008 WL 620744, at *2 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 3, 2008); Cozen O'Connor v. U.S. Dep't of Treasury, 570 F. Supp. 2d 749, 776 (E.D. Pa. 2008).	OIG	1	1

V. A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS

Component / Agency	Number of Requests Pending as of Start of Fiscal Year	Number of Requests Received in Fiscal Year	Number of Requests Processed in Fiscal Year	Number of Requests Pending as of End of Fiscal Year
OS	388	1,531	1,605	314
ACF	154	1,864	1,255	763
ACL	0	13	11	2
CDC	578	1,141	1,028	691
CMS	3,383	26,361	25,027	4,717
FDA	2,863	10,224	10,191	2,896
HRSA	89	355	352	92
IHS	28	152	160	20
NIH	71	1,169	1,156	84
OASH	138	437	455	120
OIG	6	843	815	34
SAMHSA	96	193	238	51
AGENCY OVERALL	7,794	44,283	42,293	9,784

 

Due to the Government Shutdown in October 2013, there were data entry delays in reporting the correct ending/ beginning pending case counts. The following changes are reported for the HHS components:

OS: reported 390 at the end of FY 2013, 388 at the beginning of FY 2014.

ACF: reported 153 at the end of FY 2013, 154 at the beginning of FY 2014.

CDC: reported 580 at the end of FY 2013, 578 at the beginning pf FY 2014.

HRSA: reported 81 at the beginning pf FY 2014, 89 at the beginning of FY 2014.

NIH: reported 70 at the end of FY 2013, 71 at the beginning of FY 2014.

OASH: reported 143 at the beginning of FY 2013, 138 at the beginning of FY 2014.

SAMSHA: reported 103 at the end of FY 2013; 96 at the beginning of FY 2014

V. B. (1) DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS - ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS

Com- ponent / Agency	Num- ber of Full Grants	Number of Partial Grants / Partial Denials	Num- ber of Full Denials Based on Exemp- tions	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions
				No Re- cords	All Records Re- ferred to Another Com- ponent or Agency	Re- quest With- drawn	Fee- Re- lated Reason	Records not Reason- ably Des- cribed	Im- proper FOIA Re- quest for Other Reason	Not Agency Re-cord	Dup- licate Re- quest	Other *Ex- plain in chart below	TOTAL
OS	159	266	22	106	855	50	1	18	24	68	14	22	1,605
ACF	241	876	0	11	40	24	0	6	16	29	11	1	1,255
ACL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
CDC	210	206	19	165	98	58	13	10	8	19	13	209	1,028
CMS	9,119	3,283	5,473	4,359	267	516	389	215	733	238	337	98	25,027
FDA	7,821	125	208	493	34	1,055	62	19	78	4	193	99	10,191
HRSA	197	127	5	6	5	7	0	0	3	2	0	0	352
IHS	30	35	12	17	24	9	0	0	3	7	0	23	160
NIH	700	133	14	131	17	122	1	9	6	22	1	0	1,156
OASH	142	192	10	48	10	19	2	7	2	2	0	21	455
OIG	129	168	90	125	21	58	1	7	69	116	10	21	815
SAMHSA	84	91	5	14	1	15	0	0	0	12	6	10	238
AGENCY OVERALL	18,843	5,502	5,858	5,475	1,372	1,933	469	291	942	519	585	504	42,293

 

V. B. (2) DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- "OTHER" REASONS FOR "FULL DENIALS BASED ON REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS"

 

Component / Agency	Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from Chart B (1)	Number of Times "Other" Reason Was Relied Upon	COMPONENT TOTAL
OS	Administrative Closure- Based on response/non-response to continued interest correspondence	18	22
	Litigation	3
	Referred to Website	1
ACF	Fail to respond to designated date	1	1
ACL	N/A	0	0
CDC	Administrative Closure- Based on response/non-response to continued interest correspondence	209	209
CMS	Aggregate Cases	16	98
	Litigation and Subpoena	17
	Administrative Closure - Based on response/non-response to continued interest correspondence	65
FDA	Referred requester to record posted on internet	99	99
HRSA	N/A	0	0
IHS	Information on the website	4	23
	Administrative Closure- Based on response/ non-response to continued interest calls and correspondence	19
NIH	N/A	0	0
OASH	Failed to respond on designated date	19	21
	No response to subpoena as request letter	1
	No response to unpaid invoice letter	1
OIG	In Litigation	1	21
	Administrative Closure- Based on response/non-response to continued interest correspondence	20
SAMHSA	Administrative Closure- based on response/non response to continued interest calls and correspondence	9	10
	Unable to Locate Requester	1
AGENCY OVERALL			504

 

V. B. (3). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS - NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Component / Agency	Ex. 1	Ex. 2	Ex. 3	Ex. 4	Ex. 5	Ex. 6	Ex. 7(A)	Ex. 7(B)	Ex. 7(C)	Ex. 7(D)	Ex. 7(E)	Ex. 7(F)	Ex. 8	Ex. 9
OS	0	0	5	96	133	209	18	0	59	0	2	9	0	0
ACF	0	0	0	11	9	866	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ACL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	0	2	19	44	43	184	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CMS	0	2	29	74	30	6,122	6	1	670	93	67	0	0	0
FDA	0	5	42	163	17	40	116	0	17	6	5	2	0	0
HRSA	0	0	3	124	6	65	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	10	8	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	0	19	44	40	46	11	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
OASH	0	1	6	101	27	168	3	0	58	0	0	0	0	0
OIG	0	1	83	76	48	179	86	0	132	0	19	4	0	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0	78	2	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL	0	11	206	821	363	8,000	241	1	941	99	94	18	0	0

 

VI. A. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Component / Agency	Number of Appeals Pending as of Start of Fiscal Year	Number of Appeals Received in Fiscal Year	Number of Appeals Processed in Fiscal Year	Number of Appeals Pending as of End of Fiscal Year
OS	190	203	218	175
CMS	151	122	28	245
AGENCY OVERALL	341	325	246	420

 

OS: Due to the Government Shutdown in October 2013, there were data entry delays in reporting the correct ending pending/ beginning pending case counts resulting in two appeals reopening and increasing the total at the close of FY 2013 from 188 to 190.

VI. B. DISPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS -- ALL PROCESSED APPEALS

Component / Agency	Number Affirmed on Appeal	Number Partially Affirmed & Partially Reversed/Remanded on Appeal	Number Completely Reversed/Remanded on Appeal	Number of Appeals Closed for Other Reasons	TOTAL
OS	83	30	6	99	218
CMS	3	4	1	20	28
AGENCY OVERALL	86	34	7	119	246

 

VI. C. (1). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Component / Agency	Ex. 1	Ex. 2	Ex. 3	Ex. 4	Ex. 5	Ex. 6	Ex. 7(A)	Ex. 7(B)	Ex. 7(C)	Ex. 7(D)	Ex. 7(E)	Ex. 7(F)	Ex. 8	Ex. 9
OS	0	1	7	16	17	29	4	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
CMS	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL	0	1	7	16	18	41	4	0	18	0	0	0	0	0

 

VI. C. (2). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS

Component / Agency	No Re- cords	Re- cords Re- ferred at Initial Request Level	Request With- drawn	Fee- Related Reason	Records not Rea- sonably Described	Im- proper Re- quest for Other Rea- sons	Not Agency Record	Du- plicate Re- quest or Appeal	Re- quest in Liti- gation	Appeal Based Solely on Denial of Request for Expedited Processing	Other *Explain in chart below
OS	28	3	47	4	0	0	3	3	0	17	35
CMS	3	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
AGENCY OVERALL	31	3	62	4	0	0	3	3	1	17	36

 

VI. C. (3). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- "OTHER" REASONS

Component / Agency	Description of "Other" Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C (2)	Number of Times "Other" Reason Was Relied Upon	COMPONENT TOTAL
OS	Appeal Moot	26	35
	No response to unpaid invoice letter	1
	Appeal Untimely	8
CMS	Aggregated Cases	1	1
AGENCY OVERALL			36

 

VI. C. (4). RESPONSE TIME FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Component / Agency	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Lowest Number of Days	Highest Number of Days
OS	124.00	589.00	<1	1,574.00
CMS	362.00	346.00	8.00	631.00
AGENCY OVERALL	150.00	314.00	8.00	1,574.00

 

VI. C. (5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Component / Agency	Sub-Row Heading	10th Oldest Appeal	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Appeal
OS	Date of Appeal	2009- 10-15	2009- 03-17	2009- 02-12	2009- 02-12	2009- 01-30	2008- 09-15	2008- 09-09	2008- 09-09	2008- 02-20	2008- 02-08
	Number of Days Pending	1245	1393	1415	1415	1424	1517	1521	1521	1662	1669
CMS	Date of Appeal	2011- 11-07	2011- 11-01	2011- 10-26	2011- 10-19	2011- 10-03	2011- 08-29	2011- 08-19	2011- 08-11	2011- 06-23	2011- 06-01
	Number of Days Pending	726	732	736	741	752	776	782	788	822	838
AGENCY OVERALL	Date of Appeal	2009- 10-15	2009- 03-17	2009- 02-12	2009- 02-12	2009- 01-30	2008- 09-15	2008- 09-09	2008- 09-09	2008- 02-20	2008- 02-08
	Number of Days Pending	1245	1393	1415	1415	1424	1517	1521	1521	1662	1669

VII. A. Processed Requests - Response Time for All Processed Perfected Requests

Component / Agency	SIMPLE				COMPLEX				EXPEDITED PROCESSING
	Me- dian Num- ber of Days	Av- erage Num- ber of Days	Low- est Num- ber of Days	Highest Num- ber of Days	Median Num- ber of Days	Average Num- ber of Days	Low- est Num- ber of Days	High- est Num- ber of Days	Median Num- ber of Days	Average Num- ber of Days	Low- est Num- ber of Days	High- est Num- ber of Days
OS	1	3	1	40	1	98	1	1681	5	59	1	871
ACF	62	62	1	903	83	108	1	670	86	86	86	86
ACL	20	20	25	28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CDC	14	47	<1	930	41	153	<1	1427	41	37	11	51
CMS	14	22	1	842	3	34	1	829	58	90	1	690
FDA	7	24	1	1167	51	138	1	1561	693	693	693	693
HRSA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	37	107	1	605	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
IHS	10	15	5	80	42	60	14	172	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NIH	12	14	1	98	43	56	1	430	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OASH	5	8	1	35	134	239	11	938	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OIG	1	3	1	19	21	28	1	173	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SAMHSA	72	123	1	494	100	138	1	569	5	5	5	5
AGENCY OVERALL	14	24	N/A	1167	26	87	N/A	1561	90	40	N/A	871

VII. B. Processed Requests - Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which Information Was Granted

Component / Agency	SIMPLE				COMPLEX				EXPEDITED PROCESSING
	Median Num- ber of Days	Average Num- ber of Days	Low- est Num- ber of Days	High- est Num- ber of Days	Median Num- ber of Days	Average Num- ber of Days	Low- est Num- ber of Days	High- est Num- ber of Days	Median Num- ber of Days	Average Num- ber of Days	Low- est Num- ber of Days	High- est Num- ber of Days
OS	13	19	9	40	60	171	1	1079	70	149	5	871
ACF	64	58	1	846	83	98	1	534	86	86	86	86
ACL	20	20	25	28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CDC	21	63	<1	930	164	239	3	1427	51	51	51	51
CMS	18	22	1	734	84	133	1	829	59	84	8	314
FDA	7	24	1	1167	51	139	1	1561	693	693	693	693
HRSA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	42	114	1	605	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
IHS	10	15	5	20	45	65	15	172	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NIH	14	16	1	98	45	63	2	430	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OASH	6	9	1	35	120	225	11	938	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OIG	3	4	1	19	32	37	1	173	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SAMHSA	64	107	1	494	70	122	1	569	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AGENCY OVERALL	14	25	N/A	1167	33	95	N/A	1561	59	93	N/A	871

 

VII. C. 1. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS – SIMPLE REQUESTS

Component / Agency	1-20 Days	21-40 Days	41-60 Days	61-80 Days	81-100 Days	101-120 Days	121-140 Days	141-160 Days	161-180 Days	181-200 Days	201-300 Days	301-400 Days	401+ Days	TOTAL
OS	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34
ACF	382	90	50	236	150	73	80	1	0	1	2	3	15	1,083
ACL	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
CDC	268	57	28	21	15	7	5	4	9	10	10	0	9	443
CMS	16,341	2,493	423	171	96	50	43	41	34	16	154	148	82	20,092
FDA	320	461	577	497	598	454	613	548	463	415	1,628	134	68	6,776
HRSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IHS	15	23	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64
NIH	743	171	27	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	948
OASH	188	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	193
OIG	515	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	515
SAMHSA	9	12	2	12	2	2	1	0	1	2	13	5	1	62
AGENCY OVERALL	18,819	3,316	1,128	947	863	586	742	594	507	444	1,807	290	175	30,218

 

VII. C. 2. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS – COMPLEX REQUESTS

Component / Agency	1-20 Days	21-40 Days	41-60 Days	61-80 Days	81-100 Days	101-120 Days	121-140 Days	141-160 Days	161-180 Days	181-200 Days	201-300 Days	301-400 Days	401+ Days	TOTAL
OS	1,033	91	51	36	26	21	17	12	15	14	30	24	160	1,530
ACF	36	15	7	20	25	22	16	6	1	4	4	5	10	171
ACL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	229	60	34	29	16	22	17	2	14	14	32	29	81	579
CMS	3,702	380	185	122	96	75	56	42	42	24	129	57	65	4,975
FDA	34	119	153	150	151	117	210	198	215	151	936	353	565	3,352
HRSA	153	63	27	29	12	19	7	2	4	2	21	9	4	352
IHS	5	6	4	5	16	25	21	5	9	0	0	0	0	96
NIH	49	48	43	21	15	11	7	5	4	1	2	1	1	208
OASH	2	53	33	14	15	12	5	10	4	4	25	21	64	262
OIG	148	80	40	12	14	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	300
SAMHSA	35	21	11	10	11	7	8	6	9	9	24	16	8	175
AGENCY OVERALL	5,426	936	588	448	397	334	365	289	318	223	1,203	515	958	12,000

 

VII. C. 3. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS – REQUESTS GRANTED EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Component / Agency	1-20 Days	21-40 Days	41-60 Days	61-80 Days	81-100 Days	101-120 Days	121-140 Days	141-160 Days	161-180 Days	181-200 Days	201-300 Days	301-400 Days	401+ Days	TOTAL
OS	27	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	41
ACF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
ACL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
CMS	5	1	8	4	3	3	2	5	4	1	3	1	0	40
FDA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
HRSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OASH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OIG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SAMHSA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
AGENCY OVERALL	34	8	12	4	4	5	3	7	4	2	3	1	3	90

 

VII. D. PENDING REQUESTS -- ALL PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Component / Agency	SIMPLE			COMPLEX			EXPEDITED PROCESSING
	Number Pending	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Number Pending	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Number Pending	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days
OS	3	1	63	356	1	310	23	5	165
ACF	485	62	128	254	83	194	13	86	62
ACL	2	29	29	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
CDC	28	213	282	628	201	264	19	51	45
CMS	3711	66	144	429	194	271	0	N/A	N/A
FDA	648	107	152	2267	162	229	1	691	691
HRSA	0	N/A	N/A	92	125	160	0	N/A	N/A
IHS	0	N/A	N/A	25	30	85	0	N/A	N/A
NIH	44	7	10	40	30	72	0	N/A	N/A
OASH	29	5	25	180	134	150	0	N/A	N/A
OIG	0	N/A	N/A	34	21	25	0	N/A	N/A
SAMHSA	17	61	79	27	185	197	0	N/A	N/A
AGENCY OVERALL	4967	71	142	4332	148	234	56	52	110

 

VII. E. PENDING REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Component / Agency	Sub-Row Heading	10th Oldest Request	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Request
OS	Date of Receipt	2011- 09-20	2011- 07-19	2011- 05-19	2011- 04-28	2011- 02-17	2011- 01-20	2010- 12-10	2010- 10-21	2010- 08-11	2009- 10-05
	Number of Days Pending	761	805	889	893	910	930	999	1028	1039	1252
ACF	Date of Receipt	2012- 06-26	2012- 06-19	2012- 06-18	2012- 06-18	2012- 06-15	2012- 05-31	2012- 05-31	2012- 05-02	2012- 04-25	2012- 01-31
	Number of Days Pending	569	574	575	575	576	587	587	607	612	672
ACL	Date of Receipt	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2014- 08-20	2014- 08-18
	Number of Days Pending	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	31
CDC	Date of Receipt	2010-10-08	2010- 10-08	2010- 04-16	2010- 04-15	2010- 03-16	2010- 03-16	2010- 03-15	2010- 03-15	2010- 01-27	2009- 10-02
	Number of Days Pending	998	998	1120	1121	1143	1143	1144	1144	1176	1253
CMS	Date of Receipt	2011- 08-26	2011- 08-11	2011- 06-28	2011- 06-27	2011- 06-07	2011- 06-06	2011- 06-02	2011- 05-19	2011- 05-10	2011- 04-25
	Number of Days Pending	777	788	819	820	834	835	837	846	853	864
FDA	Date of Receipt	2010- 04-21	2010- 04-04	2010- 03-02	2010- 02-18	2010- 01-06	2009- 12-11	2009- 09-21	2009- 08-27	2009- 07-23	2008- 11-18
	Number of Days Pending	1117	1130	1153	1161	1190	1206	1262	1278	1303	1473
HRSA	Date of Receipt	2013- 08-20	2013- 08-09	2013- 08-08	2013- 05-15	2013- 04-29	2013- 04-02	2013- 03-29	2013- 03-21	2013- 03-07	2012- 12-05
	Number of Days Pending	280	287	288	347	359	378	380	386	396	458
IHS	Date of Receipt	2014- 08-20	2014- 08-20	2014- 08-19	2014- 08-19	2014- 07-30	2014- 07-08	2014- 04-09	2014- 04-09	2013- 11-14	2013- 11-14
	Number of Days Pending	29	29	30	30	44	60	122	122	221	221
NIH	Date of Receipt	2014- 06-23	2014- 06-13	2014- 05-23	2014- 05-23	2014- 05-14	2014- 03-28	2013- 10-17	2013- 09-27	2013- 09-05	2011- 03-22
	Number of Days Pending	70	76	90	90	95	130	240	242	258	876
OASH	Date of Receipt	2013- 12-31	2013- 12-30	2013- 12-24	2013- 12-20	2013- 12-20	2013- 12-17	2013- 11-14	2013- 11-01	2013- 10-18	2013- 10-18
	Number of Days Pending	190	191	194	196	196	199	221	229	239	239
OIG	Date of Receipt	2014- 08-11	2014- 08-04	2014- 07-30	2014- 07-28	2014- 07-24	2014- 07-23	2014- 07-10	2014- 07-10	2014- 05-16	2014- 02-19
	Number of Days Pending	36	41	44	46	48	49	58	58	95	157
SAMHSA	Date of Receipt	2013- 10-22	2013- 10-17	2013- 10-17	2013- 10-17	2013- 09-04	2013- 08-30	2013- 04-30	2013- 04-29	2013- 04-29	2013- 01-18
	Number of Days Pending	237	240	240	240	270	272	358	359	359	428
AGENCY OVERALL	Date of Receipt	2010- 02-18	2010- 01-27	2010- 01-06	2009- 12-11	2009- 10-05	2009- 10-02	2009- 09-21	2009- 08-27	2009- 07-23	2008- 11-18
	Number of Days Pending	1161	1176	1190	1206	1252	1253	1262	1278	1303	1473

 

VIII. A. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Component / Agency	Number Granted	Number Denied	Median Number of Days to Adjudicate	Average Number of Days to Adjudicate	Number Adjudicated Within Ten Calendar Days
OS	2	3	3	3	4
ACF	0	1	1	1	1
ACL	0	0	N/A	N/A	0
CDC	25	21	10	9	40
CMS	157	70	10	17	116
FDA	0	381	10	10	202
HRSA	0	7	10	10	7
IHS	0	0	N/A	N/A	0
NIH	0	2	6	6	2
OASH	0	0	N/A	N/A	0
OIG	3	3	5	4	3
SAMHSA	1	0	3	3	1
AGENCY OVERALL	188	488	10	12	376

 

VIII. B. Requests for Fee Waiver

Component / Agency	Number Granted	Number Denied	Median Number of Days to Adjudicate	Average Number of Days to Adjudicate
OS	1	0	N/A	N/A
ACF	9	1	N/A	N/A
ACL	5	0	1	1
CDC	1	0	35	35
CMS	169	39	7	15
FDA	559	1	17	34
HRSA	2	4	12	12
IHS	0	0	N/A	N/A
NIH	0	4	3	4
OASH	0	0	N/A	N/A
OIG	0	8	3	4
SAMHSA	0	0	N/A	N/A
AGENCY OVERALL	746	57	14	28

IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs

Component / Agency	PERSONNEL			COSTS
	Number of "Full-Time FOIA Employees"	Number of "Equivalent Full-Time FOIA Employees"	Total Number of "Full-Time FOIA Staff"	Processing Costs	Litigation-Related Costs	Total Costs
OS	11	0	11	$1,342,337.00	$7,777.00	$1,350,114.00
ACF	2	0.75	2.75	$278,074.00	$0.00	$278,074.00
ACL	0	0.1	0.1	$10,150.00	$0.00	$10,150.00
CDC	13	3	16	$1,425,978.00	$0.00	$1,425,978.00
CMS	22	62	84	$7,690,081.36	$57,470.00	$7,747,551.36
FDA	85.69	34.9	120.59	$31,435,698.37	$936,596.00	$32,372,294.37
HRSA	5	0	5	$395,130.12	$0.00	$395,130.12
IHS	1	0.6	1.6	$170.91	$0.00	$170.91
NIH	18	10.66	28.66	$3,250,820.63	$9,388.33	$3,260,208.96
OASH	7	0	7	$1,414,905.00	$13,317.00	$1,428,222.00
OIG	3	2	5	$286,000.00	$10,000.00	$296,000.00
SAMHSA	2	0	2	$153,848.00	$0.00	$153,848.00
AGENCY OVERALL	169.69	114.01	283.7	$47,683,193.39	$1,034,548.33	$48,717,741.72

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests

Component / Agency	Total Amount of Fees Collected	Percentage of Total Costs
OS	$0.00	0.00%
ACF	$0.00	0.00%
ACL	$0.00	0.00%
CDC	$8,314.66	0.58%
CMS	$197,821.31	2.57%
FDA	$407,619.25	1.30%
HRSA	$0.00	0.00%
IHS	$0.00	0.00%
NIH	$41,062.55	1.26%
OASH	$8,776.00	0.62%
OIG	$4,915.00	1.72%
SAMHSA	$736.00	0.48%
AGENCY OVERALL	$669,244.77	1.40%

XII. A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals

Component / Agency	Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of Fiscal Year	Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of Fiscal Year
OS	281	169
ACF	721	0
ACL	2	0
CDC	598	0
CMS	2,714	239
FDA	2,617	0
HRSA	64	0
IHS	17	0
NIH	28	0
OASH	92	0
OIG	16	0
SAMHSA	45	0
AGENCY OVERALL	7,195	408

XII. B. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING CONSULTATIONS

Component / Agency	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Pending at Your Agency as of Start of the Fiscal Year	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies During the Fiscal Year	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Processed by Your Agency During the Fiscal Year	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Pending at Your Agency as of End of the Fiscal Year
OS	0	1	1	0
ACF	0	0	0	0
ACL	0	0	0	0
CDC	0	0	0	0
CMS	0	0	0	0
FDA	0	11	11	0
HRSA	0	0	0	0
IHS	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	4	4	0
OASH	0	0	0	0
OIG	0	4	4	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL	0	20	20	0

XII. C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND PENDING AT THE AGENCY

Component / Agency	Sub-Row Heading	10th Oldest Consultation	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Consultation
OS	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ACF	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ACL	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CMS	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FDA	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HRSA	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IHS	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NIH	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OASH	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OIG	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SAMHSA	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

XII. D. 1. Comparison of Numbers of Requests from Previous and Current Annual Report

Component / Agency	NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED		NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED
	Number Received During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number Received During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
OS	1,301	1,531	1,313	1,605
ACF	233	1,864	319	1,255
ACL	18	13	18	11
CDC	1,032	1,141	1,039	1,028
CMS	51,364	26,361	51,682	25,027
FDA	9,990	10,224	10,492	10,191
HRSA	302	355	282	352
IHS	124	152	102	160
NIH	1,210	1,169	1,236	1,156
OASH	440	437	506	455
OIG	714	843	726	815
SAMHSA	188	193	168	238
AGENCY OVERALL	66,916	44,283	67,883	42,293

 

CMS: In FY 2014, CMS instituted a portal linked to its central FOIA tracker so that the CMS Regions and Medicare Administrative Contractors uniformity of case numbers were streamlined thereby averting duplicate case counts. The assigned case numbers are used by CMS Headquarters, CMS Regional Offices, and Medicare Administrative Contractors throughout the FOIA workflow.

Due to the Government Shutdown in October 2013, there were data entry delays in reporting the correct ending/ beginning pending case counts. The following changes are reported for the HHS components:

HRSA: In FY 2013, reported 302 received. However, this was corrected to 316.

SAMHSA: In FY 2013, reported 190 received. However, this was corrected to 188 received. Additionally, the number processed during FY 2013 was corrected from 162 to 168.

XII. D. 2. Comparison of Backlogged Requests from Previous and Current Annual Report

Component / Agency	Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report	Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
OS	364	281
ACF	141	721
ACL	0	2
CDC	494	598
CMS	1,426	2,714
FDA	2,334	2,617
HRSA	66	64
IHS	22	17
NIH	26	28
OASH	124	92
OIG	2	16
SAMHSA	86	45
AGENCY OVERALL	5,085	7,195

XII. E. 1. Comparison of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current Annual Report

Component / Agency	NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED		NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED
	Number Received During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number Received During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
OS	212	203	392	218
CMS	116	122	59	28
AGENCY OVERALL	328	325	451	246

 

XII. E. 2. Comparison of Backlogged Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current Annual Report

Component / Agency	Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of the Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report	Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
OS	177	169
CMS	145	239
AGENCY OVERALL	322	408