U.S. Department
of Justice
DOJ FOIA 2000 ANNUAL REPORT - APPEALS OF INITIAL DENIALS
VI. APPEALS OF INITIAL DENIALS OF FOIA/PA REQUESTS
A. Numbers of appeals1. Number of appeals received during fiscal year 4,547
2. Number of appeals processed during fiscal year 4,896
B. Disposition of appeals.
1. Number completely upheld 1,909
2. Number partially reversed 432
3. Number completely reversed 104
a. Number of times each FOIA exemption was used (counting each exemption once per appeal):
(1) Exemption 1 191
(2) Exemption 2 420
(3) Exemption 3 144
(4) Exemption 4 9
(5) Exemption 5 232
(6) Exemption 6 144
(7) Exemption 7(A) 225
(8) Exemption 7(B) 0
(9) Exemption 7(C) 1,376
(10) Exemption 7(D) 537
(11) Exemption 7(E) 180
(12) Exemption 7(F) 276
(13) Exemption 8 0
(14) Exemption 9 0
4. Other reasons for nondisclosure (total) 2,451
a. No records 712
b. Referrals 19
c. Request withdrawn 37
d. Fee-related reason 28
e. Records not reasonably described 0
f. Not a proper FOIA request for some other reason 143
g. Not an agency record 98
h. Duplicate request 26
i. Other (specify) 1,388
1) Failure of initial component
to process initial action - 288
2) Revised/Remanded - 971
3) Judicial Adjudication/Litigation - 104
4) Expedited Treatment Granted/Denied - 25
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