U.S. Department
of Justice
DOJ FOIA 2002 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 3,746
2. Number of appeals processed during fiscal year 3,491
B. Disposition of appeals.
1. Number completely upheld 1,333
2. Number partially reversed 190
3. Number completely reversed 81
a. Number of times each FOIA exemption was used (counting each exemption once per appeal):
(1) Exemption 1 67
(2) Exemption 2 230
(3) Exemption 3 66
(4) Exemption 4 5
(5) Exemption 5 158
(6) Exemption 6 115
(7) Exemption 7(A) 139
(8) Exemption 7(B) 0
(9) Exemption 7(C) 741
(10) Exemption 7(D) 249
(11) Exemption 7(E) 83
(12) Exemption 7(F) 145
(13) Exemption 8 0
(14) Exemption 9 0
4. Other reasons for nondisclosure (total) 1,887
a. No records 507
b. Referrals 33
c. Request withdrawn 78
d. Fee-related reason 57
e. Records not reasonably described 0
f. Not a proper FOIA request for some other reason 283
g. Not an agency record 44
h. Duplicate request 61
i. Other (specify) 824
1) Failure of initial component
to process initial action - 217
2) Remanded - 557
3) Judicial Adjudication/Litigation - 46
4) Expedited Treatment Granted/Denied - 0/4
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