Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

FOIA Annual Report 1997

National Archives And Records Administration (NARA)
Fiscal Year 1997

Part 1: NARA Administrative Records

Part 2: Records of Other Agencies Accessioned into the National Archives of the United States, Donated Historical Materials, and Records of Former Presidents in the Legal Custody of NARA Records not created by NARA but in its legal custody)

Part 3: Records of Other Agencies Stored in NARA Federal Records Centers

Part I: National Archives Administrative Records

1. Number of initial FOIA requests received.	223
2. Requests not complied with based on an exemption.
a. Number of requests fully or partially denied because records exempt from release.	3

b. Number of times each exemption was cited as the reason for a denial of access:

Exemption	Times Cited
(b)(1)	_
(b)(2)	_
(b)(3)	_
(b)(4)	_
(b)(5)	2
(b)(6)	3
(b)(7)	_
(b)(8)	_
(b)(9)	_

c. List of statutes cited for exemption (b)(3).

d. Name and title of official denying access to records and the number of instances for each official.

Name	Title	Instances
Elizabeth Pugh	General Counsel	3

3. Number of other requests not complied with fully for one or more of the following reasons:	60
a. Records inadequately described.	8
b. Nonpossession of record by NARA (including requests requiring creation of a record).	21
c. Materials requested not subject to FOIA.	_
d. Request referred to another agency.	2
e. Request withdrawn or no response.	1
f. Other:	_

4. Appeals:

a. Number of appeals of denial of access received.	0
b. Number of instances in which access, in part or in whole, was granted.	_
5. Total fees collected.	$0.00

6. Fee waivers:

a. Number of fee waivers requested.	0
b. Number granted.	_
7. Number of time extensions taken:	0

Part II: Records of Other Agencies Accessioned into the National Archives of the United States, Donated Historical Materials, and Records of Former Presidents in the Legal Custody of the National Archives
(Records not created by NARA but in its legal custody)

1. Number of initial FOIA requests received.	809
2. Requests not complied with based on an exemption. a. Number of requests fully or partially denied because records exempt from release.	93

b. Number of times each exemption was cited as the reason for a denial of access:

Exemption	Times Cited
(b)(1)	15
(b)(2)	_
(b)(3)	74
(b)(4)	_
(b)(5)	_
(b)(6)	6
(b)(7)	21
(b)(8)	_
(b)(9)	_

c. List of statutes cited for exemption (b)(3).

50 USC 403
44 USC 2111, note
26 USC 6103
44 USC 2204

d. Name and title of official denying access to records and the number of instances for each official.

Name	Title	Instances
Steven D. Tilley,	Chief, Access & FOIA Staff	14
Jeanne Schauble,	Director, Declassification	14
Sherri Fletcher,	Archivist	_

3. Number of other requests not complied with fully for one or more of the following reasons:	165
a. Records inadequately described.	79
b. Nonpossession of record by NARA (including requests requiring creation of a record).	52
c. Materials requested not subject to FOIA.	9
d. Request referred to another agency.	3
e. Request withdrawn or no response.	20
f. Other:	2

4. Appeals:

a. Number of appeals of denial of access received.	15
b. Number of instances in which access, in part or in whole, was granted.	2
5. Total fees collected.	_
6. Fee waivers:
a. Number of fee waivers requested.	60
b. Number granted.	0
7. Number of time extensions taken:	0

Part III: Records of Other Agencies Stored in National Archives Federal Records Centers

1. Number of initial FOIA requests received.	3198
2. Requests not complied with based on an exemption.	_
a. Number of requests fully or partially denied because records exempt from release.	_

b. Number of times each exemption was cited as the reason for a denial of access:

Exemption	Times Cited
(b)(1)	_
(b)(2)	_
(b)(3)	_
(b)(4)	_
(b)(5)	_
(b)(6)	_
(b)(7)	_
(b)(8)	_
(b)(9)	_

c. List of statutes cited for exemption (b)(3).
d. Name and title of official denying access to records and the number of instances for each official.

NAME

TITLE

INSTANCES

3. Number of other requests not complied with fully for one or more of the following reasons:	220
a. Records inadequately described.	__
b. Nonpossession of record by NARA (including requests requiring creation of a record).	__
c. Materials requested not subject to FOIA.	__
d. Request referred to another agency.	220
e. Request withdrawn or no response.	__
f. Other:	__

4. Appeals:

a. Number of appeals of denial of access received.	__
b. Number of instances in which access, in part or in whole, was granted.	__
5. Total fees collected.	0

6. Fee waivers:

a. Number of fee waivers requested.	__
b. Number granted.	__
7. Number of time extensions taken:	0

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