Office of Government Information Services (OGIS)

Fiscal Year 2022, 2nd Quarter Performance (Jan 2022 – March 2022)

Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) Dispute Resolution Case Metrics

Summary

Expectations

The total number of requests for assistance that OGIS logged this quarter increased by 44%. Our backlog this quarter increased by 16 cases.

We hope to reduce our backlog, building on the new efficiencies we have introduced into our processes.


OGIS Dispute Resolution Caseload

Cases

FY22 Q1

FY22 Q2

% Change

Logged

810

1163

+44%

Closed

830

1249

+50%

Open

100

136

+36%

Backlog*

35

51

+46%

* Cases pending ≥ 91 day


OGIS Ten Oldest Pending Cases

Case No.

No. of Days Pending

21-0363

344

21-1632

251

21-1656

249

21-2239

233

21-2531

211

21-2759

188

21-3133

185

21-3207

180

21-3282

171

21-3310

169


OGIS Performance Metrics

Metric

Goal

Achieved

FY22 Q1

Achieved
FY22 Q2

Average time to make initial contact for requests for assistance

10 days

4

Average processing time to close a complex request for assistance**

90 days

146 

160

Average processing time to close a simple request for assistance**

90 days

6

5

Percentage of complex requests for assistance processed within established timeframe**

85-90%

19%

26%

Percentage of simple requests for assistance processed within established timeframe**

85-90%

100%

99%

Number of complex cases open

N/A

58

52

Number of simple cases open

N/A

42

90

Average age of pending complex OGIS cases

N/A

97

113

Average age of pending simple OGIS cases

N/A

49

22

** NARA Performance Measurement and Reporting System (PMRS) metric

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