Office of Government Information Services (OGIS)

Fiscal Year 2020, 3rd Quarter Performance (Apr 2020 – Jun  2020)

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

Summary Expectations
The total number of requests for OGIS assistance—both written and phone—decreased by 16 percent this quarter. Although the OGIS staff is teleworking full time as a result of COVID-19, we continued to  reduce our backlog this quarter, closing the gap by 33 percent. We expect to continue to reduce our backlog, building on the new efficiencies we have introduced into our processes.

OGIS Caseload

Cases

FY20 Q2

FY20 Q3

% Change

Logged

1069

901

-16%

Closed

1069

950

-11%

Open

187

137

-27%

Backlog*

64

43

-33%

* Cases pending ≥ 91 days

OGIS Ten Oldest Pending Cases

Case No.

No. of Days Pending

18-00827

638

18-00828

608

18-00829

608

18-00830

606

18-00831

558

18-00832

538

18-00833

515

18-00834

502

18-00835

484

18-00836

454

OGIS Performance Metrics

Metric

Goal

Achieved
FY20 Q
2

Achieved
FY20 Q3

Average time to make initial contact for requests for assistance

10 days

4 days

4  days

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

90 days

490 days

 403  days

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

90 days

6 days

 6  days

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

85-90%

2%

3%

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

85-90%

99%

100%

Number of complex cases pending assignment

Not
Applicable

58

34

Number of simple cases pending assignment

Not
​Applicable

66

25

Average age of pending complex OGIS cases

Not
​Applicable

269 days

226  days

Average age of pending simple OGIS cases

Not
​Applicable

22 days

9 days

* NARA Performance Measurement and Reporting System (PMRS) metric 

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