|
HHS Fiscal Year 2003
|
Type of Information Withheld |
Case Citation |
|
---|---|---|
5 U.S.C. 107(a)(2) Appendix 4 |
Confidential financial disclosure reports |
Meyerhoff v. EPA, 958 F.2nd (9th Cir 1992) |
41 U.S.C. 253b (m) |
Contractor proposals not incorporated into agency contracts |
No |
42 U.S.C. 242m(d) 308(d) |
National Death Index, information regarding fatalities |
No |
42 U.S.C. 1320©(9) |
Information created or required by a Peer Review organization in the exercise of its duties and functions |
No |
42 U.S.C. 300hh-12(c), Section 121 (c) |
Bioterrorism-related information |
No |
42 U.S.C. 11137(b) |
Adverse reports of a physician’s conduct or practice |
No |
V. Initial FOI/PA Access Requests
V.A. Numbers of Initial Requests
(1) |
Number of Requests Pending as of End of Preceding Year |
Number of Requests Received in Current Year |
Number of Requests Processed in Current Year |
Number of Requests Pending as of End of Current Year |
OS |
292 |
979 |
909 |
362 |
AOA |
0 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
CMS |
3,812 |
24,953 |
25,692 |
3,073 |
OASPH |
269 |
464 |
505 |
228 |
AHRQ |
6 |
53 |
50 |
9 |
CDC |
136 |
1,245 |
1,209 |
172 |
FDA |
14,097 |
18,094 |
15,656 |
16,535 |
HRSA |
37 |
353 |
356 |
34 |
IHS |
20 |
91,118 |
91,094 |
44 |
NIH |
403 (2) |
8,866 |
8,500 |
769 |
SAMHSA |
79 |
122 |
162 |
39 |
PHS Total |
15,047 |
120,315 |
117,532 |
17,830 |
HHS Total |
19,151 |
146,257 |
144,143 |
21,265 |
(1)Figures include Privacy Act records requests
(2) Does not include 157 additional “pending” requests closed retroactively for FY 2002
V.B. Disposition of Initial Requests
|
Number of Total Grants |
Number of Partial Grants |
Number of Full Denials |
Total of Other Reasons for Nondisclosure |
OS |
216 |
191 |
29 |
473 |
AOA |
7 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
CMS |
21,164 |
60 |
1,327 |
3,141 |
OASPH |
237 |
34 |
50 |
184 |
AHRQ |
27 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
CDC |
725 |
122 |
10 |
352 |
FDA |
11,560 |
45 |
37 |
4,014 |
HRSA |
291 |
24 |
12 |
29 |
IHS |
91,047 |
20 |
0 |
27 |
NIH |
8,208 |
17 |
7 |
268 |
SAMHSA |
5 |
122 |
28 |
7 |
PHS Total |
112,100 |
385 |
144 |
4,903 |
HHS Total |
133,487 |
636 |
1,500 |
8,520 |
V.B.3. Exemptions Claimed Under the FOIA (1)
|
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7A) |
(7B) |
(7C) |
(7D) |
(7E) |
(7F) |
OS |
1 |
1 |
96 |
31 |
132 |
32 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
AOA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CMS |
12 |
19 |
21 |
58 |
1385 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
OASPH |
2 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
29 |
12 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
AHRQ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CDC |
20 |
12 |
38 |
30 |
88 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
FDA |
2 |
0 |
42 |
6 |
10 |
27 |
1 |
9 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
HRSA |
0 |
0 |
17 |
18 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
IHS |
0 |
0 |
13 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NIH |
0 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
16 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SAMHSA |
0 |
0 |
57 |
6 |
88 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
PHS Total |
24 |
17 |
184 |
89 |
247 |
44 |
1 |
20 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
HHS Total |
37 |
37 |
301 |
178 |
1764 |
78 |
1 |
52 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
(1) No claims for exemption (1), (8), or (9).
V.B.4. Other Reasons for Nondisclosure (Total)
|
No Records |
Referrals |
Request Withdrawn |
Fee-Related Reason |
Records Not Reasonably Described |
Not a Proper FOIA Request for Some Other Reason |
Not an Agency Record |
Duplicate Request |
Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OS |
113 |
252 |
71 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
7 |
15 |
AOA |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CMS |
1003 |
32 |
380 |
652 |
46 |
808 |
2 |
2 |
216 |
OASPH |
72 |
44 |
55 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
AHRQ |
5 |
4 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CDC |
216 |
10 |
45 |
17 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
56 |
FDA |
1397 |
39 |
1936 |
12 |
0 |
235 |
1 |
125 |
269 |
HRSA |
21 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
IHS |
2 |
2 |
11 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
NIH |
117 |
6 |
110 |
16 |
15 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
SAMHSA |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
PHS Total |
1832 |
109 |
2171 |
51 |
20 |
244 |
10 |
129 |
337 |
HHS Total |
2950 |
394 |
2622 |
707 |
67 |
1060 |
14 |
138 |
568 |
VII. Compliance With Time Limits/Status of Pending Requests
A. Median Processing Time for Requests Processed During the Year
|
AHRQ |
AOA |
CDC
|
CMS |
FDA |
HRSA |
IHS |
NIH |
OS |
PHS |
SAMHSA |
1. a. Number of Simple Requests (Where multiple tracks used) |
0 |
0 |
0 (1) |
24,530 |
10,021 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
52 (2) |
0 |
b. Median Days to Process |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
2.a. Number of Complex Requests (Where multiple tracks used) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,148 |
1,011 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
409 |
0 |
b. Median Days to Process |
0 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
363 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
3. a. Number of Expedited Requests |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
b. Median Days to Process |
0 |
0 |
0 |
76 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
c. Number of Expedited Requests Denied |
16 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
14 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
d. Total Number of Expedited Requests |
16 |
0 |
11 |
19 |
16 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4. a. Number of Single Track Requests |
50 |
10 |
906 |
0 |
4622 |
356 |
91094 |
8500 |
909 |
0
|
162 |
b. Median Days to Process |
30 |
3.5 |
42 |
0 |
44 |
22 |
32 |
172 |
40 (3) |
0 |
54 |
(1) Does not include 303 access requests logged on manual
systems
(2) Does not include 44 additional OAPHS requests referred to
other organizations
(3) Based on sample
B. Status of Pending Requests
|
AHRQ |
AOA |
CDC |
CMS |
FDA |
HRSA |
IHS |
NIH |
OS |
PHS |
SAMHSA |
1. Number of Requests Pending |
9 |
0 |
172 |
2168
|
16535 |
34 |
44 |
769 |
362 |
228 |
39 |
2. Number of Median Days of Pending Requests as of September 30, 2003 |
60 |
0 |
24 |
7 |
216
|
14 |
32 |
169 |
110
|
10
|
60 |
|
905
|
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|
(6) |
Simple requests only
Multi-track median day figures unavailable
Based on sample
Multi-track median day figures unavailable
Complex requests
Median day figures unavailable for complex requests
IX. Costs/FOIA Staffing, and
X. Fees
|
Staffing Levels |
Costs (Estimated) |
Fees |
|||||
|
Full-Time Staff |
Staff With Part-Time or Occasional FOIA Duties (In Total Work-years) |
Staff (In Work-Years) |
FOIA Processing |
Litigation-Related Activities |
Total Costs |
Total Fees Collected |
% of Costs |
OS |
5 |
0.00 |
5.00 |
$ 410,000 |
$151,997 |
$ 561,997 |
$ 12,184 |
2 |
AOA |
0 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
2,576 |
0 |
2,576 |
0 |
0 |
CMS |
74 |
15.20 |
89.20 |
2,185,341 |
51,508 |
2,236,849 |
215,104 |
10 |
OAPHS |
3 |
0.75 |
3.75 |
219,518 |
17,757 |
237,275 |
6,991 |
3 |
AHRQ |
1 |
0.25 |
1.25 |
50,810 |
0 |
50,810 |
583 |
1 |
CDC |
4 |
0.00 |
4.00 |
295,502 |
0 |
295,502 |
29,009 |
9 |
FDA |
75 |
16.26 |
91.26 |
9,775,335 |
69,280 |
9,844,615 |
388,737 |
4 |
HRSA |
2 |
0.50 |
2.50 |
173,771 |
0 |
173,771 |
7,575 |
4 |
HIS |
2 |
13.00 |
15.00 |
352,785 |
0 |
352,785 |
1,700 |
1 |
NIH |
14 |
32.47 |
46.47 |
1,736,875 |
691 |
1,737,566 |
42,329 |
2 |
SAMHSA |
0 |
.75 |
.75 |
61,285 |
0 |
61,285 |
4,673 |
8 |
PHS Total |
101 |
63.98 |
164.98 |
$12,665,881 |
$87,728 |
$12,753,609 |
$481,597 |
3 |
HHS Total |
180 |
79.22 |
259.22 |
$15,263,798 |
$291,233 |
$15,555,031 |
$708,885 |
5 |
Last revised: March 9, 2004