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CENTRAL COMMAND - CENTCOM
184 DAYS TO RESPOND TO ARCHIVE; OUTSTANDING REQUESTS AS
OLD AS 1 YEAR
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Recordkeeping Issues - CENTCOM indicated to the Archive
that it has a high staff turnover, including rotating FOIA
officers, in its FOIA office and that there are delays in
transfers of records. |
Ten Oldest - CENTCOM responded approximately 184
business days after the request was made, reporting ten FOIA
requests ranging from October 10, 2002 to January 16, 2003.
These ten concern records regarding implementation of White
House Chief of Staff's Andrew Card's March 19, 2002 memorandum
regarding safeguarding information concerning weapons of mass
destruction, a news media request for records regarding the
investigation into the death of Army Chief Warrant Officer
Stanley L. Harriman in Afghanistan, news media requests regarding
security breaches at CENTCOM between 1990 and 2002, records
regarding inspector general inquiries concerning various personnel,
military whistleblowers, details regarding CENTCOM personnel
and expenditures by CENTCOM. |
Workload Statistics - Although CENTCOM's reported
statistics from 1998 through 2002 indicate that the agency
has received an increasing number of FOIA requests (up 45%
from 31 in 1998 to 45 in 2002), the number processed each
year also has increased (up 68% from 25 processed in 1998
to 42 processed in 2002). CENTCOM's processing rate per year
-- a comparison of the number of requests processed to the
number received -- increased from 80.65% in 1998 to 93.33%
in 2002. |
Backlog Statistics - CENTCOM's backlog of pending
FOIA requests has remained stable (12 FOIA requests pending
at the end of 1998 and 12 FOIA requests pending at the end
of 2002). CENTCOM's backlog as a percentage of FOIA requests
processed each year has decreased from 48% in 1998 to 28.57%
in 2002. Its backlog rate per year -- a comparison of the
number of requests pending at the end of the year to the number
received during that year -- has decreased from 38.71% in
1998 to 26.67% in 2002. |
Processing Time - CENTCOM reports a median processing
time of 52 days for 2002. The median processing time has ranged
from a median of 33 days to a median of 52 days over the 1998-2002
period. The median days that backlogged requests have been
pending is reported as 45 days for 2002. The FOIA request
for the Ten Oldest FOIA Requests, however, was pending more
than 180 business days. No processing times are reported for
expedited requests. |
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