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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB)
54 DAYS TO RESPOND TO ARCHIVE; OUTSTANDING REQUESTS AS OLD
AS 2 YEARS
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Ten Oldest - OMB responded approximately 54 business
days after the request was made; it reported ten FOIA requests
ranging from August 15, 2001 to May 31, 2002. The requests
concern records regarding the 60 embryonic stem cell lines
that NIH has deemed suitable for study by federally funded
scientists, records from rulemaking dockets maintained by
OIRA, referrals from the Office of Science and Technology
Policy and the Department of Energy, records regarding the
Hudson River Superfund Site, correspondence with Halliburton
and its subsidiaries, records regarding the September 11th
Victims Compensation Fund, regulatory history records for
two OMB Standard Forms, and a litigation settlement of a case
involving Destin Dome 56 unit leases. |
Workload Statistics - OMB's reported statistics from
1998 through 2002 indicate that the agency received an increasing
number of FOIA requests over the 1998-2001 period, with a
dramatic reduction in 2002 (down 48.07% from 156 in 1998 to
87 in 2002). The number processed each year shows a similar
patter (down 51.76% from 170 processed in 1998 to 82 processed
in 2002). OMB's processing rate per year -- a comparison of
the number of requests processed to the number received -
often surpassed 100 but has decreased from 108.97% in 1998
to 94.25% in 2002. |
Backlog Statistics - OMB's backlog of pending FOIA
requests has increased (from 10 FOIA requests pending at the
end of 1998 to 23 FOIA requests pending at the end of 2002).
OMB's backlog as a percentage of FOIA requests processed each
year has increased from 5.88% in 1998 to 28.05% 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 6.41% in 1998 to 0% in 1999,
but is back up to 26.44 % in 2002. |
Processing Time - OMB's single track system from
1998 to 2000 resulted in median days to process ranging from
40-52 days. Although apparently structured as two-track in
2001 and 2002, there are no complex request reported for those
years and the median days to process the simple requests are
reported as 36-44 days. The median days that backlogged requests
have been pending has ranged from a median of 17 to 203 days
over the 1998-2002 period. No processing times are reported
for expedited requests. |
TEN
OLDEST REQUESTS
OMB Response Letter
OMB August 15, 2001 Letter
OMB August 28, 2001
(1) Letter
OMB August 28, 2001
(2) Letter
OMB October 25, 2001 Letter
OMB January 16, 2002 Letter
OMB January 28, 2002 Letter
OMB January 31, 2002 Letter
OMB April 23, 2002 Letter
OMB May 31, 2002 Letter
OMB August 1, 2002 Letter
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