OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (OPM)
3 DAYS TO RESPOND TO ARCHIVE; BUT RESPONSE INACCURATE
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Recordkeeping Issues - At the time OPM responded
that it had no pending FOIA requests, the Archive's request
for records regarding implementation of White House Chief
of Staff Andrew Card's March 19, 2002 memorandum regarding
safeguarding weapons of mass destruction was pending at the
agency. |
Ten Oldest - OPM responded approximately to the FOIA
request via e-mail within three days and indicated that it
primarily receives FOIA requests, and that it had no pending
FOIA requests. |
Workload Statistics - OPM's reported statistics from
1998 through 2002 indicate that the agency has received an
increasing number of FOIA requests (up 401.50% from 1801 in
1998 to 9032 in 2002). The number processed each year also
has increased (up 389.09% from 1796 processed in 1998 to 8784
processed in 2002). OPM's processing rate per year -- a comparison
of the number of requests processed to the number received
- rose for a few years and then decreased from 99.72% in 1998
to 97.25% in 2002. |
Backlog Statistics - OPM's backlog of pending FOIA
requests has increased (from 10 FOIA requests pending at the
end of 1998 to 520 FOIA requests pending at the end of 2002).
OPM's backlog as a percentage of FOIA requests processed each
year has increased from 0.56% in 1998 to 5.92% 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 increased from 0.83% in 1998 to 5.76% in
2002. |
Processing Time - OPM's median days to process has
ranged from 7-18 days over the 1998-2002 period, and the median
days that backlogged requests have been pending has ranged
from 6-23 days over the 1998-2002 period. Expedited requests
have a median processing time range of 1-15 days over the
1998-2002 time period, with none reported for 2000. |