HHS Fiscal Year 2023 Freedom of Information Annual Report

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ANNUAL REPORT — FY 2023

I. BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING REPORT

Name, title, address, and telephone number of person(s) to be contacted with questions about the Report:
Arianne Perkins
Director, Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts Division
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
United States Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Suite 729H
Washington D.C. 20201
(202) 690-7453
ELECTRONIC ADDRESS FOR THIS REPORT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB:
https://www.hhs.gov/foia/reports/annual-reports/index.html
ADDRESS FOR PAPER COPIES OF THIS REPORT
Contact Arianne Perkins at the address or telephone number listed above, or at: http://www.hhs.gov/foia/contacts/index.html

II. MAKING A FOIA REQUEST

HHS and Operating Division Freedom of Information Officers/FOIA Requester Service Centers:

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):
Website: http://www.hhs.gov/foia
Freedom of Information Act Officer
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Suite 729H
Washington D.C. 20201
Phone: (202) 690-7453

Administration for Children and Families (ACF):
Website: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/foia
Freedom of Information Act Officer
Mary E. Switzer Building
330 C Street, S.W., Room 4004
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 1-888-747-1861

Administration for Community Living (ACL):
Website: http://www.acl.gov/FOIA
Freedom of Information Act Officer
Administration for Community Living
330 C Street, S.W., Suite 4004
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 202-795-7377

Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR):
Website: http://www.hhs.gov/foia
Freedom of Information Act Officer
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Suite 729H
Washington D.C. 20201
Phone: (202) 690-7453

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ):
Website: https://www.ahrq.gov/policy/foia/index.html
Freedom of Information Act Officer
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Suite 729H
Washington D.C. 20201
Phone: (202) 690-7453

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/od/foia/
Freedom of Information Act Officer
1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS T-01
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Phone: 770-488-6277

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS):
Website: https://www.cms.gov/freedom-information-act-foia-service-center
Freedom of Information Act Officer
North Building, Room C5-11-06
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21244
Phone: 410-786-5353

Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
Website: http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/freedom-information
Freedom of Information Act Officer
Division of Freedom of Information
Office the Executive Secretariat, OC
5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1035
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone: 301-796-3900

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA):
Website: http://www.hrsa.gov/foia/
Freedom of Information Act Officer
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13-N82
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone: 301-443-2865

Indian Health Service (IHS):
Website: http://www.ihs.gov/FOIA
Freedom of Information Act Officer
5600 Fishers Lane, Mailstop 09E70
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone: 240-460-3711

National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Website: http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/foia/
Freedom of Information Act Officer
Building 1, Room 344
1 Center Drive, MSC 0188
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2107
Phone: 301-496-5633

Office of Inspector General (OIG):
Website: http://oig.hhs.gov/foia/
Freedom of Information Act Officer
Cohen Building, Room 5527
330 Independence Ave, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 202-619-2541

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):
Website: http://www.samhsa.gov/foia/
Freedom of Information Act Officer
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18E13A
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone: 240-276-2327

Brief description of why some requests are not granted: Documents requested were protected by an exemption and release would have caused harm to the interest protected by the exemption. Information withheld may include home addresses and phone numbers, social security numbers, medical records, proprietary business records, investigatory records, that if released may interfere with open investigations, and drafts of documents.

HHS FOIA Regulations:
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-5

Section III: Acronyms, Definitions, and Exemptions

Following are definitions of terms used in this report:

Administrative Appeal – a request to a federal agency asking that it review at a higher administrative level a FOIA determination made by the agency at the initial request level.
Average Number – the number obtained by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by the quantity of numbers in the For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the average number is 8.
Backlog – the number of requests or administrative appeals that are pending at an agency at the end of the fiscal year that are beyond the statutory time period for a response.
Component – for agencies that process requests on a decentralized basis, a "component" is an entity, also sometimes referred to as an Office, Division, Bureau, Center, or Directorate, within the agency that processes FOIA requests. The FOIA now requires that agencies include in their Annual FOIA Report data for both the agency overall and for each principal component of the agency.
Consultation – the procedure whereby the agency responding to a FOIA request first forwards a record to another agency or component within the same agency for its review because that other agency has an interest in the doc Once the agency in receipt of the consultation finishes its review of the record, it responds back to the agency or component within the same agency that forwarded it. That agency, in turn, will then respond to the FOIA requester.
Exemption 3 Statute – a federal statute that exempts information from disclosure and which the agency relies on to withhold information under subsection (b)(3) of the FOIA.
FOIA Request – a FOIA request is generally a request to a federal agency for access to records concerning another person (i.e., a "third- party" request), or concerning an organization, or a particular topic of interest. FOIA requests also include requests made by requesters seeking records concerning themselves (i.e., "first-party" requests) when those requesters are not subject to the Privacy Act, such as non- U.S. citizens. Moreover, because all first-party requesters should be afforded the benefit of both the access provisions of the FOIA as well as those of the Privacy Act, FOIA requests also include any first-party requests where an agency determines that it must search beyond its Privacy Act "systems of records" or where a Privacy Act exemption applies, and the agency looks to FOIA to afford the greatest possible access. All requests which require the agency to utilize the FOIA in responding to the requester are included in this Report.
Additionally, a FOIA request includes records referred to the agency for processing and direct response to the requester. It does not, however, include records for which the agency has received a consultation from another agency. (Consultations are reported separately in Section XII of this Report.)
Full Grant – an agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request.
Full Denial – an agency decision not to release any records in response to a FOIA request because the records are exempt in their entireties under one or more of the FOIA exemptions, or because of a procedural reason, such as when no records could be located.
Median Number – the middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the median number is 7.
Multi-Track Processing – a system in which simple requests requiring relatively minimal review are placed in one processing track and more voluminous and complex requests are placed in one or more other tracks. Requests granted expedited processing are placed in yet another track. Requests in each track are processed on a first in/first out basis.
1. Expedited Processing – an agency will process a FOIA request on an expedited basis when a requester satisfies the requirements for expedited processing as set forth in the statute and in agency regulations.
2. Simple Request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in its fastest (non- expedited) track based on the low volume and/or simplicity of the records requested.
3. Complex Request – a FOIA request that an agency using multi-track processing places in a slower track based on the high volume and/or complexity of the records requested.
Partial Grant/Partial Denial – in response to a FOIA request, an agency decision to disclose portions of the records and to withhold other portions that are exempt under the FOIA, or to otherwise deny a portion of the request for a procedural reason.
Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has not taken final action in all respects.
Perfected Request – a request for records which reasonably describes such records and is made in accordance with published rules stating the time, place, fees (if any) and procedures to be followe
Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has taken final action in all respects.
Range in Number of Days – the lowest and highest number of days to process requests or administrative appeals.
Time Limits – the time period in the statute for an agency to respond to a FOIA request (ordinarily twenty working days from receipt of a perfected FOIA request).

Following are concise descriptions of the nine FOIA exemptions:

Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations information
Exemption 2: information that is related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency
Exemption 3: information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law
Exemption 4: trade secrets and other confidential business information
Exemption 5: inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal privileges
Exemption 6: information involving matters of personal privacy
Exemption 7: records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, to the extent that the production of those records (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual
Exemption 8: information relating to the supervision of financial institutions
Exemption 9: geological information on wells

Agency Component Abbreviations

Component Abbreviation	Component Name
ACL	Administration for Community Living
ACF	Administration for Children and Families
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CMS	Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
HRSA	Health Resources and Services Administration
IHS	Indian Health Service
NIH	National Institutes of Health
OIG	Office of the Inspector General
OS	Office of the Secretary
SAMHSA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

IV. Exemption 3 Statutes

Statute	Type of Information Withheld	Case Citation	Agency / Component	Number of Times Relied upon by Agency / Component	Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency Overall
41 U.S.C. § 4702 (formerly at 41 U.S.C. § 253b(m)(1))	Contractor proposals that are in the possession or control of an executive agency and that have not been set forth or incorporated by reference into contracts	Sinkfield v. HUD, No. 10-885, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35233, at 13-15 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 15, 2012); Margolin v. NASA, No. 09-CV-00421, 2011 WL 1303221, at 6 (D. Nev. Mar. 31, 2011); Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep’t of the Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d 21, 30 (D.D.C. 2003), summary affirmance granted, No. 03-5257, 2004 WL 1900562 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 25, 2004).	ACF	1	28
			CDC	14
			CMS	9
			HRSA	1
			NIH	2
			OS	1
10 U.S.C. § 130c	Certain “sensitive information of foreign governments” and certain international organizations	ACLU v. DOD, 389 F. Supp. 2d 547, 553-54 (S.D.N.Y. 2005); Nat’l Inst. of Mil. Just. v. DOD, 404 F. Supp. 2d 325, 335-37 (D.D.C. 2005), aff’d on other grounds, 512 F.3d 677 (D.C. Cir. 2008); Gerstein v. DOD, No. 03-5193, slip op. at 8 (N.D. Ca. Dec. 21, 2004).	CDC	8	8
41 U.S.C. § 2102 (amending 41 U.S.C. § 423(a)(1))	Contractor bid or proposal information; source selection information	Legal & Safety Emp. Rsch., Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of the Army, No. Civ. S001748, 2001 WL 34098652, at *3-4 (E.D. Cal. May 4, 2001) (dictum).	CDC	3	3
42 U.S.C. § 262a(h)(1)	Certain categories of information relating to biological agents and toxins	Civ. Beat L. Ctr. for the Pub. Int. v. CDC, 929 F.3d 1079, 1084-85 (9th Cir. 2019).	CDC	9	9
42 U.S.C. §242m(d)	Identifiable information for certain research and statistical activities	N/A	CDC	21	21
42 U.S.C. § 299b-22(a)(3)	Patient safety work product information	N/A	CDC	1	1
42 US.C. § 247d-6b(d)	Information identifying the location at which materials in the stockpile under subsection (a) of this section are stored	N/A	CDC	3	11
42 US.C. § 247d-6b(d)		N/A	OS	8	11
21 U.S.C. § 379(b)	Information relating to drugs obtained from a foreign government agency.	N/A	CDC	2	2
5 U.S.C. app. 4 § 107(a)(2)	Confidential financial disclosure report pertaining to certain government employees	Meyerhoff v. EPA, 958 F.2d 1498, 1500-02 (9th Cir. 1992); Boyd v. Exec. Off. for U.S. Att'ys, 161 F. Supp. 3d 1, 7 (D.D.C. 2015); Seife v. NIH, 874 F. Supp. 2d 248, 254 (S.D.N.Y. 2012).	CDC	1	2
5 U.S.C. app. 4 § 107(a)(2)			NIH	1	2
50 U.S.C. § 3024(i)(1) (formerly at 50 U.S.C. § 403-1(i)(1))	Intelligence sources and methods	CIA v. Sims, 471 U.S. 159, 167 (1985).	CDC	1	1
26 U.S.C. §§ 6103, 6105	Certain tax return information, to include Taxpayer Identification Numbers of third Parties, and certain tax convention information	Nosal v. IRS, 523 F. Supp. 3d 72, 79 (D.D.C. 2021); Church of Scientology v. IRS, 484 U.S. 9, 15 (1987) (26 U.S.C. § 6103); Elec. Priv. Info. Ctr. v. IRS, 910 F.3d 1232, 1237 (D.C. Cir. 2018); Leonard v. U.S. Dep’of Treasury, 590 F. App’x. 141, 143-44 (3d Cir. 2014) (per curiam); Pac. Fisheries, Inc. v. IRS, 395 F. App’x. 438, 440 (9th Cir. 2010) (unpublished disposition) (26 U.S.C. §§ 6103, 6105).	CMS	40	44
26 U.S.C. §§ 6103, 6105			HRSA	4	44
21 U.S.C. § 350d(a)4	Food Registration Documents	N/A	FDA	5	5
42 U.S.C. § 282(j)(6)	Information submitted for publication on clinicaltrials.gov that is not otherwise publicly available	N/A	FDA	32	32
21 U.S.C. 360i(b)(2)	Identity of a device user facility which makes a report that a device has or may have caused or contributed to the death of a patient of the facility	N/A	FDA	5	5
21 U.S.C. § 331(j)	Certain information “concerning any method or process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection”	Anderson v. HHS, 907 F.2d 936, 950-51 (10th Cir. 1990).	FDA	10	10
42 U.S.C. § 300aa12(d)(4)(A)	"Except as provided in subparagraph (B), information submitted to a special master or the court in a proceeding on a petition [for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program] . . .without the express written consent of the person who submitted the information"	Long v. DOJ, 778 F. Supp. 2d 222, 234 (N.D.N.Y. 2011).	HRSA	1	2
42 U.S.C. § 300aa12(d)(4)(A)		Long v. DOJ, 778 F. Supp. 2d 222, 234 (N.D.N.Y. 2011).	OS	1	2
42 U.S.C. § 11137(b)(1)	National Practitioner Data Bank information	N/A	HRSA	2	2
42 U.S.C. § 1396r–8(b)(3)(D)	Information disclosed by manufacturers or wholesalers which discloses the identity of a specific manufacturer or wholesaler, or prices charged for drugs by such manufacturer or wholesaler	N/A	HRSA	3	3
25 U.S.C. § 1675	Medical quality assurance records	N.Y. Times Co. v. HHS, 15 F.4th 216, 219 & n.7 (2d Cir. 2021) (per curiam).	IHS	6	6
7 U.S.C. § 8401(h)(1)(c)	Registration and transfer documentation for listed biological agents and toxins, and information derived therefrom	N/A	NIH	1	1
35 U.S.C. § 209(f)	Plans for development or marketing of a federally owned invention	N/A	NIH	3	3
5 U.S.C. § 407 (formerly at 5 U.S.C. app. 3 § 7(b))	Names of employees who provide information or complaints to the Inspector General	Wash. Post Co. v. Special Inspector Gen. for Afg. Reconstr., 486 F. Supp. 3d 141, 166 (D.D.C. 2020).	OIG	38	38
42 U.S.C. § 1306c(e)	Information contained on the Death Master File	N/A	OIG	1	1
18 U.S.C. § 208(d)(1)	Providing that “a copy of any determination granting an exemption under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(3) [from application of penalties for acts affecting personal financial interests determined to constitute bribery, graft, or conflicts of interest] shall be made available to the public,” but exempting from this disclosure requirement “any information contained in the determination that would be exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5”	Seife v. NIH, 874 F. Supp. 2d 248, 256 (S.D.N.Y. 2012).	OIG	2	2
42 U.S.C. § 300jj-52(d)(2)	Information received by the National Coordinator in connection with a claim or suggestion of possible information blocking and that could reasonably be expected to facilitate identification of the source of the information	N/A	OS	1	1

V.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS

Agency / Component	Number of Requests Pending as of Start of Fiscal Year	Number of Requests Received in Fiscal Year	Number of Requests Processed in Fiscal Year	Number of Requests Pending as of End of Fiscal Year
ACF	834	321	209	946
ACL	50	140	97	93
CDC	445	1951	2048	348
CMS	3577	28579	28894	3262
FDA	4403	10447	10144	4706
HRSA	72	466	339	199
IHS	120	180	210	90
NIH	914	1716	1699	931
OIG	18	1077	1057	38
OS	2849	1432	2100	2181
SAMHSA	179	221	241	159
AGENCY OVERALL	13461	46530	47038	12953

* After reviewing its database, HHS updated the number of requests pending at the start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: ACF, CMS, FDA, IHS, NIH, and OS.

V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUESTS

Agency / Component	Number of Full Grants	Number of Partial Grants / Partial Denials	Number of Full Denials Based on Exemptions	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions
Agency / Component	Number of Full Grants	Number of Partial Grants / Partial Denials	Number of Full Denials Based on Exemptions	No Records	All Records Referred to Another Component or Agency	Request Withdrawn	Fee-Related Reason	Records not Reasonably Described	Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason	Not Agency Record	Duplicate Request	Other *Explain in Chart Below	TOTAL
ACF	26	44	0	87	7	10	0	2	1	27	4	1	209
ACL	3	2	0	8	17	5	0	2	56	4	0	0	97
CDC	341	769	23	323	37	105	36	32	288	26	61	7	2048
CMS	5557	3283	6284	3421	28	891	1857	217	4346	721	2268	21	28894
FDA	7809	82	109	395	37	1386	53	12	52	20	139	50	10144
HRSA	43	44	8	44	9	17	15	52	27	16	27	37	339
IHS	42	79	3	32	0	42	0	0	2	6	1	3	210
NIH	558	505	15	200	0	210	8	44	57	20	82	0	1699
OIG	38	319	71	377	33	169	0	3	12	24	11	0	1057
OS	187	409	35	180	372	656	0	35	46	140	39	1	2100
SAMHSA	5	82	0	60	0	48	0	4	14	1	27	0	241
AGENCY OVERALL	14609	5618	6548	5127	540	3539	1969	403	4901	1005	2659	120	47038

V.B.(2). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- "OTHER" REASONS FOR "FULL DENIALS BASED ON REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS"

Agency / Component	Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from Chart B(1)	Number of Times "Other" Reason Was Relied Upon	TOTAL
ACF	Litigation	1	1
ACL	N/A	0	0
CDC	Litigation	7	7
CMS	Unable to Locate or Contact Requester	21	21
FDA	Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA	5	50
FDA	Unable to Locate or Contact Requester	45	50
HRSA	Aggregate cases	34	37
	Directed requester to another entity subject to the FOIA	1
	Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information	2
IHS	Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information	3	3
NIH	N/A	0	0
OIG	N/A	0	0
OS	Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information	1	1
SAMHSA	N/A	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL			120

V.B.(3). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Agency / Component	Ex. 1	Ex. 2	Ex. 3	Ex. 4	Ex. 5	Ex. 6	Ex. 7(A)	Ex. 7(B)	Ex. 7(C)	Ex. 7(D)	Ex. 7(E)	Ex. 7(F)	Ex. 8	Ex. 9
ACF	0	0	1	13	8	41	0	0	8	0	2	1	0	0
ACL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	1	5	65	300	454	623	8	0	17	3	3	1	0	1
CMS	0	2	49	631	41	7831	2	80	827	15	5	1	0	0
FDA	0	2	45	116	35	12	51	0	5	1	3	0	0	0
HRSA	0	0	11	20	7	33	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
IHS	0	0	4	18	9	53	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
NIH	0	0	13	361	60	494	1	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
OIG	0	1	41	88	173	371	53	1	214	0	101	167	0	0
OS	1	7	11	157	207	373	21	0	95	1	25	1	0	0
SAMHSA	0	0	0	79	1	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL	2	17	240	1783	996	9908	137	81	1182	20	141	172	0	1

VI.A. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component	Number of Appeals Pending as of Start of Fiscal Year	Number of Appeals Received in Fiscal Year	Number of Appeals Processed in Fiscal Year	Number of Appeals Pending as of End of Fiscal Year
CMS	149	29	50	128
FDA	35	150	131	54
OS	432	287	230	489
AGENCY OVERALL	616	466	411	671

* After reviewing their databases, CMS and FDA adjusted the number of appeals pending as of the start of the Fiscal Year.

VI.B. DISPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS -- ALL PROCESSED APPEALS

Agency / Component	Number Affirmed on Appeal	Number Partially Affirmed & Partially Reversed/Remanded on Appeal	Number Completely Reversed/Remanded on Appeal	Number of Appeals Closed for Other Reasons	TOTAL
CMS	1	0	1	48	50
FDA	47	2	10	72	131
OS	56	11	55	108	230
AGENCY OVERALL	104	13	66	228	411

VI.C.(1). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIED

Agency / Component	Ex. 1	Ex. 2	Ex. 3	Ex. 4	Ex. 5	Ex. 6	Ex. 7(A)	Ex. 7(B)	Ex. 7(C)	Ex. 7(D)	Ex. 7(E)	Ex. 7(F)	Ex. 8	Ex. 9
CMS	0	0	0	6	2	18	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
FDA	0	0	4	8	4	8	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
OS	0	0	5	11	14	20	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL	0	0	9	25	20	46	4	1	13	1	0	0	0	0

VI.C.(2). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS

Agency / Component	No Records	Records Referred at Initial Request Level	Request Withdrawn	Fee-Related Reason	Records not Reasonably Described	Improper Request for Other Reasons	Not Agency Record	Duplicate Request or Appeal	Request in Litigation	Appeal Based Solely on Denial of Request for Expedited Processing	Other *Explain in chart below
CMS	4	0	28	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	8
FDA	21	0	42	1	0	0	0	0	7	24	36
OS	19	0	30	1	1	1	1	16	14	4	66
AGENCY OVERALL	44	0	100	2	1	5	2	16	22	29	110

VI.C.(3). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- "OTHER" REASONS

Agency / Component	Description of "Other" Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C(2)	Number of Times "Other" Reason Was Relied Upon	TOTAL
CMS	Unable to Locate or Contact Requester	8	8
FDA	No Component Response to Adjudicate	26	36
FDA	Moot	10	36
OS	Moot	28	66
	Untimely	4
	No component response to adjudicate	14
	Improper appeal	2
	Agency Performed Adequate Search	17
	Unable to Locate or Contact Requester	1
AGENCY OVERALL			110

VI.C.(4). RESPONSE TIME FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Lowest Number of Days	Highest Number of Days
CMS	794	827	15	2655
FDA	71	91	1	377
OS	201	445.3	<1	1933
AGENCY OVERALL	231.63	378.97	<1	2655

VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Agency / Component		10th Oldest Appeal	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Appeal
CMS	Date of Appeal	2015-06-23	2015-06-18	2015-04-03	2014-11-05	2014-07-16	2014-03-06	2014-03-06	2014-03-06	2012-04-15	2011-12-07
CMS	Number of Days Pending	2069	2072	2125	2226	2304	2396	2396	2396	2869	2958
FDA	Date of Appeal	2023-01-03	2022-12-22	2022-10-31	2022-10-11	2022-10-11	2022-09-13	2022-09-07	2022-08-30	2022-08-01	2021-12-02
FDA	Number of Days Pending	187	193	229	243	243	262	266	271	292	457
OS	Date of Appeal	2018-01-16	2018-01-04	2018-01-03	2017-12-18	2017-11-29	2017-10-31	2017-09-22	2017-06-21	2017-06-21	2015-12-10
OS	Number of Days Pending	1428	1435	1436	1446	1459	1478	1504	1569	1569	1952
AGENCY OVERALL	Date of Appeal	2015-06-23	2015-06-18	2015-04-03	2014-11-05	2014-07-16	2014-03-06	2014-03-06	2014-03-06	2012-04-15	2011-12-07
AGENCY OVERALL	Number of Days Pending	2069	2072	2125	2226	2304	2396	2396	2396	2869	2958

VII.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / Component	SIMPLE				COMPLEX				EXPEDITED PROCESSING
Agency / Component	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Lowest Number of Days	Highest Number of Days	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Lowest Number of Days	Highest Number of Days	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Lowest Number of Days	Highest Number of Days
ACF	654	654	17	1291	92	288.07	<1	2210	740	740	740	740
ACL	11	5	<1	163	12	56	2	316	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CDC	8	12.14	<1	94	32	69.76	<1	756	194	218.25	<1	794
CMS	12	12	<1	1049	9	34	<1	1890	187	457	16	1407
FDA	9	23	1	913	55	193	1	2378	650	611	18	866
HRSA	4	10	<1	38	20	54	<1	408	10	10	10	10
IHS	6	8	1	31	138	280	3	1480	28	28	14	41
NIH	17	54.27	<1	1301	123	231.96	<1	1540	795	795	751	839
OIG	2	5	1	60	39	76	1	441	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OS	1	20.38	<1	1502	358.5	530.65	<1	2208	730.5	962.93	456	1841
SAMHSA	25	143	<1	1425	230	293	1	1549	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AGENCY OVERALL	10.35	21.13	<1	1502	42.51	97.21	<1	2378	345.35	424.89	<1	1841

VII.B. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR PERFECTED REQUESTS IN WHICH INFORMATION WAS GRANTED

Agency / Component	SIMPLE				COMPLEX				EXPEDITED PROCESSING
Agency / Component	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Lowest Number of Days	Highest Number of Days	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Lowest Number of Days	Highest Number of Days	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Lowest Number of Days	Highest Number of Days
ACF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	147	371.33	1	2210	740	740	740	740
ACL	12	36	<1	316	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CDC	11	16.06	<1	94	44	84.29	<1	689	200.5	239.13	2	794
CMS	15	15	<1	1049	18	54	<1	1890	52	311	16	1407
FDA	9	19	1	913	65	188	1	2378	593	531	18	866
HRSA	14	14	14	14	84	106	<1	408	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
IHS	7	8	1	31	84	227	6	1480	14	14	14	14
NIH	21	56.13	<1	632	104	187.61	6	1540	839	839	839	839
OIG	7	10	1	60	48	88	21	441	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OS	11	28.34	<1	272	333.5	473.78	1	2036	724	785.6	456	1400
SAMHSA	67	67	67	67	229	248	11	1140	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AGENCY OVERALL	11.77	21.3	<1	1049	51.79	116.86	<1	2378	249.16	320.85	2	1407

VII.C. PROCESSED SIMPLE REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency / Component	<1-20 Days	21-40 Days	41-60 Days	61-80 Days	81-100 Days	101-120 Days	121-140 Days	141-160 Days	161-180 Days	181-200 Days	201-300 Days	301-400 Days	401+ Days	TOTAL
ACF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
ACL	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	33
CDC	195	28	8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	237
CMS	4826	87	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4952
FDA	4848	526	121	46	48	34	13	12	11	24	116	14	33	5846
HRSA	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
IHS	62	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65
NIH	782	223	73	45	30	22	19	13	8	14	34	27	39	1329
OIG	916	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	924
OS	267	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	286
SAMHSA	31	5	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	4	8	63
AGENCY OVERALL	11965	882	245	107	81	57	32	28	21	39	156	46	86	13745

VII.C. PROCESSED COMPLEX REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency / Component	<1-20 Days	21-40 Days	41-60 Days	61-80 Days	81-100 Days	101-120 Days	121-140 Days	141-160 Days	161-180 Days	181-200 Days	201-300 Days	301-400 Days	401+ Days	TOTAL
ACF	66	15	11	7	7	6	5	7	2	5	12	18	42	203
ACL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
CDC	533	301	139	94	57	51	42	18	32	17	83	48	16	1431
CMS	15595	1183	611	368	252	174	131	136	115	76	256	141	318	19356
FDA	1240	581	344	166	141	157	107	91	79	60	330	193	685	4174
HRSA	128	28	21	13	10	7	11	8	5	4	15	0	1	251
IHS	15	20	11	11	10	1	3	1	0	2	9	11	47	141
NIH	28	32	27	18	15	11	10	16	8	10	21	16	55	267
OIG	2	57	21	10	2	3	2	5	1	2	9	3	1	118
OS	459	97	39	32	18	22	23	22	11	24	77	60	834	1718
SAMHSA	10	9	9	11	7	10	0	4	5	5	28	28	34	160
AGENCY OVERALL	18080	2324	1233	730	519	442	334	308	258	205	840	518	2034	27825

VII.C. PROCESSED REQUESTS GRANTED EXPEDITED PROCESSING -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS

Agency / Component	<1-20 Days	21-40 Days	41-60 Days	61-80 Days	81-100 Days	101-120 Days	121-140 Days	141-160 Days	161-180 Days	181-200 Days	201-300 Days	301-400 Days	401+ Days	TOTAL
ACF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
ACL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	9	5	4	3	1	3	1	1	2	4	11	8	8	60
CMS	1	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	9	23
FDA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	23
HRSA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
IHS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
NIH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
OIG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14
SAMHSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL	14	8	10	4	1	3	1	2	2	5	12	9	55	126

VII.D. PENDING REQUESTS -- ALL PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / Component	SIMPLE			COMPLEX			EXPEDITED PROCESSING
Agency / Component	Number Pending	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Number Pending	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days	Number Pending	Median Number of Days	Average Number of Days
ACF	17	1065	848.47	917	788	739.52	8	606	622.25
ACL	8	89	203	35	437	409	0	N/A	N/A
CDC	20	22	42.65	274	41	82.7	6	241.5	286.67
CMS	174	8	41	3051	110	243	37	888	948
FDA	471	82	197	4195	308	413	40	855	826
HRSA	3	57	49	196	93	108	0	N/A	N/A
IHS	0	N/A	N/A	89	313	411	0	N/A	N/A
NIH	576	245	311	301	372	384	10	873.5	852
OIG	14	2	53	24	39	132	0	N/A	N/A
OS	32	328	288.47	2062	659	696.6	37	876	866.62
SAMHSA	1	103	103	158	142	184	0	N/A	N/A
AGENCY OVERALL	1316	160.48	232.66	11302	346.58	427.45	138	829.71	836.22

VII.E. PENDING REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS

Agency / Component		10th Oldest Request	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Request
ACF	Date of Receipt	2017-11-13	2017-11-13	2017-11-03	2017-11-01	2017-08-25	2017-08-25	2017-08-25	2017-08-24	2017-08-03	2014-05-08
ACF	Number of Days Pending	1470	1470	1475	1477	1523	1523	1523	1524	1539	2351
ACL	Date of Receipt	2021-04-26	2021-01-29	2021-01-05	2020-12-15	2020-10-15	2020-09-04	2020-08-12	2020-04-14	2020-03-12	2019-01-18
ACL	Number of Days Pending	609	669	685	697	738	765	782	866	889	1175
CDC	Date of Receipt	2022-05-26	2022-05-12	2022-05-06	2022-04-28	2022-03-23	2022-01-14	2021-09-15	2021-02-04	2020-07-13	2020-06-29
CDC	Number of Days Pending	337	347	351	357	383	429	511	665	804	813
CMS	Date of Receipt	2017-08-02	2017-07-31	2017-06-16	2017-06-07	2017-04-17	2017-04-11	2017-04-04	2017-03-29	2017-02-13	2017-02-08
CMS	Number of Days Pending	1540	1542	1572	1579	1615	1619	1624	1628	1659	1662
FDA	Date of Receipt	2015-06-04	2015-06-01	2015-04-20	2015-04-16	2015-04-13	2015-03-27	2015-02-13	2015-02-03	2015-01-22	2014-05-09
FDA	Number of Days Pending	2082	2085	2114	2116	2119	2130	2159	2167	2175	2350
HRSA	Date of Receipt	2022-09-21	2022-09-14	2022-08-30	2022-08-23	2022-07-18	2022-07-13	2022-07-11	2022-06-10	2021-04-05	2018-12-16
HRSA	Number of Days Pending	257	262	272	277	303	306	308	327	624	1196
IHS	Date of Receipt	2020-01-07	2019-10-14	2019-07-02	2019-06-05	2019-05-28	2019-04-19	2019-04-19	2019-04-19	2019-04-16	2018-11-02
IHS	Number of Days Pending	934	989	1061	1080	1086	1112	1112	1112	1115	1225
NIH	Date of Receipt	2019-03-13	2019-02-26	2018-10-29	2018-10-29	2018-10-04	2018-06-27	2018-04-03	2018-02-21	2017-11-13	2017-03-23
NIH	Number of Days Pending	1139	1150	1229	1229	1245	1314	1374	1403	1470	1632
OIG	Date of Receipt	2023-03-07	2023-02-07	2023-01-31	2023-01-18	2023-01-04	2022-12-21	2022-10-19	2022-10-04	2022-10-01	2022-08-10
OIG	Number of Days Pending	145	164	169	178	187	195	238	248	249	286
OS	Date of Receipt	2017-02-01	2017-01-31	2016-12-07	2016-12-02	2016-11-15	2016-10-13	2016-08-15	2016-07-21	2016-07-13	2016-03-22
OS	Number of Days Pending	1667	1668	1703	1706	1718	1740	1781	1798	1804	1883
SAMHSA	Date of Receipt	2022-02-17	2021-12-02	2021-11-30	2021-11-15	2021-08-09	2021-07-06	2021-03-17	2020-12-14	2019-12-31	2019-09-09
SAMHSA	Number of Days Pending	406	458	460	470	537	561	637	698	938	1014
AGENCY OVERALL	Date of Receipt	2015-06-01	2015-04-20	2015-04-16	2015-04-13	2015-03-27	2015-02-13	2015-02-03	2015-01-22	2014-05-09	2014-05-08
AGENCY OVERALL	Number of Days Pending	2085	2114	2116	2119	2130	2159	2167	2175	2350	2351

VIII.A. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING

Agency / Component	Number Granted	Number Denied	Median Number of Days to Adjudicate	Average Number of Days to Adjudicate	Number Adjudicated Within Ten Calendar Days
ACF	3	0	125	132	1
ACL	0	0	N/A	N/A	0
CDC	26	166	1	1.87	190
CMS	11	78	6	32	68
FDA	1	507	3	3	506
HRSA	1	16	7	7	12
IHS	2	17	2	4.36	17
NIH	1	45	8.5	9.54	28
OIG	0	2	1	1	2
OS	0	14	15.5	336.07	7
SAMHSA	0	4	82	82	0
AGENCY OVERALL	45	849	4.16	12.08	831

VIII.B. Requests for Fee Waiver

Agency / Component	Number Granted	Number Denied	Median Number of Days to Adjudicate	Average Number of Days to Adjudicate
ACF	1	0	132	132
ACL	0	0	N/A	N/A
CDC	11	60	1	1.59
CMS	30	12	4	71
FDA	0	0	N/A	N/A
HRSA	24	13	3	6
IHS	33	33	1	1
NIH	14	15	96	95.93
OIG	0	4	2	2
OS	5	7	478	560.66
SAMHSA	0	0	N/A	N/A
AGENCY OVERALL	118	144	34.27	49.43

IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs

Agency / Component	PERSONNEL			COSTS
Agency / Component	Number of "Full-Time FOIA Employees"	Number of "Equivalent Full-Time FOIA Employees"	Total Number of "Full-Time FOIA Staff"	Processing Costs	Litigation-Related Costs	Total Costs
ACF	11	10.00	21.00	$941,215.00	$137,084.00	$1,078,299.00
ACL	0	1.00	1.00	$119,319.00	$0.00	$119,319.00
CDC	24	1.00	25.00	$3,840,640.00	$43,970.00	$3,884,610.00
CMS	34	34.00	68.00	$8,773,059.02	$502,566.00	$9,275,625.02
FDA	169	10.00	179.00	$5,200,000.00	$2,350,000.00	$7,550,000.00
HRSA	5	0.00	5.00	$555,054.00	$0.00	$555,054.00
IHS	2	0.00	2.00	$227,698.00	$0.00	$227,698.00
NIH	49	2.00	51.00	$5,992,715.60	$52,963.25	$6,045,678.85
OIG	3	2.00	5.00	$765,203.00	$8,823.00	$774,026.00
OS	29	9.00	38.00	$5,502,626.00	$4,371,164.70	$9,873,790.70
SAMHSA	1	0.20	1.20	$316,500.00	$0.00	$316,500.00
AGENCY OVERALL	327	69.20	396.20	$32,234,029.62	$7,466,570.95	$39,700,600.57

X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests

Agency / Component	Total Amount of Fees Collected	Percentage of Total Costs
ACF	$0.00	0.0000%
ACL	$0.00	0.0000%
CDC	$27,267.03	0.7100%
CMS	$169,636.37	1.9300%
FDA	$566,907.00	10.9000%
HRSA	$0.00	0.0000%
IHS	$0.00	0.0000%
NIH	$12,856.08	0.2100%
OIG	$7,521.00	0.9800%
OS	$0.00	0.0000%
SAMHSA	$0.00	0.0000%
AGENCY OVERALL	$784,187.48	2.4300%

XI.A. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used

Agency / Component	Number of Times Subsection Used
ACF	0
ACL	0
CDC	0
CMS	0
FDA	0
HRSA	0
IHS	0
NIH	0
OIG	0
OS	0
SAMHSA	0
AGENCY OVERALL	0

XI.B. Number of Subsection (A)(2) Postings

Agency / Component	Number of Records Posted by the FOIA Office	Number of Records Posted by Program Offices
ACF	51	0
ACL	0	0
CDC	0	0
CMS	4	199
FDA	1000	20000
HRSA	0	0
IHS	5	0
NIH	0	0
OIG	0	136
OS	16	1321
SAMHSA	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL	1076	21656

XII.A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals

Agency / Component	Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of Fiscal Year	Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of Fiscal Year
ACF	913	N/A
ACL	43	N/A
CDC	186	N/A
CMS	2479	124
FDA	4349	44
HRSA	167	N/A
IHS	74	N/A
NIH	807	N/A
OIG	33	N/A
OS	2066	472
SAMHSA	139	N/A
AGENCY OVERALL	11256	640

XII.B. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PENDING CONSULTATIONS

Agency / Component	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Pending at the Agency as of Start of the Fiscal Year	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies During the Fiscal Year	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Processed by the Agency During the Fiscal Year	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Pending at the Agency as of End of the Fiscal Year
ACF	5	21	22	4
ACL	0	0	0	0
CDC	15	61	51	25
CMS	3	2	3	2
FDA	0	68	67	1
HRSA	0	9	8	1
IHS	0	6	6	0
NIH	27	47	35	39
OIG	0	66	65	1
OS	65	105	93	77
SAMHSA	0	0	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL	115	385	350	150

* After reviewing its database, HHS adjusted the number of consults pending as of the start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: CMS and NIH.

XII.C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND PENDING AT THE AGENCY

Agency / Component		10th Oldest Consultation	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Consultation
ACF	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2023-06-06	2022-10-13	2022-10-12	2020-05-04
ACF	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	242	243	857
ACL	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACL	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CDC	Date	2022-05-27	2022-05-04	2022-01-04	2021-09-29	2021-09-23	2021-07-16	2020-06-10	2020-06-10	2020-06-02	2020-03-27
CDC	Number of Days	336	353	437	501	505	553	826	826	832	878
CMS	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2023-03-28	2022-11-22
CMS	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	130	215
FDA	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2023-09-22
FDA	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
HRSA	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2023-09-26
HRSA	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
IHS	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
IHS	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NIH	Date	2022-04-08	2022-04-06	2022-04-04	2022-04-04	2022-04-01	2022-02-22	2022-01-19	2022-01-11	2022-01-10	2021-10-22
NIH	Number of Days	371	373	375	375	376	404	427	432	433	485
OIG	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2023-09-05
OIG	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
OS	Date	2020-01-31	2020-01-23	2019-12-10	2019-10-25	2019-10-16	2019-10-10	2019-09-23	2019-06-14	2019-05-03	2019-04-17
OS	Number of Days	917	923	951	981	988	991	1004	1073	1102	1114
SAMHSA	Date	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SAMHSA	Number of Days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AGENCY OVERALL	Date	2020-01-31	2020-01-23	2019-12-10	2019-10-25	2019-10-16	2019-10-10	2019-09-23	2019-06-14	2019-05-03	2019-04-17
AGENCY OVERALL	Number of Days	917	923	951	981	988	991	1004	1073	1102	1114

XII.D.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- REQUESTS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

Agency / Component	NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED		NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED
Agency / Component	Number Received During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number Received During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
ACF	276	321	120	209
ACL	88	140	64	97
CDC	2400	1951	2481	2048
CMS	20289	28579	19674	28894
FDA	9333	10447	9035	10144
HRSA	383	466	362	339
IHS	135	180	161	210
NIH	1988	1716	1751	1699
OIG	1812	1077	1808	1057
OS	1592	1432	1684	2100
SAMHSA	166	221	101	241
AGENCY OVERALL	38462	46530	37241	47038

XII.D.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED REQUESTS

Agency / Component	Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report	Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
ACF	876	913
ACL	36	43
CDC	257	186
CMS	2126	2479
FDA	4188	4349
HRSA	48	167
IHS	114	74
NIH	776	807
OIG	13	33
OS	2714	2066
SAMHSA	172	139
AGENCY OVERALL	11320	11256

XII.E.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- APPEALS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

Agency / Component	NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED		NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED
Agency / Component	Number Received During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number Received During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
CMS	36	29	93	50
FDA	116	150	113	131
OS	288	287	272	230
AGENCY OVERALL	440	466	478	411

XII.E.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED APPEALS

Agency / Component	Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of the Fiscal Year from Previous Annual Report	Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of the Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report
CMS	145	124
FDA	29	44
OS	407	472
AGENCY OVERALL	581	640

HHS Fiscal Year 2023 Freedom of Information Annual Report

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