HHS FOIA Quarterly Open Pending Reports

The data below reflects the status of the open pending requests on the last day of the reporting quarter (January 9, 2017, April 10, 2017, July 10, 2017, October 9, 2017). This data collection supports the HHS strategic FOIA goal of improving processing times for all FOIA requests.

HHS Age of Open Pending Initial FOIA Requests – Simple Track

Simple Track <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 PENDING
OS 66 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68
ACF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 85
ACL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CDC 25 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 35
CMS 235 21 8 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 271
FDA 101 58 20 11 11 23 8 21 28 13 44 6 11 355
HRSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IHS 3 12 1 7 18 1 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 52
NIH 45 19 12 7 10 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 104
OIG 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SAMHSA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Simple Total 484 115 42 25 41 36 12 28 34 16 44 6 96 979

 

HHS Age of Open Pending Initial FOIA Requests – Complex Track

Complex Track <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 PENDING
OS 21 56 75 53 40 33 14 18 24 19 29 10 96 488
ACF 14 6 8 5 4 4 3 0 2 2 21 3 10 82
ACL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CDC 43 21 18 4 5 6 3 3 7 3 19 8 29 169
CMS 497 157 149 114 105 85 67 35 36 36 129 78 222 1710
FDA 304 218 149 171 164 117 85 83 140 71 335 182 531 2550
HRSA 14 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
IHS 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
NIH 11 3 7 4 1 1 5 3 4 5 18 3 3 68
OIG 8 10 6 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 35
PHS 21 13 11 8 11 12 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 84
SAMHSA 13 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 25
Complex Total 947 489 428 362 336 261 181 145 215 137 557 285 891 5234

 

HHS Age of Open Pending Initial FOIA Requests – Expedited Track

Expedited Track <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 PENDING
OS 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
ACF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ACL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CDC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 9
CMS 6 6 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 5 7 1 35 72
FDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
HRSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NIH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OIG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SAMHSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Expedited Total 6 6 3 4 4 3 1 1 2 6 7 3 44 90

 

HHS Age of Open Pending Initial FOIA Requests – Total

FY 2016
EOQ1		 <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 PENDING
Simple Total 484 115 42 25 41 36 12 28 34 16 44 6 96 979
Complex Total 947 489 428 362 336 261 181 145 215 137 557 285 891 5234
Expedited Total 6 6 3 4 4 3 1 1 2 6 7 3 44 90
GRAND TOTAL PENDING 1437 610 473 391 381 300 194 174 251 159 608 294 1031 6303

 

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