FOIA Annual Report Workbook
2021-02-16
FOIA Annual Report
HHSDepartment of Health and Human ServicesACFAdministration for Children and FamiliesACLAdministration for Community LivingCDCCenters for Disease Control and PreventionCMSCenter for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesFDAFood and Drug AdministrationHRSAHealth Resources and Services AdministrationIHSIndian Health ServiceNIHNational Institutes of HealthOASHOffice of the Assistant Secretary for HealthOIGOffice of the Inspector GeneralOSOffice of the SecretarySAMHSASubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration2020 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). 42 U.S.C. § 282(j)(6)Information submitted for publication on clinicaltrials.gov that is not otherwise publicly availableN/A21 U.S.C. § 350d(a)4Food Registration DocumentsN/A41 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).
42 U.S.C. Sec. 11137(b)(1) National Practitioner Data Bank informationN/A42 U.S.C. Sec. 300aa-12(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).5 U.S.C. app. 3 § 7(b) Names of employees who provide information or complaints to the Inspector GeneralN/A 26 U.S.C. §§ 6103, 6105Certain tax return information, to include Taxpayer Identification Numbers of third parties, and certain tax convention informationChurch 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
(D.C. Cir. 2018); Leonard v.
U.S. Dep’t 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(unpublished disposition) (26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); Tax
Analysts v. IRS, 217 F. Supp.
2d 23, 27-29 (D.D.C. 2002)
(26 U.S.C. § 6105).42 U.S.C. § 247d-6b(d)Information identifying the location at which materials in the stockpile under subsection (a) of this sectionN/A42 U.S.C. § 300jj–51(d)(2)"Any information that is received by the National Coordinator [for Health Information Technology] 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/AFed. R. Crim. P. 6(e) enacted by Act of July 30 1977 Pub. L. No. 95-78 91 Stat. 319Certain records pertaining to grand jury proceedingsSussman v. USMS, 494 F.3d
1106, 1113 (D.C. Cir. 2007);
Sorin v. DOJ, No. 18-99, 2018
WL 6431027 (2d Cir. Dec. 6,
2018) (per curium); Widi v.
McNeil, No. 12-CV-00188,
2016 WL 4394724, at *23 (D.
Me. Aug 16, 2016); Durham v.
U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 06-843,
2008 WL 620744, at *2 (E.D.
Tex. Mar. 3, 2008); Cozen
O’Connor v. U.S. Dep’t of
Treasury, 570 F. Supp. 2d 749,
776 (E.D. Pa. 2008).5 U.S.C. § 574(j) Dispute resolution communications
N/A41 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 contractsSinkfield 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). 7 U.S.C. § 8401Registration and transfer documentation for listed biological agents and toxins, and information derived therefromN/A 15 U.S.C. § 3710a(c)"[T]rade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential, under
the meaning of section 552(b)(4) of Title 5, which is obtained in the conduct of research or as
a result of activities under this chapter," which pertains to cooperative research and
development agreements for the purpose of technological and industrial innovationPub. Citizen Health Rsch. Grp.
v. NIH, 209 F. Supp. 2d 37, 43,
51 (D.D.C. 2002); DeLorme
Pub. Co., Inc. v. NOAA, 917 F.
Supp. 867, 871-72 (D. Me.
1996), appeal dismissed per
stipulation, No. 96-1601 (1st
Cir. July 8, 1996).42 U.S.C. §242m(d)Identifiable information for certain research and statistical activitiesN/A42 U.S.C. § 262a(h)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).N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A41 U.S.C. § 2102 (amending 41 U.S.C. § 423(a)(1))Contractor bid or proposal information; source selection informationLegal & 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).5 U.S.C. app. 4 § 107(a)(2)Confidential financial
disclosure report pertaining
to certain government
employeesMeyerhoff 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).25 USC §1675(g)Medical quality assurance recordsN/A10103434444212566445050999911111111291122111818990000000000111111111942166981648621543656995110472313550321327443682304214552731231723311718531706117123881442481205856715015574231701297210788659551039210199504573261416429397368253566910553After reviewing its database, HHS updated the number of requests pending at the start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: OASH, SAMHSA, ACF, CDC, OS, NIH, FDA, CMS.693247164NoRecords399Referred32Withdrawn1384FeeRelated101NotDescribed170ImproperRequest995NotAgency24Duplicate129Other95104729512116NoRecords50Referred5Withdrawn12FeeRelated7NotDescribed8NotAgency12Duplicate13271115821194NoRecords151Referred71Withdrawn124NotAgency82Duplicate162331355827945118NoRecords2066Referred27Withdrawn395FeeRelated809NotDescribed71ImproperRequest794NotAgency415Duplicate431Other81648612517826NoRecords86Referred340Withdrawn172NotDescribed48ImproperRequest19NotAgency102Duplicate75117189237597NoRecords238Referred24Withdrawn221FeeRelated8NotDescribed19ImproperRequest214NotAgency18Duplicate39214548936434NoRecords386Referred35Withdrawn199FeeRelated29NotDescribed3ImproperRequest15NotAgency45Duplicate62Other3972058191510NoRecords7Referred1Withdrawn8NotDescribed3ImproperRequest8NotAgency2Duplicate1745140NoRecords2NotDescribed1ImproperRequest335526243NoRecords22Referred6Withdrawn58NotDescribed5ImproperRequest21NotAgency35Duplicate1021078722NoRecords33Referred1Withdrawn9NotDescribed1ImproperRequest319935245NoRecords19Referred21Withdrawn9FeeRelated1NotDescribed7ImproperRequest2NotAgency13Duplicate51411236546106669NoRecords3459Referred563Withdrawn2591FeeRelated955NotDescribed336ImproperRequest2104NotAgency748Duplicate769Other500141Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information9595N/A00N/A00Unable to Locate or Contact Requester88N/A00N/A00Unable to Locate or Contact Requester397397N/A00N/A00N/A00N/A00N/A00500Ex. 24Ex. 338Ex. 4115Ex. 520Ex. 618Ex. 7(A)91Ex. 7(C)10Ex. 7(D)5Ex. 7(E)9Ex. 21Ex. 314Ex. 492Ex. 520Ex. 691Ex. 7(A)1Ex. 7(C)2Ex. 7(E)1Ex. 7(F)7Ex. 21Ex. 353Ex. 4701Ex. 5284Ex. 61004Ex. 7(A)1174Ex. 7(C)891Ex. 7(E)29Ex. 7(F)58Ex. 3120Ex. 4497Ex. 5113Ex. 66742Ex. 7(A)4Ex. 7(B)15Ex. 7(C)1116Ex. 7(D)44Ex. 7(E)9Ex. 26Ex. 32Ex. 435Ex. 586Ex. 6158Ex. 7(A)15Ex. 7(C)71Ex. 7(E)2Ex. 7(F)1Ex. 36Ex. 4285Ex. 552Ex. 6360Ex. 7(A)55Ex. 7(C)2Ex. 7(E)1Ex. 26Ex. 333Ex. 485Ex. 5142Ex. 6311Ex. 7(A)3Ex. 7(C)1Ex. 7(E)3Ex. 465Ex. 51Ex. 670Ex. 46Ex. 511Ex. 618Ex. 7(A)2Ex. 7(C)5Ex. 7(E)2Ex. 43Ex. 54Ex. 612Ex. 311Ex. 46Ex. 58Ex. 610Ex. 31Ex. 414Ex. 57Ex. 616Ex. 7(A)1Ex. 7(C)1Ex. 218Ex. 3278Ex. 41904Ex. 5748Ex. 68810Ex. 7(A)1346Ex. 7(B)15Ex. 7(C)2099Ex. 7(D)49Ex. 7(E)56Ex. 7(F)66166702521116213481215222221135308550425241734After reviewing its database, HHS updated the number of appeals pending at the start of the Fiscal Year.10024254157181821610913513321204241Ex. 52Ex. 67Ex. 7(C)4Ex. 31Ex. 42Ex. 62Ex. 7(C)1Ex. 42Ex. 61Ex. 7(C)1Ex. 31Ex. 44Ex. 52Ex. 610Ex. 7(C)6NoRecords6Referred2Withdrawn8NotDescribed1NotAgency2InLitigation3ExpeditedDenial3NoRecords1Referred14Withdrawn4NotDescribed2ImproperRequest7NotAgency1Duplicate29InLitigation1Other12Referred4Withdrawn26FeeRelated2Duplicate3InLitigation15ExpeditedDenial2Other57NoRecords7Referred20Withdrawn38FeeRelated2NotDescribed3ImproperRequest7NotAgency3Duplicate32InLitigation19ExpeditedDenial5Other69N/A00Constructive denial appeals of initial case. Initial case remains open.1212No component response to 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reviewing its database, HHS adjusted the number of consults pending as of the start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: OS.2020-08-01612020-09-1892020-09-3012020-09-3012020-05-15952020-09-03182017-09-227582018-06-115802018-08-235282018-11-064772019-06-073312019-10-022502019-11-222152020-01-031882020-01-221762020-01-291712019-10-252342019-11-122232019-11-192182020-06-11772016-03-0111532016-05-0511062017-04-218652017-04-218542017-08-187822017-10-117462017-10-267352017-11-027302017-11-137242017-12-127042016-03-0111532016-05-0511062017-04-218652017-04-218542017-08-187822017-09-227582017-10-117462017-10-267352017-11-027302017-11-137241157899511096610472278321261327135423171346233116694166981675916486137217068431171153323041686214512702481126320581621558174125591235543129713921020021020819936132614214135358368253381735669317228252119251512161331172522393264501502151830457652765333642161177648817697042251731348881022101352424251302411452073692090278514694