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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ)
22 DAYS TO RESPOND TO ARCHIVE; OUTSTANDING REQUESTS AS OLD
AS 9 YEARS
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Recordkeeping Issues - Because the Archive also sent
separate requests to major DOJ components such as the DEA
and FBI, the Ten Oldest Request was limited to the Office
of Information and Privacy. |
Ten Oldest - DOJ responded approximately 22 business
days after the request was made; it reported ten FOIA requests
ranging from October 17, 1994 to December 28, 1999. These
include a requests made the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
for specified boxes and folders of records regarding Mexico,
specified National Security Council records regarding counterterrorism
and narcotics, records from the William J. Burns Collection
and the William P. Clark Collection, records pertaining to
the hijacking of TWO Flight 847 in 1985, National Security
Staff and Office Files concerning Asia, nuclear arms, export
administration, and related materials, materials from the
records of Attorney General Edward Levi regarding drug strategy
and Mexico, records regarding the August 12-14, 1986 visit
of the Mexican President and Attorney General to the United
States, records concerning the murder of Michael Vernon DeVine
on June 8, 1990, in Guatemala, records concerning the Achille
Lauro and Opening to China, and records concerning a meeting
between Janet Reno and British officials that took place on
October 25, 1999. |
Workload Statistics - DOJ's reported statistics from
1998 through 2002 indicate that the agency has received a
varying number of number of FOIA requests over the years,
from a high of 235,042 in 2000 to a low of 181,388 in 1998
(up .4% from 181,388 in 1998 to 182,079 in 2002). The number
processed each year also has varied from a high of 235,090
in 2000 to a low of 184,928 in 2002 (down 5% from 195,105
processed in 1998 to 184,928 processed in 2002). DOJ's processing
rate per year -- a comparison of the number of requests processed
to the number received -- decreased from 107.56% in 1998 to
101.56% in 2002. |
Backlog Statistics - DOJ's backlog of pending FOIA
requests has increased (from 25,304 FOIA requests pending
at the end of 1998 to 32,545 FOIA requests pending at the
end of 2002). DOJ's backlog as a percentage of FOIA requests
processed each year has increased from 12.97% in 1998 to 17.60%
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 14.07% in
1998 to 17.87% in 2002. |
Processing Time - Under its two track system, DOJ
reports a median processing time in 2002 for simple requests
of 1-67 days, while complex requests have ranged from a median
of 13-621 days in 2002. Expedited requests are reported in
ranges, with processing times as low as 1 day and as high
as 190 days over the 1998-2002 time period. The median days
that backlogged requests have been pending is reported as
2-295 for 2002. |
TEN
OLDEST REQUESTS
DOJ
Response Letter
DOJ October
17, 1994 Letter
DOJ August 18, 1995 Letter
DOJ December
17, 1996 Letter
DOJ April 12,
1997 Letter
DOJ May 18,
1997 Letter
DOJ July
29, 1997 (1) Letter
DOJ July
29, 1997 (2) Letter
DOJ August
16, 1997 Letter
DOJ June 29,
1998 Letter
DOJ December
28, 1999 Letter
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