Dept of Treasury FY 2024 FOIA Annual Report to the Atty General
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FY2024 Freedom of Information Act Annual Report to the Attorney General of the United States 2 FY2024 Freedom of Information Act Annual Report to the Attorney General of the United States TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Basic Information Regarding this Report ......................................................................4 II. Making a FOIA Request ...............................................................................................5 III. Acronyms, Definitions, and Exemptions ......................................................................7 IV. Exemption 3 Statutes ............................................................................................... 11 V. FOIA Requests ......................................................................................................... 12 VI. Administrative Appeals ............................................................................................. 16 VII. Processed and Pending FOIA Requests ..................................................................... 21 VIII. Requests for Expedited Processing and Fee Waiver .................................................... 26 IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs ........................................................................................ 27 X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests ....................................................................27 XI. Use of Subsection (c) Exclusions and Proactive Disclosures .......................................28 XII. Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisons ..............................................................29 3 I. Basic Information Regarding this Report 1. Questions regarding this report may be directed to: Mark Bittner Director of FOIA & Transparency Privacy, Transparency, and Records Department of the Treasury (202) 622-0930 Phone (202) 622-3895 Fax FOIA@treasury.gov Address: FOIA and Transparency Department of the Treasury Washington, DC 20220 2. This report is publicly available and can be downloaded from Treasury’s Freedom of Information Act website. 3. Paper copies of this report may be obtained by contacting the Office of Privacy, Transparency, and Records at the address above. 4 II. Making a FOIA Request 1. Contact Information The current names, addresses, and contact information for Treasury’s FOIA Officers can be found on Treasury’s Freedom of Information Act website. Departmental Offices (DO) Mr. Mark Bittner Director of FOIA & Transparency Department of the Treasury (202) 622-0930 Phone (202) 622-3895 Fax Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Mr. Frank Vance Disclosure Services 400 7th Street, S.W. Suite 3E-218, Mail Stop 6W-11 Washington, DC 20219 (202) 649-6758 Phone Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) Mr. Quinton Mason 1310 G Street, N.W., Box 12 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 882-9904 Phone (202) 453-2331 Fax Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Ms. Terri Robertson ATTN: FOIA Request P.O. Box 39 Vienna, VA 22183 (703) 905-5034 Phone Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Nichole Jenkins Office of the Chief Counsel FOIA and Transparency 14th & C Streets, S.W., Room 419A Washington, DC 20228 (202) 874-2500 Phone (202) 874-2951 Fax Internal Revenue Service (IRS) HQ Stop 211 P.O. Box 621506 Atlanta, GA 30362-3006 (312) 292-2929 Phone United States Mint (Mint) Ms. Lateau Jones ATTN: FOIA Request 801 9th Street, N.W., 8th Floor Washington, DC 20220 (202) 354-7600 Phone (202) 756-6153 Fax Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) Ms. Cynthia Sydnor Disclosure Office 3201 Pennsy Drive, Building E. Landover, MD 20785 (202) 874-5602 Phone 5 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Ms. Amy Jones ATTN: FOIA Request Office of Chief Counsel Disclosure Branch (TIGTA) 901 D. Street, SW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20024 (202) 622-4068 Phone 2. Brief description of why requests are not granted The Treasury Department may not grant full access to records because of several reasons. Some records are classified. Others are specifically exempt from disclosure pursuant to statute, such as records that contain Bank Secrecy Act information or certain tax return information. This information falls within the scope of Exemption 3. Still other records and information that are obtained from private businesses and submitted in confidence or that contain proprietary information fall within the scope of Exemption 4. Internal agency communications representing the deliberative process, attorney work product, or attorneyclient records fall within the scope of Exemption 5. Private information obtained from individuals may fall within the scope of Exemptions 6 and/or 7(C). Treasury also relies on Exemption 7(E) to protect information that would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could be expected to risk circumvention of the law. Finally, Treasury protects information and records contained in or related to the examination or the supervision of financial institutions under the authority of Exemption 8. 3. FOIA Regulations Treasury’s FOIA regulations are codified at 31 CFR Part 1, Subpart A. The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) FOIA regulations are codified at 12 CFR Part 1301. 6 III. Acronyms, Definitions, and Exemptions 1. Agency–specific acronyms used in this Report: 2. Component Abbreviation BEP Component Name Bureau of Engraving and Printing DO1 Departmental Offices FinCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Fiscal Service Bureau of the Fiscal Service IRS Internal Revenue Service MINT United States Mint OCC Office of the Comptroller of the Currency TIGTA Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration TTB Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Basic terms used in this Report a. 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. b. Average Number – the number obtained by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by the quantity of numbers in the group. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, the average number is 8. c. Backlog – the number of requests or administrative appeals that are pending at an 1 DO includes the Offices of Domestic Finance, Economic Policy, Financial Research, General Counsel, International Affairs, Legislative Affairs, Management, Public Affairs, Tax Policy, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, and the Treasurer of the United States. DO statistics in this report also include requests made to the Financial Stability Oversight Council, an entity chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasury Office of the Inspector General, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and the Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery. 7 agency at the end of the fiscal year that are beyond the statutory time period for a response. d. 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. e. Consultation – the procedure whereby the agency responding to a FOIA request first forwards a record to another agency for its review because that other agency has an interest in the document. Once the agency in receipt of the consultation finishes its review of the record, it responds back to the agency that forwarded it. That agency, in turn, will then respond to the FOIA requester. f. 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. g. 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). h. Full Grant – an agency decision to disclose all records in full in response to a FOIA request. i. 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. j. Median Number – the middle, not average, number. For example, of 3, 7, and 14, 8 the median number is 7. i. 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. ii. 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. iii. 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. iv. 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. k. 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. l. Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has not taken final action in all respects. m. 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 followed. n. Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has taken final action in all respects. o. Range in Number of Days – the lowest and highest number of days to process requests or administrative appeals. p. Time Limits – the time period in the statute for an agency to respond to a FOIA request (ordinarily 20 working days from receipt of a "perfected" FOIA request). 3. Descriptions of the nine FOIA Exemptions: 9 a. Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations information. b. Exemption 2: information that is related solely to the internal rules and practices of an agency. c. Exemption 3: information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law. d. Exemption 4: trade secrets and other confidential business information. e. Exemption 5: inter-agency or intra-agency communications that are protected by legal privileges. f. Exemption 6: information involving matters of personal privacy. g. 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. h. Exemption 8: information relating to the regulation or supervision of financial institutions. i. Exemption 9: geological information on wells. 10 IV. Exemption 3 Statutes Statute Type of Information Withheld Case Citation Agency / Component Number of Times Relied upon by Agency / Component Reports pertaining to monetary instruments transactions filed under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31 and records of those reports Yunes v. DOJ, 263 F. Supp. 3d 82, 87 (D.D.C. 2017); Council on Am.Islamic Rels., Cal. v. FBI, 749 F. Supp. 2d 1104, 1117 (S.D. Cal. 2010); Berger v. IRS, 487 F. Supp. 2d 482, 496-97 (D.N.J. 2007), aff’d on other grounds, 288 F. App’x 829 (3d Cir. 2008). DO 1 FinCEN 76 IRS 146 50 U.S.C. § 3024(i)(l) (formerly at 50 U.S.C. § 4031(i)(1)) Intelligence sources and methods CIA v. Sims, 471 U.S. 159, 167 (1985). DO 21 U.S.C. § 1904(e)(3) Information related foreign narcotics traffickers N/A DO 10 USC § 424 Organization or any function of an organization, and certain information pertaining to, employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National GeospatialIntelligence Agency. Hamdan v. DOJ, 797 F.3d 759, 776 (9th Cir. 2015); Freedom Watch, Inc. v. NSA, 197 F. Supp. 3d 165, 174 (D.D.C. 2016); Wickwire Gavin, P.C. v. Def. Intel. Agency, 330 F. Supp. 2d 592, 602 (E.D. Va. 2004). DO Confidential financial disclosure report pertaining to certain Meyerhoff v. EPA, 958 F.2d 1498, 150002 (9th Cir. 1992); Boyd v. Exec. Off. for U.S. Att’ys, 161 F. DO 31 U.S.C. § 5319 5 U.S.C. § 13109(a)(2) (formerly at 5 11 TIGTA Total Number of Times Relied upon by Agency Overall 225 2 FinCEN 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 U.S.C. app 4 § 107(a)(2)) government employees Supp. 3d 1, 7 (D.D.C. 2015); Seife v. NIH, 874 F. Supp. 2d 248, 254 (S.D.N.Y. 2012). 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’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). IRS 1488 TIGTA 12 TTB 16 Sussman v. USMS, 494 F.3d 1106, 1113 (D.C. Cir. 2007); Sorin v. DOJ, No. 1899, 2018 WL 6431027 (2d Cir. Dec. 6, 2018) (per curiam); Widi v. McNeil, No. 1200188, 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). IRS Jones v. IRS, No. 06322, 2008 WL 1901208, at *3-4 (W.D. Mich. Apr. 25, 2008). IRS Fed. R. Crim. P. 6 (e)¸ enacted by Act of July 30¸ 1977¸ Pub. L. No. 95-78¸ 91 Stat. 319 18 U.S.C. § 701 Certain records that would reveal some secret aspect pertaining to grand jury proceedings Likeness of any badge, identification card, or other insignia, of the design prescribed by the head of any department or agency of the 12 DO 1518 2 7 TIGTA 1 8 1 DO 3 4 United States for use by any officer or employee thereof, or any colorable imitation thereof 41 U.S.C. § 4702 (formerly at 41 U.S.C. § 253b(m)(1)) Certain contract proposals that are in the possession or control of an executive agency 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. 09-00421, 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). IRS 31 USC 5323(g)(4) Information which could reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of a whistleblower N/A FinCEN 50 U.S.C. § 4565(c)(1) Information or documentary material filed with the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States Minor v. U.S. Dep’t of the Treasury, No. 2002836, slip op. at 5 (D.S.C. Aug. 5, 2021) (unpublished disposition). 8 8 3 3 4 4 DO V.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTS Agency / Component BEP DO FinCEN 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 36 138 77 97 1457 1647 1799 1305 32 307 328 11 13 Fiscal Service 31 561 557 35 126 169 50 245 TTB 22 115 121 16 OCC 68 1840 1787 121 1434 8169 7610 1993 18 357 358 17 3224 13303 12687 3840 MINT IRS TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL After reviewing its database, Treasury updated the number of requests pending at the start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: DO, FinCEN, Fiscal Service, Mint, TTB, OCC, and IRS. V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUEST Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions 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 FeeRelated Reason Records not Reasonably Described Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason Not Agency Record Duplicate Request Other *Explain in Chart Below TOTAL BEP 11 13 2 22 3 1 0 1 16 1 7 0 77 DO 56 141 8 173 25 166 1 90 4 71 1060 4 1799 FinCEN 15 13 84 46 1 19 0 34 35 64 16 1 328 Fiscal Service 92 110 8 115 32 10 5 5 101 58 21 0 557 MINT 14 7 1 18 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 50 TTB 12 28 8 52 0 5 1 5 2 0 8 0 121 OCC 1403 38 10 133 6 27 3 26 24 103 9 5 1787 IRS 1071 1720 355 511 24 509 44 80 2600 4 631 61 7610 9 56 15 15 66 8 1 3 172 0 13 0 358 2683 2126 491 1085 157 747 55 247 2956 303 1766 71 12687 Agency / Component TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL 14 V.B.(2). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- "OTHER" REASONS FOR "FULL DENIALS BASED ON REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS" Agency / Component Number of Times "Other" Reason Was Relied Upon Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from Chart B(1) TOTAL BEP N/A 0 0 DO Unable to Locate or Contact Requester 4 4 FinCEN Unable to Locate or Contact Requester 1 1 Fiscal Service N/A 0 0 MINT N/A 0 0 TTB N/A 0 0 OCC Directed Requester to Publicly Available Information 5 5 IRS Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA 61 61 TIGTA N/A 0 0 AGENCY OVERALL 71 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 BEP 0 2 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 DO 3 2 14 27 63 135 2 0 16 1 5 0 0 0 FinCEN 0 1 67 6 5 14 4 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 Fiscal Service 0 2 0 23 9 82 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 MINT 0 1 0 2 1 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 TTB 0 0 16 10 5 26 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 OCC 0 4 0 18 15 32 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 0 IRS 0 80 1465 48 367 786 251 1 530 8 645 1 0 0 TIGTA 0 1 11 1 3 66 2 0 65 0 51 1 0 0 3 93 1573 138 469 1156 259 2 614 9 711 3 16 0 AGENCY OVERALL 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 Pending as of End of Fiscal Year Number of Appeals Processed in Fiscal Year BEP 2 0 1 1 DO 32 20 17 35 FinCEN 7 0 3 4 Fiscal Service 0 10 9 1 MINT 3 0 0 3 TTB 0 5 5 0 OCC 0 20 19 1 IRS 5 98 98 5 TIGTA 0 4 4 0 49 157 156 50 AGENCY OVERALL After reviewing its database, Treasury updated the number of appeals pending at the start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: DO. VI.B. DISPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS -- ALL PROCESSED APPEALS 16 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 BEP 0 0 1 0 1 DO 10 3 2 2 17 FinCEN 3 0 0 0 3 Fiscal Service 4 1 0 4 9 MINT 0 0 0 0 0 TTB 0 2 0 3 5 OCC 10 2 0 7 19 IRS 72 9 13 4 98 2 1 0 1 4 101 18 16 21 156 TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL 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 BEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DO 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 FinCEN 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fiscal Service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MINT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TTB 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 OCC 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 IRS 0 1 22 0 8 8 9 0 7 0 11 0 0 0 TIGTA 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 30 5 12 14 9 0 12 1 13 0 1 0 AGENCY OVERALL VI.C.(2). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- REASONS OTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS Request in Litigation Appeal Based Solely on Denial of Request for Expedited Processing Other *Explain in chart below 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 5 3 1 1 9 7 3 0 2 1 No Records Records Referred at Initial Request Level Request Withdrawn FeeRelated Reason Records not Reasonably Described Improper Request for Other Reasons Not Agency Record Duplicate Request or Appeal BEP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DO 4 1 0 0 0 1 FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 Fiscal Service 2 2 1 1 MINT 0 0 0 TTB 0 1 OCC 7 IRS TIGTA Agency / Component AGENCY OVERALL 18 VI.C.(3). REASONS FOR DENIAL ON APPEAL -- "OTHER" REASONS Agency / Component Number of Times "Other" Reason Was Relied Upon Description of "Other" Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C(2) TOTAL BEP N/A 0 0 DO N/A 0 0 FinCEN N/A 0 0 Fiscal Service N/A 0 0 MINT N/A 0 0 TTB N/A 0 0 OCC No Component Response to Adjudicate 1 1 IRS N/A 0 0 TIGTA N/A 0 0 AGENCY OVERALL 1 VI.C.(4). RESPONSE TIME FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS Agency / Component Median Number of Days Average Number of Days BEP 66.00 66.00 66 66 DO 33.00 393.06 <1 2223 209.00 314.00 151 582 7.00 11.78 2 30 <1 <1 <1 <1 TTB 3.00 7.20 <1 19 OCC 20.00 16.58 <1 31 18 18.13 2 47 6.85 8.25 3 17 20.00 150.87 <1 2223 FinCEN Fiscal Service MINT IRS TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL 19 Lowest Number of Days Highest Number of Days VI.C.(5). TEN OLDEST PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS 10th Oldest Appeal Agency / Component BEP DO FinCEN Fiscal Service MINT TTB OCC IRS TIGTA 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd Oldest Appeal 2nd Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 202208-23 Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 526 Date of Appeal 202006-02 202006-02 202006-02 201912-16 201909-12 201906-20 201810-04 201807-25 201807-09 201712-20 Number of Days Pending 1083 1083 1083 1198 1262 1320 1496 1546 1558 1695 Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 202307-26 202211-23 202211-04 202210-19 Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 296 463 475 487 Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 202409-25 Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 202302-06 202210-28 202109-14 Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 414 480 763 Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 202409-05 Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 202409-25 202409-24 202409-17 202409-17 202409-10 Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 9 14 Date of Appeal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Number of Days Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 AGENCY OVERALL Date of Appeal 202006-02 202006-02 202006-02 201912-16 201909-12 201906-20 201810-04 201807-25 201807-09 201712-20 Number of Days Pending 1083 1083 1083 1198 1262 1320 1496 1546 1558 1695 VII.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR ALL PROCESSED PERFECTED REQUESTS SIMPLE Agency / Component COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING 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 BEP 31 35.36 <1 173 N/A N/A N/A N/A 71 71 71 71 DO 2 17.59 <1 335 2 259.79 <1 2519 1333 1181.57 11 1666 FinCEN 3 30.79 <1 789 342 342 342 342 N/A N/A N/A N/A Fiscal Service 7 10.46 <1 356 29 41.08 2 99 N/A N/A N/A N/A 22 116 <1 807 N/A N/A N/A N/A 27 27 27 27 12.5 19.98 <1 93 38.5 57.92 <1 356 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 4.79 <1 282 38.5 41.15 1 109 65 65 65 65 N/A N/A N/A N/A 16 47.81 1 1610 14 49.84 2 103 1 1.69 1 11 9 11.85 1 81 6.5 6.5 6 7 2 11.07 <1 807 2 258.16 <1 2519 1191.5 843.4 2 1666 MINT TTB OCC IRS TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL VII.B. PROCESSED REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME FOR PERFECTED REQUESTS IN WHICH INFORMATION WAS GRANTED SIMPLE Agency / Component COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING I 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 BEP 35 40.74 3 121 N/A N/A N/A N/A 71 71 71 71 DO 15 41.64 1 335 448 704.88 2 2519 1337 1351.67 1052 1666 9 54.5 1 534 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A FinCEN 21 Fiscal Service 8 10.4 1 52 51 56.67 21 99 N/A N/A N/A N/A 48.5 170.1 7 807 N/A N/A N/A N/A 27 27 27 27 TTB 18 21.23 1 74 45 53.74 10 127 N/A N/A N/A N/A OCC 1 3.74 1 282 43 43.24 1 109 65 65 65 65 IRS N/A N/A N/A N/A 16 96.65 1 1610 28 42.33 17 61 TIGTA 4.5 4.67 3 7 13 14.46 1 81 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 7.91 1 807 209 549.82 1 2519 561.5 703 17 1666 MINT AGENCY OVERALL VII.C. PROCESSED SIMPLE REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS <1-20 Days 2140 Days 4160 Days 6180 Days 81100 Days 101120 Days 121140 Days 141160 Days 161180 Days 181200 Days 201300 Days 301400 Days 401+ Days TOTAL BEP 22 22 6 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 59 DO 193 12 3 3 8 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 233 FinCEN 226 8 2 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 8 257 Fiscal Service 414 14 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 MINT 21 6 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 44 TTB 43 13 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 1617 69 14 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 2622 144 38 25 14 11 6 4 3 2 6 4 13 2892 Agency / Component OCC IRS TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL VII.C. PROCESSED COMPLEX REQUESTS -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS 22 439 1710 <120 Days 2140 Days 4160 Days 6180 Days 81100 Days 101120 Days 121140 Days 141160 Days 161180 Days 181200 Days 201300 Days 301400 Days 401+ Days TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1017 19 17 12 8 6 8 7 2 2 22 19 314 FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Fiscal Service 1 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MINT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TTB 10 16 7 2 8 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 50 OCC 7 7 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1062 554 298 222 192 146 105 83 65 53 166 55 117 87 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 2184 609 332 239 211 157 115 90 68 55 188 76 431 4755 Agency / Component BEP DO IRS TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL 1453 1 12 3118 VII.C. PROCESSED REQUESTS GRANTED EXPEDITED PROCESSING -- RESPONSE TIME IN DAY INCREMENTS <120 Days 2140 Days 4160 Days 6180 Days 81100 Days 101120 Days 121140 Days 141160 Days 161180 Days 181200 Days 201300 Days 301400 Days 401+ Days TOTAL BEP 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 FinCEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fiscal Service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MINT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TTB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OCC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 IRS 7 6 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Agency / Component 23 0 TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 7 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 34 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I VII.D. PENDING REQUESTS -- ALL PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS SIMPLE Agency / Component COMPLEX EXPEDITED PROCESSING 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 BEP 82 52 126.37 6 1329 1337.33 0 N/A N/A DO 53 48 198.25 1200 678 779.38 21 1128 991.38 7 50 48.86 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 31 5 36.39 0 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 203 225 308.87 1 1331 1331 0 N/A N/A TTB 4 89.5 81 12 76 104.92 0 N/A N/A OCC 93 45 82.17 8 323.5 292.62 0 N/A N/A IRS 0 N/A N/A 1528 16 151.96 3 31 186.33 TIGTA 0 N/A N/A 10 5.5 51 0 N/A N/A 473 103 204.36 2765 674.5 776.64 24 1128 991.38 FinCEN Fiscal Service MINT AGENCY OVERALL VII.E. PENDING REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST PENDING PERFECTED REQUESTS 10th Oldest Request Agency / Component 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd Oldest Request Date of Receipt 202206-30 202110-20 202107-18 202012-07 201910-31 201910-31 201906-12 201906-04 201906-04 201806-08 BEP Number of Days Pending 563 738 803 954 1228 1228 1326 1332 1332 1578 DO Date of Receipt 201410-01 201410-01 201409-09 201407-24 201407-16 201406-27 201406-25 201406-17 201405-09 201403-21 24 I Number of Days Pending Date of Receipt FinCEN Number of Days Pending Date of Receipt Fiscal Service Number of Days Pending Date of Receipt MINT Number of Days Pending Date of Receipt TTB Number of Days Pending Date of Receipt OCC Number of Days Pending Date of Receipt IRS Number of Days Pending Date of Receipt TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL Number of Days Pending Date of Receipt 2501 2501 2517 2549 2555 2567 2569 2575 2601 2636 N/A N/A N/A 202409-30 202409-24 202409-03 202407-19 202406-24 202406-18 202403-26 0 0 0 0 4 19 50 68 71 130 202409-17 202409-17 202409-17 202409-17 202409-03 202406-11 202405-02 202403-25 202311-21 202210-12 9 9 9 9 19 76 88 131 215 492 202103-02 202102-24 202011-03 202010-06 202010-06 202009-30 202009-28 202007-16 201908-29 201906-05 899 903 976 995 995 999 1001 1052 1271 1331 202406-28 202406-13 202406-07 202404-11 202403-25 202403-25 202401-12 202311-06 202311-02 202311-02 64 74 78 118 131 131 180 225 227 227 202308-01 202307-21 202306-28 202305-10 202305-03 202305-02 202304-24 202303-31 202303-31 202303-16 292 299 315 348 353 354 360 376 376 387 202004-22 202004-20 202004-16 202004-16 202004-16 202003-04 202003-03 202003-02 201907-24 201906-27 1110 1112 1114 1114 1114 1145 1146 1147 1297 1315 202409-30 202409-30 202409-26 202409-24 202409-24 202409-19 202409-11 202407-23 202406-04 202305-04 1 1 3 5 5 8 14 49 82 353 201410-01 201410-01 201409-09 201407-24 201407-16 201406-27 201406-25 201406-17 201405-09 201403-21 25 Number of Days Pending 2501 2501 2517 2549 2555 2567 2569 2575 2601 2636 VIII.A. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING Agency / Component Number Granted Median Number of Days to Adjudicate Number Denied Number Adjudicated Within Ten Calendar Days Average Number of Days to Adjudicate BEP 0 2 0.5 0.5 2 DO 3 28 1 9.61 22 FinCEN 0 13 1 3.54 12 Fiscal Service 0 3 9 12.33 2 MINT 1 3 8.5 8.75 3 TTB 0 9 8 7.33 6 OCC 1 13 2 2.43 14 48 359 5 8.86 320 2 9 1 3.09 11 55 439 2.00 6.80 392 IRS TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL VIII.B. Requests for Fee Waiver Number Granted Number Denied Median Number of Days to Adjudicate Average Number of Days to Adjudicate BEP 9 2 9 7.45 DO 33 1030 0 3.71 FinCEN 0 16 0.5 2.31 Fiscal Service 0 1 20 20 MINT 0 3 13 95 TTB 0 3 0 14.67 OCC 38 2 1 1.23 Agency / Component 26 IRS TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL 91 139 3 5.08 0 1 4 4 171 1197 0 3.91 IX. FOIA Personnel and Costs PERSONNEL COSTS Number of "Full-Time FOIA Employees" Number of "Equivalent Full-Time FOIA Employees" Total Number of "FullTime FOIA Staff" BEP 1 1.60 2.60 343519.65 0.00 343519.65 DO 36 60.80 96.80 13279645.00 803047.00 14082692.00 FinCEN 4 5.00 9.00 389519.48 175000.00 564519.48 Fiscal Service 2 3.00 5.00 450000.00 0.00 450000.00 MINT 1 0.00 1.00 133692.00 0.00 133692.00 TTB 1 0.37 1.37 246191.30 0.00 246191.30 OCC 10 0.72 10.72 2598604.00 0.00 2598604.00 IRS 18 47.41 65.41 8718344.12 627236.39 9345580.51 0 4.30 4.30 743294.00 811.00 744105.00 73 123.20 196.20 26902809.55 1606094.39 28508903.94 Agency / Component TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL Processing Costs X. Fees Collected for Processing Requests Agency / Component BEP DO FinCEN Fiscal Service MINT Total Amount of Fees Collected Percentage of Total Costs 0.00 0.0000 2970.00 0.0200 0.00 0.0000 14340.16 3.1900 0.00 0.0000 27 LitigationRelated Costs Total Costs TTB 514.00 0.2100 OCC 16450.00 0.6300 IRS 23013.17 0.2600 0.00 0.0000 57287.33 0.2100 TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL XI.A. Number of Times Subsection (C) Used Agency / Component Number of Times Subsection Used BEP 0 DO 0 FinCEN 0 Fiscal Service 0 MINT 0 TTB 0 OCC 0 IRS 0 TIGTA 0 0 AGENCY OVERALL XI.B. Number of Subsection (A)(2) Postings Number of Records Posted by the FOIA Office Number of Records Posted by Program Offices BEP 0 9 DO 10 1528 FinCEN 0 0 Fiscal Service 1 0 MINT 0 0 Agency / Component 28 TTB 65 0 OCC 246 0 IRS 2 3431 TIGTA 1 57 325 5025 AGENCY OVERALL XII.A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals Agency / Component BEP Number of Backlogged Requests as of End of Fiscal Year Number of Backlogged Appeals as of End of Fiscal Year 65 1 1242 34 FinCEN 4 4 Fiscal Service 4 0 191 3 TTB 12 0 OCC 62 0 1208 5 3 0 2791 47 DO MINT IRS TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL 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 Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies During the Fiscal Year 29 Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Processed by the Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that were Pending at the Start of the Fiscal Year Agency During the Fiscal Year Agency as of End of the Fiscal Year BEP 0 3 3 0 DO 33 112 112 33 FinCEN 1 17 16 2 Fiscal Service 0 12 11 1 MINT 0 7 1 6 TTB 0 4 4 0 OCC 0 3 2 1 IRS 6 68 66 8 TIGTA 0 4 4 0 40 230 219 51 AGENCY OVERALL After reviewing its database, Treasury updated the number of consultations pending at the start of the Fiscal Year for the following components: DO. XII.C. CONSULTATIONS ON FOIA REQUESTS -- TEN OLDEST CONSULTATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND PENDING AT THE AGENCY Agency / Component 10th Oldest Consultation Date BEP Number of Days Number of Days 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2021-06-23 202106-21 202105-18 202103-23 202012-04 201906-21 201810-16 201807-31 201807-02 2017-12-01 820 822 844 884 955 1319 1489 1542 1562 1708 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 202409-26 2024-09-20 Date FinCEN Oldest Consultation 2nd N/A Date DO 9th 30 Number of Days Date Fiscal Service Number of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2024-09-30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 202409-30 202409-27 202409-25 202409-23 202402-07 2023-12-21 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 163 194 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2024-09-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 N/A N/A 202409-30 202409-18 202408-22 202406-25 202406-18 202404-30 202404-05 2024-01-04 0 0 1 8 26 67 71 105 122 186 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2021-06-23 202106-21 202105-18 202103-23 202012-04 201906-21 201810-16 201807-31 201807-02 2017-12-01 820 822 844 884 955 1319 1489 1542 1562 1708 Date MINT Number of Days Date Number of Days TTB Date OCC Number of Days Date Number of Days IRS Date TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL Number of Days Date Number of Days 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 Received During Number Received During 31 NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED Number Processed Number Processed Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report BEP 77 138 74 77 DO 728 1647 593 1799 FinCEN 236 307 239 328 Fiscal Service 380 561 366 557 MINT 105 169 42 50 89 115 70 121 OCC 1712 1840 1696 1787 IRS 7066 8169 7091 7610 389 357 379 358 10782 13303 10550 12687 TTB TIGTA AGENCY OVERALL During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report XII.D.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF REQUESTS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -- BACKLOGGED REQUESTS Agency / Component BEP 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 20 65 1385 1242 20 4 2 4 98 191 TTB 8 12 OCC 17 62 916 1208 2 3 DO FinCEN Fiscal Service MINT IRS TIGTA 32 AGENCY OVERALL 2468 2791 After reviewing its database, Treasury updated the number of backlogged requests at the end of the Fiscal Year from the previous annual report for the following components: DO, FinCEN, Mint, and TTB. XII.E.(1). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -APPEALS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report Number Received During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report Number Received During Fiscal Year from Current Annual Report BEP 5 0 4 1 DO 33 20 41 17 6 0 5 3 18 10 18 9 MINT 2 0 1 0 TTB 2 5 3 5 OCC 9 20 9 19 IRS 81 98 84 98 TIGTA 11 4 12 4 167 157 177 156 Agency / Component FinCEN Fiscal Service AGENCY OVERALL 33 XII.E.(2). COMPARISON OF NUMBERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ANNUAL REPORT -BACKLOGGED APPEALS 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 BEP 2 1 DO 30 34 FinCEN 7 4 Fiscal Service 0 0 MINT 3 3 TTB 0 0 OCC 0 0 IRS 0 5 TIGTA 0 0 42 47 Agency / Component AGENCY OVERALL 34