FOIA Annual Report Workbook2011-11-29FOIA Annual ReportFCCFederal Communications Commission20115 U.S.C app. Section 107(a) (Ethics in Government Act of 1978Financial disclosure information pertaining to certain government employees.Meyerhoff v. EPA, 958 F.2d 1498, 1500-02 (9th Cir. 1992); Concepcion v. FBI, 606 F. Supp. 2d 14, 33 (D.D.C. 2009).31 U.S.C. Section 3729(c) (False Claims Act)Records pertaining to financial false claims.None -- never litigated.215259059448Twenty-nine of the 52 requests pending at the end of the FY 2010 were filed in late August or in September 2010 and therefore were not backlogged.Twenty-nine of the 48 requests pending at the end of the FY 2011 were filed in late August or in September 2011 and therefore were not backlogged.16914720NoRecords77Referred2Withdrawn72FeeRelated13NotDescribed74ImproperRequest2NotAgency18594N/A00Ex. 278Ex. 33Ex. 424Ex. 539Ex. 6110Ex. 7(A)11Ex. 7(C)18Ex. 7(D)1Ex. 7(E)12Ex. 7(F)2The number of times exemptions applied for FY 2010 and FY 2009 were underreported due to a reporting error in the database. The number of times exemptions applied for FY 2010 should have read: 0; 43; 2; 23; 33; 88; 15; 0; 21; 1; 15; 0; 0; 0; respectively. The number of times exemptions applied for FY 2009 should have read: 0; 62; 0; 32; 35; 86; 9; 0; 36; 0; 15; 0; 0; 0; respectively.13171713The 17 processed appeals include 12 decisions addressing 14 appeals and three withdrawn appeals.Although 13 appeals were pending at the end of FY 2011, four decisions disposing of six appeals were issued in October 2011. Thus, as of October 25, 2011, seven appeals remained pending.1020517Three were withdrawn, one was dismissed as late-filed, and one was dismissed as moot.Ex. 41Ex. 55Ex. 61Withdrawn3FeeRelated4NotAgency1ExpeditedDenial1Other1The FCC does not consider withdrawn appeals to be denials.Late-filed appeal11328307175092009-06-185882010-08-192812010-11-232152011-01-281712011-02-041662011-03-091452011-04-271092011-05-061022011-08-12342011-09-07171823.32LT149500000000All processed requests are reported.2028.131495000000001-2041621-4011741-603361-801281-1005101-1201121-1401141-1602161-1800181-2000201-3004301-4001401+25941-20021-40041-60061-80081-1000101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2000201-3000301-4000401+001-20021-40041-60061-80081-1000101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2000201-3000301-4000401+004820123000000All pending requests are reported. Twenty-nine of the 48 requests pending at the end of the FY 2011 were filed in late August or in September 2011 and therefore were not backlogged.2007-04-1711532009-03-046622009-05-296002009-11-184772009-12-144592010-03-243872010-07-133082010-09-302512010-12-022092010-12-07206The oldest request was closed after the end of the fiscal year.041615.52241010215.817.82212990.1187400.412300390.5216620.390.00751990220593590598594231921171617119Of the nine appeals backlogged at the end of FY 2011, six were disposed of in four decisions issued in October 2011. Thus, as of October 25, 2011, three appeals remained pending.