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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) 130
DAYS TO RESPOND TO ARCHIVE; OUTSTANDING REQUESTS AS OLD
AS 16 YEARS
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Recordkeeping Issues - FBI advised the search would
take some time because the Ten Oldest FOIA Requests are older
than the database used to search for records. |
Ten Oldest - FBI responded approximately 130 business
days after the request was made; it reported eight FOIA requests
ranging from November 9, 1987 to May 28, 2000. The agency
withheld two FOIA requests in their entirety because they
were "first party" requests from people asking for
information about themselves. This response was appealed on
August 26, 2003, but no decision on the appeal has been received.
The FOIA requests that were provided concerned a 1987 request
that revises an original broader request submitted in 1981
regarding Mr. Seth Rosenfeld's research into FBI activities
in the Berkeley Area and at the University of California,
a copy of the FBI headquarters file maintained under the name
"Central Intelligence Agency" (file number 62-80750),
records concerning a deceased Cuban national Jorge Mas Canosa,
the Cuban American National Foundation, investigations into
individuals and organizations in the United States concerning
actions to harm Cuba, complaints by Cuba concerning U.S. flyovers,
and concerning an outbreak of African swine fever in Cuba
in 1971, files on specified chapters of the Black Panthers,
files relating to Abraham Johannes Muste, files on Leon Hirsch
Keyserling, investigation of First Chicago Corp executives
taking kickbacks, and information concerning General Jose
Pedraza from Cuba. |
Workload Statistics - FBI's reported statistics from
1998 through 2002 indicate that the agency has received a
varying number of FOIA requests from a high of 23,889 in 2000
to a low of 15,024 in 2002 (down 4.79% from 15,780 in 1998
to 15,024 in 2002). The number processed each year rose for
several years to a high of 27,519 in 2000, but recently decreased
(down 26.91% from 20,344 processed in 1998 to 14,869 processed
in 2002). FBI's processing rate per year -- a comparison of
the number of requests processed to the number received --
decreased from 128.92% in 1998 to 98.97% in 2002. |
Backlog Statistics - FBI's backlog of pending FOIA
requests has decreased (from 10,816 FOIA requests pending
at the end of 1998 to 2,633 FOIA requests pending at the end
of 2002). FBI's backlog as a percentage of FOIA requests processed
each year has decreased from 53.17% in 1998 to 17.71% 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 decreased from 68.54% in 1998 to 17.53%
in 2002. |
Processing Time - Under its two track system, FBI
reports a median processing time in 2002 for simple requests
of 67 days, while it reports a median in 2002 for complex
requests of 336-447.5 days. Expedited requests have a median
processing time of 2337 reported for 1999 and have ranged
from 58-118 days over 2000-2002 time period. The median days
that backlogged requests have been pending is reported as
90 for 2002. |
TEN
OLDEST REQUESTS
FBI
Response Letter
FBI
Response Letter 2
FBI November 9, 1987 Letter
FBI May 1, 1992 Letter
FBI December 8, 1992 Letter
FBI January 17, 1994 Letter
FBI May 2, 1994 Letter
FBI 1997 Letter
FBI August 3, 1998 Letter
FBI May 28, 2000 Letter
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