Fiscal Year 1997 FOIA Report for Business Programs

1. Total number of initial denials: 16

2. Number of those denials that were partial denials (as opposed to complete denials). 7

3. Authority under which initial denials were made:

a. and b. Exemptions under 552(b):

Exemptions Invoked - Number of Times Invoked*

b4 - 6

b5 - 1

b6 - 2

c. Statues invoked pursuant to exemption (b)(3):

d. Other Authority: No Records = 7

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* More than one exemption invoked for some denials

4. Names and titles of persons who made initial denials.

Name, Title, Instances

Dorothy Hinden, Freedom of Information Specialist, 3

John C. Edwards, State Director, 1

William T. Shay, State Director, 5

Margie T. Rollins, FOIA Coordinator, 4

Cynthia B. Clark, Special Project Rep., 1

Douglas J. Betz, Director - Administrative Programs, 2

5. The total number of appeals: 3

a. number of appeals granted in full: 0

b. number of appeals denied in full: 1

c. number of appeals denied in part: 1

d. number of appeals pending: 1

6. Authority under which appeals were partially or wholly denied:

a. and b. Exemptions invoked under 552(b)

Exemptions Invoked - Number of Times Invoked

b6 2

b7 1

c. Statutes invoked pursuant to Exemption (b)(3): N.A.

d. Other Authority: No Records = N.A.

7. Names and titles of persons who denied or partially denied appeals:

Name, Title, Instances

Dayton J. Watkins Administrator, Business Programs, 2

8. Copies of court opinions or order under Subsection (a)(4)(F): N.A.

9. Copies of Agency rules or regulations issued: N.A.

10. Amount of fees collected during the year by the Agency: $792.20

11. Cost to administer availability of records:

Estimated cost of administering the FOIA in 1997 as follows:

Administrative Cost - $21,049.86 (Includes Reproduction Costs)

Recoverable Cost - $792.20

BALANCE OF COST TO THE AGENCY $20,257.66

12. Internal memoranda or instructions issued: See Attachments

13. Compliance with time limitations, including instances in which 10 day extensions were taken because of:

(a) Need to search for and collect information from the field: 3

(b) Need to search for, collect, and examine voluminous records for single requests: 7

(c) Need for consultations: 15

(d) Court appeals on exhaustion of procedures because of inability to comply within applicable time limits: N.A.

(e) Court-allowed time limits: N.A.

14. Total number of FOIA requests received during the year: 116

15. Number of requests asking for a fee waiver or reduction: 2

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