Fiscal Year 1997 FOIA Report for Housing Programs

1. Total number of initial denials: 141

2. Number of those denials that were partial denials (as

opposed to complete denials): 64

3. Authority under which initial denials were made:

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

Exemptions Invoked - Number of Times Invoked*

b2 3

b4 20

b5 28

b6 79

b7 5

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

d. Other Authority: No Records = 16

* 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 36

John A. Prince Community Development Mgr. 1

William M. Rowland Community Development Mgr. 1

Charlene Warner Administrative Programs Dir. 1

Mary Meyer Community Development Mgr. 1

Estaben Almanza Assistant to the State Director 3

Virginia F. Monroe Public Information Officer 1

Estaben Almanza Assistant to the Sate Director 1

Frances J. Blanco State Director 1

Loren Nelson State Director 1

Carol Ann Andrew Administrative Program Director 1

Wallace Furrow State Director 6

Marvin Teckenbrock Rural Development Manager 1

Craig Schesler Community Development Mgr. 1

John C. Thompson State Director 2

Joyce Deters Human Resources Manager 1

Ronald Ray Community Development Manager 1

Seth Bradstreet State Director 2

Dale Holmes Rural Housing Programs Dir. 1

Lorrie Hamlen Senior Single Family Housing Specialist 2

Willam C. Gouzounis Assistant to the State Director 4

George E. Irvin, Sr. State Director 4

William T. Shay State Director 5

Phil Willnerd Multie Family Housing Spec. 6

Joel Weirick Administrative Programs Dir. 2

Barbara A. Newbauer Acting Administrative Programs Dir. 3

Charles F. Martens State Director 1

Linda K. Page State Director 6

Susan L. Font Acting State Director 1

Cheryl L. Cook State Director 1

Margie T. Rollins FOIA Coordinator 6

Steven A. Carriker Acting State Director 4

Judy Canales Deputy State Director 1

Richard L. Perryman Administrative Programs Dir. 3

Bob Gales Community Development Mgr. 1

Kermit Hawley FOIA Coordinator 4

Derrel L. Carruth State Director 2

Mary Ann Hoff Administrative Programs Dir. 1

Mary E. McBride State Director 2

Roberta A. Harold State Director 6

Robert S. Leigland Administrative Programs Dir. 4

William R. Walinow Administrative Programs Dir. 6

Scott Duff Acting State Director 2

Janice Daley State Director 1

5. The total number of appeals: 22

a. number of appeals granted in full: 6

b. number of appeals denied in full: 3

c. number of appeals denied in part: 3

d. number of appeals pending: 10

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

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

Exemptions Invoked Number of Times Invoked*

b4 1

b5 1

b6 3

b7 3

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

d. Other Authority: No Records =

* More than one exemption invoked for some denials.

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

Name - Title - I nstances

Jan E. Shadburn Administrator, Housing Programs 6

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: $4,711.16

11. Cost to administer availability of records:

Estimated cost of administering the FOIA in 1997 as follows:

Administrative Cost $41,210.58

(Includes Reproduction Costs)

Recoverable Cost - $711.16

BALANCE OF COST TO THE AGENCY $40,499.42

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: 40

(b) Need to search for, collect, and examine voluminous records for single requests: 36

(c) Need for consultations: 77

(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: 955

15. Number of requests asking for a fee waiver or reduction: 9

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