U.S. Department of Labor Freedom of Information Act Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2010

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ANNUAL REPORT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010
October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010

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The Department received a total of 17,398 initial requests for records during fiscal year 2010.

I.    Basic Information Regarding Report.

A.    For questions concerning this report, please contact Ramona Branch Oliver, Director, Office of Information Services, Office of the Solicitor, Room N-2428, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone number (202) 693-5391.

B.    The electronic address for this report is on the World Wide Web at https://www.dol.gov/general/foia.

C.    You may obtain a paper copy of this report by writing to Ms. Oliver at the above address.

II.    How to Make a FOIA Request.

    The Department of Labor is organized into divisions and agencies often referred to as "components." Within the Labor Department, each component processes its own FOIA requests. Therefore, a request will receive the fastest possible response if it is addressed directly to the disclosure officer for the component that a requester believes has the records.

    Requesters who cannot determine the proper disclosure officer to which the request should be addressed may direct the request to the Office of the Solicitor, Division of Management and Administrative Legal Services, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room N-2428, Washington, D.C. 20210 or by e-mail to foiarequest@dol.gov.

A.    The following list contains the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the individual agency components and offices in the national and regional offices of the Department of Labor. The head of each component is responsible for making records in their custody or in the custody of component units within their organizations available for inspection and copying, in accordance with the provisions of the FOIA. Unless otherwise specified, the mailing address for the following national office components is as follows:

U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20210

1.    Office of the Secretary (202) 693-7277.
2.    Office of the Solicitor (SOL), (202) 693-5527.
3.    Office of Administrative Law Judges (ALJ), 800 K Street, N.W., Suite N-400, Washington, D.C. 20001-8002, (202) 693-7440.
4.    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM), (202) 693-7277.
5.    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP), (202) 693-5925.
6.    Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), (202) 693-6806.
7.    Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs (OCIA), (202) 693-4630.
8.    Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), (202) 693-4930.
9.    Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), (202) 693-1145.
10.    Office of Inspector General (OIG), (202) 693-5113.
11.    Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS), (202) 693-0123.
12.    Office of Public Affairs (OPA), (202) 693-4654.
13.    Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), (202) 693-0934.
14.    Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), (202) 693-4770.
15.    Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Postal Square Building, Room 4040, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20212-0001, (202) 691-7628.
16.    Employment and Training Administration (ETA), (202) 693-3140.
17.    Job Corps, (part of ETA), 1-800-733-JOBS.
18.    Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 1100 Wilson Boulevard, 21st Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22209, (202) 693-9424.
19.    Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), (202) 693-1897.
20.    Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), (202) 693-8655.
21.    Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS), (202) 693-4745.
22.    Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB), (202) 693-5028.
23.    Administrative Review Board (ARB), (202) 693-5028.
24.    Benefits Review Board (BRB), (202) 693-5028.
25.    Wage and Hour Division (WHD), (202) 693-0388.
26.    Women's Bureau (WB), (202) 693-6735.

The addresses and telephone numbers for the various regional offices for the Department's Office of Administration and Management (OASAM) are listed below.

Region I:

U.S. Department of Labor
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
One Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02203
(617) 565-1991
(For Wage and Hour Division only: Contact Region III)

Region II:

U.S. Department of Labor
201 Varick Street
New York, New York 10014
(212) 337-2215
(For Wage and Hour Division only: Contact Region III)

Region III:

U.S. Department of Labor
The Curtis Center, Suite 600 East
170 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3305
(215) 861-5030

Region IV:

U.S. Department of Labor
Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsyth Street, S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 562-2018

(Office of Workers' Compensation (OWCP) Only)
U.S. Department of Labor
214 N. Hogan Street, Suite 1006
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
(904) 357-4725

Region V:

U.S. Department of Labor
Kluczynski Federal Building
230 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60604
(312) 353-8373

(For OWCP, Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) only)
U.S. Department of Labor
1240 East Ninth Street, Room 851
Cleveland, Ohio 44199
(216) 357-5372

Region VI:

U.S. Department of Labor
525 Griffin Square Building
Griffin & Young Streets
Dallas, Texas 75202
(214) 767-6800

Region VII:

U.S. Department of Labor
City Center Square Building
1100 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64105-2112
(816) 426-3891
(For Wage and Hour Division only: Contact Region V)

(Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) only)
U.S. Department of Labor
1100 Main Street, Suite 860
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
(816) 502-0370

Region VIII:

U.S. Department of Labor
1999 Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 844-1700
(For Wage and Hour Division and OFCCP: Contact Region VI)

(For OWCP only)
U.S. Department of Labor
1999 Broadway, Suite 600
Denver, Colorado 80201
(720) 264-3038

The mailing address for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Director of the Regional Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training in Region VIII is:

Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
U.S. Custom House
721 ‑ 19th Street, Room 465
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 844-4791

Region IX:

U.S. Department of Labor
71 Stevenson Street
San Francisco, California 94105
(415) 975-4057

U.S. Department of Labor
1111 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101-3212
(415) 975-4057
(For Wage and Hour Division: Contact San Francisco)

B.    Agency response-time.

    The agency's response-time ranges generally from five to fifty days. Complex requests usually take more time.

C.    Why some requests are not granted.

    A FOIA request can be made for any agency record. This does not mean, however, that the Labor Department will disclose every record sought. There are statutory exemptions that authorize the withholding of certain information. In addition, the agency cannot comply with a FOIA request if there are no responsive records.

    Another reason for not granting a FOIA request is that the FOIA does not require agencies to do research for the requester, to analyze data, to answer questions, or to create records in order to respond to a FOIA request.

III.    Definitions of Terms and Acronyms Used in the Report

1.    Agency-specific acronyms or other terms.

2.    Definition of 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 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.
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, the median number is 7.
k.    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.

i.    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.
ii.    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.
iii.    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.

l.    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.
m.    Pending Request or Pending Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has not taken final action in all respects.
n.    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.
o.    Processed Request or Processed Administrative Appeal – a request or administrative appeal for which an agency has taken final action in all respects.
p.    Range in Number of Days – the lowest and highest number of days to process requests or administrative appeals.
q.    Time Limits – the time period in the statute for an agency to respond to a FOIA request (ordinarily twenty working days from receipt of a perfected FOIA request).

3.    Nine FOIA Exemptions.

a.    Exemption 1: classified national defense and foreign relations information
b.    Exemption 2: internal agency rules and practices
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 supervision of financial institutions
i.    Exemption 9: geological information on wells

IV.    EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES

Statute	Type of Information Withheld	Case Citation	Number of Times Relied Upon Per Component	Total Number of Times Relied Upon By Agency
103 (g) (1) Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Section 103(g), 30 U.S.C. 813(g)	Complaint Information	None	MSHA -5	5
312(b) Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Section 323(b), [30 U.S.C. 872(b)]	Mine Maps	None	MSHA – 1	1
Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e), enacted by Act of July 30, 1997, Pub. L. No. 98-78, 91 Stat. 319	Grand Jury	Sussman v. USMC, 494 F. 3d 1106, 1113 (D.C. Cir. 2007); Fund for Constitutional Gov't v. NARS, 656 F.2d 856, 867-68 (D.C. Cir. 1981)	OIG – 1	1
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002, Title V of Public Law 107-347	Confidential Respondent Data to BLS Survey	None	BLS – 8	8
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. 666(f)	Advance Notice Of Inspection	None	OSHA – 81	81
Department of Labor (DOL) Overall				96

V.    FOIA REQUESTS

A.    Number of Initial Requests.

	Number of Requests Pending as of Start of Fiscal Year [2]	Number of Requests Received in Fiscal Year	Number of Requests Processed in Fiscal Year	Number of Requests Pending as of End of Fiscal Year
OSHA	436	8463	8613	286
OFCCP [1]	28	270	285	13
OLMS [1]	11	88	96	3
OWCP [1]	20	270	284	6
WHD [1]	171	1,942	1,915	198
MSHA	133	1,990	1,920	203
EBSA	101	2,290	2,332	59
ETA [3]	99	1,309	1,345	63
OASAM	61	314	334	41
ALJ	5	142	144	3
VETS	6	114	112	8
OIG	16	77	84	9
BLS	2	22	20	4
Adj Bds	1	21	21	1
WB	0	11	11	0
ODEP	0	2	2	0
ASP	54	5	43	16
OCIA	0	1	1	0
ILAB	1	11	12	0
CFO	2	17	17	2
OPA	0	9	4	5
SOL	23	30	30	23
DOL OVERALL	1,170	17,398	17,625	943

Note: Due to Departmental restructuring, effective February 2010, the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) is no longer a component within the Department of Labor. During FY 2010 and prior to its absorption into OASAM, that agency received zero FOIA requests and had no requests pending.

B.(1)    Disposition of FOIA Requests – All Processed Requests

	Number of Full Grants	Number of Partial Grants/Partial Denials	Number of Full Denials Based on Exemptions	Number of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions
				No Records	All Records Referred to Another Component or Agency	Request Withdrawn	Fee Related Reason	Records not Reason-ably Described	Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason	Not Agency Record	Duplicate Request	Other *Explain in chart below	TOTAL
OSHA	664	4,020	1,176	1,842	167	221	77	104	17	108	216	1	8613
OFCCP	70	98	14	73	5	9	11	0	3	2	0	0	285
OLMS	11	32	17	19	0	0	1	1	15	0	0	0	96
OWCP	153	17	15	29	1	7	2	3	5	6	12	34	284
WHD	81	989	135	472	7	39	1	1	14	11	142	23	1915
MSHA	842	798	86	79	0	42	34	3	2	3	31	0	1920
EBSA	1,833	112	32	161	20	34	4	33	7	3	35	58	2332
ETA	506	161	16	327	11	9	112	5	24	21	42	111	1345
OASAM	42	93	4	30	0	51	42	0	23	37	12	0	334
ALJ	97	11	0	18	3	3	1	0	1	2	4	4	144
VETS	20	77	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	3	112
OIG	8	29	8	16	16	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	84
BLS	4	3	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
Adj Bds	10	1	0	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
WB	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11
ODEP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
ASP	1	1	0	9	0	4	0	0	0	6	1	21	43
OCIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
ILAB	3	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
CFO	2	3	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	17
OPA	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
SOL	7	6	0	8	0	2	1	1	0	4	0	1	30
DOL OVERALL	4,358	6,454	1,512	3,120	232	428	289	153	114	210	497	258	17,625

B.(2)    Disposition of FOIA Requests – "Other" Reasons for "Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions" from Section V, B (1) Chart

	Description of "Other" Reasons for Denials from Chart B (1) & Number of Times Those Reasons Were Relied Upon	TOTAL
OSHA	1 – Agency is not required to reformat document requester is requesting.	1
OFCCP	0	0
OLMS	0	0
OWCP	34 – Not requests for information	34
WHD	23 – Duplicate assignments	23
MSHA	0	0
EBSA	58 – During FY 2010, EBSA made available on-line the full data set of Form 5500 data. Requests for this data were denied after it was made available on-line. Requesters were informed of the URL where the data was posted.	58
ETA	111 – Lower level office duplicate deletions	111
OASAM	0	0
ALJ	4 – transcripts not yet in OALJ's possession	4
VETS	2 – FOIA addressed by another region 1 – Open Case Investigation	3
OIG	2 – Records located were not responsive to the request	2
BLS	0	0
Adj Bds	0	0
WB	0	0
ODEP	0	0
ASP	21 – Agency previously responded	21
OCIA	0	0
ILAB	0	0
CFO	0	0
OPA	0	0
SOL	1 – SOL was consulted to review and provide advice only concerning potentially responsive records. No processing required by SOL staff.	1
DOL OVERALL		258

B.(3)    Disposition of FOIA Requests – Number of Times Exemptions Applied

	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
OSHA	0	529	81	3,028	3,056	1,302	1,211	77	3,709	1,679	193	4	0	0
OFCCP	0	13	0	39	18	19	16	0	93	2	61	0	0	0
OLMS	0	22	0	18	18	20	6	0	44	13	22	0	0	0
OWCP	0	4	0	9	6	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WHD	0	16	2	308	715	53	166	3	869	688	594	0	0	0
MSHA	0	3	6	18	186	386	103	1	261	177	1	0	0	0
EBSA	0	15	0	14	26	65	25	1	42	7	20	0	0	0
ETA	0	0	0	27	29	151	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OASAM	0	0	0	49	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ALJ	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
VETS	0	1	0	4	70	35	9	0	34	17	0	0	0	0
OIG	0	6	2	1	5	16	3	0	27	0	1	0	0	0
BLS	0	0	6	6	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adj Bds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ODEP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ASP	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OCIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
OPA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SOL	0	0	0	0	6	2	3	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
DOL OVERALL	0	611	97	3,522	4,136	2,149	1,543	82	5,085	2,585	894	4	0	0

VI.    ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS

A.    Numbers of appeals.

	Number of Appeals Pending as of Start of Fiscal Year	Number of Appeals Received in Fiscal Year	Number of Appeals Processed in Fiscal Year	Number of Appeals Pending as of End of Fiscal Year
OSHA	90	148	177	61
OFCCP	3	4	4	3
OLMS	0	11	5	6
OWCP	23	41	44	20
WHD	15	29	31	13
MSHA	4	20	12	12
EBSA	3	13	16	0
ETA	32	59	76	15
OASAM	4	10	11	3
ALJ	1	1	0	2
VETS	5	7	7	5
OIG	4	5	7	2
BLS	0	2	2	0
Adj Bds	1	0	0	1
WB	0	0	0	0
ODEP	0	0	0	0
ASP	0	0	0	0
OCIA	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	0
CFO	1	2	3	0
OPA	0	0	0	0
SOL	2	1	3	0
DOL OVERALL	188 (3 were ESA)	353	398	143

B.    Disposition of Administrative Appeals – All Processed Appeals

	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
OSHA	13	89	2	73	177
OFCCP	0	1	0	3	4
OLMS	2	1	0	2	5
OWCP	3	1	0	40	44
WHD	1	7	2	21	31
MSHA	3	4	0	5	12
EBSA	2	2	0	12	16
ETA	2	1	0	73	76
OASAM	0	0	1	10	11
ALJ	0	0	0	0	0
VETS	0	1	0	6	7
OIG	1	2	0	4	7
BLS	0	0	0	2	2
Adj Bds	0	0	0	0	0
WB	0	0	0	0	0
ODEP	0	0	0	0	0
ASP	0	0	0	0	0
OCIA	0	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	0	0	3	3
OPA	0	0	0	0	0
SOL	0	0	1	2	3
DOL OVERALL	27	109	6	256	398

C.(1)    Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Number of Times Exemptions Applied

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
0	1	0	23	7	3	22	0	111	56	1	0	0	0

C.(2)    Reasons for Denial on Appeal – Reasons Other Than Exemptions

No Records	Records Referred at Initial Request Level	Request Withdrawn	Fee- Related Reason	Records not Reasonably Described	Improper Request for Other Reasons	Not Agency Record	Duplicate Request or Appeal	Request in Litigation	Appeal Based Solely on Denial of Request for Expedited Processing	Other *Explain in chart below
48	2	55	6	0	27	3	7	0	0	108

C.(3)    Reasons for Denial On Appeal – "Other" Reasons from Section VI, C (2) Chart

Description of "Other" Reasons for Denial on Appeal from Chart C (2) & Number of Times Those Reasons Were Relied Upon	TOTAL
1.7(A), now closed	6
2. remand for proper response	46
3. supplemental response by agency	21
4. untimely appeal	3
5. not a proper appeal	2
6. abandoned	8
7. found records, remand	10
8. records destroyed	1
9. constructive denial, agency responded	11

C.(4)    Response Time for Administrative Appeals

C.(5)    Ten Oldest Pending Administrative Appeals

	10th Oldest Appeal	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Appeal
Date of Receipt of Ten Oldest Appeals	07/16/08	07/10/08	07/07/08	05/14/08	05/14/08	05/02/08	05/02/08	04/11/08	02/19/08	05/22/07
Number of Days Pending	807	813	816	870	870	882	882	903	955	1228

VII.    FOIA REQUESTS: RESPONSE TIME FOR PROCESSED AND PENDING REQUESTS

A.    Processed Requests – Response Time for All Processed Perfected Requests

	SIMPLE					COMPLEX					EXPEDITED PROCESSING
	# of Requests Processed	Median # Of Days	Average # Of Days	Lowest # Of Days	Highest # Of Days	# of Requests Processed	Median # Of Days	Average # Of Days	Lowest # Of Days	Highest # Of Days	# of Requests Processed	Median # Of Days	Average # Of Days	Lowest # Of Days	Highest # Of Days
OSHA	4,718	5	16	0	474	3799	8	19.7	0	475	96	4	13.7	0	244
OFCCP	131	3.5	9.2	1	93	152	21	33.1	1	271	2	13	13.5	2	25
OLMS	24	9	8.7	0	37	70	12	27.9	0	223	2	6	6.5	1	12
OWCP	42	12	41.5	1	281	239	11	27	0	278	3	24	34	2	77
WHD	1214	10	17.7	1	523	678	27	37.6	0	273	23	6	8.6	1	41
MSHA	0	0	0	0	0	1891	10	17.3	0	519	29	31	51.2	2	438
EBSA	1513	3	5.4	0	52	815	9	19.7	0	245	4	0	1.9	0	13
ETA	634	10	19.4	0	300	603	17	25.7	0	425	17	19	29.4	4	160
OASAM	0	0	0	0	0	333	20	32	1	301	1	92	92	92	92
ALJ	0	0	0	0	0	129	4	9.7	1	326	15	2	6.8	1	29
VETS	53	14	13.1	1	28	51	12	26.34	1	252	8	5	4.4	1	45
OIG	60	20	28	0	186	18	48	86	1	242	6	17	22	1	41
BLS	16	14	35.6	11	334	3	69	76.7	19	148	1	9	9	9	9
Adj Bds	21	4	6	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WB	5	6	5	12	13	3	13.7	10.3	10	21	3	8	7	8	12
ODEP	2	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ASP	8	2	3	3	5	35	2	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	0
OCIA	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	0	0	12	13	19.4	5	63	0	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	0	0	0	0	17	15	31.2	3	100	0	0	0	0	0
OPA	4	6	6	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SOL	1	38	38	38	38	26	27	103.4	1	792	3	24	34.3	2	77
DOL OVERALL	8,447	4.5	11.6	0	523	8,874	12	27.4	0	792	213	5.5	15.1	0	438

B.    Processed Requests – Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which Information Was Granted

	SIMPLE					COMPLEX					EXPEDITED PROCESSING
	# of Requests Processed	Median # Of Days	Average # Of Days	Lowest # Of Days	Highest # Of Days	# of Requests Processed	Median # Of Days	Average # Of Days	Lowest # Of Days	Highest # Of Days	# of Requests Processed	Median # Of Days	Average # Of Days	Lowest # Of Days	Highest # Of Days
OSHA	2,622	9	20	0	294	2,022	11	23.6	0	475	40	6	14.6	1	244
OFCCP	66	4	10	1	93	101	17	35.2	1	271	1	25	25	25	25
OLMS	10	6	6	2	10	32	11	29.8	0	223	1	1	1	1	1
OWCP	17	17	56	6	239	153	12	25	0	276	0	0	0	0	0
WHD	369	16	19.8	1	523	678	37	43.3	0	273	23	6	9.5	1	41
MSHA	0	0	0	0	0	1,611	11	17.4	0	519	29	23	55.5	2	438
EBSA	1,506	8	10.4	0	47	435	17	25.9	1	187	4	9	8.3	5	11
ETA	667	11	16.7	0	281	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OASAM	0	0	0	0	0	134	19	34	1	301	1	92	92	92	92
ALJ	0	0	0	0	0	105	4	6.5	1	64	3	3	8.5	1	29
VETS	50	13	11.73	1	28	39	21	23.19	1	70	8	5	10.66	1	45
OIG	24	37	42	4	186	10	127	130	9	242	3	1	26	1	41
BLS	5	19	96.8	14	334	1	69	78.7	19	148	1	9	9	9	9
Adj Bds	11	4	6	2	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WB	3	11	8	12	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ODEP	2	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ASP	1	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
OCIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	33.8	19	63	0	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	0	0	0	0	5	35	43.2	7	90	0	0	0	0	0
OPA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SOL	1	38	38	38	38	12	25	57	6	224	0	0	0	0	0
DOL OVERALL	5,354	5	15.74	0	523	5,344	11.5	27.7	0	519	114	0.5	11.8	0	438

C.    Processed Requests – Response Time in Day Increments

SIMPLE REQUESTS

	1-20 Days	21-40 Days	41-60 Days	61-80 Days	81-100 Days	101-120 Days	121-140 Days	141-160 Days	161-180 Days	181-200 Days	201-300 Days	301-400 Days	401+ Days	TOTAL
OSHA	3,822	495	145	71	49	35	24	18	14	8	36	0	1	4,718
OFCCP	114	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131
OLMS	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
OWCP	30	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	42
WHD	831	267	68	19	10	12	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1,214
MSHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
EBSA	1,460	48	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,513
ETA	506	65	16	16	9	10	2	4	2	2	2	0	0	634
OASAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ALJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
VETS	45	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53
OIG	30	22	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	60
BLS	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16
Adj Bds	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
WB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
ODEP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
ASP	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
OCIA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
ILAB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OPA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
SOL	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
DOL OVERALL	6,908	928	242	108	71	61	32	24	17	11	42	1	2	8,447

COMPLEX REQUESTS

	1-20 Days	21-40 Days	41-60 Days	61-80 Days	81-100 Days	101-120 Days	121-140 Days	141-160 Days	161-180 Days	181-200 Days	201-300 Days	301-400 Days	401+ Days	TOTAL
OSHA	2,910	479	150	80	41	23	37	14	11	4	42	7	1	3,799
OFCCP	71	41	16	9	7	1	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	152
OLMS	48	11	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	69
OWCP	179	30	5	3	7	1	3	1	0	0	10	0	0	239
WHD	242	194	110	60	38	15	4	2	3	3	7	0	0	678
MSHA	1,549	214	48	27	18	6	5	6	4	2	7	3	2	1,891
EBSA	644	100	21	11	7	5	2	10	11	4	2	0	0	817
ETA	350	171	44	13	11	0	2	2	1	0	6	2	1	603
OASAM	126	91	27	11	15	16	15	7	11	3	10	1	0	333
ALJ	119	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	129
VETS	35	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
OIG	6	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	18
BLS	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Adj Bds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
ODEP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ASP	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
OCIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ILAB	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
CFO	10	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
OPA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SOL	9	6	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	26
DOL OVERALL	6,311	1,359	466	225	153	70	72	44	42	18	93	16	5	8,874

REQUESTS GRANTED EXPEDITED PROCESSING

	1-20 Days	21-40 Days	41-60 Days	61-80 Days	81-100 Days	101-120 Days	121-140 Days	141-160 Days	161-180 Days	181-200 Days	201-300 Days	301-400 Days	401+ Days	TOTAL
OSHA	82	7	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	96
OFCCP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
OLMS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
OWCP	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
WHD	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
MSHA	12	5	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	29
EBSA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
ETA	8	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17
OASAM	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
ALJ	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
VETS	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
OIG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
BLS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Adj Bds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
ODEP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ASP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OCIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OPA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SOL	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
DOL OVERALL	155	29	15	7	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	213

D.    Pending Requests – All Pending Perfected Requests

	SIMPLE			COMPLEX			EXPEDITED PROCESSING
	# Pending	Median # Of Days	Average # Of Days	# Pending	Median # Of Days	Average # Of Days	# Pending	Median # Of Days	Average # Of Days
OSHA	120	11	44.4	164	27	71	2	16	16.5
OFCCP	0	0	0	13	36	70.5	0	0	0
OLMS	0	0	0	3	20	6.8	0	0	0
OWCP	2	195	195.5	4	80	114.1	0	0	0
WHD	56	16	43	141	22	60.3	1	8	8
MSHA	0	0	0	194	24	55.4	9	77	69.9
EBSA	42	6	5.3	17	8	12.2	0	0	0
ETA	16	3	4.4	47	11	16.1	0	0	0
OASAM	0	0	0	41	60	76.21	0	0	0
ALJ	0	0	0	3	8	6.7	0	0	0
VETS	1	10	10	6	4	7.98	1	9	9
OIG	1	209	209	8	72	140	0	0	0
BLS	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adj Bds	1	410	410	0	0	0	0	0	0
WB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ODEP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ASP	0	0	0	16	740	671.4	0	0	0
OCIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	0	0	2	158	158.5	0	0	0
OPA	5	486	480	0	0	0	0	0	0
SOL	0	0	0	23	268	203.1	0	0	0
DOL OVERALL	248	0	63.9	682	15.5	75.9	13	0	4.7

E.    Pending Requests – Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests

	10th Oldest Request and # of Days Pending	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Request and # of Days Pending
OSHA	4-2-09 378	4-2-09 378	4-1-09 379	2-20-09 407	2-19-09 408	2-18-09 409	2-9-09 415	1-30-09 420	12-29-08 442	11-12-08 473
OFCCP	8-17-10 25	8-13-10 31	8-13-10 31	8-11-10 36	7-20-10 47	7-19-10 52	7-16-10 54	3-29-10 130	2-1-10 161	6-26-09 318
OLMS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-16-10 7	8-13-10 10	8-13-10 10
OWCP	0	0	0	0	9-14-10 7	8-10-10 37	8-10-10 37	5-26-10 89	5-26-10 89	2-19-10 148
WHD	10-20-09 235	10-13-09 243	8-21-09 279	8-13-09 285	6-15-09 318	6-2-09 327	3-3-09 400	12-1-08 456	1-23-07 919	10-5-06 997
MSHA	2-16-10 160	12-28-09 180	11-24-09 212	8-18-09 270	8-17-09 282	6-29-09 309	6-29-09 309	6-8-09 317	9-25-07 751	8-13-07 787
EBSA	9-15-10 11	9-14-10 12	9-14-10 12	9-10-10 14	9-9-10 14	9-3-10 15	9-1-10 18	8-31-10 22	6-24-10 68	6-7-10 81
ETA	8-24-10 18	8-24-10 23	8-20-10 26	8-20-10 29	8-19-10 29	8-17-10 30	8-13-10 30	7-14-10 56	7-1-10 64	7-1-10 64
OASAM	8-17-10 69	8-12-2010 69	7-22-10 72	6-30-10 77	6-25-10 78	6-10-10 93	3-9-10 181	3-9-10 181	1-27-10 209	1-14-10 220
ALJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-30-10 1	9-21-10 8	9-16-10 11
VETS	0	0	9-27-10 3	9-27-10 3	9-27-10 3	9-26-10 4	9-23-10 6	9-21-10 9	9-21-10 9	9-7-10 18
OIG	0	6-28-10 66	6-18-10 72	5-27-10 87	5-21-10 91	1-11-10 183	1-8-10 184	12-2-09 209	12-01-09 210	10-30-09 230
BLS	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-29-10 2	9-29-10 2	9-17-10 10	9-17-10 10
Adj Bds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09-25-09 415
WB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ODEP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ASP	11-27-07 714	11-27-07 714	9-4-07 763	8-29-07 766	6-11-07 826	6-8-07 832	5-9-07 844	3-27-07 875	2-15-07 905	11-15-06 973
OCIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-19-10 30	2-25-10 144
OPA	0	0	0	0	0	8-19-10 30	11-24-08 459	10-09-08 486	11-28-07 714	11-27-07 714
SOL	8-4-09 292	7-29-09 296	7-20-09 301	7-6-09 308	3-27-09 376	3-17-09 381	2-6-09 416	1-8-09 426	9-4-08 518	8-22-08 528
DOL OVERALL	9-4-07 763	8-29-07 766	8-13-07 787	6-11-07 826	6-8-07 832	5-9-07 844	3-27-07 875	2-15-07 905	11-15-06 973	10-5-06 997

VIII.    REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING AND REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER

A.    Requests for Expedited Processing

	Number Granted	Number Denied	Median Number of Days to Adjudicate	Average Number of Days to Adjudicate	Number Adjudicated Within Ten Days
OSHA	96	74	10	23.4	71
OFCCP	2	10	17	21.3	4
OLMS	2	2	1	4.8	3
OWCP	3	17	20	31.3	6
WHD	23	27	9	19.6	20
MSHA	29	23	8	30.8	30
EBSA	4	1	1	4.2	4
ETA	17	64	9	25.8	38
OASAM	1	0	92	92	0
ALJ	15	1	2	5.6	12
VETS	8	1	9	9.5	1
OIG	6	2	0	0	3
BLS	1	0	11	11	0
Adj Bds	0	3	3	3	3
WB	3	0	5	5	3
ODEP	0	0	0	0	0
ASP	0	12	2019	1889	0
OCIA	0	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	1	11	11	0
CFO	0	3	17	46.3	1
OPA	0	0	0	0	0
SOL	3	0	68	68	0
DOL OVERALL	213	241	9	104.6	199

B.    Requests for Fee Waiver

	Number Granted	Number Denied	Median Number of Days to Adjudicate	Average Number of Days to Adjudicate
OSHA	179	102	8	31.1
OFCCP	13	20	32	33.9
OLMS	1	8	1	14.2
OWCP	15	18	10	17
WHD	53	50	7	17.8
MSHA	29	23	10	49.7
EBSA	0	2	25	25.5
ETA	35	91	7	16.8
OASAM	0	0	0	0
ALJ	10	6	3	9.2
VETS	0	0	0	0
OIG	23	0	0	1
BLS	1	3	21	30.3
Adj Bds	0	0	0	0
WB	0	0	0	0
ODEP	2	0	4	2
ASP	0	13	1158	996.2
OCIA	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	3	10	10.3
CFO	0	4	9	25
OPA	0	0	0	0
SOL	4	1	4	29.2
DOL OVERALL	365	344	5.5	59.5

IX.    FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS

	PERSONNEL			COSTS
	# of "Full-Time FOIA Employees"	# of "Equivalent Full-Time FOIA Employees"	Total # of "Full-Time FOIA Staff"	Processing Costs	Litigation-Related Costs	Total Costs
OSHA	10	54.5	64.5	5,632,203.00	0	5,632,203.00
OFCCP	0	3.55	3.55	347,018.50	0	347,018.50
OLMS	1	0	1	94,000.00	0	94,000.00
OWCP	1	3.50	4.50	365,696.50	0	365,696.50
WHD	9	0	9	678,000.00	0	678,000.00
MSHA	3	18.9	21.9	1,944,810.00	0	1,944,810.00
EBSA	4	3.03	7.03	754,717.00	0	754,717.00
ETA	0	11.53	11.53	968,348.84	0	968,348.84
OASAM	1	1.8	2.8	246,729.37	0	246,729.37
ALJ	0	.81	.81	70,846.47	0	70,846.47
VETS	0	1.79	1.79	192,920.00	0	192,920.00
OIG	1	0	1	126,000.00	0	126,000.00
BLS	0	.15	.15	17,520.00	0	17,520.00
Adj Bds	0	.20	.20	8,900.00	0	8,900.00
WB	0	.45	.45	47,700.00	0	47,700.00
ODEP	0	.05	.05	5,350.00	0	5,350.00
ASP	0	.35	.35	76,770.00	0	76,770.00
OCIA	0	.20	.20	16,600.00	0	16,600.00
ILAB	0	.25	.25	26,000.00	0	26,000.00
CFO	0	.2	.2	25,000.00	0	25,000.00
OPA	0	.01	.01	300.00	0	300.00
SOL	13	.70	13.70	890,000.00	485,000.00	1,375,000.00
DOL OVERALL	43	101.97	144.97	$12,535,429.68	$485,000.00	$13,020,429.68

X.    FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

XI.    FOIA REGULATIONS

    U.S. Department of Labor FOIA regulations and fee schedule can be accessed via the DOL public FOIA website at the following link: https://federalregister.dol.gov

XII.    BACKLOGS, CONSULTATIONS AND COMPARISONS

A.    Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals

	Number of Backlogged Requests at DOL as of End of Fiscal Year	Number of Backlogged Appeals at DOL as of End of Fiscal Year
OSHA	198	69
OFCCP	10	4
OLMS	2	2
OWCP	5	19
WHD	90	12
MSHA	112	12
EBSA	2	0
ETA	10	14
OASAM	21	3
ALJ	0	2
VETS	1	5
OIG	9	0
BLS	0	0
Adj Bds	1	1
WB	0	0
ODEP	0	0
ASP	16	0
OCIA	0	0
ILAB	0	0
CFO	2	0
OPA	4	0
SOL	20	0
DOL OVERALL	503	143

    The U.S. Department of Labor has exceeded its FY 2010 backlog reduction goal of 10% for initial FOIA requests. Since the end of FY09, DOL has reduced its FOIA backlog by 18.7%.

    The U.S. Department of Labor continues to work to reduce the number of appeals pending with the agency. Since the end of FY09, DOL has reduced its backlog of FOIA appeals by 19.6%.

B.    Consultations on FOIA Requests – Received, Processed, and Pending Consultations

	Number of Consultations Received From Other Agencies That Were Pending at DOL as of Start of the Fiscal Year	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies During the Fiscal Year	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that Were Processed by DOL During the Fiscal Year	Number of Consultations Received from Other Agencies that Were Pending at DOL as of End of the Fiscal Year
OSHA	5	30	28	7
OFCCP	0	0	0	0
OLMS	8	52	58	2
OWCP	0	0	0	0
WHD	2	4	6	0
MSHA	0	0	0	0
EBSA	0	0	0	0
ETA	1	2	3	0
OASAM	0	0	0	0
ALJ	0	0	0	0
VETS	0	0	0	0
OIG	0	0	0	0
BLS	0	0	0	0
Adj Bds	0	0	0	0
WB	0	0	0	0
ODEP	0	0	0	0
ASP	0	0	0	0
OCIA	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	0	0	0
OPA	0	0	0	0
SOL	0	0	0	0
DOL OVERALL	16 [4]	88	95	9

C.    Consultations on FOIA Requests – Ten Oldest Consultations Received from Other Agencies and Pending at Your Agency.

	10th Oldest Consultation and # of Days Pending	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	Oldest Consultation and # of Days Pending
OSHA	0	0	0	9-23-10 2	8-20-10 28	8-13-10 31	8-13-10 31	8-13-10 31	8-12-10 32	8-2-10 34
OFCCP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OLMS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-13-10 31	8-13-10 31
OWCP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WHD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MSHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
EBSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ETA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OASAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ALJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
VETS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OIG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BLS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adj Bds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ODEP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ASP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OCIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OPA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SOL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DOL OVERALL	N/A	9-23-10 2	8-20-10 28	8-13-10 31	8-13-10 31	8-13-10 31	8-13-10 31	8-13-10 31	8-12-10 32	8-2-10 34

D.    Comparison of Numbers of Requests from Previous and Current Annual Report – Requests Received, Processed, and Backlogged

	NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED		NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED
	Number Received During Fiscal Year From Last Year's Annual Report	Number Received During Fiscal Year From Current Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year From Current Annual Report
OSHA	8,328	8,463	8,618	8,613
OFCCP	349	270	341	285
OLMS	112	88	117	96
OWCP	623	270	629	284
WHD	1,349	1,942	1,328	1,915
MSHA	1,620	1,990	1,571	1,920
EBSA	2,400	2,290	2,319	2,332
ETA	1,251	1,309	1,243	1,345
OASAM	259	314	225	334
ALJ	120	142	125	144
VETS	116	114	116	112
OIG	82	77	66	84
BLS	25	22	23	20
Adj Bds	23	21	24	21
WB	8	11	8	11
ODEP	0	2	0	2
ASP	2	5	3	43
OCIA	0	1	0	1
ILAB	14	11	15	12
CFO	12	17	12	17
OPA	4	9	4	4
SOL	25	30	18	30
DOL OVERALL	16,722	17,398	16,805	17,625

BACKLOG REQUEST COMPARISONS

	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
OSHA	249	198
OFCCP	9	10
OLMS	3	2
OWCP	0	5
WHD	166	90
MSHA	41	112
EBSA	35	2
ETA	37	10
OASAM	57	21
ALJ	1	0
VETS	0	1
OIG	9	9
BLS	2	0
Adj Bds	0	1
WB	0	0
ODEP	0	0
ASP	0	16
OCIA	0	0
ILAB	0	0
CFO	0	2
OPA	0	4
SOL	10	20
DOL OVERALL	619	503

E.    Comparison of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current Annual Report – Appeals Received, Processed, and Backlogged.

	NUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED		NUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED
	Number Received During Fiscal Year From Last Year's Annual Report	Number Received During Fiscal Year From Current Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year from Last Year's Annual Report	Number Processed During Fiscal Year From Current Annual Report
OSHA	147	148	173	177
OFCCP	5	4	8	4
OLMS	3	11	6	5
OWCP	59	41	54	44
WHD	20	29	17	31
MSHA	13	20	13	12
EBSA	6	13	9	16
ETA	52	59	43	76
OASAM	6	10	7	11
ALJ	0	1	0	0
VETS	10	7	10	7
OIG	3	5	1	7
BLS	1	2	1	2
Adj Bds	0	0	0	0
WB	0	0	0	0
ODEP	0	0	0	0
ASP	0	0	0	0
OCIA	0	0	0	0
ILAB	0	0	0	0
CFO	0	2	0	3
OPA	0	0	0	0
SOL	0	1	0	3
DOL OVERALL	325	353	342	398

BACKLOG APPEALS COMPARISONS

	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
OSHA	90	69
OFCCP	3	4
OLMS	0	2
OWCP	20	19
WHD	15	12
MSHA	4	12
EBSA	3	0
ETA	31	14
OASAM	4	3
ALJ	1	2
VETS	5	5
OIG	4	0
BLS	0	0
Adj Bds	0	1
WB	0	0
ODEP	0	0
ASP	0	0
OCIA	0	0
ILAB	0	0
CFO	1	0
OPA	0	0
SOL	2	0
DOL OVERALL	183	143

F.    Discussion of Other FOIA Activities (optional)

During FY10, the Office of Information Services (OIS) was formed within the Office of the Solicitor's Division of Management and Administrative Legal Services (MALS) to support the Chief FOIA Officer's role in galvanizing DOL FOIA program improvement efforts. OIS is responsible for effectuating agency-wide oversight, leadership and guidance to ensure compliance with FOIA and the Privacy Act. OIS is actively working with agency components to ensure that new FOIA related performance measures are met and improvements in FOIA administration across the Department are achieved. Specifically, the Chief FOIA Officer has been tasked to work with DOL component agencies to increase timeliness of FOIA responses, reduce DOL's backlog of pending FOIA requests, ensure the accuracy of data entered in the DOL FOIA tracking system, and review the effectiveness of each agency's FOIA processes in order to benchmark best practices, indentify any deficiencies and make recommendations for programmatic improvements.

DOL is also working towards improved customer service to our internal and external customers, by providing clear and consistent FOIA responses, and increasing transparency by continuing to make discretionary disclosures of information where there is no foreseeable harm and expanding DOL affirmative disclosures through the agency website and other mechanisms.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 31-st day of January 2011.

___signed________
M. Patricia Smith
Chief FOIA Officer

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Footnotes

[1]    Effective October 2009, the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) is no longer in existence. All four of the subcomponents of the former ESA – OFCCP, OLMS, OWCP and WHD – are now free standing agency components within the Department of Labor.

[2]    As of Fiscal Year 2010 each DOL agency component, including regional and district offices, is using the Department's FOIA tracking system. We are now relying on that system for most of the data reported in this year's report. DOL believes that the consistent use of the system, in lieu of disparate tracking methodologies, allows for more accurate reporting of the agency's FOIA activities. We also believe that use of the system has allowed us to identify requests that may not have been counted in last year's FOIA report. Accordingly, the number of requests pending at the start of the fiscal year is different from what was reported as the number pending in last year's FOIA report. This report has been updated to reflect a change from 1,065 to 1,170 requests pending from last fiscal year.

[3]    As of November 2009, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) was reorganized to include the formerly free standing Office of Job Corps. FY 2010 data provided for ETA includes data from the formerly independent Job Corps.

[4]    As of Fiscal Year 2010 each DOL agency component, including regional and district offices, is using the Department's FOIA tracking system. We are now relying on that system for most of the data reported in this year's report. DOL believes that the consistent use of the system, in lieu of disparate tracking methodologies, allows for more accurate reporting of the agency's FOIA activities. We also believe that use of the system has allowed us to identify requests that may not have been counted in last year's FOIA report. Accordingly, the number of "Consultations" pending at the start of the Fiscal Year is different from what was initially reported as the number pending in last year's FOIA report. This report has been updated to reflect a change from 6 to 16 "Consultations" pending from last fiscal year.