FOIA Annual Report Workbook2016-11-16FOIA Annual ReportDOLU.S. Department of LaborADJ BDSAdjudicatory Boards include the Administrative Review Board (ARB), Benefits Review Board (BRB), and Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)ALJOffice of Administrative Law JudgesASPOffice of the Assistant Secretary for PolicyBLSBureau of Labor StatisticsCFOOffice of the Chief Financial OfficerEBSAEmployee Benefits Security AdministrationETAEmployment and Training AdministrationEXEC SECExecutive SecreatriatILABBureau of International Labor AffairsMSHAMine Safety and Health AdministrationOASAMOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and ManagementOCIAOffice of Congressional and Intergovernmental AffairsODEPOffice of Disability Employment PolicyOFCCPOffice of Federal Contract ComplianceOIGOffice of Inspector GeneralOLMSOffice of Labor-Management StandardsOPAOffice of Public AffairsOSECOffice of the SecretaryOSHAOccupational Safety and Health AdministrationOWCPOffice of Workers' Compensation ProgramsSOLOffice fo the SolicitorVETSVeterans' Employment and Training ServicesWBWomen's BureauWHDWage and Hour Division201530 U.S.C. § 813(g)Complaint information relating to mine inspectionsN/A44 U.S.C. § 3501 NoteConfidential respondent data to BLS surveyN/AFed. R. Crim. P. 6(e), enacted by Act of July 30, 1997, Pub. L. No. 98-78, 941 Stat. 13Certain records pertaining to grand jury proceedingsSussman v. USMS, 494 F. 3d 1106, 1113 (D.C. Cir. 2007); Fund for Constitutional Gov't v. Nat'l Archives and Records Serv., 656 F. 2d 856, 867-68 (D.C. Cir. 1981); Durham v. U.S. Atty. Gen., No. 06-843, 2008 WL 620744, at *2 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 3, 2008); Cozen O'Connor v. U.S. Dep't of Treasury, 570 F. Supp. 2d 749, 776 (E.D. Pa. 2008).55225533235061211171091117323839113318950754056761649165372000081317411813001307111241691573642914190761341831853217836040109195661820455550106179123932541542430410621953648121441506278151127262832405161516792171041303As noted in the Executive Summary, during fiscal year 2015, as part of DOL’s continuing review of SIMS-FOIA data, DOL identified 428 FOIA requests that were received during FY2014 but that were not placed into active processing and tracking status until after the end of fiscal year 2014. This means that the 1,187 FOIA requests that the FY2014 DOL Annual FOIA report reported as pending at the end of FY2014 must be increased by 428 requests, and so the chart above reports that DOL had 1,615 requests pending at the start of 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to a system limitation, the charts in this section may contain information about unperfected requests.00028888.521003177850018585001545401529215.34065.575.312802802037.511.951810000004174.562.3001111770.2014664663510296.7001984120.50013535003250106.80174743912018000697137.8004675555.8001026.536.80151141.53891625.500621528.5008154.5212.9006410.7001115115015394307.738947117.606937.5186.14285471.31280280Due to a system limitation, the charts in this section may contain information about unperfected 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to a system limitation, the charts in this section may contain information about unperfected requests. Some work day ranges reported appear to be out of sequence based on the date of the receipt of the request. However, this is attributed to requests that have been “tolled” for clarification or to resolve fee matters consistent with the provisions of the statute. As a part of reviewing data in the Departmental FOIA tracking system, DOL located 428 initial FOIA requests that remained pending in the system as of the end of FY2014 and requiring further action, many of which were received in prior years. Whereas DOL's FY2014 report identified the 10 oldest pending requests it believed to be pending at the end of FY2013, with addition of the additional 428 FOIA requests identified as part of the data review, DOL has identified and this chart includes 2 requests that should have been previously reported as among the 10 oldest pending requests.01221215711.415000000000529853.519234716.42400001141407831108.332472103.82102020000002282800745703736.720000666.585.8137160995.41071932.5571233629123912.63000686159237673711077.72230468.561.8514518.204106.5131.80141519.4007271925.614137715.9005069124.640143041.411118480.28083.5139.8123852.31311348.41804410152220.4041718.82423446.72163301049.823422434.32193271.87531.550.20219191193031956.5511980144700.450.4514500014500011100293010029300.50.54582104582100.40.43588003588000.30.34500004500003.133.13311713031171389.3617.3618143250181432500.350.354100004100000.10.1760007600523.1428.1433260460332604604.864.86555691055569100.450.45105583010558300.050.0559300593015.66.6654506065450610113300001330000116725706725700.50.54900004900000.250.2532643032643595.01100.0158551090585510922.274.274365080436508114.1315.131209298429237163853510.351.35247384024738400.250.252650002650060.866.86548136054813640154.31194.31156687234292371609796000.0000729.870.007300.000000.000000.00002874.250.00922631.650.001500.000000.000031133.370.0094274.90.000500.000000.0000817.550.001200.00001600.002400.000000.00001350520.02312529.750.005800.00004818.710.019500.000012402.290.0226193424.340.01230030201010419953001042232781901018739067407097176879740111025928593405DOL experienced an increase from 561 backlogged initial FOIA requests pending at the end of FY2014, up to 593 backlogged pending as of the end of FY2015. This is attributed, in part, to the addition of 428 pending requests that had not, but should have, been included in the FY2014 Annual FOIA report as discussed in the Executive Summary. DOL’s FOIA staff will continue to work toward more consistent use of the Department’s FOIA tracking system and a sustained effort toward backlog reduction throughout the Department’s 23 FOIA components. DOL experienced an increase from 316 backlogged administrative appeals pending at the end of FY2014, up to 405 backlogged pending as of the end of FY2015. While the Department completed more FOIA appeals in FY2015 than in FY2014 (297 this year, vs. 277 in FY2014), the backlog nonetheless rose due to the continuing high number of incoming FOIA appeals, the complexity of some appeal requests, and the limited number of staff available to address FOIA appeals.0220010100000000000002200440000000000000000000000000000005500000000064851302200110011000003663972747As a part of the review of data in Departmental FOIA tracking system, DOL located 428 requests that remained pending in the system and requiring further action, many of which were received in prior years. Among those are five additional consultations originating with OSHA and one additional consultation originating with WHD, which should have been previously reported.2015-09-2532010-08-1312832010-08-1312832015-09-14172014-10-062462015-01-281702015-09-04172010-08-1312832010-08-1312832014-10-062462015-01-281702015-09-04172015-09-14122015-09-253473246351521211491174111117273826392332334505074725401545164916391653101041351715651300154513072111692261572329301457661881831881857183726084918395518720255526508330912385209325374430495410955310164138144153150776827322726288528321610616792167151710400333201013241590001594223273190114181539664457109977810700112622595615931010000000000102000081491452432732000000002114121375710000000002515102117230000010011316348861678314779042231236000024521644400404277297000000100010939530000202313800008710370000112176847924211002128316405